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VAFF 18

Never Now

Directed by Hao Chen

Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2006 / Animation / 4.5 mins / English / Colour

Never Now film still
Plays In:
Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 9, 2014 4:00 pm

Description

A man ventures into another world by accident; intrigued by the strange place, he explores deeper. Soon he realizes that the grass isn’t greener on the other side, and stumbles to find his way home.

Director's Bio

Hao Chen is a Creative Director at Linetest, a studio that specializes in animation and motion graphics for TV broadcast, online campaigns and other digital platforms. From beginning to end he loves seeing an entire project through!

Credits

Writer: Hao Chen
Producer: Hao Chen

Precedes

  1. Gluttony film still

    Gluttony

    Ann Marie Fleming / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2009 / Animation / 2 mins
    Stickgirl’s parents are coming to visit. How will it all go?

    Preceded by: Never Now

    Precedes: Permute, Key Tumi?

Plays in

  1. Program 12 - Vanimasian Retrospective

    Program 12: VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

    Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / 104 mins
    VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE, curated by VAFF alumnus and Webby award-winning, Emmy® nominated animation and documentary filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns, features Vancouver-based Asian and Asian Canadian animators, and/or animations created in Vancouver, over the past 18 years. Join us after the screening for a panel moderated by Jeff Chiba Stearns, discussing independent and commercial animation in Vancouver as well as festival distribution strategies for animation with some of the retrospective's filmmakers.

    In This Program: Cats, Insert Credit, Lost and Found, Wind & Tree, Crow’s Nests, Peter & the Space Between, Nature On Its Course, Zero (0), Key Tumi?, Gluttony, Permute, Never Now, What Are You Anyways?, Great Expectations (Not what you’re thinking…)

Preceded By

  1. What Are You Anyways film still

    What Are You Anyways?

    Jeff Chiba Stearns / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2005 / Animation / 10.5 mins
    "What Are You Anyways?" is a humorous yet serious story of struggle and love, and finding one's identity through the trials and tribulations of growing up.

    Preceded by: Great Expectations (Not what you’re thinking…)

    Precedes: Never Now

Dates & Times

Plays In:
Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 9, 2014 4:00 pm