Altay Ulan Yang is a Mongolian filmmaker born in Inner Mongolia, China, and a graduate of Beijing Film Academy. His work explores adolescence, masculinity, violence, and memory through a visual, expressionist cinematic language. His short HYENA won the Pardino d’Oro for Best International Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival, as well as Best Midnight Short and a Best of the Festival Special Mention at Palm Springs ShortFest. His earlier short Monsters Never Know won Best International Short Film at the Fribourg International Film Festival. He is currently developing his first feature.
