Canadian Shorts Series Docs

66 mins

Watch the Live Filmmakers Talk on November 7, 2020 5 pm (PST) at VAFFVancouver YouTube

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In this program

Ikebana

Directed by: Alejandro Yoshizawa | 5 mins

A Japanese Canadian elder recalls her experiences growing up in Vancouver and shares her love of Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement.

A-Yi

Directed by: Martyna Czaplak | 17 mins

The story of an unlikely friendship between an elderly Chinese can collector and a group of millennial roommates.

We the West

Directed by: Kat Jayme | 18 mins

Vancouver Grizzlies super-fans come out of the woodworks to reminisce about their dearly departed Grizzlies.

Hayashi Studio

Directed by: Hayley Gray | 25 mins

UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
THROUGH THE LENS OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER SENJIRO HAYASHI.