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Everything Will Be

Julia Kwan
2014 | 1 h 26 min
Julia Kwan’s feature-length documentary Everything Will Be captures a significant moment of time in Vancouver’s Chinatown, with the influx of condos and new, non-Chinese businesses. The film follows a year in the life of several Chinatown denizens, including a 90-year-old Chinese newspaper street vendor and a second-generation tea shop owner, as they navigate this community in flux.

Awards and distinctions

  • Best Cinematography in a Feature-Length Documentary
    Canadian Screen Awards, Toronto
    2015
  • Best New Talent from Quebec/Canada
    Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, Montréal
    2014
  • Honourable Mention for BC Spotlight
    International Film Festival, Vancouver
    2014