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Billo Rani

When Hafsa, a sparkly and impulsive 12-year-old girl, is made aware of her unibrow at Islamic Sunday School in a lesson on “cleanliness”, her eyebrows come alive and begin to speak to her.

Angbeen Saleem

Angbeen Saleem is a Pakistani Muslim artist, filmmaker, poet, and aspiring gardener from Philadelphia, PA. She is a freelance digital strategist and graphic designer. Previously, she worked at North Star Fund, MTV, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Aspen Institute. She loves the way storytelling can create space for learning, joy, and healing. Her debut short film, “Billo Rani,” premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her dustmites.

Presented as Part Of PROGRAM #2 – BE YOURSELF

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16 min | Liam Cooper | BC Premiere | English
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Ice Cream, Ice Queen

Lost in the lonely life of New York City, a middle-aged Chinese woman wrestles with the complexities of her un...
17 min | Jeremy Chi | Canadian Premiere | English, Mandarin Chinese, Korean
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Minji has a nightmare about taking the English listening test....
6 min | Seungyeon You (Youth Young You) | Vancouver Premiere | English / Korean
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Lost in 2044

In the late stages of cancer, elderly Arken can only share quiet moments over chess with his childhood friend,...
13 min | alimjan·abdusalam | Canadian Premiere | Uyghur
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Loneliness Can Be Murder

After a global catastrophe in which lonely, socially inept people around the world literally explode into colo...
22 min | Vincent Xiaofei Zeng | Canadian Premiere | Chinese, English
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Tapeworm Diaries

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10 min | Kayla Cao | Chinese
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After What Happened at the Library

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15 min | Syra McCarthy | Western Canada Premiere | English
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Credits
  • Director(S)
  • Angbeen Saleem
  • Year
  • Length
  • Screenwriter
  • 2024
  • 11 Mins
  • Angbeen Saleem and Maryam Mir
  • Producer
Seika Paradeis and Angbeen Saleem
  • Editor
  • Cinematographer
  • Jason Velez
  • Principal Cast
Kavia Suri Kakodkar
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This year, VAFF FESTIVAL, screening programs in person and virtual will be organized into various series in order to better highlight the diverse content in our festival. These Series include Spotlight Series, Documentary Features Series, Narrative Features Series, Westcoast Shorts Series, Canadian Shorts Series, International Short Series, Animation Series, VAFF Industry Insight Series and Special Events.

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