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Jen Sungshine

FILMS

Love Intersections
Co-founder - Artistic Director
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2015-16
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Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny (2019)
​6X6 DOC SERIES (2018)
Ep1 - Queer Origins
Ep2 - Queer History
Ep3 - Queer Dance
Ep4 - Queer Sports
Ep5 - Queer Disability Culture
Ep6 - Queer Families
Black Lives Matter - Vancouver (2016)
REGALIA: PRIDE IN TWO SPIRITS (2015)
Carla and Hayfa (2016)
AMAR: DEAF IS AN IDENTITY (2016)

COMMUNITY MATTER(S)

Ghosts of the Machine Public Programming, The Polygon Gallery (2022)

CURRENT: Feminist Electronic Art Symposium Co-producer (2019-present)

F-O-R-M: Festival of Recorded Movement Artistic Committee (2019)

Vines Art Festival Youth Program Mentor (2020)

"TROUBLEMAKERS" LGBTQ2S Intergenerational Filmmaking Project (2017-present)
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CampOUT! Advisory Committee member (2014-2019)

ATTN:

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Megaphone Magazine (2019)
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​🔗 Welcome to Vancouver's Yellow Revolution, Vancouver Courier (2019)
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​​​🔗 34 International Stars Who Continue to Shine on a Global Stage, VOGUE, Sept 2018
​​​🔗 On air interview with Andrew Chang: "Same-Sex Marriage Coming to Asia", CBC News Vancouver, May 25, 2017

MEDIA

  • Yellow Peril: Reimagining Queer Asian Futures Film Screening Panel, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, July 2022
  • Creating Documentaries with Social Impact with Jen Sungshine, Women in Film & Television Vancouver, May 2022
  • In Conversation with Jen Sungshine, Climate & Collective Liberation Project, May 2022
  • Artists hosting hot pot dinner party to help restore historica Vancouver Chinatown building, CBC, May 2021
  • Vancouver artists share their stories of being queer and Asian, Medill Reports Chicago, Northwestern University, Nov 2020
Below the Radar · Queering Diasporic Narratives — with Jen Sungshine
  • Queering Diasporic Narratives with Jen Sungshine, Below the Radar Podcast, Oct 2020
  • Queer Chinese Diasporic Identity Narratives in Vancouver’s Chinatown, West Coast Curated, Feb 2020
  • This exhibit explores queer Asian identity through the lens of China's traditional five elements, CBC, Feb 2020
  • Interview with Filmmakers Love Intersections,  Ricepaper Magazine, Aug 2019
  • Welcome to Vancouver's Yellow Revolution, Vancouver Is Awesome, Aug 2019 
  • MOA’s From a Riot to a Revolution reminds all of the original intent of Pride, The Ubyssey, Aug 2019
  • Love Intersections aims to present documentary narratives of queer folks not normally seen in mainstream coverage, The Georgia Straight, July 2019
  • ​Collaborations through Love Intersections, Project Voice Podcast, Feb 2019​​
  • ​Local Films to Watch this Weekend at the Queer Film Festival, Inside Vancouver, Aug 2018
  • Why You Should Watch the 'Love Intersections' Short-Film Series, Vancouver Magazine, May 2018​
  • Taiwanese-Canadians celebrate landmark same-sex marriage ruling, CBC News, 2017
  • Jen Sung takes social activism back to the core issue: love, The Georgia Straight, 2016
  • 6 noteworthy feminists battling gender bias in Vancouver, The Georgia Straight, 2016
  • The People do Good Stuff Issue: Jen Sungshine, THIS Magazine, 2016
  • 2014 Jer’s Vision Youth Role Model of the Year​
  • 2013 Winner of Pride Legacy Award: Spirit
  • 2013 Xtra's Top 30 Under 30 community queer leaders
  • 2012 The Georgia Straight cover story​
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The Georgia Straight (2012)
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24 Hours Newspaper (2014)

TL;DR

Yellow Peril: Imagining East Asian Futures in the West, Sticky Rice Magazine​, Nov 2020

Using love as language in the face of racism and queerphobias, The Georgia Straight, Jun 2014

STORYTELLING

Selected Talks
  • ​"Lessons from a 500 sq ft Urban Jungle: A Fire Tiger's tale of living with a million houseplants," 10th annual Interesting Vancouver, SFU Woodwards (2017)
  • ​Firestorms: Anti-Colonial Methods Elemental Panel, Or Gallery (2017)
  • "A Fire Tiger’s Tale on the Ceremony of Rebellion," (In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver (2016)
  • ​"On the Ceremony of Rebellion: How Tradition Saved My Life," Richmond Public Library (2016)
  • "Resisting Intersectional Oppression in Activist Spaces," Simon Fraser University (2016)
  • "How to be a Bad Asian," Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies, University of British Columbia (2015)
  • Radicalizing Intimacy in Queer Asian Canadian Youth, documentary film by Joanna Yang & Stephanie Fung (2014)
  • Pride launch speaker, Vancouver City Hall (2012)​
  • PechaKucha 20x20 Vol. 22, Vogue Theatre (2012)

PAYCHEQUE

Love Intersections
Co-founder - Artistic Director
June 2014 – present
Produce film content that highlight intersectional and intergenerational stories from underrepresented communities. Provide consultations & workshops to schools, institutions, and community organizations around race and sexuality (eg. the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign; BC Society for Transition Houses’ Awareness Campaign; UBC’s School of Community & Regional Planning, Sociology, and Social Justice courses). Present Love Intersections films at festivals, community events & conferences, and serve on academic and community panels (eg. SFU’s Youngsters: On the Cultures of Children and Youth Conference; UofMosaic Club’s A Dialogue on Art, Politics & Social Change).
Social Justice Institute,
​University of British Columbia

Communications & Community Liaison
April 2015 – Sept 2018
Increase Institute visibility by the development and implementation of a communications strategy that promotes its research, teaching, courses, services, undergraduate and graduate programs to a wide audience. Designs and oversees the writing, editing, technical production and distribution of all publications, social media and communications materials at the Institute. Organize, promote and manage Institute events, including seminars, research networks, conferences and programs.
Out in Schools
Program Coordinator / Facilitator
May 2010 – Jan 2015
Trained and led facilitator team to deliver film-based presentations on gender, sexuality and social justice to schools and rural communities. Managed programming and curriculum development of a Teachers’ Learning Resource Guide, working with teachers, school administrators, parents and school districts. Regularly spoke at educational conferences, fundraisers, and in the media.
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Theatre Manager
​May 2010 – Jan 2015
​Supervised theatre screenings and film festival volunteers, in addition to Introducing films and facilitating Q&A / panel discussions.

TOOLS

  • Workshop Facilitation
  • Public Speaking
  • Event Planning
  • Community Development
  • Professional Development
  • Film & Photography
  • Digital / Web Design
  • Adobe InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator
  • ​Mandarin fluency

SCHOOLED

​University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (2009)
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