Credit: Mayowill Photography
Congratulations to all the UBC Theatre and Film alumni featured in the 2023 Vancouver Asian Film Festival! We are so excited to see our graduates spotlighted in the program this year. Enjoy films crafted by Asian creators. VAFF runs from November 2-12.
FEATURES
Seagrass (2023, 115 min.)
Premiered at TIFF (winner of the FIPRESCI Prize), Drama
November 5
Meredith Hama-Brown (BFA Film Production) – Director
Still from Karak directed by Ian Tan
SHORTS
Overtime (2023, 40 min.)
Presented as part of Canadian Shorts—A Little Bit of Everything
November 3
Jenny Lee-Gilmore (BFA Film Production) – Director/Screenwriter
Mike Johnston (BFA Film Production) – Producer
Diana Parry (BFA Film Production)– Director Of Photography
Kat Jayme (BFA Film Production) – Executive Producer
Martin Calvo, Andy Alvarez, Diana Parry – Co-Producers
Anne Chieyko Shannon (BFA Film Production) – Editor
Dide Su Bilgin, Kate Smith – Crew
Her Name is Like a Sigh (2023, 17 min.)
Presented as part of Filmfund +4Short Canadian Narrative- The Role of a Woman is Never Easy, Drama
November 5
Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng (BA Cinema Studies) – Director
Shay Scholes (BFA Film Production) – Producer
Lesha Jay Vescio (BA Cinema Studies) – Art Assistant
Miss China (2022, 9 min.)
Presented as part of Westcoast Shorts – Family, Drama
November 4
Yasmine Ross (BFA Film Production) – Writer/Director
Pihu Gupta (BFA Film Production) – Producer
Shiun Okada (BFA Film Production) – Director of Photography
100 Days (2023, 13 min.)
Presented as part of Westcoast Shorts – Family, Drama
November4
Maddy Chang – Producer
Shiun Okada (BFA Film Production) – 1st AC
Karak (2023, 12 min.)
Presented as part of MAMM, Drama
November 11
Ian Tan (BFA Film Production) – Writer/Director/Editor/Producer
Shiun Okada (BFA Film Production) – Cinematographer/Director of Photography
ZIP (2023, 15 min.)
Presented as part of Westcoast Shorts – All About Life, Horror
November 11
Ava Maria Safai (BFA Acting) – Director
