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Your Child

A grieving father attends his late son’s classes to find out what led him to take his own life. He realizes that the adults in his son”s life, including himself and his teacher, turned a blind eye to his suffering. Through a process of uncovering the past, the adults are forced to face their guilt.

Sunyoung HONG

Sunyoung HONG is a graduate from the KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ARTS, Department of Filmmaking (MFA).

Presented as Part Of V9 – Int’l Narrative (4) – Life Can Be Cruel

Woori’s Tomorrow

It''s been 15 years since the youngest, Mirae, went missing. Woori''s family lives without losing hope that th...
25 min | Hansoo KWON | | Canadian Premiere | Korean | English
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Renaissance

A mother who has just lost her child seeks to reincarnate her child. Taking place at night, the space is limit...
24 min | Yu LIAO | | World Premiere | Chinese | English
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Remember our sister

Set in 1980s South Korea, Hong, along with her sister, work in a base village, built only for the entertainmen...
28 min | Jo Hayoung | | Canadian Premiere | Korean | English
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Credits
Jihye CHOI
Hite JUNG , Dongmin OH, Min KIM, Junyeong PARK
FeatureD on
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korea, 2022), The CMR – Directors Week (Korea, 2022), Evergreen International Short Film Festival (Korea, 2022) *Grand prize, Florence Korea Film Fest (Italy, 2023), LA Shorts International Film Festival (USA, 2023) International Thai Film Festival (Thailand, 2023)
Award Winner
Evergreen International Short Film Festival (Korea, 2022) * Grand prize

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