IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER, CANADA – Feb. 11, 2021, For VAFF’s entire 25 year history, Canada Council for the Arts has provided less than $30,000 in total funding and $0 funding since 2006. VAFF is the oldest Asian film festival in Canada and has been an incubator of talent for Asian Canadian creators and filmmakers for…
IMMEDIATE RELEASE The 24th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival (#VAFFVIRTUAL) Begins October 31 – November 8, 2020, Vancouver hosts the best of Asian Filmmaking from around the World. The entire festival program and tickets are available online from October 6 till November 8, 2020 at www.vaff.org. Please email media@vaff.org to inquire Individual Films’ EPK &…
Vancouver, BC – Sept 29 2020 – Due to the global pandemic, VAFF is celebrating its 24th annual festival virtually this year with an extended festival from October 31 to November 8. We will announce the entire program during the week of October 5, 2020. We are pleased to announce that this year’s theme is…
VAFF celebrates a new milestone at the largest Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon during the unprecedented year of 2020 In celebrating Asian representation and diversity in local film of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s 15th annual Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (MAMM) – a short-filmmaking competition which provides a platform for local talent to try their hand…
VAFF is now casting for three models of Asian heritage for its upcoming 24th annual festival photo shoot! Get your face on transit shelters, posters, festival programs this Fall to represent storytellers of Asian heritage, and show the world where our creative minds are at in this year of unprecedented global transformation. Our photoshoot will visualize the 2020 VAFF theme…
VANCOUVER, BC – July 28, 2020 – The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is proud to announce the teams for this year’s Mighty Asian Movie Making Marathon 15 (MAMM 15). This year, MAMM will have one category, a 5-minute short film category. There will be 10 teams participating in this year’s category. The official teams…
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival Brings Back Their Premier Short Film Making Competition for its 15th Year: The Mighty Asian Movie Making Marathon 15 Vancouver, BC – June 18, 2020 – The Vancouver Film Festival (VAFF) is proud to bring back the Mighty Asian Movie Making Marathon (MAMM) for its 15th year. The short filmmaking…
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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been an increase in the incidents of racial attacks on Asian Canadians. The Asian Canadian community is greatly concerned that attacks will only escalate after self-isolation orders are lifted. It is so concerning that Asian elders are being warned not to leave their homes to stay safe. VAFF’s…
Dear friends and supporters of VAFF, We hope you are keeping well amidst these difficult and uncertain times. To help all of us do our part to #flattenthecurve, we’ve pulled together a list of films by talented Asians that you can watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Crave, I-Tune, Apple TV+ and Youtube TV…
