Welcome to the Vancouver International Film Festival

Critically acclaimed as "an unspoiled celebration of world cinema," the 27th VIFF brings you films from 60 countries. And many of them may not come this way again, so mark your calendar and watch this space for regular updates. Note that the online film program guide goes live September 6. And look for the printed sneak preview guide as of September 3, and the comprehensive 200-page Souvenir Program Guide as of September 13.

VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America. We screen about 350 films, most of them twice, on 10 screens over 16 days. The international line-up includes, in addition to many undiscovered gems, the pick of the world's top film fests.

Three main programming platforms make our festival unique: we screen the largest selection of East Asian films outside of that region, we are one of the biggest showcases of Canadian film in the world and we have a big and important documentary program (nearly 40 percent of our feature-length films last year were docs).

Attracting a large, attentive and enthusiastic audience of 150,000 film lovers, the festival remains accessible, friendly and culturally diverse. As the critics say, VIFF is very much a festival "designed for the benefit of people who love films and people who make them."