Yifei "Yash" Zhang (he/they) is a filmmaker, producer, performer,and tree lover, whose work explores queerness, fluidity, mental health, and futurity. Yash's work-in-progress debut feature documentary "Ma, Let's Fly Together" has been selected for the UnionDocs Summer Lab, Edinburgh Pitch, and CNEX, Queer Art Mentorship, and shortlisted for Berlinale Talent. Since 2017, their short films and collaborations have been featured at various film festivals and exhibitions, including Nowness, Sheffield Doc Fest , First International Film Festival, Elevator Shanghai, Peng Hao Theatre, Indie Memphis, etc. Yash holds an MFA in Creative Documentary from University College London and a BA in Theatre and Film from Rhodes College.
Selected Artist programme
Queer Art Mentorship ｜ Selected Artist | New York, US
Berlinale Talents Doc Station | Shortlisted, Berlin, Germany
Union Docs Summer Documentary Lab | Lab Resident | New York, US
Edinburgh Pitch | Selected Project | Edinburgh, UK
Sheffield Queer Realities Lab | Shortlisted, Sheffield, UK
Raze Producer Lab 2024 | London, UK
Queer Across the Wave Filmmaking Talent Development programme | Mentor | Queerchina UK | London
Ying Ming Theatre symposium | Artist Participant | Online
Award
In Moment Film Festival CCDF selection special award, China, 2024.9
First International Film Festival Pioneer Section Jury Prize, Xining, China, 2024.9
Exhibitions&Film Festivals
Drag Up! Screening, Oval Office Bar, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Germany, 2024.12
Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China, 2024. 12
Temporal Space Art Showcase, Brooklyn, New York, 2024.9.11
BlackStar Film Festival, Philadelphia, United States, 2024.8
Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Kosovo, 2024. 8
Jakarta international Documentary & Experimental Film Festival, 2024.8
Sheffield Doc Fest, Sheffield, UK, 2024. 06.12-17
The 2nd Mental Health Science Popularization Exhibition, Wuhan, China, 2024.06
Soho Creative Social, special screening, Sacred Grounds, W1D 6AE, London, UK, 2024.05
Queer Night Drag Up Screening , Dalston Superstore, special screening, E8 2PB, London, UK 2024.04
Drag Up Screening, Hackney Chinese Community Centre, N1 4LS, London, UK 2024,02
ESEA Contemporary(Contemporary Queer Chinese Art ), Manchester, UK, 2023
Manchester Pride Festival, Manchester, UK, 2023
The Elevator Independent Film Screening, Shanghai, China, 2023
Mindful Pictures Experiences, Garden Cinema, London, UK, 2023
Festival of the Moving Image, Bloomsbury Theatre, London, UK, Honorable Mention, 2023
Death of the Spectacle, Group Exhibition, London, UK, 2023
Drag Up! Performance, Group Performance, The Common Press, E2 6DG, London, UK 2023
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Special Showcase, 2022
冇Mao International Film Week, Shining Art Gallery, Guangzhou China 2022
Lang Move Movies(浪影像), Beijing, China 2022
Rhodes College Annual Synposium, Memphis, TN, USA,2022
“The Global Cafe” Crosstown Youth Theatre, performer, Memphis/Remote, TN, USA, 2020
"A Celebration of Jeanine Tesori" , performer, China/Remote, 2020
" Rose and the Rime " musical, performer, Memphis, TN, USA, 2019
“I Love you, You're Perfect, Now Change" , musical, Ostrander award, performer, Memphis, TN, USA, 2019
NYFA special showcase, New York Film Academy, New York, USA, 2019