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Birthday Blowout

On her son’s 21st birthday, a mother sets up his birthday table and persuades him to leave the room. However, the son refuses to go out today, saying that on this day a meteorite will fall from the sky and kill everyone. The two start arguing through the door.

Jaehoon Chung

Jaehoon Chung was born in Busan in 1994, studied Filmmaking at Hanyang University, and works as a writer, filmmaker, and music composer. His film Fall Out (2020) was shown at Fantasia Film Fest. He is currently living in Seoul and majors in Filmmaking at Korea National University of Arts.

Presented as Part Of A Buffet of Global Storytelling International Narrative Shorts

Love’s Greeting

One day, a woman shows up at the police station claiming to have trespassed. However, there is no report of he...
27 min | Akira Iwamatsu | | World Premiere | Japanese | English
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Juk

As her grandmother returns home, nine-year-old Kaya struggles with deepening resentment toward her grandmother...
15 min | Nadine Jin | | North American Premiere | Korean, English | English
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Tamagoyaki

Tamagoyaki is a short film about Aya, a young British-Japanese girl adjusting to life in the UK. As she starts...
4 min | Meg Igarashi | | North American Premiere | English, Japanese | English
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Morlam

A blind child singer, thrust onto the streets of Bangkok, must sing to liberate himself from the gang that con...
15 min | Tanaseth Tulyathan | | Canadian Premiere | Thai | English
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The Light That Painted You

Chau, a journalist who recently moved to Berlin, visits a photo studio to shed light on his past. Samuel, who ...
13 min | Jonathan Berlin | | North American Premiere | English, Mandarin | English
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Justice Bao 青天白日

A performance of the traditional Chinese opera The Execution of Chen Shimei unveils a murder case, with the ch...
13 min | Chang Xuefei | | World Premiere | Chinese | English, Chinese
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Kaeho Seo
Hyoje Lee, Minyoung Ahn
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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