Cart ()
2023 SCHEDULE

I Do

Jacob finally has the opportunity to marry the love of his life and experience liberation. However, his sister”s arrival at the wedding stirs up a mixture of emotions. He is reminded of an important absence on his momentous day. As Jacob prepares to walk down the aisle, he wrestles with the bittersweet freedom and complicated grief of this absence.

CYNTHIA ZHOU

Cynthia Zhou is an actor and filmmaker born in Shanghai, raised in Vancouver, and now based in Toronto. Intrigued by the complexities of human relationships and social class, her work is often a mixture of slice-of-life drama and indulgent satire. Cynthia”s previous films have screened in festivals in Vancouver, Berlin, and Tokyo.

Kimberly Ho

Kimberly Ho 何文蔚 is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist based in so-called “Vancouver”. Growing up in a working-class immigrant family, Kimberly’s work is nourished by collaborative processes. They are a guest director, producer and co-host of the award-winning docuseries “Pride: The LGBTQ+ History Series”, Season 4 with OUTtv.

Presented as Part Of MAMM

Whispers Unravelled

Olivia is lost in anxious thoughts at work. Snapping out of it, she opens a folder where she sees that someone...
110 min | Andrea Kuntjoro | | English | No
Learn More

Peking Duck

After an unexpected night, Kevin is confronted with an awakening at the restaurant table with his Mom....
1 min | Alger Ji-Liang 梁家傑 | | Chinese (Cantonese) | Chinese (Cantonese), English
Learn More

Cash Cows

Rohit, after losing his job and a secure pathway to permanent residency finds himself lured into working as a ...
11 min | Shubham Chhabra | | English & Punjabi | English Burned into the video
Learn More

阿BOY呀 ！！！（Ah Boy Yah!!!）

After returning from his studies abroad, Ah Boy finds himself in a sea of questions from his fellow relatives,...
2 min | Gerald Ng Shibang | | Cantonese and English | Yes
Learn More

Hijack

Henry (age 15) starts his Saturday stressed about homework and the big game. He walks into his YEZDI, an AI dr...
10 min | Yuvraj Kalsi | | English | English
Learn More

Waves (For Ryan)

Danny and his boys have always dreamt of leaving their small town together. It isn''t until Tyler''s suicide t...
11 min | Rachel Kwan | | English | No
Learn More

Karak

Based on the Malaysian urban legend, ‘Karak’ follows Adrian and Beatrice, a couple reeling over the loss o...
12 min | Ian Tan | | English | None
Learn More
Credits
  • Director(S)
  • Cynthia Zhou
  • Year
  • Length
  • Screenwriter
  • 2023
  • 11 Mins
  • Johnny Wu
  • Producer
Sunny Liu, Jei So, Karen La, Ada Yim
  • Editor
  • Principal Cast
Johnny Wu, Angie Chen, Emily Tu
FeatureD on
MAMM 18 Screenings
Award Winner
Best Cinematography MAMM18

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.

BUY NOW
Donate Now

Stay in the loop. Follow us.

Stay in the loop.
Follow us.

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest film industry news.

We are grateful to live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We thank the First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities that have cared for Turtle Island since time immemorial. With this acknowledgment, we remind ourselves of discriminatory, racist and colonial practices that have and continue to create barriers for Indigenous peoples and communities across Turtle Island.

Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2023. All Rights Reserved.

Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2023. All Rights Reserved.

how can we help you?

Business enquires

Message us at festival@vaff.org

SEND US A MESSAGE

E-mail us at festival@vaff.org

Check VAFF27 Schedule

vaff27 venues

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

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

Get directions

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

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

googlemaps link