Sook-Yin Lee

Sook-Yin Lee

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Sook-Yin Lee
Sook-Yin Lee

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299 Queen Street West
During the rise of the music video era in the 80s, Canada launched "MuchMusic", a low budget TV network that revolutionized how the world's biggest stars connected with their fans and influenced the culture for the next three decades.
Death and Sickness.
Director of Photography
Sook-Yin and Dylan are currently holed up in a house in Toronto capturing what happens on consumer cameras and mobile phones. Death and Sickness is a work of auto-fiction inspired by real-life events.
Death and Sickness.
Director
Sook-Yin and Dylan are currently holed up in a house in Toronto capturing what happens on consumer cameras and mobile phones. Death and Sickness is a work of auto-fiction inspired by real-life events.
Death and Sickness.
Herself
Sook-Yin and Dylan are currently holed up in a house in Toronto capturing what happens on consumer cameras and mobile phones. Death and Sickness is a work of auto-fiction inspired by real-life events.
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
A documentary discussing the legacy and impact of the famous Crocks N Rolls bar, a music club in Thunder Bay, Ontario that featured many prominent artists throughout the 1980s. Numerous interviewees are profiled, as is the club's legendary founder and owner Frank Loffredo.
Octavio Is Dead
Writer
Tyler intenta descubrir al padre que nunca tuvo la oportunidad de conocer en esta emocionante historia de fantasmas psico-sexuales, explorando temas de género e identidad sexual.
Octavio Is Dead
Director
Tyler intenta descubrir al padre que nunca tuvo la oportunidad de conocer en esta emocionante historia de fantasmas psico-sexuales, explorando temas de género e identidad sexual.
Whispers and Shoulders
Specter
WHISPERS AND SHOULDERS An experimental short directed by Sook-Yin Lee Conceived by JOOJ (Lee & Adam Litovitz) Made from the raw footage of JOOJ's 'Shoulders and Whispers' music video, directed by Brandon Cronenberg & filmed by Karim Hussain, CSC. WHISPERS AND SHOULDERS appropriates and reworks the raw footage of JOOJ's 'Shoulders and Whispers' music video. The video's images are rendered voiceless, with figures adrift in suspended animation for a twenty-six minute hypno-poetic reconstruction that draws upon unused images from the original music video. The initial video, 'Shoulders and Whispers,' is a black-and-white three-minute pop-song artifact designed to grab attention with each shot a fixed duration with a slow left-to-right pan. No shot is ever repeated. It has a forward momentum, unfolding new dynamics and imagery; conversely, WHISPERS AND SHOULDERS embraces repetitiveness in richly-saturated colour.
Whispers and Shoulders
Director
WHISPERS AND SHOULDERS An experimental short directed by Sook-Yin Lee Conceived by JOOJ (Lee & Adam Litovitz) Made from the raw footage of JOOJ's 'Shoulders and Whispers' music video, directed by Brandon Cronenberg & filmed by Karim Hussain, CSC. WHISPERS AND SHOULDERS appropriates and reworks the raw footage of JOOJ's 'Shoulders and Whispers' music video. The video's images are rendered voiceless, with figures adrift in suspended animation for a twenty-six minute hypno-poetic reconstruction that draws upon unused images from the original music video. The initial video, 'Shoulders and Whispers,' is a black-and-white three-minute pop-song artifact designed to grab attention with each shot a fixed duration with a slow left-to-right pan. No shot is ever repeated. It has a forward momentum, unfolding new dynamics and imagery; conversely, WHISPERS AND SHOULDERS embraces repetitiveness in richly-saturated colour.
Three Movements
Story
In a world obsessed with physical supremacy, Three Movements shows the alternative bodybuilding possibilities presented by a cityscape, as Sook-Yin Lee demonstrates her atypical exercise regimen.
Three Movements
Co-Director
In a world obsessed with physical supremacy, Three Movements shows the alternative bodybuilding possibilities presented by a cityscape, as Sook-Yin Lee demonstrates her atypical exercise regimen.
