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Squamish Nation Comedian Keith Nahanee and Canadian Screen Awards Nominee Quentin Lee to Create Rez Comedy

Nine diverse Indigenous comedians from all over Canada will star and perform in the first all Indigenous and all Canadian stand-up comedy feature film “Laugh Proud” and a live comedy event, world premiering and to be shot on Saturday June 15, 2024, at Vancouver’s historic Metro Theatre.

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Wonderphil Entertainment Picked up Barbara Lee’s Canadian Feature Doc “Sing My Song” Launching Worldwide Sales at Cannes

Boutique sales agent Wonderphil Entertainment has picked up Vancouver-based Barbara Lee’s feature documentary Sing My Song, launching worldwide sales at the Cannes Film Market. Asian American Movies (AAM.tv) will world premiere the documentary feature on streaming on October 14, 2024, this Canadian Thanksgiving.

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Colette Vosberg Talks about Unusually Normal, Her Documentary on Three Generations of Queer Women in Canada

World premiering at the upcoming Inside Out Film Festival in Toronto, Colette Vosberg’s documentary feature Unusually Norman brilliantly portrays “the gayest family” in Canada that spans three generations of queer women. CHOPSO takes the opportunity to speak with Colette about her queerly brilliant documentary feature before its world premiere

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Achieving Equity for Asian Canadians in Media on Sep 1, 2021 at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT

Quentin Lee is a filmmaker who had his first feature, “Shopping for Fangs,” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of Perspective Canada…

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Comedy Dynamics Drops Ed Hill’s First Comedy Special Candy & Smiley

Comedy Dynamics drops Vancouver-based comedian Ed Hill’s first comedy special “Candy and Smiley” tomorrow Tuesday, March 2. Check out the trailer here: Ed Hill was…

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Canadian Comedian Ed Hill’s First Comedy Special to Be Distributed by Comedy Dynamics

Comedy Dynamics has picked up worldwide distribution rights to Candy and Smiley, the upcoming comedy special starring and to be produced by Taiwanese Canadian comedian Ed…

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Interview with the Son of Smiley

CHOPSO interviews podcast host and comedian Ed Hill whose podcast, Son of Smiley, is currently streaming on CHOPSO. C: What is Son of Smiley about?…

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Vancouver Asian Film Festival at 21

Vancouver Asian Film Festival is turning 21 this year. CHOPSO seizes the opportunity to interview founder Barbara Lee and festival director Grace Chin on the…

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Where are all the Asian Rockstars in North America?

“Where are all the Asian Rockstars in North America? In an era of Trump and his daily challenges to diversity, can an Asian music superstar…

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Ann Marie Fleming and Her Window Horses

Versatile Canadian filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming’s animated feature Window Horses opens Sep 29 in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Music Hall. CHOPSO took the opportunity to…

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