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The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF)'s Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon celebrates its 21st year of supporting and showcasing emerging local filmmakers.

Come see what the 19 teams of MAMM21 finalists made in 10 days!

MAMM21 DIGITAL PROGRAM GUIDE COMING SOON

Join us on Saturday, August 29, 2026, as we screen the MAMM21 finalists in the 10-minute Short and 1-minute Ultra Shorts categories, as well as spotlight our sophomore Vertical Series. Find out which teams from each category will win the Best Film and other adjudicated awards, and help us select the People’s Choice Awards Overall Shorts and Overall Performance!

• Advance tickets (online): $40 + processing fees (Balcony general seating)
• Limited tickets at the door (if still available): $45 + processing fees
• No reservations
• Ticket price includes Gala Screening, After Party, and VAFF Loyalty Membership*
• After Party: Library Square Pub, $20 + processing fee (300 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC) Tickets only sold at the door.
• Dress Code: Reflect & Reinvent Your Roots
• Live Virtual Viewing ticket: FREE
• The program is rated PG. May contain coarse language, sexually suggestive scene and violence. Parental discretion is advised.
• No reservations. All tickets are non-refundable.

2026 MAMM 10-MINUTE SHORT FILM COMPETITION TEAMS:

• Team Barong Media Inc., The Chicken & The Egg  (Ryan Lino, Louriza Tronco & Kevin Ang)
• Team Domi Domi Productions, Crooked Wings (Sonia Chou)
• Team Infinity, Infinite Mirror (Amir Arab)
• Team Lóng 🐉, Flourish (Lianne Guo)
• Team Movie Mafia, Kaippakka (G Amarnath Sankar)
• Team The ManimTeam, Okay? Alright. (Ayush Senanayake, Jonah Manimtim & Angelo Jordan)
• Team Young Castle Productions, 500 Words For Yeoreum  (Marc Yungco)
• Team YOUTOPIA, YOUTOPIA (Jun Lee)

2026 MAMM 1-MINUTE ULTRA SHORT COMPETITION TEAMS

• Team MAMMolars, Teething Hour (Xelena Clarisse Ilon) 
• Team Meat Cookie, Boogie Fever (Emma Eng)
• Team Squib Game, What are you, chicken? (Kevin Cho)
• Team THE RECIPE, THE RECIPE (Sammy Vu)
• Team Vaanar Sena, Chappal (Yash Ahuja)
• Team WHYs the Short, WHYs (Wen-chieh Chi)
• Team Wingrove, Paper (Ethan Wingrove)
• Team Wuwick, A Perfect Daughter (Lindsay Wu & Kyle Kotowick)

2026 MAMM VIRTUAL SERIES TEAMS

• Team Glowmaxxing, The Glow Up (Sher Bloom & Kelso Lenz) watch here.  
• Team MEE-lo, Year After Year (Apple Chang) watch here.
• Team Yalla Habib, Our Side of the World (Noah Penner) watch here.

Visit www.vaff.org/mamm21gala or @MAMM_VAFF @VAFFVANCOUVER to learn more about the Finalists and MAMM.

PHOTOGRAPHY NOTICE:
We will be taking photographs and video at this event for promotional and archival purposes. If you would not like your image used in any VAFF promotional content, please inform our photographers. Thank you!

*VAFF LOYALTY MEMBERSHIP:
These films have been rated PG, but guests under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult to be permitted in the event.
VAFF 2026 Loyalty Membership included in the ticket price. Learn more about VAFF LOYALTY MEMBERSHIP: https://vaff.org/loyalty-membership/
After Party Venue: Guests must be 19 years old+ and would require to check ID at the door. 

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