The young filmmaker had little access to cinema growing up in remote rural China, but thanks to a friend's cache of classics ...

Berlin: A lonely Kazakh boy communes with nature in Jing Yi's evocative debut, from the producer of "Kaili Blues" and "Long ...

In many ways, writer-director Jing Yi’s graceful and ephemeral drama, The Botanist (Zhi Wu Xue Jia), plays out like your ...

The Botanist' premiered in the Generation Kplus section at the Berlin Film Festival, a sidebar focusing on films with child ...

By Jordan Mintzer In many ways, writer-director Jing Yi’s graceful and ephemeral drama, The Botanist (Zhi Wu Xue Jia), plays out like your typical coming-of-age movie. It’s about a lonely kid ...

Even botanists can be surprised at the sheer variety of a houseplant often known only for being indestructible.

"I can feel the plants bouncing about around me." 🌱 Magnify has revealed a first look festival trailer for a Chinese ...

Abandoning a life of unhappiness, Ynés Mexía decided to reinvent herself as a cross between Indiana Jones and a botanist — ...

Magnify has landed worldwide sales rights (excluding mainland China, China Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR & Macao SAR) to helmer Yi Jing’s directorial debut “The Botanist,” ahead of its world ...

Jing Yi's premiere follows a lonely Kazakh boy into a wondrous world. And the filmmaker was mentored by the director of "Long Day's Journey Into Night," one of IndieWire's favorite 2019 films.

The fifth-grade members of Hoeven's Botanist Club are gaining more than plant knowledge. The club was created last year and is advised by the fifth-grade teachers, Sarah Hochhalter and Tracy Nissen.