Featuring movies from across Asia, the Vancouver Asian Film Festival is back for its 16th year.
The festival runs from November 1st to the 4th and features work from up and coming Asian filmmakers. Many of the films explore issues pertinent to 2nd generation immigrants.
All screenings take place at Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, 88 West Pender Street, Vancouver.
Here are some of the films featuring in the coming days.
More information is available at www.vaff.org.
Daylight Savings (USA)
San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura finds commercial success in his fledgling career when his song gets licensed in a national TV commercial for an anti-depressant medication. With newfound fame, an upcoming national tour, and a decision to settle down in Los Angeles with his long distance girlfriend Erika, Goh finds himself devastated when he gets dumped on Skype right.
Model Minority (USA)
L.A. teenagers survive the treacherous world of peer pressure, drug dealers, juvenile hall and dysfunctional families. Kayla, an underprivileged Japanese American 16-year-old, endangers her promising future as an aspiring artist when she becomes involved with a drug dealer.
Lost Lagoon (Canada)
Lost Lagoon is a feature film about Mi-Ran, a long-distance runner born in Korea who moves to Vancouver, Canada under the guise of studying English.
Unbeknownst to her family, she is in Vancouver to be closer to North American underground music, easily accessible running paths and her Internet friend, Georgia.
Tales of the Waria (Indonesian)
Indonesia is home to the world’s largest Muslim population, and a community of transgender individuals known as warias, biological men who live openly as women. Tales of the Waria follows four characters from this little-known community as they search for romance and companionship.
Sunset Stories (USA)
May, a high-strung and overly meticulous nurse, must return to Los Angeles to retrieve bone marrow for a transplant. Soon after her trip begins, her world turns upside down when past and present collide and she runs smack into JP, the man she left behind five years ago. Flustered, May loses the cooler containing the marrow.
Knots (USA)
In the UN-romantic comedy Knots, matriarch Miriam (Illeana Douglas) is three times divorced, with one daughter born from each husband. What ensues is a recipe for comical family strife as the daughters finally reach the breaking point of addressing feelings repressed thanks to mom’s poor choices in men.
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (UK)
Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan’s devastating 2011 tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. The film is a visual poem about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan’s most beloved flower. Directed by Academy Award Nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker (Waste Land) with music by Moby.
White Frog (USA)
White Frog is a coming-of-age story about 15 year old Nick Young (Booboo Stewart), a neglected teen with Asperger’s Syndrome whose life is challenged and ultimately changed forever when tragedy hits his family. Taken under the wing of his brother’s best friends, he is forced out of his comfort zone and must reconcile who he was and who he wants to become.
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