DiscoverMaking It: Women in Film#54 | Filmmaking Beyond Borders with Yixi Sun
#54 | Filmmaking Beyond Borders with Yixi Sun

#54 | Filmmaking Beyond Borders with Yixi Sun

Update: 2022-02-08
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Yixi Sun is a Chinese filmmaker and the founder of the Filming East festival in the UK, celebrating Asian filmmakers and cinema history. In this episode she sat down to talk all about becoming a filmmaker: From refining your skills, getting funding, learning on the job, and casting sea lions (and that's not a metaphor.)




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#54 | Filmmaking Beyond Borders with Yixi Sun

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