Direction: Aleysa Young

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Aleysa Young. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Kim's Convenience (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 22 min. · Canada

Direction Ins Choi · Kevin White · Peter Wellington · Dawn Wilkinson

Cast Paul Sun-Hyung Lee · Jean Yoon · Andrea Bang · Simu Liu

Synopsis The misadventures of a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store.

7.2

27 votes

7.2

27 votes

Workin' Moms (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Catherine Reitman · Paul Fox · Aleysa Young · Philip Sternberg

Cast Catherine Reitman · Dani Kind · Juno Ruddell · Katherine Barrell

Synopsis TV Series (2017). Four very different thirty-something working mothers and friends try to balance their jobs, family life and love life in modern-day Toronto, Canada.

6.7

635 votes

6.7

635 votes

The Kids in the Hall (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 25 min. · Canada

Direction Dave Foley · Bruce McCulloch · Kevin McDonald · Mark McKinney

Cast Pete Davidson · Mark Hamill · Catherine O'Hara · Fred Armisen

Synopsis The iconic Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall return from the dead with a reboot of their ground-breaking sketch series.

6.4

26 votes

6.4

26 votes

Direction Anya Adams · Catalina Aguilar Mastretta · Renuka Jeyapalan · Sudz Sutherland

Cast Brianne Howey · Antonia Gentry · Diesel La Torraca · Jennifer Robertson

Synopsis TV Series (2020) 10 Episodes. Ginny Miller, an angsty fifteen-year-old, often feels more mature than her thirty-year-old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller.

6.1

704 votes

6.1

704 votes

Blockbuster (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Vanessa Ramos · Payman Benz · Jackie Clarke · Katie Locke O'Brien

Cast Randall Park · Melissa Fumero · Madeleine Arthur · J.B. Smoove

Synopsis TV Series (2022). 1 Season. 10 Episodes.In this feel-good workplace comedy, the staff at the last surviving Blockbuster video store tries to keep the business afloat. Canceled after its first season.

4.0

305 votes

4.0

305 votes

Cavendish (TV Series)

2019 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Andrew Bush · Garry Campbell · Mark Little · Mars Horodyski

Cast Mark Little · Andrew Bush · Kelli Ogmundson · Kevin Eldon

Synopsis Two bickering brothers, one a total slacker, the other a stickler for rules, return to their hometown of Cavendish, Canada to reunite with their estranged father after 30 years. However, weird things keep happening in town.

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Strays

2021 · Series · 22 min. · Canada

Direction Anita Kapila · Kevin White · Pat Mills · Joyce Wong

Cast Nicole Power · Frank Cox-O'Connell · Tina Jung · Nikki Duval

Synopsis A spin-off of Kim's Convenience, the series centres on Shannon Ross (Nicole Power) as she embarks on a new career in Hamilton as executive director of an animal shelter.

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Baroness Von Sketch Show (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 22 min. · Canada

Direction Aurora Browne · Meredith MacNeill · Carolyn Taylor · Jennifer Whalen

Cast Carolyn Taylor · Meredith MacNeill · Aurora Browne · Jennifer Whalen

Synopsis This show, a sketch comedy, has a decidedly female bent. It is written by a primarily female staff, and performed by an all female primary cast (with both female and male supporting players). They tackle a variety of subjects, most...

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Run the Burbs (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Scott Townend · Andrew Phung · Aleysa Young · Joyce Wong

Cast Andrew Phung · Rakhee Morzaria · Zoriah Wong · Roman Pesino

Synopsis A young, bold Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest in the suburbs.

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Shelved

2023 · Series · Canada

Direction Aleysa Young · Joyce Wong · Cory Bowles · Cazhhmere Downey

Cast Lyndie Greenwood · Chris Sandiford · Dakota Ray Hebert · Paul Braunstein

Synopsis Follows the employees and patrons of Jameson Public Library as they go about their lives in this unassuming and extraordinary place

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North of North

2025 · Movie · Canada

Direction Stacey Aglok MacDonald · Alethea Arnaquq-Baril · Anya Adams · Aleysa Young

Cast Anna Lambe · Keira Cooper · Jay Ryan · Braeden Clarke

Synopsis A young Inuit girl in a tiny Arctic village strives to forge her own path, defying social expectations and the gossip of her tight-knit community.

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