Born in Hunan province, China in 1984, she studied screenwriting at the Beijing Film Academy before making her first documentary Underground in 2005. Her short film The Warmth of Orange Peel screened in the Berlinale Generation programme in 2010. Her debut feature film Egg and Stone, which she made exclusively with non-professional actors in her hometown, premiered at Rotterdam where it won the Hivos Tiger Award. Her documentary Trace screened at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2013.
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