Yin-Yu has an MA from Tokyo Zokei University, and participated in the Grand Voyage documentary workshop held by Naomi Kawase. He founded Moolin Films (Taiwan) and Moolin Production (Japan); based in Okinawa, his trilogy project Wild Mountains Over the Sea is in progress and has been selected for several festivals including Doc Station — Berlinale Talents and Visions du Réel. He works as a director, producer, distributor, and is director of programming of Cinema at Sea-Ishigaki Island IFF.
projects in progress
Black Cattle (fiction) - directed by Tetsuichiro Tsuta, pre-production, JP/TW/US, 2022; co-producer. A fiction film inspired from a Zen Buddhism tale, a man and a cow living together in the mountain village in early 1900s.
Taiwan Trilogy (fiction) - directed by Wei Te-Sheng, in pre-production, 150 mins x 3, TW, 2024; Japanese production coordinator. The largest film production in Taiwan history. An epic trilogy set in Dutch Formosa, 17th century.
Visa-Exempt Entry - VR short project, in development, 30 mins, JP/TW, 2021; director/producer. A VR project located in three villages by the sea, following the mysterious, often unwanted people stranding on the shore.
Close to the Bone (documentary) - directed by Katsuya Okuma, in production, JP, 2021; producer. The filmmaker searches the remains of his lost relative, together with a man who's digging for the dead from the WWII Battle of Okinawa.
A World Imagined (documentary) - directed by Marcos Rodríguez, in production, AR/TW, 2021; co-producer. Taiwan immigrants moved to Argentina in 1970s are moving back to Taiwan when they settled their life there. Did they ever leave?
finished projects
The Moon Represents My Heart (documentary) - directed by Juan Martín Hsu, 100 mins, AR/TW, 2021; co-producer. A personal journey of the Argentinian filmmaker of Taiwanese origin, returns to Taipei to film the reunion with his mother.
Green Jail (documentary) - directed by Yin-Yu Huang, 110 mins, TW/JP/FR, 2021; director/producer. The film portrays the last years of Grandma Hashima, who can tell the story of the notorious coal mine in Okinawa, 1930s.
Green Grass, Pale Fire (fiction) - directed by Yin-Yu Huang, 21 min, Taiwan/Japan, 2021; director/producer/editor.
Wuguwang N. St. to Taipei (documentary) - directed by Yin-Yu Huang, 41 min, Taiwan, 2010; director/producer/editor.
Temperature at Nights (documentary) - directed by Yin-Yu Huang, 55 min, Taiwan, 2013; director/producer/editor.
