Yuqi Kang

Biography

Yuqi Kang (born April 25, 1987) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. She is most noted for her 2017 documentary film A Little Wisdom, which was the winner of the Best Canadian Feature Documentary award at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.

Born in the Inner Mongolia region of China, she was raised in Beijing before moving to Canada as a teenager.

Her second feature documentary, 7 Beats per Minute, premiered in 2024, and was longlisted for the 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.