VAFF 2009 PROGRAM / SCHEDULE
(All programs are subject to change without notice. All ticket sales are final and non-refundable. Online advance tickets sales is now closed. Please purchase at the door at Tinseltown Theatres, 88 West Pender. There are still seats available for all programs.
| VAFF Membership Requirement: Because Festival films have not been rated by the Provincial classifiers, only VAFF members are allowed into screenings. And members must be 18 years of age or older.
VAFF Memberships ($2) are mandatory for each person attending the Festival and must be shown prior to each screening. more info | Download VAFF Membership Form
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VAFF Membership ($2) Requirement For All Festival Attendees |
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Day 1 - Thursday Nov 5
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Children Of Invention | Tze Chun | |
| Revolve | Andrea Wan | |
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| Event Title | Location | at door |
| Gala Reception | Kentizen Fusion Lounge | |
Day 2 - Friday Nov 6
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Ha'aki | Iriz Pääbo | |
| I Want To Be A Desi 2 | Allan Tong | |
| Dandy Lions | Jeff Chan, Ken Tsui | |
| Cut | Michael Stromenger | |
| Call Back | Vanessa Matsui | |
| Fate Scores | Albert M. Chan | |
| The Angel Of The Sea | Michael Ward | |
| Misplaced | Ingrid Torrance | |
| Vagina Vacation | Erick Boychuk | |
| Bamboozle | Ana de Lara | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| White On Rice | David Boyle | |
| One Night Stan | Julius Sambajon Jr. | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Turbid | George Fok | |
| Beijing Haze | J.P. Chan | |
Day 3 - Saturday Nov 7
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| 30 Day Promise | Xia Lee | |
| The Golden Pin | Cuong Ngo | |
| A Green Mountain In The Drawer | Hwa-Jun Lee | |
| Double Features | Chihiro Wimbush | |
| Who Killed The Goldfish? | Jin Hong | |
| hello, goodbye | Rogin Kim | |
| When Swallows Stop Singing | Gilbert Kwong | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Family Inc. | Emily Ting, Helen Jen | |
| Fortune Cooking | Jason Karman | |
| Documentary Panel Discussion To Follow | Moderator: Mona Mok | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Whatever It Takes | Christopher Wong | |
| Yabai | Matthew Johnson | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Dim Sum Funeral | Anna Chi | |
| Take 3 | Roseanne Liang | |
| Ticket includes entry to After-Party | Ginger 62 @ 1219 Granville (before 10 PM) | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Li Tong | Nian Liu | |
| Yan-Yan Sub Chui | Wenxin Annie Chen | |
| A Long-Distance Call | Joe Chang | |
Day 4 - Sunday Nov 8
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| Operation Babylift: The Lost Children Of Vietnam | Tammy Nguyen Lee | |
| John's Untilted Clock | Shine Mi-Hyang Park | |
| Girl Any More | Ellen Tang | |
| The CaN'Tswer | David Thanh | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story | Jeff Adachi | |
| Flower, Drum and Songs: More Than A Musical | VAFF Productions | |
| The Golden Spike: The Chinese Contribution To The Transcontinental Railroad | Amy Y. Chan | |
| Panel Discussion To Follow | Moderator: Grace Chin | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| The People I've Slept With | Quentin Lee | |
| The Call Center | Rumana Huq | |
| Includes Closing Night Wrap Party | Opus Bar, 322 Davie St. (Yaletown) | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | at door |
| The People I've Slept With | Quentin Lee | |
| The Other Way Round | Geoffrey Quan | |
VAFF Membership Requirement: Because Festival films have not been rated by the Provincial classifiers, only VAFF members are allowed into screenings. And members must be 18 years of age or older. VAFF Memberships ($2) are mandatory for each person attending the Festival and must be shown prior to each screening. more info | Download VAFF Membership Form |
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VAFF Membership ($2) Requirement For All Festival Attendees (Must be 18 years or older) |
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VAFF 2008 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP
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Day 1 - Thursday Nov 6
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Ping Pong Playa | Jessica Yu | |
| The State Of Yo | Jason Karman | |
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| Event Title | Location | fini |
| Red Carpet Reception | Kentizen Fusion Lounge | |
Day 2 - Friday Nov 7
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Yellow Fellas | Tetsuro Shigematsu | |
| How to Make A Low Budget Indie Feature | Q & A and workshop to follow | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Passage | Angela How | |
| Popsicle Stick | Zooey Park | |
| Since You've Been Ong | Frank Yeean Chan | |
| You’ve Got Male | Christopher Nguyen, Ryan Kim | |
| A Fistful Of Doll Hairs | Nicholas Westbridge | |
| Memoirs Of The Last Samurai’s Geisha | Chad Band | |
| Sides | Jeff Chan | |
| Curse Of The Jade Falcon | Tracey D. Smith | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Santa Mesa | Ron Morales | |
