BIO

Yuqi Kang is a Chinese Mongol filmmaker, who was born in Inner Mongolia then grew up in Beijing. During her teenage years, Yuqi moved to Canada to pursue art. She has a BFA in Drawing at Alberta University of the Arts and an MFA in Filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in Social Documentary Film. Her feature debut A Little Wisdom premiered at Busan International Film Festival and SXSW. It was awarded the Best Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs, Grand Jury Award at DOC NYC, and was named one of the five breakthrough directors by the Director Guild of Canada.