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Anthony Shim is a Canadian actor and filmmaker based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Seoul, South Korea, he moved with his family to the Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam in childhood.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Anthony Shim moved with his family to the Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam in childhood. He has had acting roles in both film and television, including in the 2013 film Evangeline and recurring supporting roles in the television series The Guard and 21 Thunder.
Mar 17, 2023 · Vancouver-based filmmaker Anthony Shim sat down with Q’s Tom Power to talk about his award-winning film Riceboy Sleeps. He shared the surprising reason why it was met with silence when it ...
Mar 17, 2023 · TIFF Originals. 203K subscribers. Subscribed. 138. 4.4K views 10 months ago. Numerous key Canadian films have addressed the trauma of immigrating to this country, but few have been as emotionally...
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Shim describes Riceboy Sleepsas “a story of a mother and son searching for a home”. They settle in Coquitlam, where the young boy, Dong-hyun, encounters racism in school. As a teen, he juggles a bicultural existence, surrounded by white friends but also deeply curious about his Korean roots. The young boy is played by Doh-hyun Noel Wang and the tee...
Cinematographer Christopher Lew shot many scenes in one continuous take. This enabled Shim to seamlessly move through different locations, time periods, and even continents. The director acknowledges that his first cut was far too long. And the only way to trim it was by removing entire sections. It meant that Shim had to jettison another storyline...
In addition, Shim wanted these compositions in his hands while he was still editing so he could cut the scenes to the music. “Every single track he sent my way worked,” Shim says. In fact, like the cinematography, he actually ended up with a surplus of good music, which gave him plenty of options. The film includes some Korean dialogue with English...
Anthony Shim's debut film is a personal and emotional story of a Korean single mother and her son in Coquitlam. The film has received multiple awards and nominations, including six Canadian Screen Awards and the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.
Apr 20, 2023 · Director and writer Anthony Shim, whose own experiences growing up as a Korean person in Canada inspired the film, creates a quiet but poignant coming-of-age story that feels authentic and lived-in. On Dong-hyun’s first day of school, his teacher hands So-young a list of anglicised names.
Anthony Shim is known for Daughter (2019), Riceboy Sleeps (2022) and Zoe (2018).
