VAFF 2020 in Review

After Sang-Won's daughter Yi-Na goes missing in their new home, a mysterious man approaches him and tells him to look for her in the closet.

Lok (Chun-Him Lau) is a recovering schizophrenic who yearns for love. One day, he encounters the young and beautiful Yan (Cecilia Choi) and quickly falls in love with her. Just when he struggles whether to tell her about his illness, he has a relapse and becomes delusional. Little does he know that she's a psychological counselor who has a hidden agenda. The pair develops a relationship that is beyond their wildest dreams.

Set in 1996, in a majority-minority neighborhood, 16-year-old Pooja finds herself torn between her crush on a white boy, and her Brown and Black friends. Her pursuit takes a violent turn, making her quest for love, a question of self-love.

Several interweaving stories about an eclectic mix of English speaking Korean expats living in Seoul.

Sue, the crazy girl that feels as if she was born in the wrong place. But the craziest thing she's ever done is that she is about to leave everything behind, including Belle.

Inspired by the filmmaker's life experience, Ketchup and Soya Sauce is a feature documentary highlighting how partners in mixed relationships involving a first-generation Chinese immigrant and a non-Chinese partner celebrate and manage their cultural differences. The Canadian participants range in age from 20 to 90 years old and are in either a heterosexual or homosexual relationship. The documentary depicts an 80-year evolution in culture and attitude toward mixed relationships in both China and Canada. It explores the participant's social background and how their romance began as well as food habits, language and communication, intimacy, financial management, child education, pop culture, and culture shock. The documentary's tone mixes humor with reflective and emotional moments.

Natalie and Ryan Chung finally conceive their first child, but shortly after sharing the news with their loved ones, they tragically and unexpectedly lose her to a miscarriage. What is even more unexpected are the difficulties they have dealing with their loss and the challenges it presents to their marriage.