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Kids Club: Finding Nemo

Dir. Andrew Stanton
160 min

Join us for VIFF Kids Club for a family matinee with more! Enjoy fun activities at 11am, before our 12pm screening. When clown fish Nemo is captured from his ocean home, his dad Marlin and forgetful Dory set off to rescue him.

Image: © Disney Pixar 2003

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7 Beats per Minute

Dir. Yuqi Kang
100 min

While attempting a world record freedive in 2018, Jessea Lu lost consciousness and stopped breathing for four minutes. Years later, Jessea returns to the site of her near-death experience, ready to dive again and become reborn.

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Armand

Dir. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
117 min

When six-year-old Armand is accused of abusing another boy, his mother is called in for a school meeting. Bracing and bold, this is a lacerating drama from writer-director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (the grandson of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann).

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There's Still Tomorrow

Dir. Paola Cortellesi
118 min

A critical and box office sensation in Italy, Paola Cortellesi's triumphant directorial debut is the tale of a Roman housewife in 1946, who stands up against the routine sexist abuse she suffers. Funny, heartbreaking and inspiring.

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The Way, My Way

Dir. Bill Bennett
93 min

All manner of pilgrims flock to France and Spain to walk the 800 km Camino de Santiago. One such is Bill, a stroppy sexagenarian Australian filmmaker who's determined to do the Camino with minimal prep, a dickey leg, and no firm idea why.

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Bang the Drum! A Live Set from the Kevin Romain Trio

150 min

Our latest VIFF Live presentation combines a jazz set led by drummer Kevin Romain and one of the most notorious music docs ever made, Beware of Mr. Baker, Jay Bulger's bruising encounter with the legendary Ginger Baker, aka "the world's greatest drummer".

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Generation Pixar | March 17 – 30

Join us as we celebrate the achievements of Pixar’s early years with a run of 11 extraordinary films that have left an indelible imprint on children either side of the millennium — and their parents! Our line up includes a live music performance of beloved Pixar tunes, a Pixar trivia night, and exclusive behind-the-scenes talks.

 

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Toy Story

Dir. John Lasseter
81 min

In the first computer generated animation feature film, space ranger Buzz Lightyear discovers he’s not an intergalactic ambassador, just a children’s plaything (but there’s nothing wrong with that). Rated: G

Image: © Disney Pixar 1995

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A Bug's Life

Dir. John Lasseter
95 min

There's a world going on underground! Pixar's second feature shrinks Seven Samurai to ant-like proportions, with heroic Flick enlisting the services of a touring flea circus to defend the colony against the marauding grasshoppers. Rated: G

Image: © Disney Pixar 1998

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Toy Story 2

Dir. John Lasseter
92 min

When Woody is kidnapped, it's Buzz who leads the troops to the rescue. Expertly balancing action, humour and emotion, this deepens our relationship with the first film's characters and introduces a stellar newcomer, cowgirl Jessie (Joan Cusack). Rated: G

Image: © Disney Pixar 1999

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Pixar Trivia Night
Pixar characters collage

Pixar Trivia Night

100 min

Think you know your Pixar flicks? Get your buzz on at our themed trivia night. Prizes! Beer! And an extra pair of angry eyes, just in case...

Images: © Disney Pixar

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Monsters, Inc

Dir. Pete Docter
92 min

A warm and fuzzy family film about the harvesting of young children's screams? Well, yes, it can be done and here's the proof. Rated: G

Image: © Disney Pixar 2001

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Finding Nemo

Dir. Andrew Stanton
100 min

Junior clown fish Nemo swims too far from the reef and next thing he knows he's looping a fish tank in a Sydney dentist's office. Neurotic dad Marlin (Albert Brooks) follows in his wake, with dippy Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) tagging along for comic relief. Rated: G

Image: © Disney Pixar 2003

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Morricone: Greatest Hits

March 14 – 27

While music has always been integral to the power of cinema, few composers have made a more dramatic impact than Ennio Morricone. His scores for Sergio Leone’s 1960s spaghetti westerns revolutionized the form.

