The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia for about 4–5 days in November.
Launching in 1996,[1] it is Canada’s oldest Asian film festival, exhibiting films and videos by North American artists of Asian heritage.
Categories include: Narrative (i.e. drama, comedy, romance), Documentary, Animation, and Experimental.
Visiting artists have included Tzi Ma, Osric Chau, Ham Tran, Justin Lin, Michael Kang and Jessica Yu, as well as BC filmmakers, Mina Shum and Julia Kwan.
[4] VAFF is entirely organized and produced by volunteers, with financial support from corporate sponsors, public funders and private donors.