ACCOLADES
Creative Grants & Awards
2021 Social Innovation & Impact Grant (The Pride Network, Newark, US)
2021 Voices With Impact Short-film Grant (Art With Impact, San Francisco, US)
2020 Next Masters Support Program (Talents Tokyo/TOKYO FILMeX, Tokyo, JP)
2020 Top-6 national finalist, IF/Then Shorts (Tribeca Film Institute, New York City, US)
2019 Special Talent Travel Support (Goethe-Institut, Beijing, CN)
2016 Script Development Fund (Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin, DE)
Film Festival Prizes & Honors
2021 Student Academy Awards — Finalist, Experimental Section (1 of 3 globally) (Los Angeles, USA)
2021 FIRST International Film Festival (Xining, CN) “Short Short” Film Competition
2019 Panorama 40 honor (one of 12 chosen from 1,800 films), Berlin Int’l Film Festival
2017 Talento Emergente honor, Cineteca Alameda (San Luis Potosí, MX)
2016 First Prize, Dong Film Fest (Turin, IT)
2015 Special Mention, Queer Lisboa Film Festival (Lisbon, PT)
2015 Prix de la Critique (top prize / 10,000 francs), Geneva Independent Film Festival (Geneva, CH)
2014 Best First Feature Award, China Independent Film Festival (Nanjing, CN)
2014 Nominated, FIPRESCI Prize, Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival
2014 Golden Shika (top prize), Nara Int’l Film Festival (Nara, JP)
2014 Nominated, Teddy Award and Best First Feature, Berlin Int’l Film Festival
Academic Awards, Scholarships, & Fellowships
2021 PFund Foundation Scholarship (PFund Foundation, Minneapolis, MN)
2021 OpenHawks Open Educational Resource Development Grant (UIowa Libraries)
2021–22 Graduate Teaching Fellowship (UIowa Center for Teaching)
2021 Teaching as Research Program (UIowa Graduate College)
2021–22 Teaching Assistantship (UIowa Graduate College)
2021–22 Working Group & Support Grant (Obermann Center for Advanced Studies)
2021 Hugh Vollrath Ross Scholarship (UIowaGraduate College)
2021 Digital Humanities & Publishing Studio Summer Fellowship (UIowa Library)
2021 Stanley Fellowship for International Research (Stanley-Iowa Foundation)
2021 Graduate Fellow, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies (UIowa)
2020–21 Teaching Assistantship (UIowa Graduate College)
2020 Research Grant for the Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences (UIowa Graduate College)
2020 Research Grant (UIowa Graduate & Professional Student Government)
2020 First Prize, International Photo Contest (UIowa International Programs)
2020 Inductee, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars (Long Beach, US)
2020 Prism Foundation Scholarship (Prism Foundation, San Francisco, US)
2020 Achievement Award (Chinese Rainbow Network, Los Angeles)
2020 Student Impact Grant (UIowa Office of the President)
2020 Travel Grant (UIowa Graduate & Professional Student Government)
2019 Grand Prize, International Photo Contest (UIowa International Programs)
2019–20 Iowa Arts Fellowship (UIowa Graduate College)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS
2021 Berinale Talents (Berlin Int’l Film Festival)
2018 Ties That Bind (Singapore)
2018 Talents Tokyo (Tokyo, JP)
2017 FIRST Training Camp, FIRST Int’l Film Festival (Xining, CN)
2016 MexiCannes Summer Residence (Guanajuato, MX)
2015–16 Cinéfondation Résidence, Cannes Film Festival (Paris, FR)
PANELS, TALKS, PRESENTATIONS
2021 Panelist, Voices With Impact 2021 Sessions (Art With Impact, San Francisco, US)
2021 Organizer/host, Artist Talk with Dea Kulumbegashvili (Bijou Film Board/FilmScene, Iowa City, US)
2021 Panelist, “Sundance If You Film It” panel (Sundance Institute/FilmScene)
2021 Panelist, Wong Kar-wai retrospective panel (Bijou Film Board/FilmScene)
2020 Panelist, Sue Williams panel (Bijou Film Board/FilmScene)
2020 Organizer/host, Artist Talk with Santiago Loza (University of Iowa)
2019 Original research presenter, Film & History Conference (Madison, WI, US)
2019 Panelist, “40 Years of Programming” panel (Queer Academy Summit, Berlin, DE)
2016 Panelist, “Identity & Portrait” panel (First Movie Theatre, Beijing, CN)
2014 Artist talk, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (Shenzhen, CN)
SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
2021– Selection Committee Member, Beijing Queer Film Festival (Beijing, CN)
2021– Founder & Co-director, Social Intervention & Photography Working Group, Obermann Center (Iowa City, IA)
2021– Screener, Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (Iowa City, IA)
2020– Member, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars (USA)
EDUCATION
2022 MA, Photography, University of Iowa (Iowa City, US)
2022 MFA, Film & Video Production, University of Iowa (Iowa City, US)
2016 Diplôme, French Civilization & Language, Cours de civilisation française de La Sorbonne (Paris, FR)
2015 BA, Radio & Television Production, Chongqing Univ. of Posts & Telecommunications (Chongqing, CN)