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Xiaoxuan Jiang is a writer-director born in Inner Mongolia, China. Jiang received her BFA Summa Cum Laude in Film & TV and MA in Interactive Media Arts from NYU. She enjoys challenging gender norms, cultural fetishes, and power dynamics in contemporary society. Her work offers humorous yet mildly provocative critiques on intriguing contradictions within herself and her fellow humans.
Her narrative short Graveyard of Horses (2022) was selected for PÖFF Shorts, SXSW ‘23, and BFI ‘23. It won the NETPAC Award at the Busan International Short Film Festival, the Grand Prix Award at the Hiroshima International Film Festival, and Best Student International Short at the 46th Denver Film Festival.
17min • China • 2022
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