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Sol Ye is a China-based independent producer dedicated to bringing the most original, boundary-pushing Asian stories to the international audience. Her newest narrative feature EPHEMERA (2026) is set to world premiere at the Tribeca Festival’s U.S. Narrative Competition. Her feature documentary THE LAST YEAR OF DARKNESS (2023), which explores underground partying and alternative youth in China, has won the Special Mention at the CPH:DOX and was distributed by MUBI and highlighted in IndieWire's '20 Best Movies of 2024 (So Far)’. Her narrative feature SOME RAIN MUST FALL (2024) has won the Special Jury Award at the Berlinale Encounters Competition. Sol’s narrative short ACROSS THE WATERS (2024) was nominated for the Palme d’Or in the Cannes Short Films Competition, while her other narrative short A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE (2025) was nominated for Best Short at the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti Competition. Sol has served as Jury for NOWNESS Talent Awards, FIRST Documentary Lab and IDF West Lake International Documentary Festival. In 2022, Sol founded the production company Tiny Volcano Studio, specializing in international co-productions as well as providing bilingual production services for top-tier global platforms and brands.