All the Crows in the World
天下乌鸦
TANG Yi
15 minutes | 2021 | Fiction | Mandarin Chinese | English Subtitles
The 74th Cannes Film Festival | Short Film Competition – Palme d’or
2022 South By Southwest (SXSW) – Short Film Jury Award Winner
Opening Night
7:30 PM, FRI, AUG 12
Innis Town Hall
Screening with
Keep Rolling (113 min)
Lili Alone (22 min)
18-year-old Shengnan is invited to a mysterious party by her cousin. The party is filled with greasy middle-aged men. Among these people, Jianguo is so different.
Director
TANG YI was born and raised in Fuzhou, China. Prior to filmmaking, she studied accounting at Chinese University of Hong Kong and was a singer-songwriter under Universal Hong Kong. Her debut EP Seriously, peaked No. 1 on Hong Kong iTunes Store during the release week. She moved to New York pursuing a career in filmmaking after being accepted into NYU graduate film program. She concentrates on stories untold and voices unheard from a woman’s perspective. Her first short, Black Goat, shot in Nepal, was eligible for 2021 Oscar Award in short film category. She is also named one of the “25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2020” by Austin Film Festival.
Credits
- Director: TANG Yi
- Principal Cast: CHEN Xuanyu, XUE Baohe, HUANG Shujun, LIU Zhengyi, WU Ge
- Producer: LI Haozheng
- Screenplay: TANG Yi
- Cinematographer: LI Shiyu
- Editor: J.Him Lee
- Sound: LIU Qi
- Music: Guyshawn Wong, Lemon Guo, John Grant