// Chasuna, huit ans, vit dans les steppes de Mongolie. Son père a quitté la région pour trouver du travail dans la grande ville la plus proche. Alors qu’elle lui rend visite pour son anniversaire, Chasuna découvre qu’il s’est marié avec une femme chinoise. La fillette va devoir accepter ce nouveau membre de la famille.
// 8 years old girl Chasuna travels from her home on grassland to visit her father who lives in the big city. However, during her father’s birthday party, she finds out he is married to a Chinese woman. Chasuna has to learn how to accept her as part of the family.
雁南飞
Production | Produced by : Yuan Yuan & Meng Fei
Associate Producers : Mingjue Hu, Ye Sun, Eris Quian, Quinying Lin
School : NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Scénario & Réalisation | Screenwriter & Director : Yuan Yuan
Acteurs | Cast : Fala Chen, Chasuna, Tongalag, Eerdeng Tuoya
Image | DOP : Joewi Verhoeven
Son | Sound operator : Jian Zhang
Design sonore | Sound designer : Kun Chen
Montage image | Editor : Yuan Yuan
Décors | Set : Yixuan Tong, Xinping Fu
Musique originale | Original soundtrack : Lu Wang
25th DGA Student Film Award | Grand Prize of Best Student Film | 2020
86358 Short Film Festival | Post Wave Film Academy Award | 2020
Aspen ShortsFest | Best Student Film | 2020
Cannes Lions Young Director Award | Gold Screen Short Film, and Student Film | 2020
DC Shorts Film Festival | Outstanding First Time Filmmaker Award | 2020
FilmschoolFest Munich | Best Screenwriting Award | 2020
Hamptons IFF | University Short Film Award | 2020
Hong Kong IFF | Firebird Award Jury Prize | 2020
Little Wing FF | Best International Film, Best Cinematography | 2020
New Era FF | Best Acting Award | 2020
Palm Springs ISFF | Best Student U.S. Film | 2020
Flickers Rhode Island IFF | Grand Prize of International Vision Award | 2020
Chinese American FF | 2020
Fusion Film Festival | 2020
North America Chinese Directors Short Film Tour | 2020
Youth Image Film Festival | 2020
AFI Fest | 2020
Bengaluru International SFF | 2020
Blue Danube Film Festival | 2020
Denver Film Festival | 2020
Diaspora Film Festival Korea | 2020
Indy Shorts Film Festival | 2020
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur | 2020
Nashville Film Festival | 2020
OFF Odense International FF | 2020
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival | 2020
San Diego Asian Film Festival | 2020
Show Me Shorts Film Festival | 2020
Urbanworld Film Festival 2020 | 2020
Flickerfest | 2021
Afrodite Shorts | 2021
BUFF Malmö | 2021
Cinequest | 2021
Cinemagic | 2021
Mecal Pro Barcelona | 2nd international prize | 2021
Atlanta Film Festival | 2021
Cascadia Women Film Festival | 2021
Cleveland FF | 2021
Singapore Chinese Film Festival | 2021
Lake Travis Film Festival | 2021
Georgetown University | 2021
Brussels SFF | 2021
Golden Horse FF | 2021
Rencontres audiovisuelles de Lille | 2021
Bosphorus IFF | 2021
Rencontres Cinématographiques de Vence | 2021
Nowness
Kinoproba Film Festival | 2021
Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence | 2021
Ciné Jeune de L’Aisne | 2022
Court en scène Troyes | 2022
Short film week Regensburg | 2022
Setting Sun FF | Best Film By a Female Filmmaker | 2022
Corti a Ponte | 2022
Yuan Yuan is a Chinese writer and director based in New York. She is currently a MFA student at New York University, where she is named as an Ang Lee Scholar and Spike Lee Film Production Fellow. After graduating from Shanghai Theatre Academy with a BA in directing, she began working in script development for Oscar-winning producer Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Lust, Caution). In 2017, Yuan entered grad school to follow her dream in storytelling.
Yuan’s short films have screened at many festivals worldwide, and won awards at DGA Student Film Award, Aspen ShortsFest, Palm Springs, Rhode Island, Hamptons, Hong Kong International Film Festival, and Cannes Lions Young Director Award, etc. Currently, Yuan Yuan is developing her first feature.
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Yuan Yuan est une réalisatrice chinoise vivant à New York. Après son diplôme en réalisation au sein de la Shanghai Theatre Academy, elle a commencé à travailler sur le développement de scénarios pour le producteur Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger; Hidden Dragon; Lust, Caution). En 2017, Yuan commence un master afin de poursuivre son rêve : devenir réalisatrice. Elle est actuellement étudiante à la prestigieuse université NYU (Etats-Unis), grâce aux programmes « Ang Lee Scholar » et « Spike Lee Film Production ».
Les courts métrages de Yuan ont été sélectionnés dans de nombreux festivals internationaux, et gagné des prix au DGA Student Film Award, au festival Aspen ShortsFest, ainsi qu’au sein des festivals de Palm Springs, de Rhode Island, des Hamptons, du Hong Kong International Film Festival, et des Cannes Lions Young Director Award. Yuan développe à présent son premier long métrage.
