About me

Yijiao(Heather) is an independent film curator, film researcher and photographer. She is working for various film festivals and Non-government organisations, including Odyssey: a Chinese Cinema Season presented by UK-China Film Collab, Fra Ost til Nord, MINT Chinese Film Festival and Norwich Film Festival.

After moving to London from China in 2021, she started an MA in film and philosophy at King’s College London. She is working on her dissertation, ‘Pirated Future: Chinese Independent Cinema Online’  Alongside her studies, she has organised and participated many film screenings and built up a photography portfolio of portraits and street photography.