Chi Jang Yin

An award-winning experimental filmmaker with expertise in media and cinema studies, Chi Jang Yin's work investigates the gaps in history that are invisible to others. Yin’s expertise in experimental cinema, VR documentaries, Cinéma Vérité, and media literacy informs a diverse body of work that is recognized internationally in galleries, museums, and film festivals. Most of her films have been selected by and featured at German, European, and Oscar-qualifying film festivals. Yin’s films have been shown at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany; European Media Arts Festival in Osnabrouck, Germany; Kasseler Documentary Film Festival, Germany; Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden; Chicago International Film Festival; Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; Los Angeles Film Festival; The Lazniz Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland; Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic; Manchester Arts Centre, United Kingdom; The Contemporary Center of Art, Bulgaria; and IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her work was invited to the professional film market at Visions du Réel, Nyon in Switzerland. Yin was a nominee for the Excellence in Teaching Award. Yin holds an MFA and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). All of her films are distributed by Video Data Bank. Awards: –Jury Choice Award, Thomas Edison Film Festival (formerly “Black Maria Film Festival”) –Winner of Best Film, Experimental Video Architecture at the Fiaticorti Film Festival, Italy –Nominated Film Award, Gdansk DocFilm Festival, Poland –Distinction Prize Award, Poland IN-OUT Film Festival, the Centre for Contemporary Art (Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Laznia), Poland –Best Film on Architecture, Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, Italy –Second Grand Prize Award, Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH –Best of Film Festival, Thaw International Film and Digital Media Festival, Iowa City, IA –Finalist Award for Media Arts, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL –Best Documentary Short, Georgetown Independent Film Festival, Washington, DC To learn more about Yin's research and teaching, visit https://chijangyin.art