A young girl with dark hair wearing a red shirt and denim overalls looks at paper origami folded butterflies she is holding. She stands in front of a display of colorful paper origami butterflies hanging on strings, with the title 'For Roy' and other credits at the top and bottom of the poster.

Vivian Cheung

A young woman with glasses smiling outdoors in front of trees, wearing a gray coat and red sweater.

For Roy

Inspired by true events, an imaginative Asian-Canadian girl attempts to fold a thousand cranes as she learns to lose her father during his final days in the hospice.

August 25, 2024
5-6 PM

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Little Theater
Van Dam Street and 47th Avenue

Vivian Cheung is an up-and-coming Chinese-Canadian first-time director born and raised in Vancouver, BC. She stepped onto her first film set in 2022, when her pitch was selected as one of the Top 8 Finalists for MAMM17 (Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon), an annual competition with the Vancouver Asian Film Festival where finalists are given 10 days to make a 10-minute short. Through MAMM17, her debut film, 'For Roy', earned two awards: Best First Time Director and People's Choice Best Short. As a MAMM17 winner, the film made its festival premiere at the 2022 Vancouver Asian Film Festival and continues to win and screen at festivals around the world.

A woman with a child on her back, smiling, inside a decorated room with pastel butterfly decorations on the wall. In the background, two women are sitting on a bed, one with a blanket, and both appear to be engaged in conversation or action near a table with small items.
A group of adults and children in a circle with hands stacked together at the center, surrounded by colorful origami cranes hanging from above.
A young girl with long dark hair wearing a pink hoodie looks at the camera, standing outside on a sidewalk during sunset, while two women walk away carrying containers in the background.
A young girl with brown hair in a ponytail, wearing a pink shirt, sits at a table and holds a paper airplane made from a sheet of paper, near a window with patterned curtains.
A young girl with long brown hair, wearing a red shirt and denim overalls, standing in a room, holding a colorful assortment of paper origami shapes with a worried or sad expression.