Four Trails 香港四徑大步走
UK Premiere
13 Sept 2025 (Sat)
3pm, Picturehouse Central
Hong Kong | 2024 | Colour | Documentary | 101’ | In English and Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
Dir.: Robin Lee
A box office sensation and the talk of the town, Four Trails brilliantly captures Hong Kong’s breathtaking natural beauty which are often eclipsed by its towering skyline. Among this, a different Hong Kong emerges.
72 hours, 298km, more than 4,800m of vertical elevation change - this is Hong Kong’s most daunting athletic challenge, where ultra runners strive to cover the city’s four iconic hiking trails in one go. The success rate is only 6%, yet each year, 15-25 runners take on this task to test their ultimate endurance. No trekking poles, no music, and no sleep. Just pushing physical boundaries to their limit.
An up close documentary, Four Trails is Robin Lee’s impressive debut feature length film, winning him Best New Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Accounting for the challenge’s 2021 edition, the film explores its origins and the athletes that dare. Some held ambitions to break the impossible 50 hour barrier, others grew delirious as they trekked through darkness. The concrete jungle blends into wilderness, and bodies persist against mountains and seas.
Followed by in-person Q&A with Jacky Leung, the first person to “break 50” featured in the film.
