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.

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

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

Vivian Cheung

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.