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Piaoyu Xie
Profession:
DirectorWriter
Country:
China
Born and raised in southern China. Piaoyu moved to Prague after receiving a
bachelor degree in film in Hong Kong Baptist University, and to pursue her MFA
degree in directing in Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in
Prague (FAMU) since 2013.
Her previous shorts On the Other Side (2014), All of Me (2015) and
documentary Katerina 4392 (2014) among others were screened at numerous festivals and
also on Czech TV. Her latest film The Nettle (2017), a coming-of-age queer drama, premiered
in BFI Flare and selected into the official selection of Palm Spring International Shortfest and
many other festivals, recently it's been shortlisted for the Iris Prize (one of the prestigious
awards for LGBT shorts). Piaoyu is currently working on the post-production of her new short
film Cicada. The Ugly Mandarine is Piaoyu’s first feature project.
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The Ugly Mandarine
Yiou is a young woman from China studying music in Prague. Her graduation concert is coming, which means her student visa will end with that. Yiou realizes she got into the situation which is much ...
The Ugly Mandarine
Yiou is a young woman from China studying music in Prague. Her graduation concert is coming, which means her student visa will end with that. Yiou realizes she got into the situation which is much ...