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VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America. Showing films from more than 70 countries on nine screens, its program includes the pick of the world’s top film fests and many undiscovered gems.
Founded in 1982, the society relaunched the festival in a new form, after it had run between 1958 and 1969 before being discontinued. The society turned the fest into a public celebration of the best in contemporary Canadian and international cinema.
It encourages the understanding of the world’s cultures through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world, and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia.
Three main programming platforms make its festival unique: it screens one of the largest selections of East Asian films outside of that region, it serves as one of the biggest showcases of Canadian film in the world, and it has a large and acclaimed documentary program.
Since 2016, it’s expanded to include curated screenings fused with related talks and events in a unique ‘film plus’ model. Drawing on a rich 36-year history of showcasing innovation in film, television, and digital media, the new VIFF now encompasses interactive screen-based experiences, talks, sessions and events with leaders in creative industries. The multifaceted programming is designed to educate and inspire public and industry attendees alike.
Meanwhile, the Vancity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre was opened in 2005 to screen some of the best festival films from around the world on a year-round basis. The fest, which runs in cinemas around the city, also bases itself out of the headquarters at 1181 Seymour Street.
Its main 175-seat theatre was designed to please true cinephiles, with state-of-the-art projection and sound systems, a giant screen, and plush seats.
The Vancouver International Film Centre recently underwent a $2.8 million renovation that boasts a new 41-seat Studio Theatre, a dedicated Education Suite, a New Media Lab aimed at virtual-reality and augmented-reality creations, and a redesigned atrium. It was designed by Vancouver-based mcfarlane biggar architects + designers.
Moving from architectural marvel to frozen cabin, the film mixes bitter humour with a poetic fugue fuelled by familial trauma
Vancouver director Ben Immanuel drew from his acting students’ real experiences to craft a funny and poignant collaborative film that was years in the making
Program includes Vancouver premieres, returning classics, and a tribute to Tracey Friesen and free screenings on National Canadian Film Day
First-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
Stunning cinematography and a compelling story make documentary about freediver Jessea Lu a breathless watch
Housewife of the Year unpacks a long-running Irish TV show, while There’s Still Tomorrow follows a working-class Italian woman in the 1940s
Director Sepideh Yadegar’s debut feature follows Iranian international student Sahar as she stands up for women’s rights in Vancouver
At Vancity Theatre, Christopher Auchter’s film takes us back to the 1985 protest that led to a historic win
A Real Pain’s Jesse Eisenberg and Anora’s Sean Baker among international award-winners to send in acceptance videos for event at VIFF Centre
Korean-born, B.C.-raised filmmaker’s Maple Ridge-shot first feature centres around a Korean family struggling with grief
Titles span music documentary Play It Loud featuring Jamaican-born Canadian singer Jay Douglas, 1974 Afrofuturist film Space is the Place, and beyond
From VIFF screenings to live music and Vancouver Art Gallery happenings, there are many ways to celebrate throughout February
From dragon dances to live music, there are several ways to ring in the Year of the Snake
The fiercely feminist film is shot with dreamlike beauty, often at night, in story of love and longing
Part detective story, part art-history rethink, documentary travels from B.C.and Alaska to Paris to find stunning Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Yup’ik works that influenced Surrealists
Challengers and The Monk and the Gun kick off holiday big-screen series
Everything is heightened in Joshua Oppenheimer’s chilling parody of privilege and willful ignorance
Energetically shot new film explores profound—and timely—issues around undocumented immigrants and class divisions in America
New documentary from Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, a look at the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, screens directly afterward
The documentary took home the Arbutus Award for best B.C. film at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival
London’s National Gallery hosts the U.K.’s biggest-ever exhibition honouring Vincent van Gogh, one of history’s most beloved artists
Subtitled Beauty Between the Lines, the film by Danny Berish and Ryan Mah digs deeper than the architect’s portfolio
