Song for No One

From his apartment in Brooklyn, Gene hosts an independent radio show to platform his music in hopes of one day finding a dedicated audience. Instead, his radio show reaches his recently deceased mother Sook-Ja in the after life, through a radio powered by the stationary bikes that Sook-Ja and her interpreter Han Sol, ride each day.

Liam Ma

Liam Ma (he/him) is a Canadian Screen Award nominated actor and emerging filmmaker currently based on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tseil-Waututh) peoples, known as Vancouver. His first directorial short film “Song for No One” had its world premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. As an actor, his work has screened globally, premiering at the Cannes International Series Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sydney Web Fest, and the Canadian Film Fest.

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Cami Olses

Giullian Yao GioielloFelice ChoiStella Kim

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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.

Song for No One

Presented as Part Of PROGRAM #5 – BE DIFFERENT – WESTCOAST TALES

Weeping Fig

Does it make me naive

Have You Heard Judi Singh?

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