Jack
Olivia Chow
NDP Leader Jack Layton was fluently bilingual, glib, sometimes flashy, full of energy and always media-friendly. He loved to entertain and uplift his co-workers with a strum on his guitar and spirit in his voice (which wasn't particularly good but he sang with gusto). Growing up in a political family, Layton was a left-wing Toronto city councillor for 17 years and spent a year as head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. He became leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 2003... The NDP became the Official Opposition for the first time in history. Going into the 2011 federal election... Written by (STAFF)
Year of the Carnivore
Writer
Comedia romántica que gira en torno a una joven que, tras una desastrosa relación en la que le dicen que es mala en la cama, decide obtener "más experiencia".
Year of the Carnivore
Director
Comedia romántica que gira en torno a una joven que, tras una desastrosa relación en la que le dicen que es mala en la cama, decide obtener "más experiencia".
Toronto Stories
Writer
Various lives intersect over the course of 48 hours in Canada's largest and most culturally diverse city.
Toronto Stories
Director
Various lives intersect over the course of 48 hours in Canada's largest and most culturally diverse city.
Toronto Stories
Willia
Various lives intersect over the course of 48 hours in Canada's largest and most culturally diverse city.
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Sofia
A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the feature film. Director John Cameron Mitchell starts with the concept of using real sex in a film with a positive message. The cast of unknowns is selected from homemade audition tapes and then a callback audition workshop. More acting workshops are used to develop the characters and script. The project overcomes a number of obstacles and the rest of the film's development is followed up until its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Shortbus
Sofia
Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee) es una sexóloga que no ha tenido nunca un orgasmo; hace años que simula placer con su marido Rob (Raphael Barker). Conoce a Severin (Lindsay Beamish), una dominadora que se presta a ayudarla. Dos pacientes de Sofia, James (Paul Dawson) y su compañero Jamie (PJ DeBoy), piensan en incluir a un tercero, Ceth (Jay Brannan), en su relación sexual, pero Jamie no acaba de decidirse. Todos se encuentran en "Shortbus", un lugar fuera de lo común donde se mezcla la política, el arte y el sexo.
Unlocked
Writer
Lydia and her boyfriend, who works in a local café, broke up two months ago. The break up was a turbulent one. But he still has many of his possessions in her house, which are reminders of him to her. The one that she is most disturbed about his his bicycle, which is padlocked to her house. She does whatever she can to break the padlock and thus break any ties she has to him.
Unlocked
Director
Lydia and her boyfriend, who works in a local café, broke up two months ago. The break up was a turbulent one. But he still has many of his possessions in her house, which are reminders of him to her. The one that she is most disturbed about his his bicycle, which is padlocked to her house. She does whatever she can to break the padlock and thus break any ties she has to him.
3 Agujas
Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
Narra tres historias unidas, y situadas en diferentes continentes, sobre la lucha contra el SIDA. En China, Jing Ping (Lucy Liu) instala un banco de sangre móvil en un área rural remota; cuando la gente comienza a enfermarse, un joven granjero intenta descubrir la causa. En Sudáfrica, un grupo de monjas (Chloë Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis y Sandra Oh) intentan salvar almas, pero descubren que la dura realidad cotidiana genera múltiples problemas. En Canadá un joven actor porno, Denys (Shawn Ashmore) se enfrenta a una serie de sucesos que cambiarán su vida.
Girl Cleans Sink
Writer
A lonely couple meet in a Laundromat, where their clumsy attempt at a sexual liaison leads to revelations, embarrassments, and a little bit of compassion.
Girl Cleans Sink
Director
A lonely couple meet in a Laundromat, where their clumsy attempt at a sexual liaison leads to revelations, embarrassments, and a little bit of compassion.
