Gao Linyang

35, from China

Artwork for Striding Into the WindImage of Gao Linyang

Biography

Gao Linyang (1991, China) is screenwriter and director. His screenplay for On the Border (2018), received a Cannes Short Film Special Distinction by the Jury. He also wrote the screenplay for Striding into the Wind (2020) which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and was shortlisted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2020 as one of only two finalists among Chinese-language films. His debut feature film as a director, To Love Again (2022), world premiere at IFFR as part of the Tiger Competition, is a story about a couple's funeral arrangements and how people come to terms with their traumatic past.

Timeline

2026Aged 35

  • Poster for Take Off

    Co-Writer

2025Aged 34

  • Poster for To Love Again

    Writer

2021Aged 30

  • Poster for Striding Into the Wind

    Writer

2020Aged 29

  • Poster for The Sacrifice

    Co-Writer

2018Aged 27

  • Poster for On the Border

    Assistant Director