《馬冢》 / Graveyard of Horses

First Assistant Director on 《馬冢》 / Graveyard of Horses, directing extras and animal sequences on a Mongolian-steppe shoot with a 40+ crew and an RMB 300,000 budget. The film won the Hiroshima Grand Prix, the Liberty Global Best Student International Short at the 46th Denver Film Festival, the NETPAC Award at Busan and the Bronze Dinosaur at Etiuda&Anima, and played SXSW, the Tallinn Black Nights Shorts Main Competition and the Academy-qualifying Odense International Film Festival. It streams on MUBI.

First AD on a Mongolian-steppe short that won at Busan and played SXSW and Tallinn Black Nights.

Period

2021-11 to 2022-01 (production); 2022 film year

Scope

Shot on the Mongolian steppe; 17 minutes

Scale

RMB 300,000 budget; 40+ crew; 17-minute short shot on the Mongolian steppe with no mains power, RV accommodation and snow machines

ContextOfficial selection at SXSW and the FIAPF A-category Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; NETPAC Award at Busan International Short Film Festival; Bronze Dinosaur at Etiuda&Anima. Written and directed by 姜曉萱 Xiaoxuan Jiang, produced through the NYU Shanghai / NYU Tisch IMA programme. Also named by Edward as selected at Stockholm and Pingyao. A named NYU Tisch faculty member corroborates this role class in writing. The instructor of record for Edward's Intermediate Narrative Film Production course states: "Outside of the classroom, Ed often worked on set as an assistant director or producer.

RecognitionWON — Hiroshima Grand Prix, Hiroshima International Film Festival, 2023 (top prize; announced by jury president Brillante Mendoza). WON — Liberty Global Best Student International Short, 46th Denver Film Festival, 2023. WON — NETPAC Award, Busan International Short Film Festival. WON — Bronze Dinosaur, Etiuda&Anima. Official Selection: SXSW (2023); Tallinn Black Nights Shorts Main Competition (FIAPF A-category, 2022); Odense International Film Festival (Academy-qualifying), 2023; BFI London 2023; Stockholm International Film Festival 2023; Pingyao Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon International Film Festival 2023; Imagine India Madrid 2023. Featured by NOWNESS. Streaming on MUBI; featured in VICE Magazine. Streaming on GILOO (Taiwan) alongside MUBI. The Hiroshima Grand Prix is now confirmed on the festival's LIVE 2023 archive page, no longer Wayback-only.