| In Control | Ana De Lara | |
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| Event Title | Location | fini |
| VIP Gala | Stadium Club, Edgewater Casino, Plaza of Nations | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Finding Madison | Tuan Tran | |
| Pan Tian Shou | Joe Chang | |
| Shall We? | Raphael Choi | |
Day 3 - Saturday Nov 8
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Yellow Sticky Notes | Jeff Chiba Stearns | |
| Food For The Gods | H. Scott Hughes | |
| Wianbu – Comfort Woman | James Bang | |
| The Letter Goodbye | Andrew Ming | |
| Servants Of War | Gillian MacLeod | |
| Grange Avenue | Allan Tong | |
| Light Years | Richard N. Martin | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Snapshot: Six Months Of The Korean American Male | Valerie Soe | |
| Asian Task Force | William Lu | |
| S/He | Gina Chen | |
| It Strikes Twice | David H. Kim | |
| Delivery | Vishal Gurung | |
| Long Distance | Nelson Kim | |
| 600 | James Z. Feng | |
| Machine With Wishbone | Randall Okita | |
| Egg Ghost | Dongkeun Lee | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Rock Garden, A Love Story | Gloria Kim | |
| Damn The Past! | Juli Kang | |
| Touch | Richard Cranor | |
| Cookies For Sale | West Kim | |
| Smile | Julia Kwan | |
| Souvenirs From Asia | Joyce Wong | |
| Ku Klux Kornea | Kiyong Kim | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Kissing Cousins | Amyn Kaderali | |
| Amma | Aparna Kapur | |
| Key Tumi? | Kunal Sen | |
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| Event Title | Location | fini |
| Flaunt It Party | Stadium Club, Edgewater Casino, Plaza of Nations | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Ping Pong Playa | Jessica Yu | |
| State Of Yo | Jason Karman | |
Day 4 - Sunday Nov 9
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| Event Title | Location | fini |
| Awards Luncheon with Filmmakers | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden, Chinatown | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| School Of Secrets | Melanie Wood | |
| Warrior Boyz | Baljit Sangra | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| The Pain With Being Thirsty | David Yun | |
| Koryo Saram: The Unreliable People | Y. David Chung, Matt Dibble | |
| Vincent Who? | Tony Lam, Curtis Chin | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| West 32nd | Michael Kang | |
| Permute | Lydia Fu | |
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| Event Title | Location | fini |
| Closing Night Wrap Party | Tunnel Multi-Lounge @ 622 West Pender | |
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| West 32nd | Michael Kang | |
| Permute | Lydia Fu | |
VAFF 2007 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Finishing The Game | Justin Lin | |
| Building A Journey | Anson Ho | |
| Event Title | Location | fini |
| Gala Reception following Opening Night screening | Wild Ginger | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Finishing The Game | Justin Lin | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Little Tiger | Cecilia J. Pang | |
| Madame Zhang's Dream | Joe Chang | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| They Chose China | Shuibo Wang | |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | Minh T. Nguyen | |
| Someone Else's War | Lee Wang | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Mr, Cinema | Chiu Leung Chun | |
| Ah X | Irene Kwan | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Death Note 1 | Shusuke Kaneko | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Windowbreaker | Tze Chun | |
| AnOther Western | Adeline Huynh | |
| Running Dragon | Kim Noonan, Neal Sickles | |
| Panel Discussion Gangsta to Geek: Asians In Western Drama | ||
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| E.V.E.S. | Alfred Liu | |
| The Shrine | Alberto Valenzuela | |
| Noise And Music | Jeff Chan, Ken Tsui | |
| Russian Hill Roulette | Frank Yeean Chan | |
| Equal Opportunity | Howard Duy Vu | |
| The Scoopers | Jeff Chan | |
| Air And Water | Jeff Chan, Ken Tsui | |
| Miss Chinatown U.S.A. | Kathy Huang | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Cut & Dry | Siu Ta | |
| D4 Delivery | Heland Lee | |
| Bolinao 52 | Duc Nguyen | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Special Event | Justin Lin | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Falling For Grace | Fay Ann Lee | |
| Remember The Days | Dennis Luu | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Shanghai Kiss | Kern Konwiser, David Ren | |
| BrainFart | Ty Philips | |
| Mouse, A Love Story | Michael Kim | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Pilgrimage | Tadashi Nakamura | |
| Bystanding: The Beginning of an American Lifetime | Karen Lin | |
| art/film/revolution | Valerie Soe | |
| Officer Tsukamoto | Ling Liu | |
| Panel Discussion The Art of Revolution | ||
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Bai Ri Meng | Jennifer Tippins | |
| Hello Faye | Norman Lup-Man Yeung | |
| Lead Role Father | P.J. Raval | |
| The Last Vacation | Jae-Ho Chang | |
| Blue | Adam Mars | |
| The Birthday | Kabir Shaukat Ali | |
| My Father's Chinese Wife | Franklin Peterson | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Confessions Of A Salesman | Ho Tam | |
