Director Jae YANG
Jae YANG is a graduate of National Chengchi University's Department of Radio and Television and Columbia University’s MFA program in Film Directing and Screenwriting. Since 2012, her short films—including Her Dream Lovers, Starry Eyes, Cronos, Ping Pong Coach, Sophia and Josh, Like a patch of mud, and Tail End of The Year—have received critical acclaim at international film festivals.
In 2016, YANG's short film Ping Pong Coach won the Student Visionary Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, while Cronos earned the Best Editing Award at the Golden Harvest Awards and was a finalist for the Student Academy Awards. Her 2018 thesis film Tail End of The Year was supported by PTS's Innovative Short Film Fund and was showcased at Columbia University’s Lincoln Center, where it received nominations for both the Jury’s Best Graduation Film and the Audience Choice Award. Tail End of The Year also garnered the NBR Student Grant, the DGA Award for Best Asian Short Film, the Grand Jury Prize at the Kaohsiung Film Festival, and was selected for multiple international festivals including the Taipei Film Festival, Tokyo Short Shorts, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, achieving a rare record of three consecutive years of selection at the Kaohsiung Film Festival.
Currently, YANG is developing several projects, including the PTS-incubated series Cry Me Through Hell, the TAICCA-supported series Judoka and The Nomad's Guide to Taipei, as well as the feature film anthology Lives of Crime. Her feature screenplay The Dead Sea was awarded the Excellent Screenplay Award in 2023.
Cry Me Through Hell
Film Introduction
Drama ▎29 mins ▎Jae YANG ▎2023
The hell messenger arrives at a film set to solve a strange case. Mr. Wu, who has no idea of his own death, comes to the "Hell airport" but can not be reincarnated, because his daughter hasn't shed a tear for his death.
