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In which filmmaker Suri Parmar discusses her struggles with breast cancer, gender, and body image as she heals from a double mastectomy without reconstruction and reclaims her identity.

Suri Parmar

Suri Parmar is a Toronto-based filmmaker and screenwriter who graduated from the Canadian Film Centre’s Writers’ Lab and the Stonecoast MFA Program. She has participated in numerous international artist residencies including RIFF Talent Lab. In her role as a studio producer and coordinator of branded content, her portfolio includes docu-series and live event activations for New York Fashion Week and Yahoo In The Know. Since 2017, she has taught film production, screenwriting, and popular fiction at a graduate and undergraduate level. Her film work includes award-winning shorts and a feature she co-wrote that have screened at film festivals around the world.
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Laura Nordin
Suri Parmar

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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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Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9