Name: Stories from the Silk Roads Film Screenings @ Vic Theatre - May 09, 2026
Start: 2026-05-09T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-09T14:35:00-04:00
Location: Vic Theatre

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Stories from the Silk Roads Film Screenings

Watch films by Asian filmmakers to celebrate Asian History Month

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Film Horror / Thriller Drama / Romance Documentary Independent

Sat. May 9th 2026 + Add to Calendar

Vic Theatre (All Ages)

1:00pm - 2:35pm Doors at: 12:30pm

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Rubiyat Hossain

Hà Lệ Diễm

Jia Zhang-Ke

Lina Soualem

Özgün Gündüz

Arnold Lim

Presented by:

Kulea Culture Society

Government of Canada

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Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with Kulea Culture Society's Stories from the Silk Roads! This exciting three-day event, featuring unique stories, vibrant music and captivating films, honors the rich and diverse heritage of Canadians with Eurasian roots. The journey begins at Caffé Fantastico in Quadra Village on May 8th and continues at the Vic Theatre until May 10th.

Made in Bangladesh
By Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh) | 95 mins | 2019
with English subtitles
Not rated, 19+
Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way.

Children of the Mist
By Hà Lệ Diễm (Vietnam) | 92 mins | 2021
with English subtitles
Not rated, 19+
In the misty mountains of North Vietnam, a teenage Hmong girl walks the thin line between
childhood and becoming an adult. Over a period of three years, girls in her minority are forced to
lose their innocence, discover the traps of seduction and fight for their independence.

Caught by the Tides
By Jia Zhang-Ke (China) | 111 mins | 2024
with English subtitles
PG
Date night
An enduring but fragile love story shared by Qiao Qiao and Guao Bin, set in China, from the early 2000s to the present day. One day, a restless Guao Bin leaves without any notice to try his luck in another province. Qiao Qiao decides to go looking for him. In chronicling the romantic destiny of Qiao Qiao, his perennial heroine, Jia Zhangke delivers an unprecedented cinematic epic. A story that traverses all of his past films and spans 25 years of a country experiencing profound transformation.

Bye Bye Tiberias
By Lina Soualem (Palestine, France) | 82 mins | 2023
with English subtitles
Not rated, 19+
Mothers’ Day Special
In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass (Emmy-nominated for Succession) left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives. Set between past and present, BYE BYE TIBERIAS pieces together images of today, family footage from the nineties and historical archives to portray four generations of daring Palestinian women who keep their story and legacy alive through the strength of their bonds, despite exile, dispossession, and heartbreak.

SHORTS
Burcu’s Angels
By Özgün Gündüz (Canada) | 20 mins | 2025
Not rated, 19+
For over 30 years, Burcu’s Angels was more than a store—it was a radical space of care. As the shop nears closure, this documentary blends archival fragments, poetic reflection, and community memory to honour a Turkish queer elder’s defiant presence—and the disappearing spaces that held generations of queer lives.

Obscura
By Arnold Lim (Canada) | 20 mins | 2024
Not rated, 19+
When Sang-Ook, a 19-year-old hikikomori (shut in) clashes with his grandfather and sister he creates a camera obscura to reconnect with his family and the outside world.

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Rubiyat Hossain

Hà Lệ Diễm

Jia Zhang-Ke

Lina Soualem

Özgün Gündüz

Arnold Lim

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Kulea Culture Society

Government of Canada

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