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Feature Films

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Wuhan Wuhan 《武汉武汉》(2021)

A Chinese doctor in full PPE stares forlornly out a hospital window for Wuhan Wuhan doc

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Selected Awards and Festivals 

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This is Not a Movie (2019)

Awash in blue, the b/w reflection of Robert Fisk in a rearview mirror for the movie poster for This is Not A Movie

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Selected Awards and Festivals:

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  • World Premiere, Nominated Best Canadian Feature, Toronto Int'l Film Festival, 2019

  • ​European Premiere, Int'l Documentary Film Festival Amste, 2019

  • ​Nominated, Middleburg Int'l Film Festival, 2019

  • ​Nominated, Doc NYC, 2019

  • ​Greatest Hits, CPH:DOX, 2020

  • ​Nominated, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 2020

  • ​Winner, Best of Fest, Doc Edge New Zealand, 2020

  • ​Winner, Japan Prize Lifelong Learning Division, 2020​

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The Fruit Hunters (2013)

A hand-drawn collage of all the participants in The Fruit Hunters documentary

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Selected Awards and Festivals:

 

  • Won, Grand Prize International Environmental Film Festival / FIFE - Paris, 2013​

  • Nominated, Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation, Cinema Eye     Honors Award, 2014 

  • Nominated, Berlin Int'l Film Festival, 2013

  • Nominated, Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival, 2013

  • Masters Program, Amsterdam International Documentary Festival, Netherlands, 2013

  • Opening Film, Cinema Planeta Film Festival, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2013

  • Nominated, Possible Worlds, Sydney, Australia, 2013

  • Opening Film, CinemAmbiente Film Festival, Torino, Italy, 2013

  • Nominated, Seattle Int'l Film Festival, 2013

  • Nominated, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2013

  • Nominated, Full Frame Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina, 2013

  • Nominated, Green Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea, 2013

China Heavweight 《千锤百炼》(2012)

Two pro boxers in fisticuffs in a black-and-white photo for China Heavyweight doc

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Selected Awards and Festivals:

 

  • Won, Best Documentary, Golden Horse Award, Taiwan, 2012

  • Won, Best Feature Film, Milano Int'l Film Festival, 2012

  • Nominated, World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2012

  • Won, Special Jury Prize, Best Cinematography, VC Film Fest, Los Angeles, 2012

  • Nominated, Zurich Film Festival, 2012

  • Special Presentation, Hot Docs Canadian Int'l Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2012

  • ​Nominated, Amsterdam International Documentary Festival, Netherlands, 2012

Up the Yangtze 《沿江而上》（2008）

A young Chinese girl faces the Yangtze river as a luxury cruise ship sails by in the distance

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Selected Awards and Festivals:

 

  • Won, Best Documentary, Golden Horse Award, Taiwan, 2008

  • ​Won, Golden Gate Award, World Cinema Documentary, San Francisco Int'l Film Festival, 2008

  • ​Won, Best Canadian Documentary, Vancouver Int'l Film Festival, 2007

  • Won, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Cinema Eye Honors Awards,     2009

  • Won, Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2009

  • Won, Millenium Award, Planete Doc+ Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland 2008

  • Nominated, Best Documentary, Independent Spirit Awards, 2009

  • Nominated, Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography, Emmy Awards, 2009

  • Nominated, World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2008

  • Won, Best Documentary, Genie Awards (Canadian Screen Award), 2009

  • Won, Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2008

  • Won, Spectrum Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2008

  • Won, Don Haig Award, Hot Docs Canadian Int'l Documentary Festival, 2008

  • Won, Special Jury Prize, Documentary Feature, VC FilmFest, Los Angeles, 2008

  • Won, Jury Prize, Best Documentary, RiverRun Int'l Film Festival, 2008

  • Won, Jury Prize, Best Cinematography, RiverRun Int'l Film Festival, 2008

  • Nominated, Joris Ivens Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Festival, Netherlands, 2007

  • Nominated, Best Canadian Film, Toronto Film Critics Association, 2009

  • Nominated, Best Documentary, Jutra Awards, Quebec, 2008

  • Nominated, ICS Award, Int'l Cinephile Society Awards, 2009

  • Nominated, Best Film, Buenos Aires Int'l Festival of Independent Cinema, 2008​

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