This feature documentary by Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood — Vancouver’s once-thriving Chinatown — in the midst of a transformation that plays out across many ethnic enclaves in North America. The community’s oldest and newest members offer their intimate perspectives on the shifting landscape as they reflect on change, memory and legacy. Night and day, a neon sign that reads “EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT” looms over Chinatown. Everything is going to be alright. The big question is — for whom?
Movie presented by Director Julia Kwan
Panel discussion moderated by Jackie Wong
Panelists include Nathan Edelson, Melissa Fong, Anita Lau, Claudia Li and Doris Chow.

filmmaker | bio

Julia Kwan | Filmmaker Julia Kwan, a second generation Chinese-Canadian, is a writer and director based in Vancouver. Her debut feature, Eve & the Fire Horse, met with critical acclaim after premiering at The Toronto International Film Festival and garnered several awards including at The Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize for World Cinema and The Claude Jutra Award at the Canadian Screen Awards. Everything Will Be marks Ms. Kwan’s feature documentary debut. The film received several nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as well as the Meilleur Espoir Award at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.