Vancouver Short Film Festival unveils lineup for 15th annual edition, June 13 to 15
HATCH, Clementine, One Day This Kid, and Beyond the Salish are among the 47 Canadian shorts screening this year
Clementine.
The Vancouver Short Film Festival presents its 15th edition, featuring 47 bold short films from across Canada, from June 13 to 15. Screenings will occur in person at the SFU Woodward’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, with nationwide virtual access available via Eventive.
The lineup comprises six curated programs, including experimental works, personal stories, genre twists, and hilarious comedies. This year will also see the return of After Dark, a late-night selection showcasing curious and beautifully twisted themes.
In keeping with its mission to support and elevate Canadian creators, VSFF has also put together a series of filmmaker-centric events and professional workshops, plus an awards night with over $50,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs.
One Day This Kid.
Among the films to watch out for this year is HATCH, a drama directed by Alireza Kazemipour and Panta Mosleh, about an Afghan refugee boy who hides with his mother inside a moving water tanker trying to cross the border to safety.
There’s also director Alexander Farah’s One Day This Kid, a coming-of-age drama which centres a young Afghan-Canadian boy. One day this kid will feel something stir in his heart, throat, and mouth. One day this kid will reach a point where he senses a division that isn’t mathematical. One day this kid will talk.
The Sorrow.
In directors Richard Chen and William Chong’s documentary Beyond the Salish, two kayakers take a once-in-a-lifetime journey off the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island, breaching into relentless waves, unpredictable weather, and the uncharted depths of their own fears. And in Beth Evans’s dramedy Clementine, a shocking discovery delivers a life-or-death wake-up call for Clementine, as she finally gains the courage to confront a 20-year battle with bulimia.
Clara Chan’s Have I Swallowed Your Dreams is an animated poetic conversation between an immigrant daughter and her mother about sacrifices and dreams. And Thomas Affolter’s horror film The Sorrow stars a retired army general and his live-in nurse, who discover they are not alone in a house filled with dark secrets.
Don’t miss this celebration of Canadian storytelling. To purchase tickets and browse this year’s film guide, visit VSFF.
Post sponsored by Vancouver Short Film Festival.
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