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 …
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Son of James’ front man Shon Wong classifies their unique sound as “Chyna-Trucker-Funk”. “It blends the haunting sounds of Chinese instrumentation with the soulful sounds of Southern Rock and funk,” …
It was a rainy Friday night, a week after the LiterASIAN Festival of 2019. One of the guests was Philip Huynh, a long-time short story author whose first collection is …
Joanne Ramos is a mother, The Economist staff writer, and now the author of The Farm. She is one of the featured authors in Vancouver Writers Fest this October 21st …
It was the start of Fall in Vancouver, around 6:30 pm, the time in Toronto was three hours advanced. It was the time of my phone interview with Derek Mascarenhas, …
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 …
Ricecake (2019) is a short documentary film playing as a part of The Coast is Queer shorts program at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival this year. Its main subject is …
Earlier in the year, I was lucky to meet with five lovely and talented Vancouver-based film figures. Phil Planta, Mayumi Yoshida, Nach Dudsdeemaytha, Jerome Yoo, and Lee Shorten shared their …