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In 2050 Seoul, Kim Young secretly sells adult products while evading the government’s surveillance system. After an incident in the metaverse results in a deduction of her social points, things worsen when she witnesses a murder but can’t report it. In order to survive, Kim breaks the final societal rule.

Hui-bin Chung

Hui-bin Chung was born in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea in 1991. She graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in Character Animation in 2015. Currently, she is working on a 2D animation feature film as an animator.

Presented as Part Of Drawing Out the Lesson – Animated Shorts

Have I Swallowed Your Dreams

Amy meets her mother for afternoon tea and reflects on her mother’s life as a young woman with big dreams. S...
6 min | Clara Chan | | English
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Amma

Having fun with comic book motifs and plasticine, Akash Jones honours the no-nonsense second-generation immigr...
2 min | Akash Jones | | English, Bengali | English
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How Do We Speak?

A young child begins school in North America and quickly loses her ability to speak her native language, only ...
2 min | Julianne Li | | Vancouver Premiere | English, Chinese (no dialogue)
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Luka and the Flower of the Sun

This is the story of Luka and Rosa’s friendship. It takes place where the sky is covered with cold clouds th...
29 min | Tomoyasu Murata | | North American premiere. | Japanese | English
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Bulbank

Carl, the star employee at an idea-generating company, is determined to save his career when a new state-of-th...
5 min | Mengyuan Guo (Cherry), Naicheng Liu, Vicky Zi Wang | | World Premiere | No dialogue | English
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Ostintato

Nuha is a composer who sees the world as a vibrant soundscape. One morning, her playing is interrupted by a my...
7 min | Sonia Furier | | No dialogue
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The Death of James

Based on a true story, The Death of James follows two young friends confronting the impending loss of their ch...
14 min | Sam Chou | | English
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Credits
Kwang-hoi Kim
Sae-byuk Lee, Jong-jun Won
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Festival passes

This year, VAFF FESTIVAL, screening programs in person and virtual will be organized into various series in order to better highlight the diverse content in our festival. These Series include Spotlight Series, Documentary Features Series, Narrative Features Series, Westcoast Shorts Series, Canadian Shorts Series, International Short Series, Animation Series, VAFF Industry Insight Series and Special Events.

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Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9