Qiu Yang
Directing
QIU Yang was born and raised in Changzhou, China. He studied film directing at the Victorian College of the Arts in Australia.
His latest short film "SHE RUNS" won Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for best short film at the 58th Cannes Critics' Week. "A Gentle Night" was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Festival de Cannes. He is the first Chinese director to receive these awards. In 2015, "Under the Sun" was selected for the 68th Festival de Cannes Cinéfondation Competition. Aside from his fiction work, Qiu also created a VR project - "O", that's chosen for the 76th Venice International Film Festival VR Competition.
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He is currently developing his first feature project, which was selected to CineMart and Cinéfondation Residence and was awarded the CNC Screenwriting Grant during the 70th Festival de Cannes.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2024Some Rain Must Fall Director, Writer
- 2023Silence in the Dust Producer
- 2021Lili Alone Producer
- 2019She Runs Director, Screenplay
- 2018O Director
- 2018A Gentle Night Director, Writer, Producer
- 2015Under the Sun Director, Writer, Producer
- 201317 Years and a Day Director of Photography