Feng-I Fiona Roan

Taiwanese-American writer/director based in LA. Her latest work JIEJIE won the HBO Asian Pacific American Visionary Award and will be distributed by HBO this May. Feng-I received her Directing MFA degree from AFI and was previously trained in classical Chinese Literature at National Taiwan University. Feng-I's bilingual works focus on female protagonists and family relationships. Her autobiographical short film JIEJIE will compete in the International Asian Section this year in Short Shorts & Asia Film Festival(Tokyo), and is also selected by LAAPFF, Cleveland, St. Paul Minneapolis, Athens, and Ashland Film Festival. Feng-I's bilingual works focus on female protagonists, exploring their relationships in an intimate, familial, naturalistic atmosphere.