Time to recap Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2014 through photos! Thank you to our all of our festival sponsors and community partners for their support. Special shout-out to our amazing volunteers and committee members for all their hard work. Of course, big thank you to our audience members and fans for making this such an incredible year!
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The 18th annual Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival kicked off on November 6, 2014 with Fruit Chan’s The Midnight After. We are joined by special guest Chui Tien-You (徐天佑) all the way from Hong Kong. Thank you to our Opening Night Presenting Sponsor NBC Universal. More photos…
Following the screening, guests headed to The Spoke Club for The Midnight After Party – one of the most memorable Reel Asian parties to date! Photobooth, nails station, henna tattoos, noodle bar and more. More photos…
Are you an emerging producer or director? Then Reel Asian’s Industry Series was the place to be! We hope you learned something new at one of the workshops, panels and artist talks. More photos…
Packed theatre for the International Premiere of documentary 9-Man! Thrilled to have such tremendous support from the Toronto community. Thank you to director Ursula Liang for joining us. More photos…
Cosplayers showed up for our late-night anime screening of Hunter x Hunter! If you dressed up, you could have watched the film for free! More photos…
Thank you to the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea for their support of Reel Asian’s Korean film programmes. Here is director Oh In-Chun of Mourning Grave with Consul Kim, MPP David Zimmer and Grace. More photos…
Congratulations to this year’s So You Think You Can Pitch finalists! It was inspiring to hear you all present your ideas and we’re excited to see the final outcome. Read our full article here. More photos…
Reel Asian returned to Momofuku for our Awards Ceremony. Congratulations to all the 2014 winners! Read the full article here. More photos…
Director Umin Boya took pictures with fans after the Canadian premiere of KANO. This inspirational baseball film topped Taiwan’s box office earlier in the year. Fans also had a chance to attend Umin Boya’s Artist Talk. More photos…
Our 2014 Canadian Spotlight Artist Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen sat down with Stephen Gong, the Executive Director of CAAM (Centre for Asian American Media). During the Artist Talk, Jacqueline and Stephen talked about the importance of identity in history – particularly from immigrant families. More photos…
Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen’s The Making of an Archive project. Workshops were set up across various Reel Asian festival venues and families were invited scan and share their photo albums. More photos…
This year’s cohort for Unsung Voices! Now in its third year, the programme continues to allow young, emerging Asian-Canadian filmmakers a chance to tell their story on the big screen. More photos…
Memories to Light. Archival footage of home movies from Asian-American families with narration from Stephen Gong and live music by Casey Mecija. A very special project that could have only been experienced live. More photos…
Reel Asian’s Aram Collier with Fandry producer Vivek Kajaria in a Q&A following the screening. Fandry won the Best First Feature Film Award at Reel Asian. More photos…
Thrilled to be at the stunning Aga Khan Museum for Himalaya Song! Directed by Mridu Chandra and live music provided by Gingger Shankar and Dave Liang. More photos…
Reel Asian closed our downtown festival with Hindi cop drama, Monsoon Shootout. Director Amit Kumar was in attendance for Q&A. Also in this picture is Gingger Shankar! Did you know Gingger scored two of the films screened at Reel Asian this year? That’s right – she composed music for both Monsoon Shootout and Brahmin Bulls. More photos…
Closing Night Party shenanigans at Bar Italia. Thank you for an incredible year. Next stop – Richmond Hill! More photos…
Reel Asian celebrated our 5th year in Richmond Hill. Click here to read our Richmond Hill festival recap.