Qiu Yang

Qiu Yang

Birth : , Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

History

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. 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.

Profile

Qiu Yang

Movies

Some Rain Must Fall
Some Rain Must Fall
Writer
40-year-old housewife Cai has lost track of who she is and who she wants to be. During one of her daughter’s basketball matches, she inadvertently injures an elderly woman. This seemingly trivial event is a catalyst for a life spinning out of control, as past events resurface while she moves into an unknown future. Director Qiu Yang follows a series of multi-awarded shorts with his debut feature, a mesmerizing and intimate drama about a woman forced to confront the wreckage of her life and her longing for change?
Some Rain Must Fall
Some Rain Must Fall
Director
40-year-old housewife Cai has lost track of who she is and who she wants to be. During one of her daughter’s basketball matches, she inadvertently injures an elderly woman. This seemingly trivial event is a catalyst for a life spinning out of control, as past events resurface while she moves into an unknown future. Director Qiu Yang follows a series of multi-awarded shorts with his debut feature, a mesmerizing and intimate drama about a woman forced to confront the wreckage of her life and her longing for change?
Silence in the Dust
Silence in the Dust
Producer
More than twenty years ago, Dazhang along with his three brothers came to Guangdong to work in a local quartz powder factory. However, a few years later, Dazhang was diagnosed with advanced staged pneumoconiosis. Returning to his hometown, the pneumoconiosis was gradually killing him every single day. The entire family was stuck in this seemingly endless suffering, while his children were still confused about what happened to their father.
Silence in the Dust
Silence in the Dust
Producer
More than twenty years ago, Dazhang along with his three brothers came to Guangdong to work in a local quartz powder factory. However, a few years later, Dazhang was diagnosed with advanced staged pneumoconiosis. Returning to his hometown, the pneumoconiosis was gradually killing him every single day. The entire family was stuck in this seemingly endless suffering, while his children were still confused about what happened to their father.
Lili Alone
Lili Alone
Producer
Lili, a young mother, lives with her gambler husband in a remote part of Sichuan. Lonely and poor, she heads for the city in a bid to earn enough money to save her dying father.
She Runs
She Runs
Screenplay
In an ordinary Chinese winter, a small city junior high student, YU, tries to quit her school aerobic dancing team.
She Runs
She Runs
Director
In an ordinary Chinese winter, a small city junior high student, YU, tries to quit her school aerobic dancing team.
A Gentle Night
A Gentle Night
Producer
In a nameless small Chinese city, a regular mother tries to find her missing daughter, in this gentle night.
A Gentle Night
A Gentle Night
Writer
In a nameless small Chinese city, a regular mother tries to find her missing daughter, in this gentle night.
A Gentle Night
A Gentle Night
Director
In a nameless small Chinese city, a regular mother tries to find her missing daughter, in this gentle night.
Under the Sun
Under the Sun
Director
One incident occurs, two families tangle. There’s nothing new under the sun.
17 Sal Va Yek Rooz
17 Sal Va Yek Rooz
Director of Photography
Reality and expectation collide as Mona delves into her past and prepares to meet her estranged Iranian father.