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Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective

Program 12 - Vanimasian Retrospective

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.

  1. Peter And The Space Between film still

    Peter & the Space Between

    Sitji Chou / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2011 / Animation / 4 mins
    Peter justifies the emotional disconnect he feels from those around him through a scientific logic, eventually progressing to the philosophical question of where consciousness exists.

    Preceded by: Insert Credit

    Precedes: Crow’s Nests

    Plays In:
    Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

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

  2. Crows Nests film still

    Crow’s Nests

    Elisa Chee / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2013 / Animation / 2.5 mins
    Looking up high for signs of things to come.

    Preceded by: Peter & the Space Between

    Precedes: Lost and Found

    Plays In:
    Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

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

  3. Lost & Found film still

    Lost and Found

    Arthur Yuting Chen / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2013 / Animation, Comedy / 4 mins
    In a busy city, a boy has encountered the cold side of humanity and lost his warm hearted belief but this is just the beginning of an extraordinary experience.

    Preceded by: Crow’s Nests

    Precedes: Wind & Tree

    Plays In:
    Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

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

  4. Wind And Tree film still

    Wind & Tree

    Konstantin Steshenko / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2013 / Animation, Family / 6.5 mins
    When a lone wind and tree fall in love, their decision to stay together leads to both sacrifice and hope.

    Preceded by: Lost and Found

    Precedes: Cats

    Plays In:
    Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

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

  5. Cats film still

    Cats

    Jeff Chiba Stearns / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2014 / Animation / 1 mins
    A whimsical little cat animation created by drawing directly on an iPad using the McLaren’s Workshop iPad app.

    Preceded by: Wind & Tree

    Plays In:
    Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

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