05/24/2026
Yesterday afternoon at , we laughed and cried together as a community 💙
One of the most touching moments for me was seeing people arrive wearing little touches of blue. What started as a small dress code idea slowly became something much bigger when everyone gathered together.
In my speech, I shared:
“When we are individually, we are just drops of water. But when we gather together, we can become an ocean. Today, we may not be an ocean, but we can still become a river, or a wave, passing the message along together.”
Watching a film in cinema really feels different from watching at home.
You hear a whole room laughing together, becoming silent together, holding back tears together.
Alongside the screening, we also prepared a small community experience around the film, including a Community Picks playlist inspired by beloved animals, a mini visual letter film festival, and a special edition of created for the event.
One of my hopes in bringing this Hong Kong documentary to Vancouver was not only to share the animal rescue journey in another place, but also to open conversations about the similarities and differences between here and there.
I was deeply moved by the diversity of the audience. Different backgrounds, languages, and experiences gathered in the same cinema.
And I realized:
language did not become a boundary.
Our care for animals, our valuing of life, and cinema itself became our shared language.
After the screening, many people stayed in the lobby talking, meeting one another, and supporting ’s fundraiser for ._.pawsabilities 💙
Thank you to everyone who came, supported, shared, volunteered, collaborated, and believed in this project.
’s first anniversary issue open call and our upcoming art jam will be announced soon, stay tuned!
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