翔凤文化节

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Cao Jinling studied at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts after receiving a doctorate in Dramatic Literature from China’s Central Academy of Drama. Before turning director, she wrote scripts, e.g. for “Meet Miss Anxiety” (2014), “Crying Out in Love” (2016) and “Seventy-Seven Days” (2017).

On a cold winter day in the town of Muirdauga, a boy falls into a bear den during a hunting trip. His older brother is forced to kill the bear, which is considered taboo and labels him an outcast in the Ionki tribe.