Yan Ma is a film director from Toronto, Canada. Since 2007, he has worked as a director and art director in the film and digital media departments of various Canadian production companies, and his work has been nominated and won awards at several prestigious international film festivals. Major works include “Memory of the Red Wall” (2014), “Candlelight Across the Street” (2017), and “Up We Soar” (2021), to name a few. “Up We Soar,” his first animated work, was selected for the 42nd Cinanima International Film Festival, the 40th Brussels International Film Festival (Anima), won the Best Feature Film at the Los Angeles Animated Film Festival, and was well-received by audiences around the world. Director Yan Ma is dedicated to the creation of films and is deeply concerned with the major social issues of today’s world.
