Reel Asian is excited to announce that pioneering filmmaker and the LIFT’s founding Chair, Keith Lock, is the inaugural recipient of the Fire Horse Award. Lock has been making films since 1969 and is considered one of Canada’s first Chinese Canadian filmmakers whose contributions to the Canadian film scene have opened up invaluable opportunities for filmmakers who followed.
May is Asian Heritage Month and Reel Asian is celebrating the works of filmmaker and author Cheuk Kwan. In addition to a live in-person Director’s Talk on May 2nd with Toronto Star food writer Karon Liu, Reel Asian is making all 15 episodes of Kwan’s acclaimed documentary series Chinese Restaurants available for FREE for the entire month of May exclusively on our CineSend portal!