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Kelly receives a dreadful call: her son George is hospitalized. Her husband Sean drives home from work, leaving Kelly by herself. A series of arguments, blame games, and reckoning takes place in the hospital throughout the night, with the fear about George hanging in the air.

Gilbert Onggara

Gilbert Onggara is a writer/director born in Indonesia, and based in Vancouver, BC. He began his filmmaking journey directing student shorts at Langara College, eventually finding an affinity towards films that simmer at a gentle pace. Whenever he’s not writing, he works in the camera and lighting department.

Presented as Part Of Missions Impossible – WestCoast Narrative Shorts

Operation: Stuplloyd

Jaz enlists her friends in a mission to banish her stepfather. During the mission, shots flip between Jaz’s ...
12 min | Vincenté Kabo Baker | | Vancouver Premiere | English
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Astronaut

Astronaut, set in 1990s Vancouver, follows Tom, an eight-year-old Chinese-Canadian boy who loves space. After ...
12 min | Kevin Cheng | | BC Premiere | Mandarin | English
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I Don’t

Sour wedding photographer Marty Langston is forced to face her true feelings when her best friend Max, a scrup...
15 min | Aubrey Arnason | | Canadian Premiere | English
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The Official Guidebook to Lying

A lifetime of abusing his natural talent for making up stories has led an arrogant serial liar to quit his dec...
12 min | Corinne Langmuir | | BC Premiere | English, Mandarin | Embedded English translations for Mandarin scenes; SRT file for full film available upon request
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Three Ates and a Wedding

Three vastly different sisters try to make it through their younger brother’s chaotic Filipino-Canadian wedd...
17 min | Kevin Ang | | World Premiere | English, Tagalog | English
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Credits
Gilbert Onggara, Conor Madill
Annie Thorold, Devon Eggers
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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