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Mina Shum (born 1966) is an independent Canadian filmmaker. She is a writer and director of award-winning feature films, numerous shorts and has created site specific installations and theatre.
Mina Shum. Director: This Is Always. Canadian filmmaker, Mina Shum has written and directed five award-winning feature films which all had World Premieres at TIFF, and two films with US premieres at Sundance.
- Hong Kong
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- Director, Writer, Producer
Aug 6, 2018 · Mina Shum has always wanted to be a storyteller. As a child, living in an immigrant tenement house, she remembers wanting to tell stories visually. As an adult, she set off to become a filmmaker in the city she calls home.
Aug 23, 2017 · Director Mina Shum looks back at what has — and hasn't — changed since her 1994 film in this extended interview from The Filmmakers.
Jul 27, 2023 · Double Happiness is a 1994 film about a young Chinese Canadian woman's identity crisis and love life. It stars Sandra Oh in her first film role and is directed by Mina Shum, who also collaborated with her on other projects.
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- Danita Steinberg
Aug 18, 2017 · 7 years ago. 0:53. Mina Shum tells the story of being stopped by a P.A. on her own set, and why she creates stories without thinking about what her hero will look...
By then, Shum was looking for someone to star in Double Happiness, her semi-autobiographical tale of a Chinese-Canadian girl at odds with her parents. In Oh, a first-generation Korean-Canadian, she found a remarkable talent - and an alter ego whose experience echoed her own with uncanny fidelity.