Boldly pushing the documentary form, Vancouver director tracks a story that involved guns, drugs, money laundering, child abuse, and even murder
Inay (Mama) wins the Arbutus Award for best B.C. film; Summit award for best Canadian film goes to Universal Language
Another highlight of the series on the same date features Shōgun VFX supervisor Michael Cliett
Lively, detective-like documentary reveals how Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Yup’ik ceremonial masks found their way into the hands of Surrealist masters—and new attempts to repatriate them
Quick takes on Brief History of a Family, Anora, Viva Niki, and Who by Fire, plus documentaries about everything from design mavericks to Haida logging protests to the children of overseas nannies
At VIFF, she dramatizes ex-boyfriend Chester Brown’s graphic novel about his explorations in hiring sex workers—while still living with the then-VJ
The Chef & the Daruma gets to the heart of the acclaimed culinary artist’s inspirations
Slumdog Millionaire composer joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at Vancouver International Film Festival keynote event
*smiles and kisses you*, Grand Theft Hamlet, and Real offer moving and unsettling views of how we attempt to heal ourselves as part of the Spectrum series
Screenings taking place from September 26 to October 6 include Luther: Never Too Much, Disco’s Revenge, So Surreal: Behind the Masks, and nine others
Canadian highlights include Oscar contender Universal Language, The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, and Mexican closer Emilia Pérez
Agnieszka Holland’s new film focuses on the zone between Belarus and Poland, where refugees are stuck in a deadly political battle
Nothing is that simple in Wei Shujun’s film, the latest from one of the rising stars of international cinema
Premiering at VIFF Centre and the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, remarkable film about the dark legacy of Williams Lake institution wields quiet power
Films focused on colour, sound, and spectacle span Amélie, Speed Racer, The Matrix, and dozens more
At fest September 26 to October 6, Jeremy Dutcher, Eiko Ishibashi, and more on deck for screening-and-performance VIFF Live series, curated by Jarrett Martineau
Urban Ink artistic director to present his 2023 film Les Filles du Roi along with Wildhood, Bones of Crows, and Hey Viktor!
New documentary profiles Marilyn Farquhar’s struggle to memorialize her brother, B.C. homeless activist Barry Shantz
Homage to Arthur Erickson will feature rare screenings of documentaries and Hollywood features, plus dialogues with architects and filmmakers
“Introduction” brings lo-fi camp, “Everlasting” documents Vancouver’s Wing Sang history, “Tiger by the Tail” delivers disco-happy raunch, and “In the Heat” is a deadpan-dark Santa cartoon
With sweeping scope, documentary at VIFF Centre blends styles to track respected Indigenous astronomer’s journey
Vocalist Shruti Ramani sings for the band that draws upon the raga
Additional screenings of Food, Inc. 2, A Difficult Year, and Silvicola will be shown throughout late April at the VIFF Centre
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
Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret headlines a schedule of eight features, 35 shorts, and much more at R2R
The NFB’s chilling documentary reminds us that a society is measured by the compassion it extends to its most vulnerable
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor stars in a triumphant and unusual adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Film scholar introduces six Screwball Comedy films to audiences with talks about the genre and its most famous artists
Documentary filmmaker Afton Quast Saler turned a camera on herself and her family to explore why she and other women are so often underdiagnosed
BlackBerry, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, and To Kill a Tiger also receive nods for best in Canadian film
Director Kaouther Ben Hania’s riveting mix of reality and re-enactment just got nominated for an Oscar
A-list interviewees, rapturous film clips, and reflections from an auteur who’s travelled from Peruvian jungles to Antarctic snowscapes
Under the theme of "Journeys in Solidarity”, fest screens 19 films on everything from homeless tent encampments to transgender comedians to the fight for freedom of speech in Russia
Opening night of the series, copresented with the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, features tapas, wine, and flamenco
Young Siksika woman Logan Red Crow competes in the risky Indian Relay in the film, which had a sold-out run at VIFF in October
Stories span crash-landing a Cessna into an open field with James Taylor and doing 61 takes of Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”
