Yunyi Zhu is a Chinese artist whose practice questions memory and perception. He graduated from Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts in sculpture and Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, he works based on the combination of a series of personal experiences relating to the uses of some of our underestimated senses in the field of art, such as touch, and the questions of memory. He transforms these experiences and memories into works by various approaches of mediums.
EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2024
· South Taiwan Film Festival, Taiwan
· New Wave New Film, Qinhuangdao, China
· The 18th FIRST International Film Festival, Xining, China
· Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, Beijing, China
· The 6th Le Festival du Cinéma d’auteur chinois, Paris, France
· London Short Film Festival - NOWNESS UK PROJECTIN, London, United Kingdom
· DOC凹凸, Chengdu, China
2023
· The 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· The 5th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· Macao Films & Videos Panorama, Macao, China
· The 20th GZDOC Competition, Guangzhou, China
· The 41th Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France
· The 6th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
· The 60th Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan
· The 45th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taiwan
· The 2th Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Kaohsiung Film Festival, Children's Jury Award, Taiwan
· Kuan-Du Film Festival, Taiwan
· DOC NYC, New York, American
· The 16th Filem'On - International Film Festival For Young Audiences, Brussels, Belgium
· The 64th Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Itlay
· The 40th Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
· The 17th FIRST International Film Festival, Competition, Xining, China
· Vienna Shorts, Special Screening, Vienna, Austria
· The 39th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
· Let's Doc Pitching, Poland
· The 20th Documenta Madrid, Competition, Spain
· Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra - Official Selection, Navarra, Spain
· The 45th Cinéma du Réel, Séance Spéciale, Paris, France
· The 73th Berlinale Generation, Berlin, Germany
2022
· The 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· Après l’école, biennale artpress des jeunes artistes, Musée Fabre et MO.CO, Montpellier, France
· Panorama 24 - L'autre côté, le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
· The 4th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· The 5th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing
· FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
· The 1st Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, China
· Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, American
· Festival Allers-Retours Cinéma d'Auteur Chinois, Paris, France
· Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan
· ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, France
· Nice international film festival, Nice, France
· The 44th Cinéma du réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2021
· Panorama23 ...par la rêve..., le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
2020
· Co-existence.s, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing, France
· Corps Sonores, Anciens Abattoirs Mons, Mons, Belgium
· Decentralism in the center, National Taiwan University of Arts International Exhibition Hall, Taiwan
PRIZES AND REWARDS
· Best Documentary Short Film, New Wave New Film, Qinhuangdao,China, 2024
· SHORT SHORT FILM FILMMAKING EXPLORATION, 18th FIRST International Film Festival, 2024
· JURY PRIZE, Award of Pioneering, The 18th FIRST International Film Festival, 2024
· Best Director, Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, 2024
· Special Focus, VITA SHORTS, 2023
· Best Director, The 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2023
· Festival Tous Courts, Prix Martitima TV "PRIMO / MED IN DOC", 2023
· Special Mentioned, Hishorts film festival, 2023
· Special Mentioned, Award of Pioneering, The 17th FIRST International Film Festival, 2023
· Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, Best Documentary, 2023
· Best short film, The 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Environement Award, The 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Révélation Art video Art numérique ADAGP, Special Mentioned, 2022
· Honorable Mention, ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, 2022
· China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, 2018
· The 3rd place at the Ninth Sculpture Exhibition of China's Excellent Students, Beijing, 2014
· South Taiwan Film Festival, Taiwan
· New Wave New Film, Qinhuangdao, China
· The 18th FIRST International Film Festival, Xining, China
· Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, Beijing, China
· The 6th Le Festival du Cinéma d’auteur chinois, Paris, France
· London Short Film Festival - NOWNESS UK PROJECTIN, London, United Kingdom
· DOC凹凸, Chengdu, China
2023
· The 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· The 5th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· Macao Films & Videos Panorama, Macao, China
· The 20th GZDOC Competition, Guangzhou, China
· The 41th Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France
· The 6th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
· The 60th Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan
· The 45th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taiwan
· The 2th Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Kaohsiung Film Festival, Children's Jury Award, Taiwan
· Kuan-Du Film Festival, Taiwan
· DOC NYC, New York, American
· The 16th Filem'On - International Film Festival For Young Audiences, Brussels, Belgium
· The 64th Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Itlay
· The 40th Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
· The 17th FIRST International Film Festival, Competition, Xining, China
· Vienna Shorts, Special Screening, Vienna, Austria
· The 39th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
· Let's Doc Pitching, Poland
· The 20th Documenta Madrid, Competition, Spain
· Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra - Official Selection, Navarra, Spain
· The 45th Cinéma du Réel, Séance Spéciale, Paris, France
· The 73th Berlinale Generation, Berlin, Germany
2022
· The 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· Après l’école, biennale artpress des jeunes artistes, Musée Fabre et MO.CO, Montpellier, France
· Panorama 24 - L'autre côté, le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
· The 4th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· The 5th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing
· FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
· The 1st Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, China
· Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, American
· Festival Allers-Retours Cinéma d'Auteur Chinois, Paris, France
· Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan
· ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, France
· Nice international film festival, Nice, France
· The 44th Cinéma du réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2021
· Panorama23 ...par la rêve..., le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
2020
· Co-existence.s, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing, France
· Corps Sonores, Anciens Abattoirs Mons, Mons, Belgium
· Decentralism in the center, National Taiwan University of Arts International Exhibition Hall, Taiwan
PRIZES AND REWARDS
· Best Documentary Short Film, New Wave New Film, Qinhuangdao,China, 2024
· SHORT SHORT FILM FILMMAKING EXPLORATION, 18th FIRST International Film Festival, 2024
· JURY PRIZE, Award of Pioneering, The 18th FIRST International Film Festival, 2024
· Best Director, Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, 2024
· Special Focus, VITA SHORTS, 2023
· Best Director, The 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2023
· Festival Tous Courts, Prix Martitima TV "PRIMO / MED IN DOC", 2023
· Special Mentioned, Hishorts film festival, 2023
· Special Mentioned, Award of Pioneering, The 17th FIRST International Film Festival, 2023
· Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, Best Documentary, 2023
· Best short film, The 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Environement Award, The 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Révélation Art video Art numérique ADAGP, Special Mentioned, 2022
· Honorable Mention, ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, 2022
· China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, 2018
· The 3rd place at the Ninth Sculpture Exhibition of China's Excellent Students, Beijing, 2014