HATCH, Clementine, One Day This Kid, and Beyond the Salish are among the 47 Canadian shorts screening this year
Read MoreIn the retrospective Secret Laws of the Cinematograph, the enigmatic French director’s hugely influential career comes into intense focus
Read MoreSaints and Warriors, #skoden, and Sudan, Remember Us are among the titles that secured wins
Read MoreMoonlight, Tehran: City of Love, and more explore themes of loneliness, belonging, and desire in program curated by Fay Nass
Read MoreAhead of a special live-scored screening, the renowned photographer and director reflects on “liminal spaces” and gore-filled supernatural encounters
Read MoreMr. Nobody Against Putin takes an urgent look at Russian indoctrination; Spare My Bones, Coyote! finds horrors at the U.S. border; Eight Postcards From Utopia runs weird commercials from free-market Romania; and more
Read MoreIn Have You Heard Judi Singh?, Vancouver director interweaves archival footage, re-created moments, and mesmerizing music in tribute to late Punjabi-Black artist
Read MoreMontreal filmmaker Denis Côté started out making a portrait of a shy BDSM worker and ended up capturing a generation’s encounter with the endless recursions of social media
Read MoreIn NFB documentary, Lyana Patrick chronicles the environmental harm caused by the Kenney Dam
Read MoreA panel discussion with workers and community advocates takes place after the VIFF Centre screening
Read MoreMareya Shot Keetha Goal: Make the Shot won a spot as best B.C. feature, plus much more as Surrey-based event hands out cash and development support
Read MoreMoving from architectural marvel to frozen cabin, the film mixes bitter humour with a poetic fugue fuelled by familial trauma
Read MoreVancouver director Ben Immanuel drew from his acting students’ real experiences to craft a funny and poignant collaborative film that was years in the making
Read MoreProgram includes Vancouver premieres, returning classics, and a tribute to Tracey Friesen and free screenings on National Canadian Film Day
Read MoreNew paraDOXA initiative will highlight experimental films like To Use a Mountain
Read MoreDirector Mahesh Pailoor and producer Asit Vyas tell the impactful true story of a young man diagnosed with terminal cancer
Read MoreIn Aisha’s Story, a Palestinian matriarch uses food for generational healing, while Saints and Warriors follows a Haida basketball team
Read MoreEvent presented by SFU School for the Contemporary Arts features a screening of In the Garden of Forking Paths
Read MoreFirst-time film actor Keira Jang takes a leading role in Vancouver director Ann Marie Fleming’s dark “satire” about a bucolic post-collapse future that comes with a catch
Read MoreStunning cinematography and a compelling story make documentary about freediver Jessea Lu a breathless watch
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