In this series we pull out half a dozen of Morricone’s most memorable scores from a filmography of more than 400 titles, and we showcase Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore’s loving profile of his friend and collaborator, Ennio.

Ennio

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
150 min

Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore proves the perfect filmmaker to craft this loving tribute to one of the all-time greats: composer Ennio Morricone (1928-2020).

Image: Courtesy of Music Box Films

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A Fistful of Dollars

Dir. Sergio Leone
96 min

Morricone's clamorous score -- with its chanting, flamenco guitar, bells and whistling -- encapsulated everything that was exciting and new about Sergio Leone's revolutionary spaghetti western, its brazen cheek and style.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Dir. Sergio Leone
179 min

The third and the best of the so-called 'Dollars' trilogy amplifies Leone's baroque style: crane shots, shock cuts and Morricone music all vying for attention as three rogues hunt buried gold in a series of triangular variations.

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Once Upon a Time in the West

Dir. Sergio Leone
166 min

A magnum opus from Sergio Leone, the most operatic of Westerns, with a magnificent, soaring score to match its scale and set the tempo by Ennio Morricone, music that speaks of yearning, loss, and perseverance.

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The Mission

Dir. Roland Joffe
125 min

Written by Robert Bolt (Lawrence of Arabia; A Man for All Seasons), The Mission is the story of an C18th Catholic outpost on the lands of the Guarani people, near the Iguazi Falls. Music is a transcendent force here, and Morricone's score is inspired.

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Days of Heaven

Dir. Terrence Malick
94 min

As in Badlands, Malick tells a sensational story – here a love triangle – through the oblique perspective of a child, collateral damage in this tale. In place of melodrama, he gives us cinematic poetry.

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Pantheon: The Greatest Films of All Time

Pantheon, presented by MUBI, is a monthly series showcasing a selection of the “greatest movies of all time,” inspired by the mother of all film lists, the critics’ poll that has run once a decade in the UK’s Sight & Sound magazine since 1952.

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VIFF Live

Live performances that push the boundaries of traditional film programming, intersecting cinema culture with music, comedy, podcasting, and performance in unique, cinema-infused live shows.

Bang the Drum! A Live Set from the Kevin Romain Trio

150 min

Our latest VIFF Live presentation combines a jazz set led by drummer Kevin Romain and one of the most notorious music docs ever made, Beware of Mr. Baker, Jay Bulger's bruising encounter with the legendary Ginger Baker, aka "the world's greatest drummer".

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Matt Grinke's Happiest Jazz Quintet on Earth Plays Pixar
Monsters Inc. characters posing next to a cartoon man playing a piano

Matt Grinke's Happiest Jazz Quintet on Earth Plays Pixar

Dir. Pete Docter
160 min

Enjoy a special set of Pixar tunes arranged by Disney Cruise Line music director and pianist Matt Grinke and his happiest quintet, plus a screening of one of the studio's most beloved movies, Monsters, Inc.

Image: © Disney Pixar 2001

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Biboye Onanuga Plays Monk

Dir. Charlotte Zwerin
180 min

Returning to the VIFF stage, Biboye Onanuga, presents The Music of Monk. The Edmonton-based drummer is joined by an iconoclastic ensemble of Vancouver musicians prior to a screening of the documentary Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser.

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Zappostrophe + Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

Dir. Tony Palmer & Frank Zappa
150 min

Enjoy an electrifying set of Frank Zappa tunes resurrected and reimagined by the eclectic 8-piece band Zappostrophe, followed by a rare screening of Zappa's cult movie 200 Motels, with Keith Moon and Ringo Starr.

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Night Moves: Street Photography and Poetry by Rodney DeCroo
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Night Moves: Street Photography and Poetry by Rodney DeCroo

120 min

To mark the publication of Night Moves, his first book of street photography (shot in and around Commercial Drive), singer-songwriter, poet and playwright Rodney DeCroo shares his images, stories and music, along with his band The Wise Blood.

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