Diana Cheung is an emerging filmmaker with experience in writing, producing and directing and works across documentary and drama genres.

After a long career in community development, Diana began her film and TV career as a researcher and has worked on a number of films for broadcast, including the BBC NI True North Series, ‘Border Country, When Ireland was Divided’ for BBC & RTE, ‘Different League: The Derry City Story’ for BBC & RTE.

In 2019, Diana was commissioned by the BBC to produce and direct her first short documentary film ‘Lion Girl’, about Northern Ireland’s only female Chinese Lion Dancer, for their True North shorts strand.

In 2020, Diana won a development fund and mentorship by Alison Millar (Erica Starling) from the Women in Film and TV Pat Llewellyn Bursary for her first feature film ‘Chinese Takeaway Kids’. An intimate and observational film, exploring the identity, belonging and culture of three generations of the Chinese community in Ireland who were brought up in the family business.

The project was shortlisted for the IGNITE Talent Development Programme, a cross-border partnership with Cork International Film Festival and Docs Ireland, that aims to foster a new generation of Irish documentary filmmakers. Chinese Takeaway Kids is currently in development and is supported by Northern Ireland Screen. Diana’s recent work includes ‘Life of Ryan’, funded by Northern Ireland Screen, a short film about an aspiring actor from Northern Ireland, who is a double-leg amputee and currently transitioning to prosthetic legs. The film was screened in the ‘Disappear Here Film Festival’ in 2022.

And Northern Chirish, co-produced with Erica Starling Productions, a short film about young creatives in NI from the Chinese community, funded by Community Relations Council and Northern Ireland Screen. The film screened in ‘Docs Ireland’, ‘Foyle Film Festival’ and ‘Irish Film Festival London’ in 2022.

Recently Diana’s writing and directorial debut for a short drama ‘The Girl with the Lion’ was selected for production through the NI Screen New Shorts Focus scheme, a script development scheme aimed at under-represented writers in Northern Ireland. The film will be screened in Summer 2023.

Diana is also the producer and host of the ‘Being Chirish’ podcast, a platform for the Chinese-Irish community and other minority communities in Ireland to share their stories.

Diana Cheung 係一位新秀電影製作人，在編劇、製作同導演方面經驗豐富，作品橫跨紀錄片同戲劇類型。

多年黎從事社區發展工作後，Diana 以研究員嘅身份投身電影及電視行業，期後製作咗不同作品，包括 BBC NI True North 系列、BBC 同 RTE 嘅 ‘Border Country, When Ireland was Divided’ 同 ‘Different League: The Derry City Story’。

2019 年，Diana 受英國廣播公司 (BBC) 委託，為佢地製作並執導佢嘅第一部紀錄片短片《舞獅女》，該片講述北愛爾蘭唯一嘅舞獅女表演者。 2020 年，Diana 係得到電影發展基金同女電影創作人 Pat Llewellyn 助學金及 Erica Starling 嘅指導下， 開拍一部叫 Chinese Takeaway Kids 嘅電影。探索係「屋企生意」中長大嘅第三代愛爾蘭華人嘅身份、歸屬感同文化。

該項目入圍 IGNITE 人才發展計劃，一個 科克國際電影節和 Docs Ireland 嘅跨境合作計劃，旨在培養新一代嘅愛爾蘭紀錄片製作人。 Chinese Takeaway Kids 目前開拍中，由 Northern Ireland Screen 提供支持。Diana 最近亦有其他作品，包括由北愛爾蘭銀幕資助的“Life of Ryan”，係一部關於一位來自北愛爾蘭，雙腿截肢，有志投身演員行業嘅人嘅短片。呢部電影有係2022 年的“Disappear Here Film Festival”中放映。

另外亦有 Northern Chirish，與 Erica Starling Productions 聯合製作，係一部關於北愛爾蘭華人社區年輕創作人嘅短片，由社區關係委員會和北愛爾蘭銀幕資助。呢部電影有係 2022 年在“Docs Ireland”、“Foyle 電影節”和“倫敦愛爾蘭電影節”放映。

最近，Diana 嘅編劇同導演處女作短劇《帶獅子的女孩》(The Girl with the Lion) 被 NI Screen New Shorts Focus 計劃選中製作，呢個係針對北愛爾蘭代表性不足社群創作人嘅劇本開發計劃。該片將於2023年夏季上映。

Diana 仲係“Being Chirish” podcast 嘅製作人同主持人， 該節目專為愛爾蘭華裔社區同其他少數族裔提供分享平台。

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Website: www.dianacheung.co.uk

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