Mak Yan-Yan

약력

Yan Yan MAK is a Hong Kong based female award-winning director. She was born in the 1970s and graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1998. Since 1993, as a student, Mak had worked for the film industry as a continuity girl, assistant director, production manager, art director and wardrobe designer. Her graduation short film Snapshots won the Distinguish Award at the International Short Film & Video Awards of Hong Kong in 1998. After directing number of short dramas for Radio Television Hong Kong, she established her own production company Lotus Film, to make her own film. Her debut feature film, Gege (Brother), although using a very limited budget, a small crew and an all non-actors cast, was awarded the FIPRESCI Award at the 25th Hong Kong International Film Festival, the POVEGLIA Award at the International Week of Film Critics of the 58th Venice Film Festival, the Woosuk Award at Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea, as well as the Ecumenical Hury Prize at the International Film Festival Bratislavan and Fribourg International Film Festival 2001. Her second film Butterfly was chosen as the Opening Film at Venice Film Festival Critics Week and Tian Yuan was awarded as the Best New Artist at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005. The film was also nominated at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 2004 for Best Adapted Screenplay (Yan Yan Mak) and Best New Performer (Tian Yuan). Besides feature films, Yan Yan is also active in making short film. Her video projects 'Sarangi', 'Autumn Story', '2 Cartons of Alphabet H', 'August Story' (premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival 2006, awarded 'Best Drama' in South Taiwan Film Festival), 'So Poetic' and 'Angel Catcher' have participated in many international film festivals between 2001-2008. From 2005, after become the collaborator with Hong Kong singer HOCC (Denise Ho), Yan Yan has produced numeral music videos, music short films and TV Commercials. 'The Scarlet Robe' has won the 'Best Drama' in Big Screen Film Festival, China 2007. They had finished their first feature length film 'The Decameron' (a documentary about madness, under the music project '10 Days in the Madhouse') in 2009. Yan Yan has just completed her new feature 'Merry-Go-Round' (Dong Feng Po) which will be released in Fall 2010 at Hong Kong.

