Directing

Kevin Xian Ming Yu

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Directing

Credits

12 titles

Kevin Xian Ming Yu is a non-binary filmmaker from Queens, NY. They are a 2024 Film at Lincoln Center Artist Academy Fellow and 2023-2024 UFO Film Lab filmmaker. They were also selected to be a part of the 2024 NewFest/Concord Originals Sound & Scene Cohort. Kevin is committed to telling the stories of underrepresented communities, specifically representing the Asian-American communities and diaspora in New York. Their latest short film, Yú Cì (Fish Bones) premiered at SXSW 2025. Kevin has also worked as a cinematographer on various short form content and two feature films, Verde and Anna Comes Home. Their work as a cinematographer has screened at festivals such as Sundance, Energa Cameri…

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Behind the camera

Yú Cì (Fish Bones) poster
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Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help him deal with a poisonous fish bite.

Yú Cì (Fish Bones)

2025

Yú Cì (Fish Bones) poster
NR

Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help him deal with a poisonous fish bite.

Yú Cì (Fish Bones)

2025

Yú Cì (Fish Bones) poster
NR

Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help him deal with a poisonous fish bite.

Yú Cì (Fish Bones)

2025

No artwork available
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Kai, a genderqueer Chinese-American, and their mother, Li, deal with the effects of a heavy storm on their basement apartment in Queens. Zhou, Kai’s grandfather, is dying in Northeast China. During this sleepless night, a familiar spirit visits Kai and mistakes them for Li.

I Saw You in the Flood

2026

No artwork available
NR

Kai, a genderqueer Chinese-American, and their mother, Li, deal with the effects of a heavy storm on their basement apartment in Queens. Zhou, Kai’s grandfather, is dying in Northeast China. During this sleepless night, a familiar spirit visits Kai and mistakes them for Li.

I Saw You in the Flood

2026

No artwork available
NR

Kai, a genderqueer Chinese-American, and their mother, Li, deal with the effects of a heavy storm on their basement apartment in Queens. Zhou, Kai’s grandfather, is dying in Northeast China. During this sleepless night, a familiar spirit visits Kai and mistakes them for Li.

I Saw You in the Flood

2026

Take a Look at Me poster
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Zhang, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant, visits the grieving family of his former lover, Ming. Over one afternoon in Queens, he connects with twenty-something Andy, Ming’s genderqueer child.

Take a Look at Me

2025

Take a Look at Me poster
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Zhang, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant, visits the grieving family of his former lover, Ming. Over one afternoon in Queens, he connects with twenty-something Andy, Ming’s genderqueer child.

Take a Look at Me

2025

No artwork available
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Ai, a Chinese immigrant, sees her deceased sister in a tai-chi class.

Carry Tiger to Mountain

2024

No artwork available
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Ai, a Chinese immigrant, sees her deceased sister in a tai-chi class.

Carry Tiger to Mountain

2024

No artwork available
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Ai, a Chinese immigrant, sees her deceased sister in a tai-chi class.

Carry Tiger to Mountain

2024

No artwork available
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A young Asian-American struggles to balance their exploration of gender identity with the expectations of their immigrant mother.

Close to You

2020