First-time Chinese director Jing Yi can pinpoint the precise moment that led him to become a filmmaker. The 31-year-old was born and raised in a tiny village in the dry grasslands of China's ...

First-time director Jing Yi sets his feature in the northern province of Xinjiang, in a remote community just across the border from Kazakhstan. By Jordan Mintzer In many ways, writer ...

Berlin: A lonely Kazakh boy communes with nature in Jing Yi's evocative debut, from the producer of "Kaili Blues" and "Long Day's Journey into Night." Jing situates “The Botanist” in a woozy ...

Jing Yi’s debut feature won the grand prize of the international jury in Berlin's children's film sidebar, with Gondry's whimsical animation winning over the children's jury. By Scott Roxborough ...