Dear Asian filmmakers, the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (Canada) is accepting films until May 22, 2025.

About the festival:
VAFF is the longest running pan-Asian diaspora film festival in Canada, founded in 1995 and debuted in September 1997. Since then, tens of thousands of film lovers have experienced a diverse selection of Asian North American and international films, in English and in other languages.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts narrative features (over 40 minutes) and short films (under 40 minutes), from any kind of genres, fiction, documentary and animation.
– Festivals accepts Independently produced films and videos by Asian North American artists (including Asian-Canadian or Asian-American artists), or Films or videos produced in East Asia (including People’s Republic of China [incl. Hong Kong], Macao, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan), Southeast Asia (including Myanmar [Burma], Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor-Leste) South Asia (including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh), or West Asian-Canadian (permanent resident or citizen of Canada only) (including Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen).
– Films or videos produced must have at least one member of the creative team (director, writer, producer/production company or cinematographer) and at least one of the lead actors/subjects (if Documentary) self-identify as being of Asian or part-Asian heritage.
–  Films and videos must have been completed between 2023 and 2024.
– The festival doesn’t give waivers.
– Submission must be done via FilmFreeway.
– Submission Fees and Deadlines:

– Notification Date: July 19, 2025

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/vaff (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 29th Vancouver Asian Film Festival will take place from November 6 – 16, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada.

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