VIFF 2026: Hybrid storytelling as a Filipino mode of collective healing
Staff
October 8, 2026
The opening scene of First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, with a signature rom-com flavour, immediately hooked the audience.
Tag: Filipino
VQFF: Girls just wanna have fun in Rookie
becky tu
September 18, 2024
Filipino director Samantha Lee’s latest film Rookie is a teen lesbian romcom about volleyball, belonging, and girls supporting each other.
How Filipino martial arts shaped Bruce Lee’s on-screen fighting style
Jorelle Almeda
July 10, 2024
The star of Enter the Dragon and other hit films was eager to learn martial-arts techniques developed in other countries.
Nous sommes bien réveillés sur la représentation des personnes queers et handicapés dans Sleep With Me par Samantha Lee.
Annelise Knapp
April 11, 2024
Lee est connue pour faire des films que préconisent une mieux représentation pour les gens LGBTQ et les femmes. Dans sa première série, elle a décidé de créer une histoire qui est axé sur l’intersectionnalité d’être queer et les personnes handicapés. Ça c’est inspiré par crip theory.
Wide awake on queer and disability representation in Samantha Lee’s Sleep With Me
becky tu
April 11, 2024
In the liminal backdrop of the night, two girls fall in love. Sleep With Me by Filipino director Samantha Lee is a love story, and a story about lives lived on the fringe.
Isabel Kanaan channels Filipina immigration experience to Canada through comedy
Carlito Pablo
July 12, 2023
Kanaan co-created a groundbreaking series about immigration, Abroad, which is broadcast on Sundays on OMNI TV.
Mabuhay House Society receives $250,000 grant to proceed with planning and public engagement on provincial Filipino cultural centre
Charlie Smith
April 15, 2023
There are more than 160,000 B.C. residents of Filipino ancestry—and the community has wanted a gathering place for years in Metro Vancouver.
NPC3主席找出菲律賓人遷移史、國家英雄黎剎以及藝術與文化重要性的共通點
Kenneth Wong
December 16, 2022
歷代的美國人從小就會學習到有關移民的主流說法。學校的老師會告訴他們，第一批來自英國的定居者於1607年在現今弗吉尼亞州的所在地建立殖民地詹姆斯敦。無數學生也聽過關於五月花號乘客的故事。這些被英國放逐的清教徒於1620年在今天位於麻薩諸塞的地方成立殖民地。
NPC3主席找出菲律宾人迁移史、国家英雄黎刹以及艺术与文化重要性的共通点
Kenneth Wong
December 16, 2022
历代的美国人从小就会学习到有关移民的主流说法。学校的老师会告诉他们，第一批来自英国的定居者于1607年在现今弗吉尼亚州的所在地创建殖民地詹姆斯敦。
NPC3 president connects history of Filipino migration with national hero José Rizal and the importance of arts and culture
Charlie Smith
December 16, 2022
Very few North Americans realize that Filipino migration to the continental United States preceded the arrival of the Mayflower by 33 years.
VIFF 2026: Hybrid storytelling as a Filipino mode of collective healing
Staff
October 8, 2026
VQFF: Girls just wanna have fun in Rookie
becky tu
September 18, 2024
How Filipino martial arts shaped Bruce Lee’s on-screen fighting style
Jorelle Almeda
July 10, 2024
Nous sommes bien réveillés sur la représentation des personnes queers et handicapés dans Sleep With Me par Samantha Lee.
Annelise Knapp
April 11, 2024
Wide awake on queer and disability representation in Samantha Lee’s Sleep With Me
becky tu
April 11, 2024
Isabel Kanaan channels Filipina immigration experience to Canada through comedy
Carlito Pablo
July 12, 2023
NPC3主席找出菲律賓人遷移史、國家英雄黎剎以及藝術與文化重要性的共通點
Kenneth Wong
December 16, 2022
NPC3主席找出菲律宾人迁移史、国家英雄黎刹以及艺术与文化重要性的共通点
Kenneth Wong
December 16, 2022
NPC3 president connects history of Filipino migration with national hero José Rizal and the importance of arts and culture
Charlie Smith
December 16, 2022
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.