Ketchup & Soya Sauce
More details on https://www.ks.upfilm.ca
Award
2021 Accolade Competition
Winner – Award of Excellence
2020 Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Nominee-
Best Canadian Director in Feature film
Best Canadian Feature Film
Best Cinematography for Feature Film
Synopsis
A documentary revealing the nuances of mixed relationships between first-generation Chinese and Canadian while exploring historical taboos and criminalization of interracial relations in Canada. We follow 5 couples in different age groups as they contend with communication challenges, relationships with extended family, differing food habits, financial conflict, interpretation of intimacy, and how their relationships were shaped by the history of mixed relationships in Canada since the 1930’s.
Distribution
There are two versions of this film.
it’s part of Absolutely Canadian program on CBC, available on CBC’s GEM.
https://gem.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-27/38e815a-011a94cb932
It was premiered on CBC Montreal on 2019 September 21, Saturday, 7pm.
- Version 2, 63 mins
2020 Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival
24th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Canadian Spot light, Nominated Best Feature Film, Best Director.
2020 Director’s Cut Film Festival, Semi-Finalist
2021 The Accolade Global Film Competition,
Won Award of Excellence: Asian / Award of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Inspirational & Motivational
2021 Ontario International Film Festival
2021 Regina International Film Festival and Award
2021 BIPOC Film Festival
2021 Canadian International Faith & Family Film Festival
2021 Global Migration Film Festival
Press:
- Film Critic from Cold Tea Collective
KETCHUP AND SOYA SAUCE IS AN INTIMATE EXPLORATION OF INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIP IN CANADA
CBC Vancouver Interview
Credit:
Producer: ZhiMin Hu
Executive producer: Carrie Haber
Writer: ZhiMin Hu, David Soucy
Researcher: ZhiMin Hu
Director: ZhiMin Hu
Assistant Director: Linda Diep
Cameraman: Michel Desilets, Guillaume Meloche,
Frederic Segard, Alain Bisson,
Dominic Dutil, ZhiMin Hu,
David Soucy
Sound recordist: Julia Innes, Tod Van Dyk
Daniel Provencher, Francois Lecasse
Picture Editor: ZhiMin Hu
Motion Graphic designer: Jack Wu
Composer: Adrian Ellis
Sound designer & Mixer: Chris Leon
Still photographer: Zhou Zhou
Poster Designer: John Godfrey