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Eternal You, A Man Imagined, Black Box Diaries, nanekawâsis, and other intriguing offerings at the celebration of new nonfiction film
New DOXA Documentary Film Festival feature tells the incredible story of the Armstrong company, and how spending childhood summers there inspired McNeil’s own art-making
New showcase of cinema that inspires social change to highlight nine films from Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. at Surrey City Hall
Eternal You, A Man Imagined, Black Box Diaries, nanekawâsis, and other intriguing offerings at the celebration of new nonfiction film
New DOXA Documentary Film Festival feature tells the incredible story of the Armstrong company, and how spending childhood summers there inspired McNeil’s own art-making
New showcase of cinema that inspires social change to highlight nine films from Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. at Surrey City Hall
Filmmaker Shannon Walsh turns her lens on a labyrinthian fantasy world and an all-consuming love that transcends death
Documentary film shares the story of Jacob Beaton, who is training Indigenous people to grow their own food
The countercultural icon of fringe cinema riffs the dangers of smoking, mainstream acceptance, and trigger warning in advance of his appearances at the Rio Theatre on April 25 and 26
Canadian-Pakistani filmmaker Zarrar Kahn’s assured feature draws on horror tropes for story of a young Karachi woman and her mother
Additional screenings of Food, Inc. 2, A Difficult Year, and Silvicola will be shown throughout late April at the VIFF Centre
French filmmaker probes themes of free will, psychopathy, and perversity in his two most recent works at The Cinematheque
Shannon Walsh’s Adrianne & the Castle (2023) opens the festival’s screenings at the Vancouver Playhouse on May 4
Running May 2 to 12, fest also features nanekawâsis, Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, Tea Creek, and Caravan Farm Theatre doc The Originals
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presentation of retro-futuristic sci-fi classic is accompanied by music from duo Beautiful Violence
Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret, Adventures in the Land of Asha, and Coco Farm
Opening Film Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret is followed by a reception with snacks, drinks, and animation workshops
Four short film programs and Jules Koostachin’s feature WaaPake (Tomorrow) screen at SFU’s Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema
Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret headlines a schedule of eight features, 35 shorts, and much more at R2R
The series opens with A Confucian Confusion and includes both Yi Yi and the epic A Brighter Summer Day
Seven films by the 1980s new-wave cinema figurehead, including A Confucian Confusion (1994) and Yi Yi (2000), screen throughout April
Animated short film about the Iranian-Canadian immigrant experience offers reflections on cultural exchanges and homelands in time for Nowruz
It’s the sometimes self-lacerating words and the visible emotions of Gabor Maté that viewers will remember of this exceptional documentary
The NFB’s chilling documentary reminds us that a society is measured by the compassion it extends to its most vulnerable
Led by conductor Andrew Crust, the VSO accompanies the 1981 classic at the Orpheum
Set at a 25-year reunion for close college friends, the waterfront shoot was like
”summer camp”
If you’re of a certain disposition, there’s much pleasure to be extracted from a film like this
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor stars in a triumphant and unusual adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Fest opens with animated Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret, and features three Canadian premieres from Jordan, Costa Rica, and Germany
Events at Libby Leshgold Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art + Design feature everything from a live reading to Real Housewives viewing party
At Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, movie captures the poetry, imagery, and culture shocks of refugee family’s journey to Quebec
Making its Vancouver premiere at Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, Julien Capraro’s new NFB movie assesses the good, the bad, and the ugly of the emerging laptop-and-sweatpants generation
Extended reality-dance offerings include workshops, panel conversations, and a community mixer