Yang Heng
YANG Heng (1975, China) graduated from the Hunan Broadcasting College in 1994, and went on to receive his Bachelor’s degree in Photography from the Beijing Film Academy in 2001. Since 2002, Yang has been working as an independent director and scriptwriter. With his feature film debut Betelnut he won the New Currents Award at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2006 and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2007. Having appeared at IFFR in previous years (Sun Spots, IFFR 2009), Yang made a return with his latest feature, Silent Ghosts, selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
Accidented (2001, short), Carriage (2002, short), The Forgotten Moments (2004, short), Binglang/Betelnut (2006), Nirvana (2008, instal), Guang ban/Sun Spots (2009), Na pian hu shui/Lake August (2014), Ghost in the Mountains (2017), Silent Ghosts (2022)
Yang Heng at IFFR
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Silent Ghosts
Five men, five histories, five apparitions of a woman. A lush story about gossamer memories and dreams.
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Lake August
To forget the death of his father and a broken relationship, a young man roams through a far corner of China. He comes to a halt in a resort. Yang has
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Betelnut
Two kids share love, desire and boredom in a long hot summer on the banks of a river in Hunan, three hours by plane plus three hours by bus from Beiji
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Nirvana
Installation by a young Chinese film maker who brought his début film to Rotterdam last year. Now he makes his debut as an installation maker with a p
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Lake August
To forget the death of his father and a broken relationship, a young man roams through a far corner of China. He comes to a halt in a resort. Yang has
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Sun Spots
Successful Chinese example of minimalist cinema combines beautiful, very sharp HD images without camera movements with a story about a tragic relation