Yuqi Kang

Yuqi Kang (born April 25, 1987) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. She is most noted for her 2017 documentary film A Little Wisdom,[1] which was the winner of the Best Canadian Feature Documentary award at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[2]

Born in the Inner Mongolia region of China, she was raised in Beijing before moving to Canada as a teenager.

Her second feature documentary, 7 Beats per Minute, premiered in 2024,[3] and was longlisted for the 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.[4]

  1. ^ Marc Glassman, "More than a Little Wisdom". Point of View, April 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2018: A Little Wisdom, Transformer among award winners". Now, May 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Andrew Parker, "Hot Docs 2024 Review | 7 Beats per Minute". TheGATE.ca, April 27, 2024.
  4. ^ Connie Thiessen, "DGC unveils Discovery Award long list". Broadcast Dialogue, September 12, 2024.