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Yash (张一飞) is a filmmaker,artist,producer,editor, 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 and Edinburgh Pitch(2024),etc. Yash’s short films and collaborations have been featured at various festivals and exhibitions, including Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (2025), Nowness China (2024), Sheffield Doc Fest (2024), Indie Memphis Film Festival (2022), etc. Yash holds an MFA in Creative Documentary from University College London(UK) and a BA in Theatre and Film Interdisciplinary major from Rhodes College(US).

     

Selected exhibitions and screenings:



[2025] DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
[2025] QueerEast Festival, London, UK
[2025] Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, UK
[2025] CNEX Chinese Doc Forum, Selected Project, Taipei
[2025] Berlinale Talent Doc Station, Shortlisted, Berlin, Germany
[2024] Edinburgh Pitch, Selected Project, Edinburgh, Scottish Documentary Institute, UK [2024] Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
[2024] Temporal Space, Brooklyn, Group Exhibition, New York, US
[2024] BlackStar Film Festival, Philadelphia, US
[2024] Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Kosovo [2024] Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival, Indonesia
[2024] Sheffield Doc Fest, Sheffield, UK,
[2024] First International Film Festival, Pioneer Section, Xining, China
[2023] The Elevator Independent Film Screening, Elevator art space, 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] The 2nd Vita Horizon Chinese Film Festival, China
[2022] Indie Memphis Film Festival, Special Showcase, Memphis, TN, US
[2022] 冇Mao International Film Week & Shining Art Gallery, Guangzhou, China
[2022] International Film Festival Canton, Guangzhou, China
[2022] Lang Moving Image Exhibition (浪影像), Beijing, China
[2022] Rhodes College Annual Symposium, Memphis, TN, US


Selected Artist programmes:


[2025] London Short Film Festival, Documentary Jury Member, London, UK, Jan

[2025] Queer Art Mentorship, selected artist, New York, US, Jan-Oct

[2024] Union Docs Summer Documentary Lab, Lab Resident, New York, US, Aug-Sep

[2024] Queer Across the Wave Filmmaking Talent Development programme, Mentor, Queerchina UK, London,March-July

[2024] Raze Producer Lab, Selected Participant, London, UK

[2023] Drag-Up Decolonizing Performance Project, London, UK

[2022] Ying Ming Theatre symposium, Artist Participant, Online

Awards:


[2024] First International Film Festival Pioneer Section Jury Prize, Xining, China

[2024] In Moment Film Festival CCDF selection special award, China

[2023] The 2nd Vita Horizon Chinese Film Festival, Best Short Film Nomination

[2022] Indie Memphis Film Festival, Best Hometowner Short Nomination

[2021] Truly Memphis Fellowships in the Arts

[2021] Rhodes CollegeMike Curb Institute Fellowship

[2019] Rhodes College Buckman Fellowship

Alternative Learnings:


[2023]Projet de biodiversité Autonomie et Résilience, Farmer Resident, France, July-Aug

[2022]Yellow Bird Art Farm, Farmer Resident, Woodbury, Tennessee, US, July-Aug

[2022]Mouna Farm Arts & Cultural Village, Farmer Resident, Sooriya Art, Hawaii, US,Jan-Feb

[2021]The Future In Valley, Artist-Farmer Resident, Hunan, China, Jan-Sep