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VAFF 2008 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP

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Day 1 - Thursday Nov 6 OPENING NIGHT \| 7:00PM-9:00PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Ping Pong Playa	Jessica Yu
The State Of Yo	Jason Karman
OPENING NIGHT RED CARPET RECEPTION \| 9:00PM - 1:00AM
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Red Carpet Reception	Kentizen Fusion Lounge
Day 2 - Friday Nov 7 SPECIAL PRESENTATION & WORKSHOP \| 2:30PM-4:30PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Yellow Fellas	Tetsuro Shigematsu
How to Make A Low Budget Indie Feature	Q & A and workshop to follow
PROGRAM 2: LOVE YOU SHORT TIME \| 5:00PM-6:30PM
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
PROGRAM 3: CHILD'S PLAY \| 7:00PM-9:20PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Santa Mesa	Ron Morales
In Control	Ana De Lara
VIP GALA \| 9:00PM-1:00AM
Event Title	Location	fini
VIP Gala	Stadium Club, Edgewater Casino, Plaza of Nations
PROGRAM 4: LOST IN LOVE \| 9:30PM-11:30PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Finding Madison	Tuan Tran
Pan Tian Shou	Joe Chang
Shall We?	Raphael Choi
Day 3 - Saturday Nov 8 PROGRAM 5: A MOMENT IN TIME \| 11:00AM-12:45PM
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
PROGRAM 6: THE MASCULINE & MYSTERIOUS \| 1:15PM-3:00PM
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
PROGRAM 7: FAMILIES & FUNNY \| 3:30PM-5:15PM
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
PROGRAM 8: SOUTH ASIAN SPOTLIGHT \| 7:00PM-9:00PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Kissing Cousins	Amyn Kaderali
Amma	Aparna Kapur
Key Tumi?	Kunal Sen
FESTIVAL FLAUNT IT PARTY \| 9:00PM-1:00AM
Event Title	Location	fini
Flaunt It Party	Stadium Club, Edgewater Casino, Plaza of Nations
PROGRAM 9: ENCORE FEATURE PRESENTATION \| 9:30PM-11:30PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Ping Pong Playa	Jessica Yu
State Of Yo	Jason Karman
Day 4 - Sunday Nov 9 INDUSTRY LUNCHEON & NFB AWARD PRESENTATION \| 11:30AM-1:00PM
Event Title	Location	fini
Awards Luncheon with Filmmakers	Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden, Chinatown
PROGRAM 10: OUR FAIR CITY – LOCAL TRUTH \| 1:30PM-3:30PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
School Of Secrets	Melanie Wood
Warrior Boyz	Baljit Sangra
PROGRAM 11: THE PAWNS OF POLITICS \| 4:00PM-6:00PM
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
PROGRAM 12: CLOSING NIGHT \| 7:00PM-9:00PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
West 32nd	Michael Kang
Permute	Lydia Fu
CLOSING NIGHT WRAP PARTY \| 9:00PM-1:00AM
Event Title	Location	fini
Closing Night Wrap Party	Tunnel Multi-Lounge @ 622 West Pender
PROGRAM 13: ENCORE FEATURE PRESENTATION \| 9:30PM-11:30PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
West 32nd	Michael Kang
Permute	Lydia Fu

VAFF 2007 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP

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Day 1 OPENING NIGHT: Thursday Nov. 1st, 7:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Finishing The Game	Justin Lin
Building A Journey	Anson Ho
GALA RECEPTION: Thursday Nov. 1st, 9:30 PM
Event Title	Location	fini
Gala Reception following Opening Night screening	Wild Ginger
Day 2 2ND SCREENING: FINISHING THE GAME: Friday Nov. 2nd, 1:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Finishing The Game	Justin Lin
CHINESE OPERA: Friday Nov. 2nd, 3:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Little Tiger	Cecilia J. Pang
Madame Zhang's Dream	Joe Chang
WAR: Friday Nov. 2nd, 5:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
They Chose China	Shuibo Wang
The Emperor's New Clothes	Minh T. Nguyen
Someone Else's War	Lee Wang
EXPLORASIAN: MR. CINEMA: Friday Nov. 2nd, 7:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Mr, Cinema	Chiu Leung Chun
Ah X	Irene Kwan
JAPANESE CINEMA: DEATH NOTE 1: Friday Nov. 2nd, 9:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Death Note 1	Shusuke Kaneko
Day 3 HIROS & VILLIANS: Saturday Nov. 3rd, 11:00 AM
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
THE IRONY OF IT ALL: Saturday Nov. 3rd, 1:30 PM
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
IMMIGRANT STORIES: Saturday Nov. 3rd, 3:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Cut & Dry	Siu Ta
D4 Delivery	Heland Lee
Bolinao 52	Duc Nguyen
IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR WITH JUSTIN LIN: Saturday Nov. 3rd, 5:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Special Event	Justin Lin
CHICK FLICK MIX: FALLING FOR GRACE: Saturday Nov. 3rd, 7:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Falling For Grace	Fay Ann Lee
Remember The Days	Dennis Luu
ASIAN MALE LIBIDO: SHANGHAI KISS: Saturday Nov. 3rd, 9:45 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Shanghai Kiss	Kern Konwiser, David Ren
BrainFart	Ty Philips
Mouse, A Love Story	Michael Kim
Day 4 THE ART OF REVOLUTION: Sunday Nov. 4th, 1:30 PM
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
FAMILY BLUES: Sunday Nov. 4th, 4:00 PM
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
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: HO TAM: Sunday Nov. 4th, 6:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Confessions Of A Salesman	Ho Tam
Special Q & A with Ho Tam	Ho Tam
CLOSING NIGHT: 0506HK: Sunday Nov. 4th, 8:00 PM
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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Day 1 SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Wednesday Nov. 1st, 7:00 PM
Event Title	Guest Speaker	fini
Mina Shum: A Writer's Journey	Mina Shum

