Yang QIU

QIU Yang was born and raised in Changzhou, China. He studied film directing at the Victorian College of the Arts, Australia. In 2015, his short Under the Sun was selected for the 68th Festival de Cannes Cinefondation competition and is now selected for more than 70 international film festivals, including the AFI Fest, New Directors/New Films, Slamdance, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs and nominated for the 52nd Taipei Golden Horse Award. He has been chosen to participate the Taipei Golden Horse Film Academy, mentored by the legendary film master Hou Hsiao Hsien, as well as selected for the Swatch Art Peace Hotel residency in Shanghai. He is currently developing his first feature project Under The Sun (WT), which was selected for the CineMart and Cinefondation Residence.

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