Johnny Ma
Year Film Director Producer Writer Awards and Nominations Format
2010 The Robbery Yes Yes Yes Won - Dallas International Film Festival Grand Jury Price in Student Competition ( 2011 ) Short
2011 The Genius from Quintino Yes Yes Yes Short
2011 Play Yes Yes Yes Short
2012 Dec 32 Yes Won - Toronto International Film Festival RBC Emerging Filmmaker Award - Honorable Mention ( 2012 ) Short
2013 Mineirinho do Riacho Yes Short
2013 A Grand Canal Yes Yes Won - CAAMFest Student Film Award ( 2014 ) Won - Columbia University Film Festival National Board of Review Motion Pictures Award for Short Film and Festival Award for Faculty Selects ( 2013 ) Won - Whistler Film Festival Best International ShortWork Award ( 2013 ) Nominated - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Golden Reel Award ( 2014 ) Nominated - Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama ( 2014 ) Nominated - Krakow Film Festival Silver Dragon for Best Fiction Film Short
2015 Devil 's Work Yes Short
2016 Old Stone Yes Yes Won - Stockholm Film Festival Best Screenplay and Best Director ( 2016 ) Won - Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian First Feature Film ( 2016 ) Nominated - Canadian Screen Award for Original Screenplay ( 2017 ) Nominated - Denver International Film Festival Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best FIlm ( 2016 ) Nominated - Hong Kong International Film Festival Golden Firebird Award , SIGNIS Award , and FIPRESCI Prize ( 2016 ) Nominated - Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries Grand Prix ( 2016 ) Nominated - QCinema International Film Festival Pylon Award for Best Picture - Asian Next Wave ( 2016 ) Nominated - Stockholm Film Festival Bronze Horse for Best Film ( 2016 ) Nominated - Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian Feature Film ( 2016 ) Feature
2019 To Live to Sing Yes 2019 Cannes Film Festival - Director 's Fortnight Won - Shanghai Film Festival Best Film and Best Actress ( 2019 ) Won - Guanajuato Film Festival - Special Mention Feature
Filmography
Johnny Ma (born Ma Nan, in Shanghai) is a Chinese-Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film Old Stone, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2016. The film won the awards for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, and Best First Feature at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. His second feature To Live To Sing premiered at the Director's Fortnight Section of Cannes Film Festival in 2019