Cannes 2021 short film award won by Hong Kong director Tang Yi for ‘All the Crows in the World’

Director says she hopes win for 14-minute production is not peak of her filmmaking career

Film, set in mainland China, follows an 18-year-old student, played by Chen Xuanyu, who is invited to a weird party by her cousin

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Hong Kong director Tang Yi hopes the award will not be her last. Photo: EPA

Published: 7:28pm, 18 Jul 2021Updated: 11:32pm, 18 Jul 2021

Hong Kong’s All the Crows in the World soared triumphantly and swooped on the award for best short film at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival at the weekend.

Collecting her prize in the French city, director Tang Yi spelled out her wish following the success of her 14-minute film.

“I hope this is not the peak of my filmmaking career and I hope I will come back sometime soon,” the Chinese University accounting graduate said on Saturday evening.

The film, set in mainland China, follows an 18-year-old student, played by Chen Xuanyu, who is invited to a weird adult party by her cousin. Tang previously said the film was inspired by her own experience when she was 18 years old and accidentally taken to a brothel, which she thought was a karaoke bar.

It was one of 10 shortlisted from across the world, with entries from France, Iran, Denmark and China, among others.

Tang Yi collects her prize for All the Crows in the World. Photo: Reuters

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