Inspirare
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2020
Logline
INSPIRARE is an intimate and unyielding journey exploring female freediving champion Jessea Lu, as she faces her biggest fear: attempting to dive beyond 90 meters deep in one single breath.
Yuqi Kang
Director
Yuqi Kang was born in Inner Mongolia, China. Growing up as an ethnic minority in China, art became the medium through which Yuqi began to confront and begin to articulate her lived experience. After completing a Bachelor's Degree in Drawing at the Alberta University of Art and Design, Yuqi began a two-year journey traveling the world working as an art teacher. She then moved to New York and attended the Social Documentary Film Program at the School of Visual Arts. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in Social Documentary Film.
Dana Kalmey
Producer
Dana Kalmey is a filmmaker, Impact Partners Producing Fellow, and former architect and college soccer coach. Her films include the award-winning TRAPPED (2016), WELL GROOMED (2019), (DIS)HONESTY: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES (2015), and E-TEAM (2014). She currently directs sports documentaries - with THE LAST 90 MINUTES and TANDEM being her latest, while she produces INSPIRARE.
Cao Xi
Producer
Cao Xi is a producer/director whose prize-winning works have premiered worldwide in prestigious film festivals. Projects include OUR KANGDING LOVE SONGS (2016), THE PRINCIPLE (2017), OINK (2017), A LITTLE WISDOM (2017), and ONE NIGHT ON THE WHARF (2017). THE DUST FROM YESTERDAY is his new fictional project.
Cecile Zhang
Director of Photography
Cecile Zhang is a Chinese cinematographer who graduated in Cinematography with high honours, from the Beijing Film Academy for both her Undergraduate and Masters degree where she now holds her own classes as a university lecturer. Having trained in the art of painting from an early age, she got into Beijing Film Academy at 17 years old, and was the only female of her academic year. Cecile has shot many narratives, music videos and commercials. Cecile was handpicked and invited to festivals such as the Busan Film Festival, Shanghai Film Festival and was also recognized as the Junior Director of Photography by the 2018 Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. In the March Issue of American Cinematographer magazine, Cecile was featured in the Rising Stars of 2020 by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).