The Art of Woo
Alessa Woo
Alessa Woo (Lee) is an ambitious art dealer who meets her match in gifted painter Ben Crowchild (Beach) in this romantic comedy.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Kwahng-Yi
Hedwig se sometió a una operación de cambio de sexo que le permitió casarse con un soldado americano y alcanzar la libertad al otro lado del Muro de Berlín. Sin embargo, la operación salió mal y Hedwig se quedó con esa “pulgada irritada” (“angry inch”) que da nombre a la película. En un parque de caravanas de Kansas, Hedwig decidió formar un grupo de rock. Así conoció a Tommy Gnosis, un joven que fue su amante y protegido antes de abandonarla, robarle sus canciones y triunfar como estrella del rock. Acompañada de su grupo paneslavo, “The Angry Inch”, siguió a Tommy en su gira, tocando en locales medio vacíos. Por medio de un collage de canciones, flashbacks e imágenes animadas, Hedwig cuenta la historia de su vida e intenta sacar partido de la prensa amarilla que se interesa por ella por haber sido amante del famoso cantante de rock Tommy Gnosis.
Boy Meets Girl
Judy
Set in Toronto's Little Italy, Boy Meets Girl stars Sean Astin as Mike, a cynical writer who pens copy for a romance magazine, and Emily Hampshire as Angelina, who has just arrived in Canada from Italy to marry a man she unfortunately doesn't care for. Mike's next door neighbor is an eccentric wallpaper hanger who writes poetry in his spare time. Somehow, one of the paperer's love verses ends up in Angelina's hands and she's convinced Mike wrote it -- and suddenly love is in the air and romance is sparked between them.
Malas compañías
Waitress
Nelson Crowe es un agente de la CIA caído en desgracia después de que varios de sus comportamientos irregulares hayan salido a la luz. Crowe es entonces chantajeado por la compañía para que se infiltre en la empresa Grimes de seguridad privada, dedicada al espionaje industrial y a otras operaciones turbias. Crowe, junto a Margaret Wells, otra antigua agente, chantajean y sobornan a un juez de la Corte Suprema del estado. Pero uno de los ayudantes de Crowe descubre su doble juego y le amenaza con revelárselo todo a Grimes.
Green Dolphin Beat
Mai-ling
Two cops try to solve the murder of a former prostitute while fighting for their jobs in a crime-ridden precinct of a Northwestern city.
Mood Indigo
Jenny
Suspense tale -- a pilot to a prospective series -- involving a criminal psychologist, struggling to rebuild his life after his wife is brutally murdered by a patient, and a lady lawyer who enlists his help in solving a baffling crime.
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Writer
A comedy of obsession and assimilation that charts the true account of a first generation Chinese-Canadian's attempt to fit into a white suburb. After an alienated childhood, she lands a job at an unpopular pasta bar, walking the streets as a 10-foot egg noodle. A transformation occurs when her new persona, Mr. Noodle, supersedes her own identity - only to confront a similar alienation as a noodle-human.
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Director
A comedy of obsession and assimilation that charts the true account of a first generation Chinese-Canadian's attempt to fit into a white suburb. After an alienated childhood, she lands a job at an unpopular pasta bar, walking the streets as a 10-foot egg noodle. A transformation occurs when her new persona, Mr. Noodle, supersedes her own identity - only to confront a similar alienation as a noodle-human.
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Narrator (voice)
A comedy of obsession and assimilation that charts the true account of a first generation Chinese-Canadian's attempt to fit into a white suburb. After an alienated childhood, she lands a job at an unpopular pasta bar, walking the streets as a 10-foot egg noodle. A transformation occurs when her new persona, Mr. Noodle, supersedes her own identity - only to confront a similar alienation as a noodle-human.
The Incident Report
New drama thriller romance
No Tickets at the Door
No Tickets At The Door is an in-depth look into Toronto’s diverse underground music scene and the myriad of challenges that musicians, promoters, and venues are facing during COVID-19. Questions about creative survival and perseverance during lockdown, as well as the overwhelming effects of merciless gentrification, are actively raised and discussed by the community. Part documentary, part love letter to the scene, filmmaker and musician Danny Alexander explores the creative impulses that are driving musicians today while paying close attention to the endangered status of Toronto as an incubator for the arts. Featuring interviews with prominent contributors such as Sook-Yin Lee, Dan Burke, Luna Li, Vypers, Alaska B, and TRP.P, owners of historic venues like the Horseshoe Tavern, and local politicians who are championing the arts, No Tickets At The Door examines the importance of music communities in the modern age and what is at stake if a city is no longer hospitable towards them.