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Asog

Feature length film Completed 2023

Director

Seán Devlin

Producer

Amanda Ernst

Doc Society helped with

Production

Impact

School teacher by day, proudly gay comedian by night: Rey travels to a talent pageant that will test how far they’ll go for fame.

2023 São Paulo International Film Festival - Best Performance 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada) - Audience Award 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada) - Best Documentary Feature - Honorable Mention 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada) - Best BC Film - Honorable Mention 2023 Calgary International Film Festival (Canada) - RBC Emerging Artists Award 2024 Queer Lisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer (United States of America) - Best Feature Film 2024 Bali International Film Festival (aka BALINALE) (Indonesia) - Committee Choice Award 2023 Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival (United States of America) - Frameline Completion Fund 2024 Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam (Pink Filmdays Amsterdam) LGBT Film Festival (Netherlands) - Hivos Prize 2024 Festival Mix Milano (Italy) - Best Feature Film 2023 CinemAsia Film Festival () - Best Film - Special Mention 2024 Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival () - Best Feature Film Hawaii International Film Festival 2023 • Best Film L.A. Outfest 2023 • Outstanding Screenwriting in an International Narrative Feature São Paulo International Film Festival 2023 • Best Fiction São Paulo International Film Festival 2023 • Best Picture Warsaw International Film Festival 2023 • Canadian Narrative Feature Award

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Takes you down a funny road but also makes you really see it, potholes and all.

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