Mina Shum

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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. Her features, Double Happiness, and Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity both premiered in the US at the Sundance Film Festival and Double Happiness won the Wolfgang Staudte Prize for Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at Torino. She was director resident at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. She was also a member of an alternative rock band called Playdoh Republic.

Most Popular Mina Shum Trailers

Total trailers found: 8

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity Trailer (2002)

07 September 2002

Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.

Meditation Park Trailer (2017)

08 September 2017

A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong in his laundry.

Double Happiness Trailer (1994)

07 September 1994

Jade Li is a feisty, 20-something Chinese Canadian, trying to achieve that happy medium between giving in to her parent's wishes and fulfilling her own needs and desires - double happiness.

The Grocer's Wife Trailer (1991)

05 September 1991

A meek young man allows a stripper to stay in his house while his domineering mother is hospitalized.

Mob Princess Trailer (2003)

23 November 2003

A woman wants to clear her father's name. He supposedly murdered a shady night club owner. She starts looking for clues about the real perpetrator, but finds more than she bargained for.

Drive, She Said Trailer (1997)

08 September 1997

Nadine, a late 20's small town bank teller is stuck. Stuck at a job that's comfortable, but not very challenging.

Ninth Floor Trailer (2015)

10 September 2015

In her first feature-length documentary, director Mina Shum (Double Happiness) takes a penetrating look at the Sir George Williams University riot of February 1969, when a protest against institutional racism snowballed into a 14-day student occupation at the Montreal university.

ONE NINE Trailer (2021)

14 November 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, nine filmmakers isolating in different parts of the world join to make a film.