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Ahead of VIFF 2026, Joella Cabalu reflects on making space for intimate conversations about identity and relationships

Ahead of VIFF 2026, Joella Cabalu reflects on making space for intimate conversations about identity and relationships

Vancouver filmmaker’s latest feature documentary First Comes Love: Nakabingwit dives into the complexities of interracial relationships

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2026VIFF Centre, Vancouver Film Festival, VIFF 2026, Joella Cabalu, Nakabingwit, First Comes Love, feature film

Vancouver filmmaker gets to know her late brother through the making of back home, premiering at VIFF

Vancouver filmmaker gets to know her late brother through the making of back home, premiering at VIFF

The documentary’s writer-director Nisha Platzer was 11 years old when her older brother took his own life

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2022VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Joella Cabalu, Nisha Platzer, documentary