13th Vancouver Asian Film Festival : Nov. 5-8, 2009
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival Celebrates a Successful 13th Festival and Best Canadian Short Award Announced
Despite current challenges facing the independent arts community, the Vancouver Asian Film Festival celebrated a successful four day festival at Cinemark Tinsletown. The festival showcased over 40 films created by North American Asian filmmakers with highlights from Asia with 13 programs screening shorts, features and documentaries. This year boasted the highest number of attending filmmakers from across North America.
Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s Best Canadian Short Award Announced
The 2009 winner of the National Film Board of Canada sponsored Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s Best Canadian Short Film Award at the 13th annual VAFF was announced on at the Filmmaker’s Industry Luncheon. This took place at the beautiful Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown on the closing day of the festival on Sunday Nov. 8th.
Producer Yves Ma (NFB, Eve and the Firehorse) presented this year’s award to the film WHEN SWALLOWS STOP SINGING by Gilbert Kwong. Also, Cuong Ngo’s THE GOLDEN PIN received 2nd place recognition and Albert M. Chan’s FATE SCORES received 3rd place recognition.
Congratulations to the three filmmakers for their success!
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival Society (VAFF) is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for independent North American Asian filmmakers to showcase their work to both Asian and non-Asian audiences. The aim of VAFF is to foster cultural understanding between the diverse Asian communities in Vancouver as well as with non-Asian communities through the use of film and video.
