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title: "Vancouver Asian Film Festival holds in-person screenings through November 8"
description: "VAFF's 30th anniversary festival runs at two downtown cinemas through Saturday, with virtual screenings available across Canada from November 9 to 14."
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last_updated: "2026-11-07T22:57:47.115Z"
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The Vancouver Asian Film Festival marks its 30th anniversary with in-person screenings at two downtown Vancouver cinemas through Saturday, November 8. A virtual program runs across Canada from November 9 to 14.

The festival presents films highlighting Asian and Asian-Canadian stories, including features, short films, animations and documentaries. Saturday's lineup has nine programs at the two venues.

## What is screening Saturday

November 8 programs at Cineplex Odeon International Village (3rd floor, 88 West Pender Street) and Scotiabank Theatre (4th floor, 900 Burrard Street) include West Coast Tales+ Shorts 2, Return to Bloom (International Spotlight), Animation Block 2, International and Canada Shorts, Documentary Spotlight West Coast Tales+, Stories That Connect, Jersey Boy (Indo-Canadian spotlight) and Debone (International Spotlight). The festival also lists a special event called RAGS 2 RICHMOND during this period.

Times for each program are on the in-theater schedule at 2026festival.vaff.org/vaff30/in-theater-screening/.

## Passes and tickets

Tickets are available at goelevent.com/vaff/Pass/Sale. An In-Theatre Screenings Access Pass covering all in-person days (November 5 to 8 and November 14) is $200. A Virtual Screenings All Access e-pass for the November 9 to 14 virtual program is $40 and is open to viewers anywhere in Canada. A Premier Festival Pass covering all in-theater, virtual and industry events is $350.

The festival also runs an Industry Insight Series from November 7 to 14, with five in-person and four virtual panels and workshops for $80.

## After the in-person program

The virtual program opens November 9 and runs through November 14, with films available to viewers across Canada. VAFF also has a second in-person date on November 14.

For this weekend's in-person screenings, the schedule and tickets are at [2026festival.vaff.org](https://2026festival.vaff.org/vaff30/in-theater-screening/). The virtual pass is the option for viewers outside Vancouver or anyone who misses the November 8 screenings. VAFF has been running in Vancouver since 1997, making it one of the longest-running Asian film festivals in North America.

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