참여 작품

The Great War: Director's Cut
The Great War: Director's Cut
Director
The Great War: Director's Cut (2013)
Slight @ Love More HK
Slight @ Love More HK
Director
Slight @ Love More HK
동풍파
동풍파
Producer
The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounter on the streets as strangers.
동풍파
동풍파
Writer
The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounter on the streets as strangers.
동풍파
동풍파
Director
The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounter on the streets as strangers.
The Decameron
The Decameron
Writer
The Decameron
The Decameron
The Decameron
Director
The Decameron
August Story
August Story
Writer
The film follows a girl in Hong Kong between her uncle’s dressmaking shop and her studies; between young and youth. Based on a story by Wai Chan.
August Story
August Story
Director
The film follows a girl in Hong Kong between her uncle’s dressmaking shop and her studies; between young and youth. Based on a story by Wai Chan.
2 Cartons of Alphabet H
2 Cartons of Alphabet H
Writer
Two travelers’ (a Hong Kong independent director and a Japanese musician) motorcycle diaries in northern China from November 2005 to February 2006. Forget all the vital intellectual and history garbage and get down to the real simple, good human feeling – and express it in a simple language that reaches people. No bullshit! (Or all bullshit?) Under the sound of the motor, Yanyan’s visual and Dean’s music weaves into each other; and shows the healing power of the trip to both the Chinese and Japanese souls. Everybody, at a certain point, is a little lost and sometimes we just find a connection to someone that helps to re-inspire or center us. And that experience we'll never forget. It’s a special relationship in real life - a little bit more than friends but not an actual romance. They get each other and they both know it's not going to go anywhere.
2 Cartons of Alphabet H
2 Cartons of Alphabet H
Director
Two travelers’ (a Hong Kong independent director and a Japanese musician) motorcycle diaries in northern China from November 2005 to February 2006. Forget all the vital intellectual and history garbage and get down to the real simple, good human feeling – and express it in a simple language that reaches people. No bullshit! (Or all bullshit?) Under the sound of the motor, Yanyan’s visual and Dean’s music weaves into each other; and shows the healing power of the trip to both the Chinese and Japanese souls. Everybody, at a certain point, is a little lost and sometimes we just find a connection to someone that helps to re-inspire or center us. And that experience we'll never forget. It’s a special relationship in real life - a little bit more than friends but not an actual romance. They get each other and they both know it's not going to go anywhere.
나비
나비
Writer
모든 나비는 하늘을 자유롭게 나는 날까지 어둡고 힘든 과정을 통과해야 한다. 이것은 혼자서 해내야 하는 일로서 누구도 도와줄 수 없고, 훼방꾼들의 시도는 하나같이 치명적이다. 30세의 고등학교 교사인 프라비아는 주위 사람들이 바라는 대로 살아간다. 그러던 어느날 운명처럼, 슈퍼마켓에서 허겁지겁 음식을 먹고 있는 매력적인 여자와 마주친다. 이 여자에게 깊이 끌리는 프라비아. 그녀 안에 오랫동안 잠자고 있던 욕망이 깨어난다. 프라비아는 어리석은 짓을 하지 않기 위해 일과 가족에 집중하고, 자신이 쌓아왔던 인생이 얼마나 귀중한지 끊임없이 되새긴다. 하지만 이미 시작된 일은 멈출 수 없다. 프라비아는 그동안 자신이 얼마나 자신만의 세계에 갇혀 살아왔는지를 깨닫고, 가슴 깊이 묻어둔 감정들을 이제는 대면해야 한다는 것을 깨닫는다. 프라비아는 타인을 만족시키는 일에 이제는 지쳤다. 그녀는 이번 기회를 놓치고 싶지 않다. 단 한번만이라도 진정한 자신, 진정한 나비가 되고 싶다. 불확실한 미래가 두렵지만, 해볼 것이다. 감독의 변 : 이것은 동성애 러브 스토리이다.
나비
나비
Director
모든 나비는 하늘을 자유롭게 나는 날까지 어둡고 힘든 과정을 통과해야 한다. 이것은 혼자서 해내야 하는 일로서 누구도 도와줄 수 없고, 훼방꾼들의 시도는 하나같이 치명적이다. 30세의 고등학교 교사인 프라비아는 주위 사람들이 바라는 대로 살아간다. 그러던 어느날 운명처럼, 슈퍼마켓에서 허겁지겁 음식을 먹고 있는 매력적인 여자와 마주친다. 이 여자에게 깊이 끌리는 프라비아. 그녀 안에 오랫동안 잠자고 있던 욕망이 깨어난다. 프라비아는 어리석은 짓을 하지 않기 위해 일과 가족에 집중하고, 자신이 쌓아왔던 인생이 얼마나 귀중한지 끊임없이 되새긴다. 하지만 이미 시작된 일은 멈출 수 없다. 프라비아는 그동안 자신이 얼마나 자신만의 세계에 갇혀 살아왔는지를 깨닫고, 가슴 깊이 묻어둔 감정들을 이제는 대면해야 한다는 것을 깨닫는다. 프라비아는 타인을 만족시키는 일에 이제는 지쳤다. 그녀는 이번 기회를 놓치고 싶지 않다. 단 한번만이라도 진정한 자신, 진정한 나비가 되고 싶다. 불확실한 미래가 두렵지만, 해볼 것이다. 감독의 변 : 이것은 동성애 러브 스토리이다.
The Body of Book
The Body of Book
Director
The Body of Book - short film
Brother
Brother
Director
Ah Ming searches for his brother, who ran away seven years prior. The only clue is a single letter sent from the remote town of Qinghai. Once there, Ah Ming slowly wins the trust of the locals and talks to his brother's friends. Eventually he finds his brother's Super-8 film and a map of China marked with his travels. Recognising that he is unlikely to ever find his brother, Ah Ming fatefully follows in his sibling's footsteps. - Melbourne International Film Festival
천상인간
천상인간
Production Manager
스페셜 멘션 홍콩의 뒷골목에서 포르노 테이프를 팔아 생계를 연명하는 본토인 아 지엔과 가라오케에서 호스티스를 하다가 새로운 미래를 개척하고자 홍콩으로 이주해온 아 잉, 레스토랑 접수계원으로 더 이상 나아질 것 없는 무료한 일상을 보내는 아 얀, 해난 섬에서 이주해온 외로운 남자 아 츈. 이들의 관계 속에서 세기말의 홍콩의 모습과 암울함 속에서도 다른 방식의 행복을 찾아가는 홍콩 사회의 단면을 들여다 볼 수 있다.
了了
了了
Director
1998 short by Mak Yan-Yan
100%G
100%G
Director
1995 short film