Xiaoxuan (Amanda) Jiang

Class of 2022

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Xiaoxuan Jiang is an ethnic Manchurian filmmaker born and raised in Inner Mongolia, China. Her works explore themes of femininity, animals, nature, and mysticism in the Inner Mongolian and global context. In 2020, she received her BFA summa cum laude in Film from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. And in 2022, she received her MA from NYU's IMA Low Res Program.

Her latest narrative short "Graveyard of Horses" (2022) was officially selected for prestigious film festivals such as the FIAPF-accredited A category film festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival and won NETPAC Award at the Busan International Short Film Festival and Bronze Dinosaur Award at Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival.