She Has a Name (film)

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She Has a Name
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Directed byDaniel Kooman
Matthew Kooman
Written by Andrew Kooman
Based on She Has a Name (play)
by Andrew Kooman
Produced byDonna Abraham
Shari Aspinall
Andrew Kooman
Daniel Kooman
Matthew Kooman
Starring Will Yun Lee
Eugenia Yuan
Teresa Ting
Gil Bellows
Giovanni Mocibob
Vanessa Toh
CinematographyBob Nguyen
Production
company
Unveil Studios
Release date
  • December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

She Has a Name is a 2016 Canadian drama thriller film directed by Daniel Kooman and Matthew Kooman and written by Andrew Kooman, based on the play of same name by Andrew. The film stars Will Yun Lee, Eugenia Yuan, Teresa Ting, Gil Bellows, and Giovanni Mocibob. [1]

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Production

In February 2012, Andrew Kooman was adapting a screenplay version of his play She Has a Name . [2] The idea of a 'stage-to-film adaptation' of the play was also independently suggested by Pat Donnelly of the Montreal Gazette . [3] In 2014, Shari Aspinall, Kooman and his younger brothers, Daniel and Matthew, scouted locations in Cambodia in preparation for the film. [4]

Principal photography on the film began in November 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand and ended on January 22, 2016. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Lincoln, Ross A. (November 12, 2015). "Robert Catrini Joins 'Jack Reacher' Sequel; Will Yun Lee Set For 'She Has A Name'". Deadline. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. Pauline Anunciacion (February 16, 2012). "She Has a Name and a story, too: Theatre performance tours Canada to raise awareness about human trafficking in Southeast Asia". Gauntlet . 52 (30). Calgary: 8.
  3. Pat Donnelly (June 17, 2012). "Montreal Fringe Festival: No Fixed Abode, She Has a Name, The Harvester". Montreal Gazette . Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. Laurette Woodward (Summer 2014). "Andrew Kooman: Storyteller, visionary, activist". Red Deer Living: 13. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. "On the Set for 1/22/16: Michael Fassbender Starts Shooting Universal's 'The Snowman', Antonio Banderas Wraps on 'Security'". SSN Insider. January 22, 2016. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  6. "Kooman Brothers wrap up filming "She Has A Name" in Thailand". Channel6. Retrieved February 1, 2016.