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End of Summer

After his grandma dies, her grandson interacts with her ghost. While his mother suppresses her grief, the boy worries that the funeral falls on the last day of summer – when departed souls leave this world according to Chinese belief. Mother and son prepare for this ritual with bittersweet hearts.

Weiqi Cai

Weiqi Cai is an independent film director and screenwriter from China, who graduated with a degree in Animation from Beijing Forestry University and Film & Television from the Savannah College of Art and Design. His works cover a wide range of subjects and were selected for various film festivals and awards.

Presented as Part Of Everything Life Has to Throw at You – US Short Narrative

With love, Charlie.

Charlie and Jae meet on the battlefield during the Korean War. Becoming a POW, Charlie sends letters to Anne a...
16 min | Jaren Hayman | | Canadian Premiere | English / Korean | English
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Dosh

Karishma, hard-of-hearing, finds her son swimming with her undiagnosed bipolar husband Ram. Concerned, she clo...
16 min | Radha Mehta | | English, Hindi | English
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Seventeen

Winter in a small town in California. A Chinese-American teenage girl, Jasmine, gets pregnant and wants to kee...
15 min | Geqi Li | | Western Canadian Premiere | Chinese (Henan dialect), English | English
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Lola

After Tessie’s grandmother Lola is diagnosed with dementia, Tessie makes it her mission to save Lola’s mem...
11 min | Grace Hanna | | Canadian Premiere | English | English
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Credits
Yilin Xing
Langjia Li, Yi Liu
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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