Day 2 OPENING NIGHT: Thursday Nov. 2nd, 7:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Journey From The Fall	Ham Tran
Public Bath	Tak Hoon Kim, In Pyo Hong

Day 3 HONG KONG CINEMA: Friday Nov. 3rd, 2:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
The Shopaholics	Wai Ka-Fai
The Police Box	Josh Kim
2 FAST, 2 FURIOUS MOVIEMAKING: Friday Nov. 3rd, 5:00 PM
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

WHAT'S IN A NAME?: Friday Nov. 3rd, 7:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
The Grace Lee Project	Grace Lee
Sayonara Super 8	Pia Massie

WE SO FUNNY: Friday Nov. 3rd, 9:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Mighty Warriors Of Comedy	Sung H. Kim
Assaulted Fish Live Performance	In-person
Ruckus!	Dean Ishida

Day 4 CANADIAN ASIAN vs. ASIAN CANADIAN: Saturday Nov. 4th, 11:00 AM
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

DISTANT RELATIONS: Saturday Nov. 4th, 1:30 PM
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

CRIME TIME: Saturday Nov. 4th, 4:00 PM
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

TRAIN MAN: DENSHA OTOKO: Saturday Nov. 4th, 7:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Train Man: Densha Otoko	Shosuke Murakami
A Hamster Tail	Andrea Shimizu

FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS: Saturday Nov. 4th, 9:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Red Doors	Georgia Lee
Jamie Lo, small and shy	Lillian Chan

Day 5 IT'S A JOKE!: Sunday Nov. 5th, 1:30 PM
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

FRIENDS AND LOVERS: Sunday Nov. 5th, 4:00 PM
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

BROCKET 99 - ROCKIN' THE COUNTRY: Sunday Nov. 5th, 7:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Brocket 99 - Rockin' The Country	Nilesh Patel

CLOSING NIGHT: Sunday Nov. 5th, 9:30 PM
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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Day 1 OPENING NIGHT: Friday Nov. 4th, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
The Motel	Michael Kang
What Are You Anyways?	Jeff Chiba Stearns
LOST SOULS: Friday Nov. 4th, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
The Main Character	Chris Jun
Jinn	Albert Leung, Herbert Leung
Day 2 RACISM & REPRESENTATION: Saturday Nov. 5th, 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
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
SHORT AND SWEET & SOUR: Saturday Nov. 5th, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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
THE DATING GAME: Saturday Nov. 5th, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Simply FOBulous	Richard Cranor
Take it or Leave it?	J.P. Chan
The Red Ribbon	Taien Ng-Chan
LOST IN TRANSITION: Saturday Nov. 5th, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
20:30:40	Sylvia Chang
Stationery	Monica Rho
ANIME FANTASY: Saturday Nov. 5th, 9:45 PM - 12:00 AM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Sky Blue	Sunmin Park
ESC	Justin Henton
Day 3 GROWING UP DIVERSE: Sunday Nov. 6th, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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
SO YOU WANNA BE IN MOVIES: Sunday Nov. 6th, 5:00 PM -7:00 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Film 101	Kevin Desmond
Night & Daze	Cole Walliser
All in Time	Raj Viswanath
Bluebird of Happiness	Eunhee Cha
SPOTLIGHT ON FILIPINO CINEMA: Sunday Nov. 6th, 7:45 PM -9:45 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Sigaw (The Echo)	Yam Laranas
Stranded	Jimmy Ren
Day 4 LOVE AND MARRIAGE: Monday Nov. 7th, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Why Thee Wed?	Cal Garingan
Love/Censored/Truth	Desiree Lim
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE: Monday Nov. 7th, 8:15 PM -10:15 PM
Film Title	Director(s)	fini
Sam and Jessie	Marcus Sim
Marnie Love	Norman Yeung
Love Recipe	Junga Song

VAFF 2008 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP

Day 1 - Thursday Nov 6

Day 2 - Friday Nov 7

Day 3 - Saturday Nov 8

Day 4 - Sunday Nov 9

VAFF 2007 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP

VAFF 2006 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP

VAFF 2005 PROGRAM / FILM LINE-UP

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