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Join director Jason Karman and writer Gorrman Lee for a screening of their coming-of-age queer feature film Golden Delicious, winner of 14 awards from its tour of 57 film festivals, including Outstanding Feature Film, Outstanding Director, and Outstanding Writer from the 2022 Reelworld Film Festival.This feature debut from the local filmmakers is a coming-of-age drama set in the digital age, told from the perspective of a third-generation Chinese-Canadian. Everyone wants something from high-school senior Jake: his father is pushing him to try out for the basketball team — an abandoned dream of his own — and his girlfriend wants to take their relationship to the next level. But it’s not until Aleks, an openly gay teen with a love for basketball, moves in across the street that Jake begins to struggle with his own desires.
After the screening, Jason and Gorrman will join Brandon Yan, the outgoing Executive Director of Out On Screen, in a discussion around their creative visions and their processes and invite all to participate in an open Q & A session.
Watch the trailer: here
Runtime: 120 minutes
Rating: 14A (Persons under 14 must be accompanied by an adult).
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Jason Karman is a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production and Creative Writing graduate from University of British Columbia. His films have travelled internationally, focusing on Asian diaspora and LGBT stories. His short film, Lions in Waiting, was selected by Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent at Clermont - Ferrand in 2018 and screened at BFI Flare 2018. His debut feature, Golden Delicious, is supported by Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program and has travelled to 57 film festivals internationally, receiving 13 awards. It is now available on Digital and On-Demand in several countries, including Canada, the UK and the United States. Jason is a Directing Member of the DGC and a proud member of the Asian LGBT Community in Vancouver. He is currently working on feature film projects with Joëlle Anthony and Norman Y. Li.
Gorrman Lee is a Chinese-Canadian screenwriter and producer whose credits include: Prime Video’s The Lake; Netflix's The Imperfects, and The Order; and Syfy's Van Helsing. His feature film, Golden Delicious, screened at 57 film festivals including VIFF and the Austin Film Festival, and won Outstanding Feature Film Writing at the ReelWorld Film Festival, Best Canadian Feature Film at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, and had its Canadian theatrical premiere in summer 2023. He is currently developing TV projects with Reality Distortion Field, and Brightlight Pictures. He is a fellow of the 2022 Warner Bros Discovery X Canadian Academy Writer's Program, the 2021 BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Training Bootcamp, and the 2014 WGC & Bell Media's Diverse Screenwriters Program. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and a BFA in Filmmaking from Simon Fraser University.
Brandon Yan (甄念本) (he/him) is the outgoing Executive Director of Out On Screen which produces the Vancouver Queer Film Festival and Out In Schools program. He has collaborated with the Ministry of Education, BC Teachers’ Federation, UBC Faculty of Education, and the ARC Foundation to address the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth through policies and practices that foster inclusive and more supportive school environments. Growing up as a mixed-race queer kid in Langley, he never saw role models who looked like him on TV or in film, and if he did they were never queer. If they were queer, they were never Asian. Brandon understands that representation of diverse and complex intersecting identities is important, and it is this conviction and his experience as an activist, advocate, and educator that led him to run for Vancouver city council in 2018. Though he didn’t win, it brought forward important conversations on representation, race, sexuality, and politics.
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This event is part of Uplift Asian, a programming series at VPL designed to celebrate Asian cultures and perspectives, and push back against discrimination in our communities. See full lineup at vpl.ca/program/uplift-asian
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Location: Montalbano Family Theatre, Level 8 of the Central Library
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Vancouver Public Library, 345 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B3, Canada,Vancouver, British Columbia
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