Yingli Ma

Yingli Ma, born in 1965, she is from an ordinary Chinese family, who’s everyday life provides insight into China’s changing society. She studied film at the German Film and Television School in Berlin, Germany (DFFB). Her short film Ein Schweigsamer Somer and her graduate film Days of Miandi have also been broadcast by 3sat. In 1998, she made the ZDF documentary Bye, Bye – Hello.

Girls Around the World
Directed by Maria Barea, Kaija Jurikkala, Monique Mbeka Phoba, Pascale Schmidt, Sabiha Sumar and Yingli Ma, 1999, 222 min., 6 in series, Color
Produced by Brenda Parkerson, GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD is a collection of six extraordinary documentaries that examine the hopes, dreams and worldviews ...

Night Girl
A film by Yingli Ma, 2001, 45 min., 6 in series, Color
From the series GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD, NIGHT GIRL presents the poignant story of Han Lin, a 17-year old prematurely made to enter into the workforce ...