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  1. Press Launch Party and VAFF Countdown Kick Off

    Posted November 11th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in News, Events

    By Imelda Nurwisah, VAFF Executive Member. Press Launch Party and VAFF Countdown Kick Off The Pink Elephant Thai, October 16th   New brochures, local media and talented filmmakers were on hand at the VAFF Press Launch and Film Festival Countdown last Thursday. The bright lights from film crews shone from the corners of the room as Karen […]

  2. Coffee Talk with our Programming Team

    Posted October 2nd, 2014 by vaffmarketing in News

    By Stephanie  Fairall, VAFF Executive Member The countdown is on! Now that fall has officially begun, everyone at VAFF is buzzing with excitement as we approach our 18th year of the Festival. This year we have chosen the theme of “What’s your perspective?” and even though themes change and this is the 18th year of the Festival, […]

  3. Unveiling the 18th Vancouver Asian Film Festival – “What’s your Perspective”

    Posted September 18th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in News

    By VAFF Marketing At the beginning of this season, the Festival Director, Grace Chin, and the marketing and creative teams were brainstorming potential themes for the Festival over the next few years.  It was an interesting process as we discussed the potential for thematic concepts that could span a period of three years from the […]

  4. Sun Li and the Poet Poster

    Dinner and a movie with VAFF: Shun Li and the Poet Reviewed

    Posted August 10th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in Review

    By Stephanie  Fairall, VAFF Executive Member. Andrea Segre’s Shun Li and the Poet is an Italian film that is a reminder of the importance of friendship, and how its significance can only truly be seen by those in it. In this story, Shun Li, a young Chinese woman, has come to Italy in search of a brighter future. Working low-end […]

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    Indian Summer Festival Part 2

    Posted July 27th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in Events

    To read the first part of this article click here   By Imelda Nurwisah, VAFF Executive Member. The evening concluded with a conversation with Zarqa Nawaz with award-winning Vancouver actress, Anita Majumdar. Just like a true weaver of tales, you learned more about her not through a direct response to questions asked but through the details in […]

  6. Artpolitik Panel

    Indian Summer Festival Part 1

    Posted July 27th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in Events

    By Imelda Nurwisah, VAFF Executive Member. It was a wonderful evening of storytelling at the Indian Summer Festival as artists from Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Aboriginal* backgrounds shared their common experiences of struggle and triumph to a packed audience. Through comics, television, and the written word, the artists on July 9th have made difficult subject matter easily accessible […]

  7. Crime After Crime Poster

    Dinner and a movie with VAFF: Crime After Crime Reviewed

    Posted June 28th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in Review

     A Guest Post by Stephanie Fairall, Social Media Coordinator for Reel Causes Last week, Reel Causes teamed up with The Battered Women’s Support Services and My Sister’s Closet to screen Yoav Potash’s film ‘Crime After Crime.’ I was excited to see the film as my curiosity about life in women’s prison and the judicial systems in America had already […]

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    Dinner and a movie with VAFF: William and the Windmill Reviewed

    Posted June 11th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in Review

     A Guest Post by Stephanie Fairall, Social Media Coordinator for Reel Causes Recently, I had the pleasure of viewing Ben Nabors’ award-winning documentary William and The Windmill when Reel Causes held a screening at SFU Woodwards (Thursday, May 29). Having heard wonderful reviews of the film, I was intrigued as to whether it would live up to its […]

  9. ExplorASIAN Banner at event

    Asian Heritage Month in the month of May

    Posted June 7th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in Events

    By Allan Cho, VAFF Executive Member Although Asian Heritage Month’s explorASIAN festival is now officially over, its projects continue year round.  Through their stories, the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society seeks to highlight the deep roots planted by members of various ethnic groups from the Asian diaspora. On June 1, explorASIAN completed its festival with […]

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    Celebrate ExplorASIAN 2014 and its Signature Programs

    Posted May 7th, 2014 by vaffmarketing in Events

    By VAFF Marketing explorASIAN 2014 returns for its 19th annual Asian Heritage Month celebrations in Metro Vancouver. With over 50-sponsored events happening in the Lower Mainland, explorASIAN is the place to be for news and updates about exciting arts and cultural events. explorASIAN explores the diversity of Asian Canadian life and culture and promote the discussion of relevant […]