Suburban Birds

While investigating the collapse of an apartment building, the older Xia Hao meets and later begins a relationship with a woman named Swallow.

The group of children look for birds and discuss who they like, after which Fang Tin and Foxy compete for the younger Xia Hao's attention.

Suburban Birds was written and directed by Qiu Sheng, produced by Patrick Mao Huang, Chen Jingsu, and Zhang Zhaowei, and co-produced by Wuyi, Liu Xiang, and Han Tian,[6] with director of photography Xu Ranjun, art direction by Yu Ziyang, music by Xiaohe,[7] and cinematography by Xu Ranjun.

[11] Suburban Birds was approved by the Chinese government and shown at Locarno Film Festival in April 2018.

[14] Critics largely described the film as defying easy understanding,[6] visually striking,[7] with compelling storytelling.