Chongyan Liu

Chongyan Liu

Birth : 1995-03-20, Guizhou, China

History

Chongyan Liu is an artist/filmmaker living and studying in Lille who was born in Guizhou, China, in 1995. After graduating from CAFA: Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, in 2017 and having obtained her master's degree from the Beaux-Arts de Paris, France, in 2022, she is now pursuing a post-graduate program at Le Fresnoy - studio national des arts contemporains. Chongyan practices in various artistic disciplines: documentary and fiction filmmaking, video installation, painting, and sculpture. Her work has been presented at many international film festivals, including IDFA, Beijing International Short Film Festival, The 10th edition of VISIO European Programme on Artist's Moving Images, Seoul International Pride Film Festival, Videoex, Fragments Festival, etc. Thematically, her oeuvre tackles various political and sociological issues. She draws from her own experiences while maintaining a compassionate outlook, which seeks to illustrate the nuances within every interpersonal relationship depicted on-screen. Chongyan has worked on a multitude of video art/experimental documentary pieces before writing & directing two short-fiction films: The Harryian Theory and Speak in a Whisper. Her MFA graduation show in Paris deals with the delicate subject of the suicide of a trans woman to whom Chongyan was a friend. Chongyan is currently focused on the overlapping nature of video art and film, hoping to combine these mediums of moving images well into the future. Chongyan's multidisciplinary approach to filmmaking ensures that her work constantly challenges the preconceived notions of the practice.

Profile

Chongyan Liu

Movies

Speak in a Whisper
Speak in a Whisper
Director
In the middle of what would have otherwise been a banal evening, everything Céleste has been trying to hide comes to light.
Speak in a Whisper
Speak in a Whisper
Editor
In the middle of what would have otherwise been a banal evening, everything Céleste has been trying to hide comes to light.
Speak in a Whisper
Speak in a Whisper
Writer
In the middle of what would have otherwise been a banal evening, everything Céleste has been trying to hide comes to light.
Is There a Pine on the Mountain
Is There a Pine on the Mountain
Editor
An intimate account of a highly toxic relationship: during a lengthy visit from her boyfriend’s mother, the filmmaker documents the arguments between mother and son.
Is There a Pine on the Mountain
Is There a Pine on the Mountain
Director
An intimate account of a highly toxic relationship: during a lengthy visit from her boyfriend’s mother, the filmmaker documents the arguments between mother and son.
The Harryian Theory
The Harryian Theory
Editor
When Philip invites his assistant's boyfriend, Harry, over for dinner under false pretences, an in-depth conversation on the nature of love leads to Philip revealing his true intentions and desires.
The Harryian Theory
The Harryian Theory
Producer
When Philip invites his assistant's boyfriend, Harry, over for dinner under false pretences, an in-depth conversation on the nature of love leads to Philip revealing his true intentions and desires.
The Harryian Theory
The Harryian Theory
Writer
When Philip invites his assistant's boyfriend, Harry, over for dinner under false pretences, an in-depth conversation on the nature of love leads to Philip revealing his true intentions and desires.
The Harryian Theory
The Harryian Theory
Director
When Philip invites his assistant's boyfriend, Harry, over for dinner under false pretences, an in-depth conversation on the nature of love leads to Philip revealing his true intentions and desires.