Nothing beats the excitement of the dragon boats racing on False Creek in Vancouver for the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival in June, 2004. Except maybe if you and your team is being filmed for a television show about dragon boats, and it will be shown world wide. Oh - the show will be in french... and your french is tres mal... Oh - c'est la vie, je suis tres desolee. In June, 2004, the film crew for the French public television production "Thalassa" came to Vancouver to film a story about dragon boats. Director Anne Gouraud wanted to capture the intense competition of the world champion False Creek Women's team, and the cameraderie and multicultural nature of the recreational dragon boat team known as Gung Haggis Fat Choy. more...   more »