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Diana

Diana arrives in LA as a recent immigrant through a fraudulent marriage with American Rick. Diana connects with her neighbour Sally. Months pass, Sally overhears a heated fight between Diana and Rick and calls the police. Rick ends up being arrested, causing the immigration fraud at risk of being exposed.

Luo-Bing Pan

Luo-Bing Pan is a writer/director and cinematographer from Shenzhen, China. Their creative endeavours revolve around exploring cultural conflict, queer experience, and womanhood through storytelling, striking a chord on personal and universal levels. Currently based in Los Angeles, Luo-Bing is a recent Directing BA graduate from UCLA’s Film and Television program.

Presented as Part Of The Someone For Everyone Can Be Unexpected LGBTQ2S+ International Narrative Shorts

The Nape

Da-ye quits her job as a teacher and returns to her hometown. She begins to help her mother, who has been forc...
25 min | Yura Kim | | Canadian Premiere | Korean | English
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When the Summer Ends

A solitary old man, estranged from his family, saves a troubled teenager from a suicide attempt, leading them ...
29 min | Tianyuan He | | World Premiere | Mandarin | English
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Blue Boy

Blue Boy follows Kiran, an Indian-American boy growing up in a 1990s American suburb. After experiencing a vis...
15 min | Nik Dodani | | Canadian Premiere | English
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Three

At a home gathering, a Chinese woman who has recently moved to the United States to live with her daughter tri...
15 min | Amie Song | | Canadian Premiere | Mandarin, English | English
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Credits
Cathy Ni, Max Zhedan Deng
Jiashi Zhao, Joy Hanna Park
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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