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Canadian film and television director. Her debut short film '' Big Girl'' won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the
2005 Toronto International Film Festival The 30th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 8–17 and screened 335 films from 52 countries - 109 of these films were world premieres, and 78 were North American premieres. Awards At the Festival's closing event, the following ...
and was a shortlisted
Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...
finalist for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 27th Genie Awards. After directing the short films ''Arranged'' (2014) and ''A Bicycle Lesson'' (2016)'','' she co-directed the 2017 feature film '' Ordinary Days'' with Kris Booth and
Jordan Canning Jordan Canning is a Canadian director for film and television. She is known for her independent feature films '' We Were Wolves'' (2014) and '' Suck It Up'' (2017), as well as her work directing on television series '' Baroness Von Sketch Show,'' ...
''.'' '' Stay the Night'', her solo feature debut, premiered in 2022. As a television director, Jeyapalan has directed episodes of ''
Murdoch Mysteries ''Murdoch Mysteries'' is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the ''Detective Murdoch'' novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick ...
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Kim's Convenience ''Kim's Convenience'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC Television from October 2016 to April 2021. It depicts the Korean Canadians, Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park ...
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Workin' Moms ''Workin' Moms'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama sitcom series that premiered on CBC Television on January 10, 2017. The show stars Catherine Reitman, Jessalyn Wanlim, Dani Kind, Enuka Okuma, and Juno RinaldiGinny and Georgia'', '' Son of a Critch'', and ''
Sort Of ''Sort Of'' is the debut studio album by the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, Bremen, Germany in May and June 1972 with Faust (band), Faust as their backing band, and released on LP by Polydor Records in 1972. In 1980 Re ...
'', among others.Victoria Ahearn
"CBC Gem drama series ‘The 410’ dramatizes drug-smuggling case involving Indo-Canadian truck drivers"
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She was nominated for Best Director in a Comedy Series at the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards for directing the ''Sort Of'' episode "Sort Of A Party".Brent Furdyk
"2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"
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