Kwan won several awards for her feature '' Eve and the Fire Horse '' ( 2005 ) . She shared the Claude Jutra Award at the 2006 Genie Awards for that film with filmmaker Stephane Lapointe . He won for his film '' The Secret Life of Happy People '' ( 2006 ) . She also won a Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival . for '' Eve and the Fire Horse '' ( 2005 ) . At the 2006 Leo Awards , she won awards for Best Direction and Screenwriting for '' Eve and the Fire Horse '' ( 2005 ) . She won the 2001 Charles Israel Screenwriting Prize for the screenplay for '' Eve and the Fire Horse '' ( 2005 ) from the Writer 's Guild of Canada . In 2005 , Kwan won the Best Canadian Film Award for '' Eve and the Fire Horse '' ( 2005 ) at the Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Julia Kwan