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Join us for the 22nd Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival Opening Night Spotlight Screening + Gala. You don’t want to miss our Opening Night screening of DEAD PIGS, a Comedy Drama from director Cathy Yan, followed by Opening Night Gala at D6 Bar & Lounge – Parq Vancouver.

To Celebrate our 22nd year, put on your “playful cocktail” attire and join our Opening Night Gala for a memorable, sophisticated evening of complimentary hors-d’oeuvres and a special cocktail.

Feature Film Synopsis:

Canadian Premiere of winning film of 2018 Sundance Special Jury Prize by the first Asian woman to direct a DC Comics franchise movie, Cathy Yan.  A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an ambitious expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly modernizing Shanghai, China. Based on true events.

Opening Night Film Screening:

• 6:00 pm | Red Carpet
• 7:00 pm | Welcome Remarks
• 7:30pm | Screening
• 9:30pm | Closing Remarks
• $20 (Film only)

Opening Night Gala

• 9:00 pm | Entertainment and Opening Gala
• Complimentary hors-d’oeuvres + a “VAFF22” cocktail and Cash bar
• Dress Code: Playful Cocktail Attire (chic and polished)
• $75 (Screening and Gala submission) **
• Venue: D6 Bar & Lounge, 6th Floor, 39 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0R3

Kick off the 2018 Vancouver Asian Film Festival with the Opening Night screening and Opening Gala. Meet filmmakers, film industry guests, VAFF Board and Executives, Sponsors, Partners and Media.

MUST BE 19 TO ATTEND – ID MAY BE REQUESTED.

EMCEE: Ed Hill

Entertainment:

** LIMITED TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY.  NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.

Admission to VAFF screenings is limited to those over 19 years of age holding a valid VAFF membership card.

Co-Presented with Community Partners

   

Preceded By

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   Dead Pigs

   Cathy Yan / November 1 / China / 2018 / Comedy, Drama, Family / 130 mins

   The intertwining fates of five individuals shines a light on class struggle in a rapidly changing modern China.

   Precedes: Nov 1: Program 1: Opening Night Spotlight Dead Pigs + Gala

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