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10/31/2026

Experience VR projects exploring how histories and memories can be told, revealed, and expressed through expanded forms of narrative.

In celebration of the pioneering Kaohsiung VR Film Lab, established in 2017 to push the boundaries of immersive storytelling, Views From the Pier presents selected works supported by the Kaohsiung Film Festival over the past decade.

🥽🎮 VR Projects:
‣ SENSE OF NOWHERE dir. Hsin-Hsuan Yeh*
‣ LIMBOPHOBIA dir. Wen-Yee Hsieh
‣ HOME dir. Chih Yen Hsu
‣ THE MAN WHO COULDN’T LEAVE dir. Singing Chen
‣ THE TRAIN HAMASEN dir. Kuan-Yuan Lai

*In attendance:
Hsin-Hsuan Yeh (SENSE OF NOWHERE), and Kuan-Jen Wang (Program Manager, VR體感劇院 VR FILM LAB)

🗓️ Thurs, Nov 12–Sat, Nov 21 (excl. Mon, Nov 16) from 12–5PM
📍401 Richmond St W (Lower Lobby, LL108)

👉 reelasian.com/views-from-the-pier-taiwan-vr
*Tickets are PWYC. Spots are limited, so ensure your booking by purchasing an advance ticket for $5. Walk-ins are welcome

Funded by Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada with support from Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund City of Toronto OCAD University TD Canada, in partnership with VR體感劇院 VR FILM LAB

10/31/2026

Only 3 days away from our Festival Launch Party! Join us for a special Full Blown Father drag performance, with DJ Sumation keeping the music going 🕺🎶

Celebrate and enjoy the night with beverages by Lost Craft and Local Spirit Distilling Co., instant-print photos from Ivory Studio Booth, delicious bites, karaoke sing-alongs, and festival merch for sale!

🗓️Tues, Nov 3 from 8–11PM
📍401 Richmond St W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
👉reelasian.com/festival-launch-party

This is a free event (no RSVP is required) with donations accepted at the door. Entry is subject to capacity.

Thank you to our special sponsor Osler Law, media sponsor REELway Magazine, exclusive b**r and ready-to-serve partner Lost Craft Brewery Local Spirit Distilling Co., and hospitality partner Toronto GTA Photobooth, Portrait Studio Booth & Content Creation for supporting ’s Festival Launch Party.

10/31/2026

Join this artist talk as director Ashley Duong unpacks the creative choices behind BA’S BOOK, ’s Opening Night Presentation📖

Moving between documentary, staged scenes, and intimate family moments, hear how Duong uses filmmaking itself to uncover memories and guide emotion, from form and performance to image and editing, making space for her family while finding authenticity in telling their story.

Thurs, Nov 12 at 2PM
401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
FREE to attend!

👉reelasian.com/bas-book-artist-talk

Thanks to our special sponsor Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada for supporting this Reel Ideas panel.

10/30/2026

First release of ’s festival merch is here!

Shop the limited edition 30th anniversary collection at our Festival Launch Party, Opening Night Reception, Happy Hour Day 4, Centrepiece Reception, Closing Night Reception, and at TIFF Shop!

Get yours and rep all festival long🥳

👉reelasian.com/2026-merch

10/30/2026

presents the 30th anniversary screening of STRAWBERRY FIELDS, which had its Canadian premiere at the first Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in 1997!

Directed by Rea Tajiri and co-written by Kerri Sakamoto, STRAWBERRY FIELDS dives into the traumas of the Sansei generation. Through a brave exploration of the cynical post-‘60s era combined with bold flourishes from archival images, this narrative feature film is as daring today as it was when it first screened at the festival.

Tues, Nov 17 at 7:30PM
Innis Town Hall (free screening)

🎟️ Get tickets now at reelasian.com/strawberry-fields

*Stay for a post-film discussion with director Rea Tajiri (via zoom) and co-writer Kerri Sakamoto (in-person), moderated by artist Asm Kobayashi.

This film is presented with open captions (all dialogue subtitled and sound cues indicated).