| Special Q & A with Ho Tam | Ho Tam | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| 0506HK | Quentin Lee | |
| Special Q & A with Quentin Lee | Quentin Lee | |
VAFF 2006 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP
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| Event Title | Guest Speaker | fini |
| Mina Shum: A Writer's Journey | Mina Shum | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Journey From The Fall | Ham Tran | |
| Public Bath | Tak Hoon Kim, In Pyo Hong | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| The Shopaholics | Wai Ka-Fai | |
| The Police Box | Josh Kim | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| YourSpace | Ryan Tse | |
| Rated F... for Fart | Donna Lee, Terra Poirier | |
| Happy Hamptons Holiday Camp For Troubled Couples | Greg Pak | |
| Blue Glass | Jun Paul Obayashi | |
| Rise Of The Kitara | Alfred Liu | |
| An Offer | Marcus Sim | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| The Grace Lee Project | Grace Lee | |
| Sayonara Super 8 | Pia Massie | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Mighty Warriors Of Comedy | Sung H. Kim | |
| Assaulted Fish Live Performance | In-person | |
| Ruckus! | Dean Ishida | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Canadian-Chinese | Felix Cheng | |
| Between: Living In The Hyphen | Anne-Marie Nakagawa | |
| Panel Discussion Part I: Canadian Asian vs. Asian Canadian: Politically Correct Labels | ||
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Father And Son | Joe Chang | |
| Comrade Dad | Karin Lee | |
| 62 Years And 6,500 Miles | Anita Wen-Shin Chang | |
| The Women's Kingdom | Xialoi Zhou | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Asthma Tech | Jonathan Ng | |
| Bunny & Clydo | Rocky Jo | |
| Dry Clean Only | J.P. Chan | |
| InConvenience | John Penhall | |
| Wonton | Wenhwa Tsao | |
| Super Power Blues | Greg Pak | |
| Fast Money | Jerry Chan | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Train Man: Densha Otoko | Shosuke Murakami | |
| A Hamster Tail | Andrea Shimizu | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Red Doors | Georgia Lee | |
| Jamie Lo, small and shy | Lillian Chan | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Mighty Warriors Of Comedy (sketch excerpts) | Sung H. Kim | |
| Brocket 99 - Rockin' The Country (excerpts) | Nilesh Patel | |
| Panel Discussion Part II: It's A Joke!: Politically Correct Comedy | ||
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| The Shortest Dream | Jee Won Sul | |
| Circle | Junwei Deng | |
| Finding Robot | Kathy Leung | |
| Once A Fish | Ling Chiu | |
| Big Girl | Renuka Jeyapalan | |
| Happy Valentine's Day | Mark Ratzlaff | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Brocket 99 - Rockin' The Country | Nilesh Patel | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Ang Pamana - The Inheritance | Romeo Candido | |
| Never Now | Hao Chen | |
VAFF 2005 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP
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| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| The Motel | Michael Kang | |
| What Are You Anyways? | Jeff Chiba Stearns | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| The Main Character | Chris Jun | |
| Jinn | Albert Leung, Herbert Leung | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Screen Test | Linda Lee | |
| Pawns of The King | Ming Lai | |
| Dastaar: Defending Sikh Identity | Kevin Lee | |
| With Honors Denied | Mimi Gan | |
| Panel Discussion Part I: Diversity Initiatives: Racism and Representation | ||
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Remember One | Oscar Nam | |
| Residue | Oscar Nam | |
| No.1: The Helen Fong Dare Story | Nancy Thom | |
| King of Sushi | Hong-Sik Kim | |
| The Hill | Deborah Chow | |
| Focus Group Therapy | Michael Melski | |
| Kata Practice | Siu Ta | |
| Mr. Mergler's Gift | Beverly Shaffer | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Simply FOBulous | Richard Cranor | |
| Take it or Leave it? | J.P. Chan | |
| The Red Ribbon | Taien Ng-Chan | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| 20:30:40 | Sylvia Chang | |
| Stationery | Monica Rho | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Sky Blue | Sunmin Park | |
| ESC | Justin Henton | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| My Break Ups into a Million Pieces | Amir Motlagh | |
| Arnold Moreno = Pi | Huy Chheng, Anjali Nath, Trinh Le Vu Long, Ryan Masaaki Yokota | |
| We Don't Live in Igloos: Inuvit Youth Speak Out | Janet Ip | |
| Getting Married | Rani Sandhu | |
| Panel Discussion Part II: Growing Up Diverse | ||
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Film 101 | Kevin Desmond | |
| Night & Daze | Cole Walliser | |
| All in Time | Raj Viswanath | |
| Bluebird of Happiness | Eunhee Cha | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Sigaw (The Echo) | Yam Laranas | |
| Stranded | Jimmy Ren | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Why Thee Wed? | Cal Garingan | |
| Love/Censored/Truth | Desiree Lim | |
| Film Title | Director(s) | fini |
| Sam and Jessie | Marcus Sim | |
| Marnie Love | Norman Yeung | |
| Love Recipe | Junga Song | |
