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HYENA

( 2025 )
Short Film Competition |
 
United States
,
China
 |
 Chinese |
 21 min

About the film

In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing examination. As anticipation builds to a fever pitch, a storm strikes. Trapped within crumbling walls, their academic sanctuary becomes a prison, and minds begin to break.

Director

Altay Ulan Yang

Altay Ulan Yang is a 27-year-old director from the Chahar Mongolian tribe in Inner Mongolia. He lived in a monastery until the age of 18 and currently resides in New York. His first short film, Monsters Never Know, won the Best International Short Film award at the Fribourg International Film Festival and was selected for the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s. Hyena is his second work.

Producer

Edyta Yutong Deng, Altay Ulan Yang

Production Company

X99 Films

Screenplay

Altay Ulan Yang

Cinematography

Fang Jiacheng

Editing

Zhang Zhongchen, Altay Ulan Yang

Sound

Dong Borui, Zhen Cheng

Cast

Huo Zhengjie, Hou Tianyu, Altay Ulan Yang, Chen Yanchen

Contacts

International Sales: Lights On, Italy, lightson@lightsonfilm.org

Producer

Edyta Yutong Deng, Altay Ulan Yang

Production Company

X99 Films

Screenplay

Altay Ulan Yang

Cinematography

Fang Jiacheng

Editing

Zhang Zhongchen, Altay Ulan Yang

Sound

Dong Borui, Zhen Cheng

Cast

Huo Zhengjie, Hou Tianyu, Altay Ulan Yang, Chen Yanchen

Contacts

International Sales: Lights On, Italy, lightson@lightsonfilm.org

More About Film

Producer

Edyta Yutong Deng, Altay Ulan Yang

Production Company

X99 Films

Screenplay

Altay Ulan Yang

Cinematography

Fang Jiacheng

Editing

Zhang Zhongchen, Altay Ulan Yang

Sound

Dong Borui, Zhen Cheng

Cast

Huo Zhengjie, Hou Tianyu, Altay Ulan Yang, Chen Yanchen

Contact

International Sales: Lights On, Italy, lightson@lightsonfilm.org