Tang Yi was born and raised in Fuzhou,
China. She moved to Hong Kong for college
to study accounting. During her studies,
she discovered her passion for art and
initially pursued a career in music. Later,
she applied to NYU Tisch with a music video
and was awarded a scholarship. In 2021,
her second short film, All the Crows in the
World, won the Short Film Palme d’Or at
the Cannes Film Festival. Tang Yi considers
herself a cinema nomad, traveling the
world to find a home for her stories. She
is developing her first feature through
Cinefondation Residence in Paris, and
the TorinoFilmLab – ScriptLab. Yi’s work
focuses on telling stories about women,
underrepresented groups, and social issues.
She captures these themes through a
subversive, darkly comedic film lens, which
is a signature style of hers.