Yuqi Kang
January 28, 2022
Yuqi Kang was born in Inner Mongolia, China. She studied filmmaking in the Social Documentary Film Program 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 South by Southwest. It was awarded the Best Canadian Feature at HotDocs, Grand Jury Award at DOC NYC, and she was nominated one of five breakthrough directors by the Directors Guild of Canada. Yuqi is also an alumnus of TIFF Talent Lab, Tribeca Institute, HotDocs, RIDM talent lab, and the Canadian Academy Directors Program for Women. She was named “40 Under 40” by DOC NYC in 2019.
