Vancouver International Women in Film Festival runs virtually for 2022, March 8 to 13
Titles include Donkeyhead, Querencia, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, and more
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Women In Film and Television Vancouver (WIFTV) presents the 17th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival online from March 8 to 13.
LAUNCHING ON INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day, the 17th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF) offers 33 feature-length and short films from 12 countries in genres ranging from narrative and documentary to experimental and animation.
The 2022 lineup includes 17 Canadian films, with nine by B.C. filmmakers.
Accessible nationwide this year, VIWFF showcases stories and voices of Canadian and international Indigenous, Black, and women of colour; trans women; and gender-diverse people, in an official selection of six feature films and 26 shorts, plus one web-series.
The festival screenings will open with an exclusive one-night only presentation of Donkeyhead, followed by a live Q&A with director Agam Darshi.
Other feature highlights are a special presentation of Querencia, with web-series creator, director, and lead actor Mary Galloway; and a special co-presentation with the National Film Board of Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, featuring representatives from the film. Run Woman Run, directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins, is also part of the lineup.
The shorts programs include Canadian works such as the animated “Elles” by Mélanie Saint-Germain (Western Canadian premiere) and documentary short “The Hairdresser” by Lorraine Price (Western Canadian premiere). Local shorts include “Srikandi” by Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto and “Wildflower” by Heather Perluzzo.
For international films, VIWFF will welcome the North American premieres of Granni E-minem, from South Korea and Do You Remember Me? from Switzerland and set in Ethiopia. VIWFF will also be the Canadian premiere for short films “Clinch” from the Netherlands and “A Birthday Party” from the United Kingdom.
“The team at VIWFF is thrilled to present this year’s program of films, all made by women and gender diverse filmmakers,” festival director Anaïsa Visser said in a release. “We hope these films inspire creativity, instill confidence, and incite change.”
The film programs are mostly on demand on the festival platform, though there are some livestream events, including an International Women’s Day Panel on March 8, featuring major players in diversity and inclusion efforts. The festival also plans to have an in-person component later in the year.
Tickets and more details are at https://viwff.ca
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