Curriculum Vitae

Select Awards

2024. Gary Brunet Memorial Award, best BC short film, for “Drag is for Everyone”, Vancouver Queer Film Festival
2021. Audience Choice Award for “Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny”, Seattle Asian Film Festival
2019. Gary Brunet Memorial Award, best BC short film, for “Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny”, Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Films

“Drag is for Everyone” (2024)

2024. Vancouver Queer Film Festival awards $57,500 in prizes, The Georgia Straight
2024. Drag is for Everyone unpacks misconceptions about the art form, The Ubyssey
2024. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

“Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey” (2024)

2024. World Premiere, as part of the 13 Moons Around the Lake exhibition programming, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

“Elements Unite” (2023)

2024. World Premiere, as part of the 13 Moons Around the Lake exhibition programming, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

“Yellow Peril: Queer Futures” (2022, 11:48 min)

2022. World Premiere, as part of the Yellow Peril: Reimagining Queer Asian Futures Film Programme, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

“What If?” (2022, 13:50 min) Co-produced and co-directed by the frank theatre company

“Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny” (2019, 20:44 min)

2023. Aesthetica Short Film Festival (BAFTA Qualifying), UK
2022. Faroe Islands Film Festival for Minorities, Faroe Islands
2020. Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival, Tunis, Tunisia
2020. WICKED Boston Queer Film Festival
2020. Leeds Queer Film Festival
2020. Boston Wicked Queer Film Festival
2020. Divine Film Festival, Turin, Italy
2019. Aesthetica Short Film festival (BAFTA Qualifying), UK
2019. Leeds International Film Festival (Academy Award and BAFTA Qualifying), Leeds, UK
2019. AKS festival for minorities, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019. International Queer and Migrant Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

“Finding Untold Queer Stories” (2018)

2019. CinemaQ, Shanghai, China
2018. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

“Loving Our Language: Pride in Disability Culture” (2018, 5:39 min)

2019. CinemaQ, Shanghai, China
2019. Divine Queer Film Festival, Torino, Italy
2019. KASHISH International Queer Film Festival, Mumbai, India
2018. KANSAI Queer Film Festival, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
2018. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

“10,579km: A Queer Journey from Damascus to Vancouver” (2016, 9:50 min)

2016. Filmfest homochrom Dortmund, Cologne, Germany
2016. International Queer and Migrant Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016. Queer Minorities Film Festival in Vienna, Austria
2016. Aks International Minorities Festival, Pakistan
2016. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

“Regalia: Pride in Two Spirits” (2015, 5:20 min)

2018. Bodies Exhibit, Science World, Vancouver
2018. Queerly Beloved, London, UK
2016. Calgary Queer Film Festival, Canada
2016. Indigenous Perspectives Society Festival, Vancouver
2016. Pitos Waskochepayis Two Spirit Indigenous Film Festival, Prince Albert, Sasketchewan
2016. Sasketchewan Queer Film Festival, Canada
2016. Scotland Queer Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
2016. Reel Art Film Festival, Campbell River, Canada
2016. Outburst International Film Festival, Northern Ireland
2016. Aks International Minorities Festival, Pakistan
2016. Official Selection at the Heart of the City Film Festival, Vancouver
2015. REEL Pride: Winnipeg Queer Film Festival, Canada
2015. Image+Nation: Montreal Gay Bi Trans Film Festival, Canada
2015. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Carla and Hayfa (2015, 8:54 min)

2016. Queer Women of Colour Film Festival, San Francisco
2016. Aks International Minorities Festival, Pakistan
2015. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Amar: Deaf is an Identity (2015)

2017. East End Film Festival, London, UK
2016. KASHISH: Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India
2016. KASHISH Forward, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
2016. We Care Disability Film Festival, New Delhi, India
2016. Calgary Queer Film Festival, Canada
2016. Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival, Austin, Texas
2016. Aks International Minorities Festival, Pakistan
2015. World Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

The Ceremony of Tea (2015)

2015. Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Centre

Group exhibitions

2023. Yellow Perils, The Bitten Peach: Decolonizing Queer Asians, Asian Arts and Culture Trust (AACT)
2022. Vancouver Pavillion, collaboration with Maiden China, Jen Sungshine, Shira Anisman, and River Ironeagle, Chinatown Biennale
2020. Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements, co-curated by David Ng and Jen Sungshine, SUM Gallery, Vancouver
2019. The Haunting of Hulijing, Queer Arts Festival, curated by Jonny Sopotiuk, Vancouver
2018. Queering The Five Elements, Queer Arts Festival, curated by Elwood Jimmy, Vancouver

Creative Projects

Hot Pot Talks Video Podcast series (2021 – present)

Curatorial work

2023. House of 9 Dragons: Community, Family, Heritage
2022. House of 9 Dragons
2022. Bitter Orientals: Yellow Peril Unmasked
2020. Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements, co-curated by David Ng and Jen Sungshine, SUM Gallery, Vancouver
2020-2024. A Window in Chinatown

Artistic Publications

2020. Ng, David, Sungshine, Jen, & Yan, Kendell. Yellow Peril: Imagining East Asian Futures in the West. Sticky Rice Magazine. https://stickyrice-magazine.com/Volume02-Yellow-Peril-Imagining-East-Asian-futures-in-the-West
2017. Love Intersections. Amerasia Journal 43:3 community feature

Reviews + Media

2022. Evoking Yellow Peril and the Ingenious Mutations of Queer Collaboration, FEMME ART REVIEW Issue 2 – Queer & Feminist Collaboration
2019. Interview with Filmmakers Love Intersections, Ricepaper Magazine
2019. Love Intersections aims to present documentary narratives of queer folks not normally seen in mainstream coverage, Georgia Straight
2018. Why You Should Watch the ‘Love Intersections’ Short-Film Series, Vancouver Magazine

Speaking Engagements

2024. PechaKucha feat. David Ng & Jen Sungshine, PechaKucha Night Vol. 57, Vancouver Playhouse
2024. Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey and Elements Unite film and panel presentation, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
2023. Love Intersections: Art, Relationality and Community Care, CDNS5301A Canadian Cultural Studies, Carleton University
2022. Love Intersections film and panel presentation, Yellow Peril: Reimagining Queer Asian Futures Film Programme, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
2022. “Decolonizing Dialogues: Building IBPOC solidarity”, UBC Global Lounge
2022. Hot Pot Talks ft. Jane Wong. Richmond Art Gallery
2021. “Imperfect Constellations” panel presentation at Wordlings Conference, Griffin Art Projects
2021, 2020. “Finding community, Finding family, Feeling Heard: A workshop on gender, culture, and intersectionality in mental health.” Mental Training on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the Richmond Mental Health Authority
2021. Love Intersections film presentation for Pride, Museum of Anthropology
2021. “Queer Asian Resilience” International Day Against Homophobia Presentation for Lululemon Corporation
2021, 2020, 2019. “Love Intersections: Finding Untold Queer Stories” film presentation at the United Churches of Langley
2020. “Love Intersections: Intersectionality, Social Justice, and Art Making” presentation for University of British Columbia Pride Committee
2019. “Love Intersections: Queer East Asian Cultural Explorations through Art” presentation for ACAM 250 Asian Canadians in Popular Culture, University of British Columbia
2019. “Love Intersections: Intersectional social justice in community” presentation for the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Inclusive Education guest lecture, University of British Columbia

Residencies

2018. Vancouver Queer Film Festival Artist in Residence