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Dancing in the Dust
The debut feature from the award-winning writer-director of A Separation and A Hero is an original morality tale about a passionate young man who foolishly decides that hunting snakes in the desert is the most expedient route to paying off his debts.
This Summer: We Go Back to the 80s
June 29 – August 31

Cinema is a time machine and the movies of the 1980s are a mirror to their era – and our own. VIFF’s Back to the 80s summer season – spanning 60 films, seminars and special events – aims to give you an overview of this pivotal decade in dominant culture.
We spotlight the vital films, the landmarks, the trendsetters, and, most importantly, the unjustly marginalized, misunderstood or overlooked.
Series Pass: Early Bird Special Offer
$199 $179 Until June 15
Opening Night Party: Back to the Future
$29 Includes Live Music & More
Studio Ghibli Part 2 | All Ages Welcome!
Now Until July 17
In the second installment of our complete Ghibli retrospective we focus on the years 2000-2011.

Tales From Earthsea
June 11 & 12
From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, and the director of From Up on Poppy Hill, comes an animated fantasy epic based on the classic book series by Ursula K. Le Guin.
The Last of Us: Building the Expansive World
VIFF Talk with John Paino, Production Designer
June 14, 7:00 pm

HBO’s The Last of Us is one of the most-watched television shows in history. John Paino, the production designer behind this record-beating fan-favourite spectacularly brought to life a beloved post-apocalyptic world from one of the best video games ever.
Join us at the VIFF Centre to hear about Paino’s creative process, how his relationship with the video game guided his work, and the creation of different sets across episodes to provide the characters with the most realistic world possible.
PANTHEON: The Greatest Films of All Time
Individual tickets $18

Tokyo Story
June 18
Ozu’s most celebrated film follows an aging couple as they come to the city and make the rounds of their now grown children. Busy with their own lives, the children have little time for their parents, who are quickly packed off to hot springs in Osaka.
National Indigenous History Month
Run Woman Run
Beck likes pizza and donuts. And if she has to get up off the couch occasionally to replenish her supply, that's her idea of exercise. When this fitness regimen lands her in hospital her sister and her young son try to persuade her to make some changes. Free screening for National Indigenous People's Day.
Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals was a game changer for Indigenous Cinema, written, directed, and acted by Indigenous people from Turtle Island. It's a culturally significant film, where Indigenous people felt seen and humanized in a way that wasn't done before. Free screening for National Indigenous People's Day.
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic in Vancouver and in the Kainai First Nation. Free event. Co-presented by Story Money Impact.
First Look Fridays
Enjoy $10 tickets + complimentary tea & coffee at the first Friday matinee screening of these films.

Other People's Children
June 16
The luminous Virginie Efira (Madeleine Collins) stars in this affecting portrait of a teacher whose biological clock is ticking. Rachel falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), but their relationship is complicated by his four-year-old daughter Leila.

Subtraction
June 23
A genuinely surprising Iranian mystery suspense film, stemming from a wife spotting her husband in a compromising position with another woman. He swears his innocence. Director Mani Haghighi keeps you guess to the end.
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