Message From Board Of Directors

To provide the Vancouver public with a forum and platform to experience, enjoy, and support films and other media featuring local and international Asian talent using both traditional means, such as the society’s annual film festival, and contemporary methods, such as through online mediums. To promote and support independent North American and International Asian actors and filmmakers by showcasing their work through the society’s events and outlets; and To promote and celebrate the diversity and depth of Asian culture and identity in film and media.

Board of Directors

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BARBARA LEE

Founder / President

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clement lau

Vice-President

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Edmond Ng

Treasurer

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Justin Park

Member at Large

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Jacqueline Lee

Member at Large

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Andry Tanusdjaja

Member at large

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Alexander Gray

Member at Large

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Alex Leung

Member at Large

Board of advisors

Andy Chu

Board Advisor

Amélie Nguyen

Board Advisor

Kathy Leung

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Ken Takagi

Board Advisor

Kevin K. Li

Board Advisor

Leon Ng

Board Advisor

Mona Mok

Programming - Board Advisor

Peter Leung

Board Advisor

Cher Lee

Board Advisor

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The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is looking for passionate, community-minded, and fun-seeking volunteers to join a dynamic group of arts & film lovers. Join us to bring alive year-round programs and events leading up to the longest running film festival of its kind in Canada every November.

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We are grateful to live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We thank the First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities that have cared for Turtle Island since time immemorial. With this acknowledgment, we remind ourselves of discriminatory, racist and colonial practices that have and continue to create barriers for Indigenous peoples and communities across Turtle Island.

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Barbara Lee

Founder / President

Barbara is a writer and independent filmmaker in Vancouver. She has worked as a broadcast journalist/reporter and received the national Radio and Television News Directors’ Association (RTNDA) Award for Best Editorial in 1998.

Her film “In Between the Laughter” was one of the National Film Board’s REELDIVERSITY 2004 winners which aired on CBC and PBS. Barbara continues to support North American Asian artists in mainstream media and is currently working on a music documentary about Asians in the music industry as well as finishing her horror screenplay.

clement lau

Vice-President

Clement Lau is a private chef/caterer and currently the owner of Maison Clement Catering & Commissary. Growing up in Vancouver as a Hong Kong immigrant, he has learnt first hand in dealing with cultural diversity.

Clement is a strong believer and supporter of community service. He is involved in various charity organizations. Currently he is a Director for the Enspire Foundation and coordinates their Soup Kitchen Program. Co-Founder of The Mad Lab Foundation that implements outreach programs for the Downtown East Side. He sits on the fundraising committee for Science World’s Science of Cocktail, an event that raises funds to support underfunded schools and provide field trips to science world. He is also on the council for La Chaine des Rotissuers and Vice Enchanson of the Ordre Mondial des Gourmet Degustateurs for the Vancouver Bailli.

Edmond Ng

Treasurer

Edmond is an accountant with Transportation Investment Corporation. Having spent the last 3 years in Victoria working for the Office of the Auditor General, Edmond returned back to Vancouver with the intention of making an impact to the community he spent the majority of his life in.

With almost a decade of experience various board and executive roles within the Lions Club community, Edmond hopes to bring his experience in non-profits, fundraising and governance to the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. Edmond holds a degree in business (BCom. UBC) and is a designated accountant (CPA, CA). His all-time favorite movies are Battle Royale, Taegukgi, Old Boy and Infernal Affairs.

Justin Park

Member at Large

Justin is a commercial real estate lawyer at Boughton Law Corporation where he regularly advises clients on legal matters ranging from commercial real estate purchases and sales, non-profit housing and property development. Before deciding to go to law school, Justin worked as a financial analyst at TELUS.

As a Korean immigrant living in Vancouver, Justin has been passionate about promoting diversity and equity. He is excited to be part of VAFF and hopes to use his legal expertise and experience in non-profit organizations to further VAFF’s mission and vision.

Jacqueline Lee

Board Member

Jacqueline is a corporate commercial lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) where she maintains a diverse practice with a focus on transactional private company work and project finance.

Prior to joining BLG, Jacqueline worked as a review officer intern at WorkSafeBC and on the in-house legal team of an IT management consulting firm.  Jacqueline looks forward to bringing her unique perspective as a born and raised Vancouverite of Chinese-Canadian heritage to VAFF, in order to advance VAFF’s mission of deepening Asian culture across all forms of media.

Andry Tanusdjaja

Member at large

Andry is a co-founder of MuseFind, a self-serve SaaS marketing platform to effortlessly contact influencers, get featured & reach more consumers. As COO & CFO, Andry led the creation of MuseFind’s customer success playbook, which resulted in healthy growth of revenue and retention as well as reaching client’ success milestones.

Previously, Andry comes from the corporate world of finance through his experience at TELUS, Deloitte and Teck Resources. Andry’s goal of joining VAFF’s board is to bring his expertise in social media, marketing and operations to further the vision of VAFF to promote and celebrate the diversity and depth of Asian culture and identity in film and media.Andry grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia and went to Vancouver for his undergraduate studies and have lived in various cities in North America (Calgary & New York) before returning back to Vancouver.

Alexander Gray

Board Member

Alex is a corporate and commercial lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and has provided legal services to various non-profit organizations. Before attending law school Alex worked as a mental health worker and conducted research in psychology.

He enjoys writing short stories, is presently dabbling in screenplay writing and is excited always about his annual trips to Korea, the birthplace of his mother. Alex looks forward to furthering VAFF’s mission of promoting the diversity of Asian identity in media.

Alex Leung

Board Member

Alex is a product and growth marketer with experience in growing tech startups from seed to late stage and at digital agencies across Asia and North America.

In a previous career, Alex was a musician born and raised in the Maritimes, where he saw the under representation of Asians first hand. His goal is to transform VAFF’s digital marketing efforts to bring its supported filmmakers, events and mission of diversity & inclusion to new audiences across Canada and beyond.