It’s a VAFF FAMILY

Alina holds a B.A. in Psychology from UBC and brings with her a breadth of experience in arts administration. She is incredibly passionate about increasing cultural diversity on the screen and stage. She loves to perform, edit videos, and play ultimate frisbee; perhaps one day she will be able to do all three at once. She is excited to bring her skills and creativity to the VAFF team!

An MBA professional who is lived in India, UAE, and Canada, and a business development professional with over 15 years of experience working for brands like Hilton, Starwood, Ferrari World, and Warner Bros World. A collaborative market developer and inclusive leader who has successfully developed business development teams in the U.K, Germany, Russia, and UAE. Enjoy building networks, learning new cultures, and an avid foodie.

Vincent is a proud Chinese Canadian who grew up with a strong passion for television, movies and comedy. He is a communication major at Simon Fraser University and he recommends co-op for all students.
He brings to Vancouver Asian Film Festival strong political acumen and a wide network of government and media contacts in BC thanks to more than 15 years of industry experience, including ten years in government and stakeholder relations.
Vincent grew up on a steady diet of 80s and 90s HK films and to him, Stephen Chow will always be the king of comedy, Jet Li IS Wong Fei Hung and Johnnie To’s Milkyway Image films are the epitome of cool, with Election and Election 2 being one of his favorite films of all time.
He also loves improv and tries to live life by Upright Citizen’s Brigade’s school motto which is “Don’t Think”. It’s not very practical professionally.
He sees the importance of proper representation in Hollywood and wanted to make a difference and this led him to VAFF.

Anita Ngai is an experienced strategy consultant, marketer and people leader. She has worked in a wide range of industries, including travel, real estate and construction, and journalism, as well as different markets in East and Southeast Asia, the US, and UK. She recently returned to Vancouver after having worked abroad for more than two decades, and is excited to help VAFF grow its role in connecting content creators to audiences, and North America to Asia. When she is not watching a Japanese film from the 50s and 60s, or a Korean film from 80s and 90s, you can probably find her learning another language or writing poetry.

Arran graduated with BA (Hons) Film, Video and Photographic Arts from the University of Westminster. Relocated from the UK, Arran has recently worked for the Calgary Film Centre. This included supporting Alberta’s emerging filmmakers by administering and redesigning the Project Lab grant award program. He has also worked locally with Cineworks creating the workshop, ‘The Other Side of the Desk: Funding Applications from an Administrator’s Perspective’ to teach best practices to Vancouver’s filmmakers.

Alejandro Yoshizawa is a filmmaker from Vancouver, Canada, specializing in documentaries and community stories. He worked on the Chinese Canadian Stories project, the UBC Japanese Canadian student tribute project, and the Power of a Name series, among others. His last feature film, the award-winning documentary All Our Father’s Relations premiered in 2016 and was broadcast on CBC and Knowledge Network. Alejandro is an Adjunct Professor at UBC and teaches courses in Film Production and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies.

Colin comes from a very artistic family with his mother being an actress in films, TV, and theatre worldwide. His sister acts in theatre, and Colin acted in TV in the past. Colin”s dream job was to be an Air Traffic Controller but after failing, he never quit until finally he became VAFF’s Print Traffic Controller.
Colin’s real profession is an International Businessman specializing in the world of finance. Colin’s dreams of one day RVing in his future Camper van all over the world…and telling stories and adventures he’s experienced with VAFF.

Emma is half-Chinese and developed her love of Asian cinema at an early age while watching Cantonese kung fu movies with her cousins. She holds both a Law degree and an English Honours degree in Literature with a History minor from UBC. She has been an enthusiastic volunteer for pro bono legal clinics. Born and raised in North Vancouver, Emma enjoys all the classic Vancouverite hobbies – hiking, rock climbing, running, and tasting craft beer.

Kyleen is a HR professional from Burnaby, BC. She holds a business degree with specialization in HR and Marketing from SFU. She is most excited to work alongside inspiring individuals who are passionate about cultural diversity! From 9-5 you can find Kyleen at her day job at a mobile games tech company, otherside of work you can find Kyleen discovering new food spots in Vancouver.

Line cook, car mechanic, actor, illustrator, biological scientist, respiratory therapist,
programmer, bartender, world traveler…Hanlon Wu has finally settled down and found his
passion for Communication Design. Graduating from BCIT and Emily Carr, he never sits still and is constantly developing his own skills in Graphic Design through self-learning. He is excited to apply his talents to help VAFF and to watch a bunch of movies and say it’s for “market research.”

Born in the Philippines, raised in Japan and Singapore, and having graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Alexis is now a Junior Marketer with Podcast Network Asia. Combining an international upbringing with a passion for social impact and storytelling, Alexis is keen to write for VAFF, and further explore the exciting world of North American-Asian media. When she’s not typing away on her laptop, Alexis is enjoying good conversation over coffee, wondering if she should become a professional mukbanger, or crossing another film off of her watchlist.

Bella is currently studying web and app design at Langara College in Vancouver and has a few years of work experience as a Graphic designer.
Bella loves creating things and drawing. This is where she found herself when she was young which led her to study Graphic design at University in South Korea.
She is quite new to here in Vancouver, But I like it so far. Her hobby is practicing Yoga and bike riding which always gives me the energy to be active and creative.