Ruby Yang

Five young Hong Kongers, equipped with digital camcorders, help filmmaker Ruby Yang create a portrait of a city in transition.

A woman mourns the loss of her still born baby.

High on the Tibetan Plateau, the old way of life is on the decline. We follow the nomads of Ritoma as they navigate the collision of tradition and modernity.

How are ordinary people adapting to China's transformation - market economies, globalization, small families? Using compact digital video gear filmmakers Ruby Yang and Lambert Yam track four Chinese families as they step into the 21st century. Opting for the personal over the abstract, China 21 introduces lively and appealing people who would be lost in a bigger picture.

An experimental short on light, color and anxiety.

An experimental work scrutinizing the texture, pattern and movement of architectural surroundings.

J and Jacky are good friends who attend the same school. J is from a single-parent family, and will be taken care by Jacky’s family whenever his mother has to return to Mainland to renew her visa; such kind of story is not an isolated case. These families have been uprooted for a “better future” in Hong Kong, but is this “future” that the children really long to have? A Chinese saying: “How does one understand the joy of fish, if one is not a fish?” Will the adults really understand what the children want?

Following Asia's best young musicians as they learn to work together, this film explores the higher ideals that music inspires.

A year in the life of children in the Province of Anhui in China, who have lost their parents to AIDS. Traditional obligations to family and village collide with terror of the disease.

Five young Hong Kongers, equipped with digital camcorders, help filmmaker Ruby Yang create a portrait of a city in transition.

Five young Hong Kongers, equipped with digital camcorders, help filmmaker Ruby Yang create a portrait of a city in transition.

Documentary portrays the life of gay men in China and how some of the men still must marry and have children to please their parents.

A Hong Kong documentary directed by Oscar winner Ruby Yang, chronicles the trials and tribulations of a group of under-privileged middle school students as they undergo six months of vigorous training to produce a musical on stage.

A Hong Kong documentary directed by Oscar winner Ruby Yang, chronicles the trials and tribulations of a group of under-privileged middle school students as they undergo six months of vigorous training to produce a musical on stage.

Peng Liyuan, one of China's most popular folksingers and a Chinese AIDS Ambassador, plays with AIDS orphans in the remote villages of Anhui province. The short film explores the story behind Peng's trip to Anhui to film public service announcements and her involvement with the children of the Fu'Ai Charity.

A Chinese-American philanthropist speaks frankly about his status as a gay man, his experience with AIDS while growing up in the U.S., and what led him to give up a lucrative career in investment banking to work with gay men in China and others at risk of AIDS.

In 2013, My Voice, My Life followed classes of students from three high schools for underprivileged kids and one school for the visually impaired as they embarked on a voyage of self-discovery through taking part in a musical production. Six years later, what kinds of lives are they leading now? My Voice, My Life Revisited goes in search of four of those students: Ah Bok, Coby, Sio Fan and Tsz Nok, charting their transformation and how they have grown over these past few years, as well as the challenges they are facing today.

The half-hour profile tells the story of "Julia," a university student and the very first person to go on the Chinese airwaves to explain that she had contracted the HIV virus through sexual contact.

MATRIMONY is a fast and furious tongue-in-cheek send-up of the lavish ceremonies and weighted significance associated with weddings.

This story of the cheongsam takes us from Shanghai to Hong Kong and Toronto, reflecting the history of the Chinese diaspora and the decline of traditional tailoring.

Through many in-depth interviews with the veterans of Silicon Valley, this documentary describes the history, start-up culture, business management and venture capital mechanisms of the Silicon Valley.

What's the spirit of Yong Chun? Take a subway to Yong Chun and appreciate Master Meng's Kung Fu. Learn of the beauty and kindness of Chinese culture.

Documentary about the experience of the Chinese in San Francisco's Chinatown, told through the films they loved. This retrospective film retells the immigrant story, and revives the emotions felt by audiences in Chinatown's theaters. An uplifting reflection on how cinema shaped the community, and a tribute to the Chinatown theater movie-goers.

A group of Chinese orphans with AIDS make their first trip to Beijing to meet Yao Ming.

Villagers in a remote district of central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their water and air. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well.