https://kentsui.com Ken Tsui Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:38:30 +0000 https://kentsui.com en https://kentsui.com/Ken-Tsui Mon, 06 Apr 2020 06:13:14 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/Ken-Tsui KEN TSUI https://kentsui.com/Phobos Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:38:30 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/Phobos Oddfellows Studios Phobos Pictures Development Executive2026 - Current As Development Executive, I connect with talent, source, evaluate, and shape scripts or intellectual property for the slate of productions at Oddfellows Studios and Phobos Pictures.Both companies work with studios such as A24, NEON, Paramount and Warner Brothers on films including Longlegs, The Monkey and Backrooms. Oddfellows holds a first-look deal with Warner Brothers while Phobos has a similar deal with NEON. https://kentsui.com/TELUS-originals Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:18:01 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/TELUS-originals TELUS originals Senior Production Executive 2024 - 2026 Production Executive  2021 - 2024As a Senior Production Executive at TELUS originals, I support a slate of compelling, locally reflective, social purpose documentary shorts, mid-length, features and docuseries that connect established filmmakers in B.C. and Alberta to viewers from diverse identities and communities. Through this Western Canadian documentary fund, the TELUS originals team prioritizes representation in front of and behind the camera. Celebrated productions include Ari’s Theme (VIFF Opening Night Film 2023), #skoden (Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Prize, Hot Docs 2025), Curl Power (Critics Pick, Hot Docs 2024), The Chef & the Daruma (VIFF Insights Audience Award 2024), Delta Dawn (Best Canadian Short, Hot Docs 2024) and House Special (CBC Gem). ︎Learn more about TELUS originals https://kentsui.com/VIFF Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:18:01 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/VIFF The Vancouver International Film Festival Curator, VIFF Talks 2026 - Current Curator, VIFF Labs2019 - 2025 Curator, VIFF LIVE2018 - 2021 Director, Industry & Live Events 2020 - 2021 As the director of industry and live events, I provide strategic leadership on initiatives that cultivate and empower the creator and the cinephile at all levels. By developing a dynamic portfolio of conferences, talks, masterclasses, exhibitions, performances and marketplaces for film, television, virtual reality, live performance and film music, live events at VIFF extends the boundaries of our collective understanding of screen-based storytelling. As the programmer of VIFF LIVE, I curated major events that diversify the dimensionality of the festival experience. With a focus on live performances, I have worked with talent including RZA (Wu Tang Clan), Kid Koala, Goblin, Song Exploder, Chuck D (Public Enemy), Beverly Glenn-Copeland and On Cinema at the Cinema with Tim Heidecker & Gregg Turkington.For VIFF Labs, I curate conversations between established global talent and local filmmakers, facilitating space to connect. Previous guests include Kristen Johnson (Cameraperson), Robert Greene (Procession, Bisbee ‘17), RaMell Ross (Hale County, This Morning, This Evening), Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind), Marco Costa (Challengers, Queer) and Emma Seligman (Bottoms, Shiva Baby).  ︎Learn more about VIFF https://kentsui.com/Here-There Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:18:02 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/Here-There Here There Studio Co-Founder & Creative Director 2014 - 2019 Here There crafts experiences and story that activates brands, ideas and spaces in pursuit of the unexpected. In leading an award-winning, experiential marketing studio, I oversee brand creative, end-to-end project development and management for events, installations, video content and print. I collaborate with clients and artists to design an inspired vision while leading production, art direction and the development of brand story in a boutique studio environment. Notable clients include lululemon, Samsung, TELUS, Quality Green, Constellation Brand, The Vancouver Art Gallery and The Vancouver Aquarium. ︎ See the portfolio of studio work https://kentsui.com/Record-Club Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:50:02 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/Record-Club Record Club PodcastCo-Creator & Co-Producer 2020Record Club is a live storytelling podcast that celebrates seminal albums and explores how these albums affect our lives. Produced by Kelly&Kelly and hosted by musician Louise Burns, each episode features storytellers telling a true, personal story about how a particular record shaped them. This is not a show about dissecting the musicality of an iconic album, but a show that focuses on the relationship people have with music. By the end of it’s initial run, Record Club charted on Apple Podcasts’ top 20 in the music commentary category and was featured on IndieWire’s Best Podcasts of 2020.    ︎ Listen https://kentsui.com/Chinatown-Night-Market Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:13:05 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/Chinatown-Night-Market The Vancouver Chinatown Night MarketProgram Director 2013The 2013 season of the Vancouver Chinatown Market marked a new vision for the 18-year summer tradition bolstering one of the oldest Chinese markets in North America as a modern, all-ages, cultural hub. As program director, I co-developed the rebranding of the Market, curated and produced a 3 month calendar of events engaging over 20 community arts organizations and introduced original programming including The Chinatown Ping Pong Club, The Chinatown Mahjong Social, The Chinatown Outdoor Cinema, and the Golden Dumpling Cook-Off & Derby.︎ Learn more about the refresh https://kentsui.com/INFO Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:18:03 +0000 Ken Tsui https://kentsui.com/INFO Ken Tsui is currently the Development Executive at Oddfellows Studios, Board Member of The Cinematheque and a curator for Talks at the Vancouver International Film Festival. LinkedIn Writing Contributor - Food and Film, Scout, 2014 - 2018 Selected PressExclaim Magazine, VIFF Books Chuck D..., August 2019 Vancouver Magazine, Studio Profile, December 2016 Montecristo Magazine, “Everybody.”, June 2016 Vancouver Courier, “Cinema for the Senses”, May 2015 Vancouver Is Awesome, "The Proof", January 2014 Scout, "Provider of Original Good Times", July 2013 Vancouver Is Awesome, "Read All Over", June 2013 Georgia Straight, Profile, May 2013 BC Business, “Revitalizing the Chinatown Night Market”, April 2013 Public Speaking On the Chinatown Night Market, PechaKucha Vancouver Facilitating Discovery, PechaKucha New Westminister