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Bi Gan’s latest film, <a href="https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2293" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Resurrection</a>, premiered in competition at Cannes, where it won the Prix Spécial, and is in theaters now through Janus Films. Born in June 1989 in Kaili, China, Bi Gan made his feature debut with Kaili Blues (2015), which was selected in 70 festivals, and received the Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Locarno Festival and the prestigious “Best New Director Award” at the Golden Horse Awards. In 2018, his second feature film, Long Day&#8217;s Journey Into Night, a monumental fresco in 3D, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews. Bi Gan directed an ambitious short film in 2022 called A Short Story, told through the eyes of a cat.

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Best of 2025: Bi Gan (Resurrection) on Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, Joseph Kosinski’s F1 and Jia Zhangke’s Caught By the Tides

Jia Zhangke