Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Jessalyn Wanlim, of Filipino and Chinese-Indonesian descent, pursued dance at the National Ballet School of Canada and furthered her artistic endeavors at The Juilliard School in New …
JF Garrard
JF Garrard
JF Garrard is the President of Dark Helix Press, an Indie publisher of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Raw Non-Fiction. Her background is in Nuclear Medicine and she has a MBA in Marketing and Strategy. She is an editor and writer of speculative fiction (The Undead Sorceress, Trump Utopia or Dystopia Anthology, Ricepaper Issue 19.3), non-fiction (The Literary Elephant), as well as children’s books.
Kruger Products (manufacturer Cashmere toilet paper and Sponge Towels) recently released their Unapologetically Human ad campaign, featuring real people dealing with real messes – spills, tears, blood, runny noses, messy …
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Simon Tam is the founder and basis of The Slants, one of the first American Dance rock bands in the world. He also …
To mark Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, explorer Adam Shoalts set out to cross the Canadian Arctic in a race against time that lasted four months, 4000 kilometres, with no …
Tina Jung is an award-winning Korean-Canadian actor, writer, and producer born in South Korea to parents who were actors themselves. A BFA graduate from the Acting Conservatory at York University, …
DYSTONIA is a short film and captivating story based on true events about violinist James Wong (played by Kenny Wong) who is diagnosed with Focal Hand Dystonia: a neurological movement …
Warigami, a CBC Gem Original Series show, follows Wendy Ohata (Emily Piggford) who discovers she has a twin brother named Vincent (Kai Bradbury) and that she’s a kami-jin – a …
Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny (2019) is a new short documentary from Vancouver filmmakers Love Intersections that probes the nuances of the Queer Chinese Canadian identity and will premiere at the …
Director Li Cheng’s second film José (2018) premiered at the 75th Venice Film Festival in September 2018 and was awarded the Queer Lion. It has won many awards and has …
Song Lang (2018), directed by Leon Le, is the Vancouver Queer Film Festival’s (VQFF) Opening Gala film this year. Set in 1980s Saigon, the film follows an unlikely friendship between …