So Young Shelly Yo is a Korean American filmmaker whose work has been supported by HBO, SFFILM, the Sloan Foundation and others.

Shelly's feature film, Smoking Tigers, was the winner of Tribeca x AT&T's Untold Stories program and was awarded Best Screenplay, Best Performance, and a Special Jury Mention for the Nora Ephron Prize at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.

Prior to Smoking Tigers, Shelly created many award-winning short films including Soft Sounds of Peeling Fruit and Moonwalk With Me, which have screened at festivals around the world.

Most recently, Shelly was awarded the New Voice Award at the 2023 Austin Film Festival and was chosen for the 2023 BAFTA Breakthrough program.

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