Director biography

Melmii Borjigin graduated from the Beijing Film Academy with a BA and MA in Drama, Film and Literature.

Her short films “Fading” and “A Mother Tongue Lesson” have been shortlisted in the competition section of Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, won the Golden Word Award of Beijing Film Academy, the “Southern New Talent Award” of Southern Film Festival, the Short Film Award of Inner Mongolia Film Week, and the “Five One Project” Award of Inner Mongolia Hohhot. It has been screened in Germany, Denmark, Singapore and other countries.

Her independent screenplays, such as Juregdel, The Lonely White Camel Lamb, Nana and The Road to the Gangsta, have won the Outstanding Graduation Work of Beijing Film Academy, the Beijing Film Academy Centauri Award, the Golden Word Award of Beijing Film Academy, the Academy Award of CSFAA China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, the Youth Video Forum, and the “Support for Youth Outstanding Film Dramas” programme of the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. The Youth Video Forum.

She has participated in many films and documentaries, including the best ethnic film Last Princess of Royal Blood: Tsetsenhangru at the University Film Festival, the international co-production Genhis: The Legend of the Ten, the historical and humanities documentary Through the Western Emperor’s Tomb, the folklore documentary Ulat Wedding, and the oriental fantasy epic film Fengshen Trilogy.