Cui Yan's role introduction

Cui Yan, Chinese Canadian female directors, is an actress. Born in Beijing, immigrated to North America, graduated from the film production department of Lyerson University in Canada, and graduated from the National Advanced Film Center in Canada.

His directorial work Birds won the "Art Award" at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany and the "Best Director" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in the United States. From 65438 to 0998, the film Heaven and Earth was shown in Singapore, Canada, China and Hongkong. On July 20 15, the romantic film "Simple Love" directed by the director was officially released; 20 19 The anti-poaching film "Africa Meets You" filmed in Africa was shortlisted for the Media Attention Award of the Film Channel of the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival.

She has appeared in Angels and Demons, Birds, Saving Levi and other films, and Saving Levi was nominated for best actress.

Chinese name: Cui Yan

Cui Yan Mbth

Nationality: Canada

Occupation: director, actor

Representative works: Bird Falling, Simple Love, Africa Meets You.

Main achievements: Meet You in Africa was selected for the Media Attention Award of Shanghai International Film Festival.

"Africa Meets You" won the Best Feature Film Award of Shenzhen Youth Video Festival International Unit.

Performance experience

Angels and Demons is a best-selling mystery novel published by American writer dan brown in 2000. This book is a prequel to another famous work by dan brown, The Da Vinci Code, and its main role, Professor robert langdon, made his debut here. The story of this novel involves the conflict between the Illuminati and the ancient Roman Catholic Church. The film Angels and Demons is based on a novel.

Birds fall

Saving Levi was nominated for Best Actress.

20 18 directed the first road adventure love movie "Africa meets you", starring Yang _, et al, with anti-poaching and animal protection in Africa as the background. The film was released in China on 20 18, 10 and 19, and made its world premiere in south Africa as the opening film of the second China-Africa film festival.

Main work

Director works

Participate in movies

Bird Falling-1995, directed by Cui Yan

Brief introduction of film

The tragedy of immigrants from China in the early 1980s was to find a place to settle down and a father for their children. Peng Dan and Teresa came to Toronto from Beij with great hope, but they didn't expect to be frustrated by life and love. Peng Dan didn't expect her lover Wang Bozhao to have a family. She had to turn to Trisha, a restaurant waiter who fell in love with her, and couldn't wait for her husband to show up at the airport. It turned out that her husband died in a car accident, and an American man was deeply interested in Sally and married her. Unexpectedly, the husband couldn't change his mind and decided to rely on himself after she gave birth. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Peng Dan went to find an impotent restaurant owner. The goal is to seize property. I didn't expect the boss to regain his glory and keep having sex. Life in bed made her sick. Two unlucky women met HeJun in the sauna. Two broken hearts finally found shelter under mutual comfort.

Film evaluation

This film won the "Art Award" at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany and the "Best Director" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in the United States.

Female directors Cui Yan, a Canadian Chinese, revealed Chinese mainland in the film Falling Birds.

Birds fall

The "sexual deviance" of international students and new immigrants.

Cui Yan herself commented that her films have nothing in common with The Joy Luck Club and The Wedding Banquet, because it "shows the true face of Chinese mainland immigrants from the perspective of sexual psychology for the first time", so it is "inevitable" to cause introspection and controversy among the audience. She believes that in the collision of two cultures, one of the most obvious multiple puzzles of hundreds of thousands of China immigrants is sexual confusion, and her works are trying to dig out this unforgettable sexual confusion from the depths. The English literal translation of bird is China chocolate. According to Cui Yan's explanation, chocolate is not a specialty of China, but a symbol of western lifestyle in China. In western countries, chocolate is always associated with sex and love. Scientists have even proved that after eating chocolate, people will experience subtle chemical reactions and increase the fun of sexual life.

Based on the bizarre life of two Beijing women who landed in Toronto like birds, the film shows their bold pursuit of sex while staying away from political constraints and moral norms. Lin Na, the heroine and dancer in the film, regards "throwing herself at her and selling her body" as the only means to make a living in the West. Meng Xing, another heroine, regards sex as a tool to vent depression and relieve pain. This article also extends from Birds Falling, and reveals the "sexual concept" and "sexual behavior" of China people living in the mainland of the United States under the new living conditions from different angles.

The author emphasizes that understanding the sexual freedom of foreign students in Chinese mainland is the first lesson in understanding western culture.

social status

Occupation: director and actor

National advanced film center of Canada

American Actors' Union

American producers association

Winning record