Rina Yang

Rina is a director of photography based in London. She grew up in a small city in Japan, where she studied still life and portrait painting.

Role: cinematographer
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music

03:46

Dua Lipa - Training Season

UK Head of Production: Georgina Fillmore Warner Marketing Director: Lottie Llewellyn Management: Radical22 Manager: Dugi Lipa Day-to-day Manager: Sofia Gold Marketing Director: Joel Quartey Producer: Pete Abbott EA: Maisy Nicholson PA: Olivia Moss Production Supervisor: Meredith Kurey Production Coordinator: Emily Shulmanovich 1st AD: Kenny Taylor 2nd AD: Ryan Bremond 2nd 2nd AD: Codi Veal BTS: Benji Gershon BTS Stills: Elizabeth Miranda BTS Motion: Aysia Marotta 1st AC: Matt Brewer 2nd AC: James Jermyn Lead Tech: Chris Dickson CLT: Warren Purfoy Key Grip: Rudy Covarrubias Editor: Vincent Haycock Editor Assistant: Julie Levy Colorist: Dante Pasquinelli VFX Company: Goldenchild Sound: Tom Paolantonio Artist Choreographer: Charm La'Donna Artist Choreographer Assist: Sharon June Artist Styling : Lorenzo Possoco Artist Styling Assist: Rae Hayden Artist Hair: Peter Lux @peterluxhair Artist Makeup: Sam Visser Stand In: Samantha Grover Artist Nail Tech: Kim Truong Production Designer: Christian Stone Art Coordinator: Christopher Steidle Assistant Art Coordinator: Elie - Kaya Stone Assistant Art Director: Kyle Kinsella Stunt Rigger: Buddy Sosthand Stunt Rigger: Jayson Dumenigo, Jayson Dumenigo Cast Choreographer: Ryan Heffington Cast Choreographer Assist: Ryan Spencer Key Costumer: Natasha Newman-Thomas 1st Assistant Costumer: Peyton Regan Key Hair: Tilomai Hill 1st Hair: Stacy Gonzalez Key Makeup: Lisa Dempsey 1st Makeup: Julie Hassett

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music

04:33

Little Simz - Woman ft. Cleo Sol

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art

14:39

Kiss of the Rabbit God (兔兒神)

A Chinese-American restaurant worker falls in love with an 18th century Qing dynasty god who visits him at night and leads him on a journey of sexual awakening and self discovery. Starring: Teddy Lee (as “Matt”) Jeff Chen (as “Tu’er Shen” aka The Rabbit God) Production Designer: Stella Deng Hair Makeup & Adornments: Tanya Melendez Costume Designer: Stephanie Strate Sound Designer: Nathan Ruyle Editor & Original Music Composer: Andrew Thomas Huang Executive Producers: Sara Greco & Natalie Difford DIRECTOR STATEMENT: In 2018 I was asked by London-based culture platform NOWNESS to create a film on the theme "Define Sex." As a queer Asian filmmaker I had yet been tasked with the challenge of representing my sexual identity on screen. This challenge was a loaded one. Having grown up with a deficit of queer Asian visibility onscreen along with the frequent stigmatization and devaluing of Asian male bodies in Western visual culture, being asked to create a piece centered around queer Asian characters became a dauntingly personal journey for me to unpack these issues, while also crafting a story that I felt enriched our collective imagination of what queer Asian male love, sex and intimacy could aspire to be. On a trip to Mexico City, I encountered an exhibition on Xōchipilli, the Aztec god of flowers and patron of gay love. The story of Xōchipilli inspired me to redirect my lens toward my own Chinese heritage, through which I found the Qing dynasty story of Tu'er Shen, 兔兒神 , known as the Rabbit God. Written by 18th century poet Yuan Mei, the myth of Tu'er Shen traces a Fujianese soldier who was sentenced to death for professing his love to another man. In death, the soldier was ordained The Rabbit God and became the patron deity of gay love. Today, Tu'er Shen is still worshipped at a temple dedicated to him in New Taipei City, Taiwan where religious ceremonies are performed for gay couples. This research led me to craft a narrative about a Chinese restaurant worker who encounters Tu'er Shen as a ghostly visitor. Nightly visits from the god blossom into a tryst that empowers the boy to release his sense of trapped invisibility and embark on a journey of sexual awakening and discovery. Interweaving my personal family history in the Chinese restaurant business with the richness of Chinese mythology, "Kiss of the Rabbit God" is a confession and a love letter to my queer Asian community and tells the story of a lover's quest for self-possession to own one's desire and unlock sexual intimacy through spiritual embodiment.

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music

04:17

Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. Madonna and Missy Elliott) [The Blessed Madonna Remix]

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music

03:44

DJ Shadow ft. De La Soul - Rocket Fuel

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fashion

01:06

RIMOWA x ADWOA

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music

06:41

FKA twigs - home with you

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music

04:35

Kelela - LMK

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music

06:16

Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas

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fashion

02:35

INFINITE SILENCE

A film for Adidas featuring Kojey Radical.

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