Thank you to our community partners Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) NAJC_Toronto for supporting this anniversary screening.

10/29/2026

🎸Music videos can turn a song into a visual world, giving us new ways to experience the music we listen to — whether we’re watching with friends at a party or alone at 2AM when we can’t fall asleep. What draws us in and what makes a music video stay with us?

Hear from directors, producers, and creatives working across music and visual media about building worlds around songs, collaborating with artists, and finding new ways to connect music and image while navigating tight budgets and production schedules. Stay after the panel for a party and mingle with fellow guests and artists!

Fri, Nov 20 at 7:30PM
It’s OK* Studios, 468 Queen St W
FREE to attend!

👉reelasian.com/cued-up

This Reel Ideas panel is presented with public funding from City of Toronto

10/29/2026

In this VR experience, artist Randall Okita’s THE BOOK OF DISTANCE explores new possibilities for deeply personal storytelling, leading us on an interactive pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.

In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Hiroshima, Japan, for Canada. Then, war and racism changed everything. Three generations later, his grandson Randall Okita returns to tell this story. You can dive into THE BOOK OF DISTANCE yourself at .

🗓️ Thurs, Nov 12–Sat, Nov 21 (excl. Mon, Nov 16) from 12–5PM
📍401 Richmond St W (Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space)

👉 reelasian.com/the-book-of-distance
*Tickets are PWYC. Spots are limited, so ensure your booking by purchasing an advance ticket for $5. Walk-ins are welcome

Funded by Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada with support from Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund City of Toronto OCAD University TD Canada, in partnership with VR體感劇院 VR FILM LAB

10/29/2026

Interweaving rarely seen news clippings, expert testimony, and her own astute narrative voice, Sanaz Sohrabi’s AN INCOMPLETE CALENDAR masterfully unpacks a complex history with gripping accessibility.

In a striking finale to her documentary essay trilogy, director Sohrabi continues her exploration of resource extraction across Iran and West Asia. Using a remarkable wealth of archival material seamlessly woven into a creative, scrapbook-style tapestry, the film centres on a rare and surprising artifact: the vinyl record of Rhymes and Songs for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), recorded by the Concert Choir of the Central University of Venezuela to commemorate OPEC’s 20th anniversary.

Wed, Nov 18 at 7PM
Innis Town Hall (free screening)

🎟️ Get tickets now at reelasian.com/an-incomplete-calendar

Thank you to our community supporter Toronto Arab Film for supporting this screening.

10/28/2026

Join a multi-user VR journey set in Korea’s iconic Gyeongbokgung Palace, where the grandeur of the Joseon Dynasty’s last unrealized royal banquet comes to life.

Rene Hyewon Lee’s Palace Immersive Goong (이머시브궁) is a cutting-edge, location-based entertainment experience that puts you inside the celebration, seamlessly blending history, culture, and technology in real time.

🗓️ Thurs, Nov 12–Sat, Nov 21 (excl. Mon, Nov 16) from 12–5PM
📍OCAD University – Open Space Gallery (49 McCaul St.)

👉 reelasian.com/palace-immersive-goong
*Tickets are PWYC. Spots are limited, so ensure your booking by purchasing an advance ticket for $5. Walk-ins are welcome

Funded by Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada with support from Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund City of Toronto OCAD University TD Canada

10/28/2026

presents the 25th anniversary screening of Cyrus Sundar Singh’s FILM CLUB!

In this charming and deeply nostalgic 2001 documentary, Sundar Singh reunites his classmates to talk about their experiences growing up in a multicultural Toronto neighbourhood – the everyday racism and bullying and the struggles at home, and how the club gave them a sense of belonging that their country did not yet offer.

Now, 25 years after its release, we revisit the film and ask: how far have we as Canadian society come?

Sat, Nov 14 at 10AM
TIFF Lightbox Cinema 4

🎟️ Get tickets now at reelasian.com/film-club

*Director Cyrus Sundar Singh will be in attendance.

Thank you to our community partner Story Money Impact for supporting this anniversary screening.

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