YAU Ching

　　Yau Ching was born in Hong Kong in 1966, studied Comparative Literature and Philosophy in Hong Kong, film and media arts in New York and London . A graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York , she is currently living and working in Hong Kong as a filmmaker, writer and educator. Her short films and videos have been awarded at the festivals worldwide including Image Forum in Japan, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Cindy Film Competition, German Video Art Prize, Brno 16 Film Festival, Image Forum in Japan, Hong Kong Independent Film and Video Awards and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Guggenheim Museum, New York Public Library, London Film Festival, Yamagata Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Flaherty International Film Seminars, and the Worldwide Video Festival in Den Haag, among others. Her video works have been broadcast on US National Public Television, Eins Plus and ARD 3 in Germany and MX-TV in Japan.

　　Past films/videos include: Is There Anything Specific You Want Me To tell You About? (90), Flow (93), The Ideal/Na(rra)tion (93), Video Letters 1-3 (93), Diasporama: Dead Air (97), June 30, 1997 (aka Celebrate What?) (97), I'm Starving (99), Suet-sin's Sisters (99). Her latest film Ho Yuk – Let's Love Hong Kong (2002) was awarded the Grand Prize for Fiction at the 31st Figueira da Foz International Film Festival , Portugal and is being nominated for “Best New Performer” at the Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan . Since its release this year, it has been invited to Hawaii International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Asia Media Festival in Rome and Rotterdam International Film Festival.