Kagan Goh

Vancouver, Canada

Precious Star Films at Precious Star Films

ActorDirectorDocumentary FilmmakerFilmmakerProducerScreenwriterPlaywright

About Kagan

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Photos

Photo credit Lydia Nagai of Lydia Nagai Photography

Videos

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Awards

BURNS BOG AWARD FOR BEST LOCAL FILMMAKER — DELTA LITERARY ARTS SOCIETY COMPOSED SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
(2024)
BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM AWARDED TO BERLIN LU - VANCOUVER ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
(2024)
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM AWARD — NEW YORK TRI-STATE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
(2023)
BEST MICRO SHORT FILM AWARD — AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL ART FILM FESTIVAL
(2023)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD — MADRID INTERNATIONAL MOVIE AWARDS
(2023)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM AWARD — WORLD INDIE FILM AWARDS
(2023)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD — 8 & HALFILM AWARDS
(2023)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD — YOUR WAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
(2023)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD — AFTER LIFE FILM FESTIVAL
(2023)

BRONZE WINNER BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — TOKYO FILM AWARDS
(2023)

HONOURABLE MENTION FOR BEST PICTURE — SENSEI TOKYO FILMFEST
(2023)

SEMI FINALIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS
(2023)

SEMI FINALIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — BERLIN SHORTS AWARD
(2023)

SEMI FINALIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — FLORIDA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
(2023)

SEMI FINALIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — LONDON INDIE SHORT FESTIVAL
(2023)

SEMI FINALIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — PARIS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FESTIVAL
(2023)

SEMI FINALIST FOR BEST MICRO SHORT FILM AWARD — WHITE VULTURE FILM FESTIVAL
(2023)

QUARTER FINALIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — CLIMAX CRITICS AWARDS
(2023)

NOMINATIONS: BEST SHORT FILM, BEST LOW-BUDGET FILM, BEST FANTASY, BEST ORIGINAL CONCEPT— MAGMA FILM
(2023)

AWARD OF RECOGNITION EXPERIMENTAL FILM — BEST SHORTS COMPETITION
(2023)

BEST SHORT FILM: THE GLADIATOR FILM FESTIVAL
(2022)

HONOURABLE MENTION FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — TOKYO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
(2022)

HONOURABLE MENTION FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — ROMA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
(2022)

HONOURABLE MENTION FOR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD — MADRID INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
(2022)

EMPOWERED FILMMAKER AWARD - WORLD POETRY PEACE & HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL
(2014)

1st PLACE: LONG DOCUMENTARY - TVO TELEFEST ’96, TORONTO, ON
(1996)

2nd PLACE: INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION - CASCADIA MOVING IMAGES FESTIVAL
(1996)

2nd PLACE: DOCUMENTARY, STUDENT CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
(1996)

NOMINATION: GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD: BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER 30 MIN YORKTON SHORT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
(1996)

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Credits

Common Law (2021 - 2024)
Film (short) by Precious Star Films (Drama) Producer, Director, Writer A new bipolar diagnosis puts strain on a young man's relationship, and he must challenge his long-held belief that love is always enough.
The Day My Cat Saved My Life (2021)
Short by Precious Star Films (Drama) Producer, Director, Writer, Actor Based on a true-life story of a severe psychotic episode which brings the narrator to the brink of suicide, where he is eventually found and saved by his cat.
Breaking the Silence (2015)
Film (short) by Precious Star Films (Documentary) Producer, Director, Writer, Protagonist Documentary about Akihide John Otsuji, a Japanese-Canadian man, who was unjustly imprisoned after the Japanese internment. His sister sets out on a quest to clear her brother’s name and redress the wrongs of the past.
Stolen Memories (2012)
Film by Precious Star Films (Documentary) Director, Writer, Producer, Protagonist A detective story about filmmaker Kagan Goh’s personal quest to return a photo album that was stolen from a Japanese Canadian family during the Japanese Canadian internment. Broadcaster OMNI has acquired first windows.
Mind Fuck (1996)
Short by Precious Star Films (Documentary) Executive Producer, Director, Writer A brave foray into the strange and fascinating psychological world of phone sex in which the real operators, normally stuck on the receiving end of the line, finally get to freely speak their minds.