Intimate and sensuous, documentary lets us in on women’s secrets that resound around the world
Lush music and cinematic flourishes capture Leonard Bernstein’s aesthetic energy, while drawing us into his complicated marriage
Colourful cast of renters organizes against a foreign-owned developer to save cultural landmark
Event features Carson’s self-directed documentary at the VIFF Centre, followed by a live piano concert at Pyatt Hall
New film captures frustrations and triumphs inherent to a punishing sport—and allows the rest of us to experience it by proxy
In its first return here since DOXA. documentary raises troubling questions about entrapment, national security, and democracy
Full-length feature details the arrival of French settlers in present-day Montreal in English, French, and Kanien’kéha (Mohawk)
Narrating live at VIFF, the filmmaker explores the physics and metaphysics of sound
Wild Goat Surf carves out a new kind of coming-of-age tale; Seagrass summons ghosts of history; plus The Old Oak, Rapture, and much more
Director Dylan Maranda talks chaotic cinematography, family history, and meeting chef Joël Watanabe for his food-critic-centred narrative
Documentary shows young Siksika woman’s journey competing in the dangerous male-dominated sport with the love and support of her family
My Animal blends poetic horror and hockey; Bitten is a dark and gorgeously shot fairy tale; Octopus Skin finds fear in an eccentric family
Filmmaker Jakub Piątek’s compelling new documentary follows a handful of charismatic young keyboard stars through the world’s most prestigious classical-music contest
Kat Jayme and Asia Youngman’s new documentary humanizes figures who met with social-media-fed vigilantism and snitching
Through a wild mix of rare concert footage, animation, and interviews, new documentary revisits Aussie group that “annihilated” its audiences
Opening with Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves and closing with Tran Anh Hùng’s The Pot-au-Feu, it’s a year of complexity and striking imagery
Fresh-feeling debut from Britain’s Charlotte Rega is as moving as it is deadpan-hilarious
New feature follows an immigrant Syrian family, with an entire cast of non-actors and an eye for “the weird pace and unexpectedness of real life”
Strong performances as Ira Sachs explores the turmoil that follows an impulsive hook-up
PuSh festival cofounder Norman Armour to curate boundary-pushing VIFF Live program
Filmmaker Steve James tells the story of atomic physicist Ted Hall, who passed secrets to the Soviets
Flicks coming up on the program include Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet
Film release has author reflecting on the bad and good that came with the ‘60s and ‘70s counterculture movement that brought her to the BC wilderness
Life stories and lingering shots of a craft that falls somewhere between engineering, art, history—and possibly obsession
Pull out your most obnoxious neon for a night of plutonium-powered nostalgia—and get ready for Back to the 80s’ summer-long lineup of classics
The singer, songwriter, activist, and educator sings, speaks, and screens Rumble here, at Talking Stick, the Jazz Fest, and VIFF Centre
Evening at VIFF Centre features a screening of Back to the Future, live music, trivia, and more
Ben Kingsley hands in a compelling performance in a film that emphasizes the party over the person
Documentary profiles the sleek Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, where administrators try to change an institution built around white-male artists
Dene/Métis writer-producer Marie Clements’s film is inspired by a Cree matriarch’s true life story
Film by Sarah Vos follows Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’s battle for artistic diversity
La Singla searches for a lost flamenco star; A Way to B profiles the members of a daring disability-arts troupe; and Cheenee traces the history of Indian diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago
Vancouver International Film Festival has put its $500,000 toward rehiring workers and other post-pandemic rebuilding
Director Nisha Platzer employs hand-processed film and impressionistic imagery in quest to get to know the brother she lost to suicide
Atmospheric story of a peach grader who finds an invasive insect grows into something slightly surreal and enigmatic
Deadpan, dreamlike magic from one of Canada’s most exciting new voices in film
Part one of Japanese animated film series features My Neighbour Totoro and other favourites
Ice Merchants, Sedna: Empress of the Sea, workshops for kids, and more, from March 28 to April 6
Documentary details the struggle for justice in a village where a child was viciously assaulted
Film is based on the true 1960s story of Romain Gary and Jean Seberg, and their struggles to retrain a dog bred to attack Black people
Both films, part of Black History Month screenings at VIFF Centre, untangle true events
