VAFF Industry presents—AIM³ Summit – Session 3

November 5

AIM³ Summit Panel 3: Asians in Movies: Casting for Asian Leads and Standing up for Change

Nov 5: Program 5 – International Shorts: Crisis? What Crisis?

November 5 / 95 mins

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS highlight stories from the international Asian diaspora, exploring how different individuals deal with conflict and crisis both internal and outward as they seek a sense of identity, a sense of belonging, a sense of home.

In This Program: Godlike, Mooncake, Mother, Nước (“Water/Homeland”), Yakuza No. 2, NY Chapters Presents: Valerie Tom, The Waltz, Paper Tiger

Nov 5: Program 6 – Brushstrokes in Hollywood – PG Rated

November 5 / 75 mins

(Documentary/Animation Feature) Portrait of an artist as a young man, and beyond—TYRUS is the portrayal of 105-year old Guangzhou-born, L.A.-based visual artist Tyrus Wong, documenting how his unique style, melding Chinese calligraphic and landscape influences with contemporary Western art, helped establish the signature visual styles for the Disney animated film Bambi (1942) and other early Hollywood studio movies.

Precedes: Tyrus

Nov 5: Program 8 – To Catch A Killer

November 5

(Action Thriller Feature) Putting his decades of experience in Hong Kong cinema (working directly with action directors like Tsui Hark and Jonh Woo) to clever use, Ken Wu’s indie neo-noir directorial debut with HEARTFALL ARISES..

Preceded by: Heartfall Arises

Nov 5: Program 7 – Centrepiece Presentation: The Bleeding Edge

November 5

(Drama Feature) Our BC-filmed, Leo Award-winning CENTREPIECE PRESENTATION comes from Leon Lee, the Peabody Award-winning director of Human Harvest (2014). His hard-hitting thriller THE BLEEDING EDGE, based on real-life events, pulls no punches when it comes to handling its subject matter

Precedes: The Bleeding Edge