Friday, May 17 to Saturday, May 19

Virtual Film Screening | Free to Stream Canada-wide

https://tr.jpf.go.jp/bl-metamorphosis-vancaf/

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy’s Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.

BL Metamorphosis is a live-action adaptation of the manga of the same name by TSURUTANI Kaori. This screening is co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Toronto and the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, who has invited TSURUTANI Kaori as a featured guest this year.