Director Dayyan Eng on his breakout and genre-busting films, challenging himself with new projects, and the state of the Chinese film industry

It's been 20 years since Dayyan Eng's breakout short film, Bus 44, was screened at Venice, Sundance, and Cannes. Since then he's directed hugely influential  films, including Waiting Alone, his 2004 feature that expressed a type of youth culture that hadn't been seen in theatres before.

Dayyan joined The Beijing Sessions to talk about his films,  challenging himself with new ideas, the state of China's film industry, and how he got raunchy jokes into his last film, 2017's Wished.

Watch Bus 44 on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJjje4iZPXg&t=0s

Catch up with Dayyan:
https://www.instagram.com/dayyaneng/
https://www.facebook.com/dayyan.eng
https://weibo.com/wushixian

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