She Runs

In an ordinary Chinese winter, a small city junior high student, YU, tries to quit her school aerobic dancing team.

Director: Qiu Yang
Producers: Lin Fan, Edmond Yang, Justin Pechberty, Damien Megherbi
Live-Action, China, 2019
19:32 min | trailer

QIU Yang was born and raised in Changzhou, China. He studied film directing at the Victorian College of the Arts in Australia. His latest short film SHE RUNS has been selected to the competition at the Cannes 58th Critics‘ Week. His previous works including A Gentle Night was awarded the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 70th Festival de Cannes. He became the first ever Chinese director to receive this award. In 2015, Under the Sun was selected for the 68th Festival de Cannes Cinéfondation Competition. He is currently developing his first feature project, which was selected to the Cinéfondation Residence 2017 and was awarded the CNC Screenwriting Grant during the 70th Festival de Cannes.

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