Directing
Yang Xiao
Born 1989-06-19 · Guilin, Guangxi, China
Xiao Yang (born in 1989), Screenwriter & Director, graduated from Shanghai University for the MFA Program. His debut feature The Suspended Step (2013) was selected for several international film festivals such as the Asian International Film Festival in Tours and the Shadows Film Festival in Paris. His short film DANCING TOGETHER (2015) was invited by festivals such as Kolkata Shorts IFF, Film Front Shorts IFF and others. He has also been actively involved in art house films as associate director and storyboard designer, for films such as Kaili Blues by Bi Gan and At the Dock by Han Dong.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.0On a rainy day, Zhang Xin, a filmmaker who suffers from obsession deeply, comes across a strange girl, carrying a durian. He can’t help but walk towards her. This beautiful bubble breaks once the girl turns out to be the reflection of the obsession.
Chronicle of a Durian
2017
7.0On a rainy day, Zhang Xin, a filmmaker who suffers from obsession deeply, comes across a strange girl, carrying a durian. He can’t help but walk towards her. This beautiful bubble breaks once the girl turns out to be the reflection of the obsession.
Chronicle of a Durian
2017
NRZhang Xin was sent to Guizhou, his hometown, to write an article. Strange things start to happen around him...
The Suspended Step
2013
NRZhang Xin was sent to Guizhou, his hometown, to write an article. Strange things start to happen around him...
The Suspended Step
2013
NRAfter the electricity went off, many eyes grew from the playground.
After Dark
2018
NRThere are two important features of the Zhuang folksongs. One is the improvised antiphonal singing style, and the other is its reliance on "hawfwen", a traditional gathering of singing groups. However, the clan community of pre-modernist was collapsed in the trend of urbanization. The "singing groups" have also gradually turned into "WeChat groups". This film is in honor of this traditional folk art that once popular in Guangxi. Traveling along with songs, the camera has found different faces and gatherings, lingered in the rural areas and urban cities, trying to find the echo of "hawfwen".
The Mountains Sing
2021
NRThere are two important features of the Zhuang folksongs. One is the improvised antiphonal singing style, and the other is its reliance on "hawfwen", a traditional gathering of singing groups. However, the clan community of pre-modernist was collapsed in the trend of urbanization. The "singing groups" have also gradually turned into "WeChat groups". This film is in honor of this traditional folk art that once popular in Guangxi. Traveling along with songs, the camera has found different faces and gatherings, lingered in the rural areas and urban cities, trying to find the echo of "hawfwen".
The Mountains Sing
2021
NRThis is a video diary of the surreal lock-down made by the filmmaker couple who were trapped in a small, rented apartment in Shanghai. In the face of endless madness, the camera gradually breaks free from the window and observes a vast social isolation unprecedented in the country's history.
Through the Window
2023

