Nov 5: Program 10 – Canadian Shorts: Life In Multiculture

Program 10: Canadian Shorts: Life In Multiculture

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 5, 2017 2:00 pm Box Office only

Description

(Drama, Comedy, LGBTQI, Indigenous, Animation, Documentary Shorts) Our “Life In Multiculture” CANADIAN SHORTS program celebrates the myriad cultural, sexual and individual identities of Canadian Asian and hapa diaspora—especially poignant through the lens of Canada 150. In the mix are the winner and nominees of the VAFF Best Canadian Short Award 2017 and the winning entries for this year’s VAFF Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon 12.

EMCEE: Alejandro Yoshizawa, @alyoshizawa

Admission to VAFF screenings is limited to those over 18 years of age holding a valid VAFF membership card.

Co-Presented with Community Partners:

In This Program

Skin To Skin

Phil Planta / November 5 / Canada / 2017 / Drama / 8 mins
A young Filipino-Canadian man gives up everything to follow his “first love” after her visa extension is denied.
Lost In Transit

Stanton Chong / November 5 / Canada / 2017 / Action, Drama / 8 mins
An innocent, yet impulsive martial artists finds himself trapped in a series of unfortunate series.
Bulgogi

Sanjay Jit / November 5 / Canada / 2017 / Comedy / 1 mins
A Young Korean immigrant (Jerome Yoo), studying abroad on his parents' dime, roams the late night streets of Vancouver, Canada.
Sleepwalk

Andrew Chung / November 5 / Canada / 2017 / Drama, First Nation / 15 mins
Alicia sleepwalks. Her husband, Bernard, takes care of her on these nights, and notices her increasingly affectionate behaviour during her spells
Lucy

Elisa Chee / November 5 / Canada / 2015 / Animation, Youth / 9 mins
Lucy was a chimpanzee raised to believe she was human, but when she became too wild to handle, she was sent to Africa.
Violet and June

Linnea Ritland / November 5 / Canada / 2017 / Comedy, LGBTQI, Romance / 7 mins
You know that feeling when you realize that everyone you know is going to die.
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The Ether Inside

Axel Frühmann / November 5 / Canada, Netherlands / 2016 / Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi / 24 mins
Mist has covered Earth. Robert, one of humanity’s few living descendants, is haunted by darkly creatures that may lure him away if he doesn’t resist.
Flagged

Mimi Nguyen / November 5 / Canada / 2017 / Documentary / 11 mins
Flagged is a short documentary illustrating the social fragmentation of Vancouver’s young Vietnamese community.
Floating Light

Natalie Murao / November 5 / Canada / 2017 / Drama / 12 mins
After being forced to return early from summer camp, Dana and Sam are planted in the midst of their recently late grandfather’s Buddhist funeral ceremony.