Seán Devlin 叶 世民
Writer / Director / Producer / Comedian / Art Interventions
My new feature film ASOG is screening at festivals in Europe, Australia, South America and North America
Screening at BFI London, Warsaw IFF, Vancouver, Calgary, Croatia,
Indiana, Virginia, Newport Beach (California) and more.
ASOG wins Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Screenplay at the 41st Outfest in LA
Deadline - July 24, 2023
Work
ASOG (2023) - Feature Film
ASOG was presented as a work-in-progress at Cannes in the "Docs-in-Progress" programme. It then had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023. The Tribeca programming team praised the film as "Something entirely new... a monument of Trans cinema." In July it won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Screenwriting (International Film) at the 41st Outfest presented by Warner Bros.
AIRPORTS. ANIMALS. (2021) - Comedy Album
*Nominated for the 2022 Juno Prize for "Comedy Album of the Year".
“Devlin breaks apart Western society’s racist, capitalist structure with the elegant precision of a Michelin star chef cracking open an egg... His debut ranks among the most thought-provoking and thoroughly funny comedy releases of the year.”
- PASTE MAGAZINE
WHEN THE STORM FADES (2018)
- Feature Film
WATCH THE FILM HERE
"Beautiful, breathtaking... hilarious" - VICE
"But the film also brings in fictional characters – a couple of well-intentioned, but ineffectual, aid workers from Canada (played by Vancouver actors/comedians Kayla Lorette and Aaron Read). Devlin immerses them in this very real tragedy, where they interact with real victims and give the audience some laughs. It sounds bonkers – but it works." - The Globe & Mail
*Winner - Emerging Canadian Director
37th Vancouver International Film Festival
*Winner - Best Director
Liverpool International Film Festival
Indian Cine Film Festival Mubai
*Winner - Best Canadian Film
Gimli International Film Festival
*Winner - Best Supporting Actress (Canadian Film)
*Winner - Best Supporting Actor (Canadian Film)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle (2018)
ShitHarperDid.com (2011 - 2015)
- Tactical Media Campaign
From 2011 to 2015 organized a diverse group of comedians, artists, filmmakers, actors, musicians and activists to create ShitHarperDid.com. The website went live two weeks before the 2011 Canadian federal election and quickly went viral, receiving over a million hits within hours of its launch. The Globe & Mail described the tactical media project as a “a stealth campaign that's been spreading like prairie wildfire.” The National Post observed that “The site drew more than 4.1 million sets of eyes in its first three days and at one point had the YouTube video most-shared in Canada.” Charlie Smith, Editor of The Georgia Straight praised the group’s work saying “Through a series of pranks and videos that would have made The Daily Show proud, they revealed the brutality of the Conservative government” SHD was a prominent part of a wider movement that bolstered an unprecedented youth voter turnout in 2015, ousting the Conservatives from power.