Film screenings, concerts, a photo exhibition, a dance performance, and more explore Blackness throughout February
Those who succumb to the “call of the wild” may be further endangering animals already feeling the squeeze of urban development
Writer-director-producer Elaine Briere examines the role Canada played in the 2004 coup in the world’s first free Black republic, and much more
Chantal Akerman’s 1975 feminist masterpiece launches yearlong series of screenings and talks on the third Sunday of each month
Star’s directorial debut sets dark issues of drugs and missing women inside a neo-noir fairy tale
Festival runs February 22 to 26 at VIFF Centre for its biggest festival yet
Far more than an artistic portrait, documentary on Nushu connects oppression of women in China’s past with its present
Tribute to Wes Anderson’s witty oeuvre kicks off with a party December 21
Blending 1950s talk show, re-enactments, and real personal reflections, Chase Joynt illuminates once-lost research transcripts
Directing and acting, Lee Jung-jae builds frenetic car chases, shootouts, and espionage intrigue
Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino traces life from poor Italian village to Hollywood
A Mexican filmmaker is visited by a series of vivid dreams, by old friends, ghosts, and his own uneasy conscience
Florence Pugh is riveting as a 19th-century nurse sent to the Irish Midlands to observe a “fasting girl”
The critically lauded exploration of science and faith is set in mid-19th-century Ireland
Three screenings on October 31 for new stop-motion genius’s collab with Key and Peele
What happens is flamboyantly disgusting and extremely funny, with Woody Harrelson in his element
Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre joins forces with Vancouver International Film Festival, DanceHouse, Vancouver Writers Fest, and Museum of Anthropology at UBC for the month-long fest
Appearing at VIFF with the VSO, the artist will talk about the diverse training that brought him to the films of Jordan Peele—as well as orchestral and operatic stages
Fogaréu is irresistibly disquieting; Sick of Myself recalls a classic of urban cultural psychosis; and Leonor Will Never Die proves surprisingly fun; Music Pictures: New Orleans pays tribute to the NOLA sound
Animation, interviews, and archival footage bring to life the works that turn urban detritus into subversive, allegorical statements
The pair play two hapless Laurel Canyon neighbours in a crazy-making cosmic-horror flick born out of the pandemic and apocalyptic wildfires
The Mountain is simply lovely, Golden Delicious tender and genuine; The Grizzlie Truth drives into untold history of Vancouver’s NBA team
Dene/Métis writer, director, and producer Marie Clements’s feature tells a Cree woman’s harrowing life story, inspired by true events
An immigrant mother’s moving struggle to raise her son in suburban Vancouver, and the fractured relationship between parent and child in Japan
Holy Spider, Pacifiction, and Other Cannibals are guaranteed to work their way under your skin
The documentary’s writer-director Nisha Platzer was 11 years old when her older brother took his own life
Marie Clements’s Bones of Crows opens, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker closes, Nosferatu gets a centenary live-score performance, and much more
Terrence Malick’s infamously troubled production now ranks as one of cinema’s most beautiful masterworks
Respected NFB documentarian Martin Duckworth opened his rambling Montreal duplex to filmmaker Jeremiah Hayes
Application deadline extended to August 7 for annual program aimed at emerging composers and other artists, with emphasis on marginalized communities
Summerlong curated series of nearly 70 films pays tribute to the birth of revolutionary “New Hollywood”
Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou’s deadpan dystopia hits the screen at VIFF Centre
The low-key new film has the French singer-actor-fashion icon thinking a lot about the 1980s, her famous parents, and motherhood
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest cinematic odyssey heightens sound to create a waking dream
Winner of the Cannes 2021 Jury Prize opens at VIFF Centre’s Vancity Theatre May 27
Using split screens and long takes, auteur Gaspar Noé takes viewers on an uncompromising trip to an elderly couple’s agonizing end
Fittingly fuelled by block text and imagery, documentary also digs into Bruce Mau’s unlikely beginnings for meaning
The writer for all five seasons of Breaking Bad now works as co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer for Saul Goodman’s final journey
Indigenous movies in the spotlight as venues like VIFF Centre, The Cinematheque, and the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art host celebrations
The accomplished film follows the paralyzingly shy Joshua, who’s devoted his life to supporting his parents
