Celebrating its 10thanniversary, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival will open withthe North American premiere of
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The centerpiece presentationincludes Vietnam-born American director Ham Tran's Journey From The Fall, which is the first major US feature to lookat the traumatic aftermath of the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese perspective.
The showcase also includesRay Yeung's Cut Sleeve Boys, Little Red Flowers from China's ZhangYuan, Joni's Promise from Joko Anwar,Curtis Choy's What's Wrong With FrankChin, Tan Pin Pin's Singapore Gagaand the first Asian-American movie musical in 45 years Colma: The Musical by Richard Wong.
The closing night gala is aseries of short films by Canadian film-makers, including the world premiere of Howie Shia and the latest work fromveteran film-maker Ann.
The event was founded in1997 by producer Anita Lee and journalist Andrew Sun as a non-profitcommunity-based festival which attracts thousands of attendees every year.
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