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BLINKY

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An octogenarian with mild dementia meets an old-fashioned robot vacuum cleaner.

LIM Da-seul

Lim Da-seul was born in 1991. Lim has been making films ever since studying film directing and screenwriting in college.

Presented as Part Of V11 – Int’l Narrative (5) – Mental Health

Young People, Old People & Nothing in Between

7-year-old Juice has one mission this year: to help Grandma Lovely retain as many memories as possible in orde...
20 min | Parida Tantiwasadakran | | Thai | Yes, English subs
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The 25th Filial Exemplar

Forced by his mother to dress and perform as his deceased sister, a young Chinese man grapples with how to exp...
15 min | Leon Cheo | | Canadian Premiere | Mandarin, English | English
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Happy Ending

Like thousands of Asian women seeking a better life for their family, Chenda leaves Cambodia to work in a mass...
17 min | Elodie Yung | | Canadian Premiere | English, Khmer | English
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Sweet

Miwa, a second grader, tries to be a ''decent child'' by obeying various rules as her mother, Mizuho, tells h...
24 min | Shoji yasui | | World Premiere | Japan | English
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Credits
LIM Da-seul
LEE Ho-jea, YOON Sen-ae
FeatureD on
9th Chuncheon SF Film Festival: “The View of Chuncheon” Award (South korea, 2022) 7th Chungmuro Film Festival-Director’s Week (South korea, 2022) 23rd Jeju International Disabled People’s Human Rights Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 17ème Festival du film coréen à Paris (France, 2022) 23rd Persons with Disabilities Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 2nd 2030 Youth Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 6th Ulsan Short Film Festival: Best Screenplay (South korea, 2022) 10th Mokpo National Road 1 Independent Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 5th The East Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 6th Jeonju International Short Film Festival (South korea, 2023)
Award Winner
9th Chuncheon SF Film Festival: “The View of Chuncheon” Award (South korea, 2022)

Festival passes

This year, VAFF 2023 FESTIVAL, screening programs in person and virtual will be organized into various series in order to better highlight the diverse content in our festival. These Series include Spotlight Series, Documentary Features Series, Narrative Features Series, Westcoast Shorts Series, Canadian Shorts Series, International Short Series, Animation Series, VAFF Industry Insight Series and Special Events.

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Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9