Joyce Wong is a

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film director and screenwriter from

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, known for her work in film and television. She is most noted for her debut feature film '' Wexford Plaza'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the

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at the

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, and for the

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from the

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Career

Her first narrative feature film, ''Wexford Plaza'' (2016), was a coming-of-age "halfalogue" shown from two different perspectives. The director describes the film as a "love letter to

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, where I grew up," and The Playlist called it a "darkly funny and unabashedly raw look at what it means to grow up." In addition to its Canadian Screen Award won the 2017 "Best Narrative Feature Award" at the

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, and the 2017 "Comcast Best Narrative Feature Award" by the Centre for Asian American Media in

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. Her 2011 documentary ''Power of Love (Celine Dion Fans in Kenya)'', about Kenyan

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fans of

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, was screened at the

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, and

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. Her comedy short ''Banana Bruises'' (2006) won "Best Fiction Short" at the Cinesiege Film Festival. She has also directed several episodes of ''

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'' and '' Fakes''.

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