Diana is a multiple award winning filmmaker, the awards she has received as follows:
"China's Earthquake: The people in the picture" CBC:
- Gemini Award - Best history documentary 2009, Canada
- Golden Sheaf Award 2010, Best history documentary Canada
"SARS: Cover up and aftermath": CBC documentary channel
- Mada Award in Commfest GlobalCommunity film festival in Toronto 2013
- Best director/Best producer/Human rights award at intl Film festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality 2013,
IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence: Commercial/informerical, 2021
IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence 2021: Direction,
"My first 150 Days": TVO, CBC documentary channel: 2017
- Won an IndieFEST Award of Excellence in the US in 2017
- “Bronze Remi-Award” at the 2018 Worldfest Houston Festival
- "Certificate of Creative Excellence" at the 2018 US International Film & Video Festival
"My Farmland": CBC, 2018
- Won Sliver Award at Spotlight international documentary festival in 2019
- Best Feb feature documentary at Changing face international festival in Australia in 2019
- An IndieFEST award of Special Mention in the US in 2019
- Nominated for " Best POV Docs" and "Best Multicultural DOC" at 2019 Golden Sheaf Award at Yorkton film festival
- Platinum Remi award The Huston international film festival 2020
- Finalist New York Movie award monthly 2020
- Finalist Barnes film award 2020, the UK
- Best Educational Film winner of the 2020 Universe Multicultural Film Festival in LA, USA.
- Won an IndieFEST Award of Excellence in the US in 2021
- “Gold Remi-Award” at the 2021 Worldfest Houston Festival
- Best documentary short, January, 2021, Changing face international film Festival
- Best director, International Kolkata Short Film Festival
For the documentary "China's Earthquake: The People in the Pictures":
- http://gingerpost.com/?p=1086
- Online Asian magazine "Ginger Post"
- It is a TV Guide's pick of the week, and is described as a "stunning documentary".
- Kate Taylor in the Globe this morning describes it as "heartbreaking and provocative":
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090402.wtaylor02/BNStory/Entertainment/home
- More than 11 Chinese media channels has covered the documentary.
- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6677219452271188850#
For the documentary series "China's Leap of Faith": Vision TV
Many Chinese media both local and overseas covered this documentary series.
Diana was interviewed by Chinese newspaper and magazine as an outstanding example of a successful immigrant:
Diana has appeared several times on CBC radio, Sun TV English media.
For the documentary "My First 150 Days" in 2017:
- http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-7-2017-1.4058983/my-first-150-days-documents-hardship-of-immigrant-life-in-canada-1.4059030
- http://jamesbawden.blogspot.ca/2017/04/truth-reigns-in-my-first-150-days.html
- https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2017/04/12/documentary-follows-familys-first-150-days-as-canadians.html
- https://www.thestar.com/life/2017/04/06/my-first-150-days-presents-immigrant-life-after-reunion-weikle.html
- https://nowtoronto.com/movies/my-first-150-days-how-to-immigrate-to-canada/#.WO02Wz2LJp8.facebook
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNete3emAQ&feature=share
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbgh9oZjo0&t=10s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbgh9oZjo0&t=5s
- http://www.mingpaocanada.com/TOR/htm/NEWS/20170222/TBF1_r.htm
- http://philippinereporter.com/2017/02/10/my-first-150-days/
- http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/how-a-family-of-filipino-newcomers-adjusted-to-life-in-canada--with-the-help-of-an-immigrant-filmmaker
- http://www.newcanadianmedia.ca/item/40661-depicting-the-first-150-days-in-canada
- http://www.balitangamerica.tv/my-first-150-days-chronicles-filipino-immigrant-familys-reunion-in-canada/
- http://www.mississauga.com/community-story/7147169-tvo-to-release-film-on-challenges-faced-by-immigrant-families/.
- https://frontpagephilippinestv.wordpress.com/
- http://info.51.ca/community/chinese/2017-02/511141.html
- http://www.torcn.com/bbs/deal/31622.html
- http://www.todaycommercialnews.com/canada/25941
- https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/chinese-canadian-farmers-are-facing-hostility-as-they-settle-in-rural-areas-a-new-cbc-doc-aims-to-change-that-1.5054953?fbclid=IwAR21gPWEky_GFt1M6IyeKjYJDmx3IXu8ZLuG0IbE27m1hepnXO3exttFBjQ
- https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/this-chinese-canadian-farmer-is-fulfilling-a-childhood-dream
- https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/whatson-story/9203952-chinese-ownership-of-niagara-on-the-lake-winery-part-of-new-cbc-doc/?fbclid=iwar33vu057nmx3yqs8panvlinykn4fbb-70170nwcsijlueirgtc8pfkovge?s=e
- https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/9206237-chinese-owned-winery-in-niagara-on-the-lake-features-in-cbc-documentary/?s=e
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