Mina Shum
Mina Shum (沈小艾; pinyin: Shěn Xiǎoyì) (born 1966 in Hong Kong) is an award-winning independent Canadian filmmaker. She has written and directed 3 feature films, numerous shorts and created two site specific video installations. Her features, Double Happiness and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity both premiered in the US at the Sundance Film Festival and Double Happiness won the Wolfgang Staudte Prize for Best First Feature at the Berlin Fim Festival and the Audience Award at Torino. She was a director resident at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. She was also a member of an alternative rock band called Playdoh Republic.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film from University of British Columbia.
Her filmography includes:
- Double Happiness 1994
- Drive, She Said 1997
- Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity 2002
- Picture Perfect (1989) nominated best short film at the Yorkton Film Festival
- Me, Mom and Mona (1993) short documentary, winner of Best Short Toronto Film Festival.
- Hip Hop Mom, short 2011
- All, installation 2011
- You are What You Eat, installation 2001
- Shortchanged, short 1990
- Love In, short 1991
- Hunger, short 1991
- Thirsty, short 1998
Her TV work includes:
- Da Vinci's Inquest - nominated Best Episodic Director (Director's Guild)
- Noah's Arc 2005, second season
- Romeo 2003
- Bliss
- Mob Princess (TV feature 2003)
[edit] Awards
- Jury Citation for Best Canadian Short at the Toronto Festival of Festivals 1993
- Vancouver Film Festival
- Torino Film Festival
- Berlin Film Festival
- Writer's Guild
- Director's Guild
