Canadian actress Nhi Do is part of VAFF25’s “Feel The Vibe-Asian” campaign The campaign, which celebrates Asian vigour and brilliance, represents the key message of the 2021 Vancouver Asian Film Festival in its milestone 25th year. Nhi Do grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, the second of three daughters to Vietnamese immigrants. Nhi’s love…
The annual festival returns from November 4 to 14, 2021 as a hybrid event combining in-person and online programs for the first time VAFF25 will feature four days of live events from November 4-7, followed by digital streams of more films from November 8-13. November 14 will be the last day with one final live…
In our penultimate Memories post leading up to VAFF25, we’re highlighting some fantastic fun facts that have culminated into the festival we’ve all grown to love. In this blog post, we’re tackling 2012-2016. 1. 2012 Kicking off VAFF16’s Opening Night Gala Party was a fantastic performance from Goh Nakamura and Yea-Ming Chen. Nakamura’s music…
We continue the celebration of VAFF’s landmark 25th anniversary with our second retrospective special The winning movie will be streamed as part of a double feature special that will kick off the online portion of VAFF25 on Monday, November 8, 2021. This September, we’re inviting you to choose one classic movie that was screened…
These are the most popular classic films as voted by you during our first retrospective movie poll this past July Out of the six movies that were featured in the poll, the 2001 movie Letters From Home is the film that got the highest number of votes. The first retrospective poll covered highlights from VAFF…
Here are the films that won big at this year’s Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon The 16th edition of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF)’s Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (MAMM) took place at Vancouver’s Playhouse on Friday, August 27, 2021. MAMM16 made a triumphant live return as the gala became VAFF’s first in-person event…
