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Yiwen Cao(III)

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Yiwen Cao
YIWEN CAO on 2025 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL RED CARPET
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Yiwen Cao cares about environmental protection, women's awakening and human's common profits. Her first directing long film Whats' next? was selected by 2025 Berlin International Film Festival forum main program. And she is the first director selected by the biggest three European film festivals (Berlin, Cannes, Venice) by using AI feature. Cao's previous short film "Release" Nuclear Contaminated Water won Best Animation Award of 2024 Cannes International Film Festival's Animation Day, and also was nominated by Venice International Film Festival's Animation Day, and some Canadian Screen Award Qualifying festivals, like Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival and Montreal International Animation Film Festival. Her short film Invisible War also was selected by Venice International Film Festival's Animation Day. And her short documentary Invader and Defender was nominated by BAFTA Qualifying festival Carmarthen Bay Film Festival. In short, She believes that film is a strong media to give people power. And she wants her audiences to benefit from her and then enhance their own lives. Thus, she always put some prophecies in her films.
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      • 45 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Yiwen Cao in What's next? (2025)
    What's next?
    2.8
    • Director
    • 2025
    Release Nuclear Contaminated Water (2024)
    Release Nuclear Contaminated Water
    Short
    • Director
    • 2024
    Invisible War (2024)
    Invisible War
    Short
    • Director
    • 2024
    Invader and Defender (2023)
    Invader and Defender
    Short
    • Director
    • 2023

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    • Astrall Story
      • Director
      • Completed



    • Yiwen Cao in What's next? (2025)
      What's next?
      2.8
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Invisible War (2024)
      Invisible War
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • A Normal Life (2024)
      A Normal Life
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Release Nuclear Contaminated Water (2024)
      Release Nuclear Contaminated Water
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Invader and Defender (2023)
      Invader and Defender
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Graduation (2023)
      Graduation
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023

    Actress



    • Graduation (2023)
      Graduation
      Short
      • Programmer
      • 2023
    • Chubby Café (2019)
      Chubby Café
      6.2
      • Chubby
      • 2019
    • Yiwen Cao in Dao Meng Mei Ying (2018)
      Dao Meng Mei Ying
      • Yue,Ban
      • 2018

    Writer



    • Yiwen Cao in What's next? (2025)
      What's next?
      2.8
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Invisible War (2024)
      Invisible War
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • A Normal Life (2024)
      A Normal Life
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Release Nuclear Contaminated Water (2024)
      Release Nuclear Contaminated Water
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Invader and Defender (2023)
      Invader and Defender
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Perfect and Casual (2020)
      Perfect and Casual
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Chubby Café (2019)
      Chubby Café
      6.2
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Yiwen Cao in Dao Meng Mei Ying (2018)
      Dao Meng Mei Ying
      • Writer
      • 2018

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    YIWEN CAO 2025 BERLINALE RED CARPET
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    YIWEN CAO 2025 BERLINALE RED CARPET

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      • An atmosphere of societal expectations set against the backdrop of a pandemic
      • Chinese Feminist Filmmaker Cao Yiwen Appears on Filmmaker Life Magazine Front Cover
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      • 1 Interview
      • 2 Articles
      • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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