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Memoir of a Snail
A stellar Australian cast voice this charming and emotional animated feature by Adam Elliot, the tale of a lonely foster kid befriended by an eccentric elderly woman who turns her life around. (Not for kids!)
Ghost Cat Anzu
When fifth grader Karin is deposited with her grandfather for the summer she takes out her unhappiness on his giant talking cat, Anzu -- who looks out for her even so. This wildly original anime riffs on Spirited Away with pleasing irreverence. Rated: PG.
All We Imagine as Light
What Wong Kar-wai did for Hong Kong, Payal Kapadia does for Mumbai: the Cannes Grand Prix winner is a romantic heartbreaker about three nurses at different stages of life. It's a future classic.
Vince Mai Plays Chet Baker + Bruce Weber's Let's Get Lost
A set of smooth, sublime, and smoky jazz from trumpeter Vince Mai backed up by a stellar band with Steve Maddock on vocals. Followed by the first local screening of Bruce Weber's recently restored film about Baker, one of the essential films about jazz.
The Bad and the Beautiful
Film scholar Donald Brackett introduces Vincente Minnelli's 1952 Hollywood melodrama – a portrait of a driven producer, Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) that went on to win five Academy Awards.
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Vince Mai Plays Chet Baker + Bruce Weber's Let's Get Lost
A set of smooth, sublime, and smoky jazz from trumpeter Vince Mai backed up by a stellar band with Steve Maddock on vocals. Followed by the first local screening of Bruce Weber's recently restored film about Baker, one of the essential films about jazz.
Brandon Wint: Moving For Love – An Evening of Film, Poetry & Music
Poet and filmmaker Brandon Wint presents two new short films, Moving for Love and Backbone, alongside a live jazz performance with collaborators Feven Kidane, Yoro Noukoussi, and Quincey Mayes, and a poetry reading.
A Tribute to Artie Shaw + Time Is All You've Got Screening
James Danderfer leads an all-star band in a tribute show to "the King of the Clarinet", Artie Shaw. Followed by a screening of the Academy Award-winning documentary, Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got, a candid profile of this multi-talented artist.
Film Studies: Hollywood Through the Looking Glass
Monday Mornings Nov 11 – Dec 9
The movie screen is a magic mirror in which we all like to see reflections of our better selves. Filmmakers are not immune to the attraction, and Hollywood has been mythologizing itself since before movies could talk.
In our latest Film Studies series, film critic and historian Donald Brackett gives us a whistle stop studio tour that’ll take us from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the twenty-first century.
All films will screen again the following Tuesday, without the introduction.
The Bad and the Beautiful
Nov 25
Film scholar Donald Brackett introduces Vincente Minnelli’s 1952 Hollywood melodrama–a portrait of a driven producer, Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) that went on to win five Academy Awards.
Festival Favourites Returning to VIFF
Missed it at the festival? Now’s your chance to see it on the big screen!
The Chef & the Daruma
The inventor of the California Roll, chef Hidekazu Tojo helped bring sushi to mainstream popularity through his renowned Vancouver restaurant, Tojo's. The Chef & the Daruma is a mouthwatering film touching on immigration, identity, and reinvention.
All We Imagine as Light
What Wong Kar-wai did for Hong Kong, Payal Kapadia does for Mumbai: the Cannes Grand Prix winner is a romantic heartbreaker about three nurses at different stages of life. It's a future classic.
Inay (Mama)
Bold and deeply personal, Inay investigates the emotional and psychological repercussions of Canada's Live-In Caregiver Program, which attracted Filipino women migrant workers who left their children to care for strangers out of economic necessity.
Flow
In this wordless and gorgeously atmospheric animated feature, a solitary black cat survives a tsunami and must confront his fear of water whilst sailing through a flooded world with a group of misfit animals. An enchanting adventure film for all ages. Rated: G.
Queens (Reinas)
Early 1990s Lima, Perú. Charming absentee father Carlos “El Loco” Molina tries to earn his way back into his daughters’ lives before their mother moves them to Minnesota. A tender family drama, Reinas won the Generation Kplus Grand Prix at Berlinale 2024.
The Girl With the Needle
A young seamstress finds herself abandoned and pregnant in post-WWI Copenhagen. With few options, she turns to a candy shop owner who offers special services to women in need, but who is not quite what she seems. Nightmarish expressionist cinema.
Total Cinema
Designed to showcase our new immersive sound system, laser projection and brand new screen, Total Cinema celebrates the elevated experience that comes with watching the best films on the big screen.
Alien: Director's Cut (4K Restoration)
The crew of the Nostromo is awakened when the ship's computer, Mother, picks up a distress signal from an uninhabited planet... What they find they won't soon forget. By far the scariest in the long-running Alien franchise, this was the anti-Star Wars.
Relaxed Screenings & Captioned Screenings
Our monthly Relaxed Screenings are open to anyone who would benefit from a sensory-friendly experience.
Our Wednesday matinee Captioned Screenings welcome Deaf and hard of hearing audiences, along with anyone who benefits from captions.
All We Imagine as Light
Captioned Screening
Nov 27, 3:15 pm
What Wong Kar-wai did for Hong Kong, Payal Kapadia does for Mumbai: the Cannes Grand Prix winner is a romantic heartbreaker about three nurses at different stages of life. It’s a future classic.
Queens (Reinas)
Captioned Screening
Dec 4, 3:00 pm
Early 1990s Lima, Perú. Charming absentee father Carlos “El Loco” Molina tries to earn his way back into his daughters’ lives before their mother moves them to Minnesota. A tender family drama, Reinas won the Generation Kplus Grand Prix at Berlinale 2024.
Flow
Relaxed Screening
Dec 8, 12:30 pm
In this wordless and gorgeously atmospheric animated feature, a solitary black cat survives a tsunami and must confront his fear of water whilst sailing through a flooded world with a group of misfit animals. An enchanting adventure film for all ages.
First Look Fridays
Enjoy $10 tickets at the first Friday matinee screening of these films.
Flow
Nov 29
In this wordless and gorgeously atmospheric animated feature, a solitary black cat survives a tsunami and must confront his fear of water whilst sailing through a flooded world with a group of misfit animals. An enchanting adventure film for all ages. Rated: G.
La Cocina
Dec 6
First day at the Grill for undocumented Mexican Estella. The work is unremitting, the melting pot is boiling, and Julia (Rooney Mara) is due to have an abortion — to the fury of her lover, one of the chefs…
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