Filmmaker Katherine Knight to attend screenings April 8 to 10, with the longtime Vancouver artist tuning in on opening night
Set in a warm and leafy future, android story draws on director’s personal experiences
Harold Joe helps bring to life a figure who’s fascinated him since his grandmother told him stories about the warrior
Animated, documentary, and live-action offerings gathered from around the world
Unexpectedly moving tale of two lonely strangers forced to share a sleeper car has a lot to say about human connection
Weaving law lecture with compelling personal stories, the new documentary kicks off Black History Month at VIFF Centre
For decades, the trailblazer was told it was impossible for a woman to lead an orchestra
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson talk about the cult series that follows a girls’ soccer team into a horror-laced survival epic
The Ridley Scott collaborator, who’ll speak with local lenser Greg Middleton, has a long, stylistically impressive resume
The sumptuous spectacle draws Londoners in droves each holiday
Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play an older and younger version of a woman torn between her children and her career
A Japanese theatre artist deals with loss and pain while sitting in a bright red Saab
In the play-turned-film, a rundown apartment’s heaving cracks and rumbling pipes take on a life of their own
Set on a vast Montana ranch, the story takes an engrossing look at weakness and strength
The Piano director turns the classic western on its head
In a new documentary, dancers recall the rigour and precision of the iconic choreographer
VIFF presents the acclaimed artist’s new film, inspired by the real-life experience of Rent creator Jonathan Larso
Perspective-playing structure reveals the grim lengths lonely characters will go for love
The NFB documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy looks at efforts to practice harm reduction on the largest reserve in Canada.
Shot in mesmerizing black-and-white, a tale of two women dealing with the racial segregation of 1920s New York
VIFF film will represent Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2022 Academy Awards in foreign-language film category
An aching ode to Sarajevo’s youth, and art as a force of radical change in the Congo
Her film opened this weekend with the widest release of any Indigenous Canadian feature
At VIFF, Knowledge Network series retells this province’s extraordinary past from diverse racial perspectives
Returning Home’s Sean Stiller and Trevor Mack, director of Portraits From a Fire, share their culture and truths on screen
Directing his first film, the artistic director blends interviews with dazzling theatrical sequences at VIFF
This year’s premieres include Darkroom, Be Still, Bootlegger, and award-winner Handle With Care
“I want more art to talk about the things we keep to ourselves”
Saloum, Azor, Handle With Care and other hidden gems from around the world at the fest till October 11
The Last Tourist, From the Wild Sea, and Secrets from Putumayo focus on pressing global issues
At VIFF, the director takes another look at the power of music and the drive to collect
Small Body, Be Still, and Clara Sola focus on unforgettable female characters
At VIFF, posession and transgression in an apartment whose previous tenant was a certain billionaire financier
The Vancouver International Film Festival speaker series provides unparalleled access to creators and innovators
Three-hour documentary on the macabre spans The Wicker Man and Hour of the Wolf
Vancouver International Film Festival presents the Canadian premiere of Gloria Pancrazi and Elena Jean’s documentary
The fest opens with The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and closes with Petite Maman
Don’t expect straight-up adaptations as Done/Undone, Isabella, and more screen in-person and online
Pablo Larraín’s bold reggaeton dance epic makes a visual splash on the big screen
August 8 deadline to apply for program that offers mentorship and free access to the VIFF AMP Music in FIlm Summit
Opening lineup boasts bold new Ema musical, the surreal Mandibles, and France’s La Piscine
See the star show her stuff in roles from prostitutes to grannies
The Netflix show features Ewan McGregor, parties at Studio 54, and miles of ultrasuede
The trailblazing artists’ colourful insights on each other, and themselves, will please film, lit, and theatre fans
Running June 21 to July 1, the curated program travels from East Vancouver to the Canadian Arctic and New Zealand
He got his start at the fest as venue manager in 2014, and recently oversaw VIFF Centre’s $2.8-million renovation
The musician unpacks stardom, addiction, and self-loathing with the help of puppets, drawings, and David Lynch
The art is mind-blowing but the picture isn’t all rosy in Jennifer Trainor’s compelling documentary at VIFF Connect
