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Hey Kiddo

It’s the 2000s and Margot is gathering stuff in her basement for a garage sale. She finds an unfamiliar VHS tape labeled “1991” and pops it into the VCR. It’s a video of her mom, Rebecca, who is terminally ill, recording a loving goodbye message to a young Margot.

Melissa Kong

Melissa Kong is from Chicago and now based in LA. Her award-winning short film Don’t Worry About It played at VAFF and Slamdance. She’s been on the CAPE List, a WIF x Black List finalist, and a Nicholl quarter-finalist. She’s currently a showrunner’s assistant on Netflix’s The Vince Staples Show.

Presented as Part Of Life can be Laughable, Sometimes – US Short Narrative

Barely Breathing

Barely Breathing is a dark comedy about Sai, who moves in with his father after nearly dying in a masturbation...
20 min | Derek Evans | | Western Canadian Premiere | English, Hindi, Telugu | English
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Made in USA

After getting abruptly fired from her job of over 20 years, a dutiful Chinese-American casino host turns her h...
15 min | Desdemona Chiang | | Canadian Premiere | Chinese, English | English
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Mom, Dad I Want to Be a Porn Star

On Thanksgiving, Mary returns from college and confides her dream to her Vietnamese Catholic family: becoming ...
17 min | Matthew Goriachkovsky, Corey Cao Nguyen | | Canadian Premiere | English, Vietnamese | English
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Mike

Hiep Nguyen is an exuberant Vietnamese student on the first day of an exchange program at a Christian high sch...
16 min | Duc Anh Nguyen | | Canadian Premiere | English, Vietnamese | English
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Credits
Melissa Kong, Aimy Tien
Doran Kim, Helen Joo Lee, Joel Gelman
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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