Canadian social worker and documentary film producer
Alex Sangha
Sangha in 2017
Born
Amar Singh Sangha (age 52)
Gravesend, Kent, England
Nationality
British and Canadian
Alma mater
London School of Economics
Dalhousie University
University of British Columbia
Douglas College
Occupation(s)
Social Worker and Counsellor and Film Producer
Website
www.alexsangha.com
Alex SanghaMSM[1][2] is a Canadian social worker[3] and documentary film producer.[4] He is the founder of Sher Vancouver[5] which is a registered charity[6] for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) South Asians and their friends.[7] Sangha was the first Sikh to become a Grand Marshal of the Vancouver Pride Parade.[8] Sangha received the Meritorious Service Medal from Governor General Julie Payette in 2018 for his work founding Sher Vancouver.[9] Sangha's first short documentary film, My Name Was January, won 14 awards and garnered 66 official selections at film festivals around the world.[10][11] Sangha's debut feature documentary, Emergence: Out of the Shadows, was an official selection at Out on Film in Atlanta, Image+Nation in Montreal, and Reelworld in Toronto.[12][13] The film was the closing night film at both the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal and the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival where it picked up Best Documentary.[14][12] Emergence: Out of the Shadows also had a double festival premiere at the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival and the Mumbai International Film Festival during the same week, where it was in competition at both film festivals for Best Documentary.[15] The film also had an in-person and online screening at the 46th annual Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival [16] which is "the longest-running, largest and most widely recognized LGBTQ+ film exhibition event in the world."[17]
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^"Producer of doc about Surrey-raised murder victim working on second film". Surrey Now-Leader. 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^"Alex Sangha, founder of Sher Vancouver, honoured with Meritorious Service Medal". The Georgia Straight. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^"DARPAN's Newsmaker of 2016: Alex Sangha". darpanmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^"He Just Made History As Vancouver Pride's First Sikh Grand Marshal". HuffPost Canada. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^McIntyre, Gordon (2018-05-30). "Social worker given medal for advocacy in South Asian LGBTQ community". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^Ryan, Denise (2019-11-25). "Release revoked for transgender woman's killer". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^"Social worker-turned-filmmaker makes an impact through films". Dalhousie Alumni. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
^ abSimone. "INTERVIEW with Visaff Producer Mannu Sandhu & Film Producer Alex Sangha". 104.3 The Breeze. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
^"Alumni films stream at Reelworld Film Festival". National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
^"The Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival brought folks together through film and Indigenous performance art". The Georgia Straight. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
^Correspondent, Our. "Emergence: Out Of The Shadows to get double festival premiere in Mumbai". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
^"Emergence: Out of the Shadows". Frameline. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
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