AWARDS

• 2007 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S DARYL DUKE SCREENWRITING AWARD - Winner, Feature Film Screenwriting
• 2007 CANADIAN GENIE AWARDS - Winner, Claude Jutra Award for Best Direction on a First Feature Film, plus 5 nominations.
• 2006 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - Winner, Special Jury Prize for World Cinema
• 2006 SAN DIEGO ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL - Winner, Best Narrative Feature
• 2006 BENDFILM FESTIVAL - Winner, Best Female Actor, Phoebe JoJo Kut
• 2006 NEW YORK ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL - Winner, Emerging Director Award
• 2006 LEO AWARDS - Winner, Best Direction, Best Screenwriting, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design, Best Editing
• 2005 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Winner, Most Popular Canadian Film
• 2005 CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Winner, Best First Canadian Feature
• 2000 WRITER'S GUILD OF CANADA TOP TEN AWARDS - Winner, Charles Israel Screenwriting Prize for Best Unproduced Screenplay

FESTIVALS

• Toronto International Film Festival
• Sundance Film Festival
• Karlovy Vary Film Festival
• SXSW Film Festival
• Seattle International Film Festival
• Puchon International Film Festival
• Rotterdam Asian Film Festival, opening film
• MoMA screenings in New York
• Vancouver International Film Festival
• Hawaii International Film Fest
• San Francisco Asian American Film Fest
• VC Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Fest (Centerpiece Film)
• APA Film Fest in Washington DC (Closing Night Film)
• Chicago Asian Film Fest
• San Diego Asian American Film Fest
• Seattle Asian American Film Fest
• Durban International Film Fest
• Calgary Film Fest
• Atlantic Film Fest
• Edmonton Film Fest
• Montreal Film Fest
• BendFilm Festival, opening film
• Pittsburgh Silkscreen Festival
• Disorient Film Festival