In an over-the-top portrayal, Oliver Masucci has the German auteur’s look down—potbelly and all
Christopher Plummer, warped sci-fi time travel, a Winnipeg fable, and much more
The director’s moving The Magnitude of All Things screens all month via VIFF Connect
Take part in an Oscars Voting Survey for a chance to win a Silver VIFF+ membership
On view via VIFF Connect, shorts travel from the streets of Hong Kong to the checkpoints of the West Bank
Manufactured Landscapes, Watermark, and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch find terrible beauty in environmental destruction
The alluringly shot fest favourite holds grisly surprises, questioning whether unforgivable acts deserve unforgivable acts
The Vancouver playwright tackles climate catastrophe, data surveillance, and more in an intense and blackly satirical seven minutes
Join Lance Oppenheim, Elizabeth Ho, and the creative minds behind The Wilds and Shiva Baby
Memoir of young woman’s work at an agency has surface charms, but lacks deeper interior life
Breakout Indigenous filmmaker drew from personal experience for film about drug addiction
The Vancouver musician headlines an online show featuring members of Turning Point Ensemble, cellist Marina Hasselberg, and world premieres by composer Tim Brady
Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth find a quiet honesty around the subject of dementia
Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin were the writing forces behind Bob’s Burgers
Ampersand Distillery’s green-walnut Nocino! wins big at Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition
Documentary tackles appropriation and racism, while celebrating movement
The need for agency and honesty comes through in a French film that’s by turn moving and suspenseful
Running September 30 to October 10, the event aims to host online and in-person events
Standouts from Venice and Rome festivals stream starting today via VIFF Connect
Sin paints a vivid portrait of a tormented artist, while The Ties follows a deeply fractured family
Marital breakdowns and modern masculinity all get a hard look
The documentary follows the twist and turns of theme-park dreams, hostage-takings, and court battles
Themes of propaganda, corruption, and populist politics speak directly to 2020
Documentary uncovers the doctor-writer’s inner demons
Her documentary captures the former peanut farmer’s lifelong love of musicians—and their devotion to him.
Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin mixes the farcical and the earnest in an ambitious history lesson.
The most-streamed films and the top awards
Watch an elaborate drinking experiment go blotto
The keynote speaker at VIFF AMP October 2 writes music to help heal the pain of racial injustice.
The writer-director uses handmade art and high tech to tell the true story of his grandfather and Japanese internment.
May B.’s clay-caked crones speak to our pandemic times.
Eating local in the Yukon is a test of patience with nourishing rewards..
Curb appeal includes a sleek new concession-bar and a multiscreen wall.
Matthias Girarud combines two extreme sports and finds personal fulfillment.
The Ross brothers hit VIFF’s Totally Indie Day with the Sundance hit they made in a single marathon shoot.
Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbot entertainingly expose a new cast of nauseating villains
No motors, no support: this ocean voyage is no cruise.
Unrequited love stories, hidden corners, strained politics, and oh, that delicious food.
Watching collectors vie for the artist’s work proves entertaining.
Directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer,and Dusty Mancinelli are prepared for the anti-revenge film’s polarizing effects.
The rebel who turned a urinal into sculpture might have desired a cheekier portrait
Deirdre Fishel zooms in on a handful of women struggling to make their way inside the force
From Russia’s Chukchi to Greenland’s Inuit and Canada’s Haida, impressions of far-flung but deeply connected Indigenous peoples.
Enter another recent horror film that takes its metaphysics seriously.
Don’t be surprised if you find yourself yearning for an era of kinder, gentler U.S. politics
The documentary looks at the decades when aversion therapy was common.
Sean Penn rolls up his sleeves after the devastating 2010 earthquake
Director of 2018 VIFF hit One Cut of the Dead returns with a meta zany caper about a cult, a stress ball, and a fainting actor.
Art historians reveal new complexity in some of the famed painter’s best-known works
The B.C. filmmaker aims to capture the magic of Kitamaat and Indigenous lore of Eden Robinson’s book
A flow of imagery, old and new, subverts both stereotypes and documentary traditions
Vancouver Island’s Ari Kinarthy wrote the score and stars in a screening event that memorializes his life