“Clan of the Painted Lady” Film Screening & Director Q&A
Date:
May 23, 2026, 2 P.M.
Location:
VIFF Centre
[1181 Seymour Street, VIFF Cinema]
Schedule:
2 to 3:45 P.M. – Film screening: Clan of the Painted Lady
3:45 to 4:15 P.M. – Audience Q&A with director Jennifer Chiu
Cost:
$12–$17 per ticket
In this engrossing documentary, presented for Asian Heritage Month, director Jennifer Chiu reaches into her family’s history to explore the Hakka community — a people, a language, and a culture. Thought to hail from northern China, the Hakka settled in the south of the country, where they were known as the “guest people”. In the face of social marginalization, many of them dispersed to places such as Mauritius, India, Jamaica, and Canada — including BC’s Lower Mainland, where Chiu spent much of her childhood.
The director’s reach is as expansive as her people’s migratory spread: using found Super 8 footage, she explores the Hakka’s history in India, and through candid, probing interviews with relatives and community leaders she brings forth decades of a narrative that has been obscured for far too long. Chiu has made a warm, congenial film that is never weighed down by its explorations of family secrecy, the costs of assimilation, and the very uncertain future of Hakka culture.
Guest Speaker
Jennifer Chiu
Jennifer Chiu is an award-winning writer, director, producer and documentary researcher living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her films have screened at festivals around the world including DOK Leipzig, Edinburgh Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Mill Valley Film Festival, and the Vancouver International Film Festival. She recently completed her first feature documentary, Clan of the Painted Lady.
This screening is co-presented with the Vancouver International Film Festival.
-
7月1日相約在博物館
歡迎在今年 7 月 1 日與我們一同慶祝加拿大華人的歷史傳承與文化。活動內容豐富多元，涵蓋圍繞歷史記憶的對話交流、創意手作坊，以及特別音樂表演，非常適合全家大小一同參與！
-
親子探索：龍舟共濟
欣賞精彩的故事演出，慶祝龍舟運動及其社群的活力。
-
旗袍：從服飾文化探尋華裔加拿大人的身份認同
本場講座將由作家兼策展人 Cheryl Sim 博士主持，帶領觀眾深入探討旗袍長久以來的象徵意義。隨後將由 Modernize Tailors 的東主 Mia Wu 參與問答環節。
