Beijing, 1990 - Berlin, 2025
Cinéma de Demain - Festival de Cannes / Sundance Institute / Berlinale Talents / Locarno Residency / IDFAcademy / Nipkow Fellow / Logan Fellow / Zurich Film Academy
Filmmaker, writer, private comedian.
Often deals with alienation, migration and identity. Focuses on the sensibility and tangibility of moments, the unspeakable nature of relationships and the humour that produced through self-awareness.
Once upon a time worked in fashion, publishing and performance art.
Currently busy on first feature, THE TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST, and a screenplay UNTIL WE REACHED THE PURPLE GATE THERE WAS NOTHING.
DocNomads, Master, Directing
University of Manchester, Bachelor, Drama and Film
Lived in China, UK, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Iceland, France.
Speaks Mandarin, English, German, a bit of Spanish and French.
Awards
Lights On Women’s Worth, L’Oréal Paris & Cannes Film Festival, 2024, presented by Elle Fanning
Short Film Palme d'Or Nominee, 77th Cannes Film Festival, 2024
Best Project, Kirch Foundation Awards, Filmfest Munich, 2023
Best Project, European Short Pitch, 2022
Jury Special Mention, Berlinale Doc Station Pitch, 2021
Jury Special Mention, Best Student Documentary, International Documentary Filmfest Amsterdam, 2020
Best Documentary, Leuven International Short Fim Festival, 2021
Best Film, Diaspora International Short Film Festival, 2021
Best International Short Film, Ibiza Independent Film Festival, 2022
Onion Seed Award, MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, 2021
Jury Special Mention, Leiden Shorts, 2021
Best Student Short Documentary, Porto Femme International Film Festival, 2020
Silver Eye Award Nominee, Institute of Documentary, 2020
Grants
BKM Short Film Production Fund, Germany, 2024
Medienboard Production Fund, Berlin Germany, 2024
Chicken & Egg, (Egg)celerator grant, USA, 2024
BKM Documentary Production Fund, Germany, 2023
CNC Short Film Production Fund, France, 2023
ARTE Short Film Co-production Fund, France, 2023
Sundance Documentary Fund, USA, 2022
Berlin Artist Funding for Women in Film/Video, 2022
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, 2018-2020
Residency
Locarno Residency, Locarno Switzerland, 2024
Hafnar Haus Residency, Reykjavík Iceland, 2024
CAST&CUT Residency, Hannover Germany, 2023
Lago Film Resicency, Lago di Lago Italy, 2023
Munich Film Up & Pop-up Residency, Paris France, 2022-2023
Saga Residency, Eyrarbakki Iceland, 2022
Locarno Documentary Academy, Locarno Switerland, 2022
Lios Lab Arts of Ecology Residency Programme, Błędów Desert Poland, 2022
Logan Nonfiction Fellow, New York USA, 2022
Nipkow Fellowship, Berlin Gemany, 2021
IDFA Project Space, Amsterdam the Netherlands, 2021
IDFAcademy, Amsterdam the Netherrlands, 2020
SoundImageCulture, Brussels Belgium, 2020
Cinéma de Demain - Festival de Cannes / Sundance Institute / Berlinale Talents / Locarno Residency / IDFAcademy / Nipkow Fellow / Logan Fellow / Zurich Film Academy
Filmmaker, writer, private comedian.
Often deals with alienation, migration and identity. Focuses on the sensibility and tangibility of moments, the unspeakable nature of relationships and the humour that produced through self-awareness.
Once upon a time worked in fashion, publishing and performance art.
Currently busy on first feature, THE TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST, and a screenplay UNTIL WE REACHED THE PURPLE GATE THERE WAS NOTHING.
DocNomads, Master, Directing
University of Manchester, Bachelor, Drama and Film
Lived in China, UK, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Iceland, France.
Speaks Mandarin, English, German, a bit of Spanish and French.
Awards
Lights On Women’s Worth, L’Oréal Paris & Cannes Film Festival, 2024, presented by Elle Fanning
Short Film Palme d'Or Nominee, 77th Cannes Film Festival, 2024
Best Project, Kirch Foundation Awards, Filmfest Munich, 2023
Best Project, European Short Pitch, 2022
Jury Special Mention, Berlinale Doc Station Pitch, 2021
Jury Special Mention, Best Student Documentary, International Documentary Filmfest Amsterdam, 2020
Best Documentary, Leuven International Short Fim Festival, 2021
Best Film, Diaspora International Short Film Festival, 2021
Best International Short Film, Ibiza Independent Film Festival, 2022
Onion Seed Award, MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, 2021
Jury Special Mention, Leiden Shorts, 2021
Best Student Short Documentary, Porto Femme International Film Festival, 2020
Silver Eye Award Nominee, Institute of Documentary, 2020
Grants
BKM Short Film Production Fund, Germany, 2024
Medienboard Production Fund, Berlin Germany, 2024
Chicken & Egg, (Egg)celerator grant, USA, 2024
BKM Documentary Production Fund, Germany, 2023
CNC Short Film Production Fund, France, 2023
ARTE Short Film Co-production Fund, France, 2023
Sundance Documentary Fund, USA, 2022
Berlin Artist Funding for Women in Film/Video, 2022
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, 2018-2020
Residency
Locarno Residency, Locarno Switzerland, 2024
Hafnar Haus Residency, Reykjavík Iceland, 2024
CAST&CUT Residency, Hannover Germany, 2023
Lago Film Resicency, Lago di Lago Italy, 2023
Munich Film Up & Pop-up Residency, Paris France, 2022-2023
Saga Residency, Eyrarbakki Iceland, 2022
Locarno Documentary Academy, Locarno Switerland, 2022
Lios Lab Arts of Ecology Residency Programme, Błędów Desert Poland, 2022
Logan Nonfiction Fellow, New York USA, 2022
Nipkow Fellowship, Berlin Gemany, 2021
IDFA Project Space, Amsterdam the Netherlands, 2021
IDFAcademy, Amsterdam the Netherrlands, 2020
SoundImageCulture, Brussels Belgium, 2020