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Howl's Moving Castle
Teenager Sophie is cursed by the Witch of Waste and finds herself trapped in the body of an old woman, and is unable to tell anyone what has happened. She finds help of sorts with the wizard Howl, living as a servant in his astonishing walking castle.
The Night of the 12th
A young woman is murdered. The crime scene provides scant clues but there is no shortage of suspects. Based on a true crime book, Moll's weighty, compelling whodunnit is a modern classic on a par with Zodiac and Memories of Murder.
Studio Ghibli Part 2 | All Ages Welcome!
April 28 - July 17
In the second installment of our complete Ghibli retrospective we focus on the years 2000-2011.
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Howl's Moving Castle
May 27-29 & June 1
Teenager Sophie is cursed by the Witch of Waste and finds herself trapped in the body of an old woman, and is unable to tell anyone what has happened. She finds help of sorts with the wizard Howl, living as a servant in his astonishing walking castle.
Special Events at VIFF
The Man in the Basement
May 28 & 31
Le Guay’s tenant-from-hell thriller features strong performances from François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo and doubles as a deliberation on the pernicious (and prevalent) combination of Holocaust-denialism and white persecution complex.
This screening is copresented with the Vancouver Foreign Film Society. Your ticket includes free tea or coffee and a bagel from Rosemary Rock Salt.
Daliland
June 9-12 & 14-17
Mary Harron (American Psycho; I Shot Andy Warhol) paints a sympathetic cine-portrait of the artist as an old man: legendary surrealist Salvador Dali (Ben Kingsley) in his 70s, in the 1970s, still crazy after all these years.
On Saturday June 10th the VIFF Centre will host an exhibition of Dali art works presented by the Chali-Rosso Gallery.
Sensory Cinema Presents: Parasite
June 18
Sensory Cinema is back, teaming up with Michelin-Star chef Joël Watanabe of Kissa Tanto for an evening of food inspired by Bong Joon-Ho’s Academy-Award winning film. Sweet and savoury bites served at your seat timed to complement on-screen moments.
The Kims, a poor family of four, reside in a cramped basement apartment where they struggle to make ends meet. Sick of their underclass existence, they set their sights on the Parks, a rich family looking for an English tutor for their teenaged daughter.
The crafty Kims plot and scheme, and soon infiltrate the affluent home one-by-one. However, once they’re settled in, things don’t go according to plan, and simmering class tensions are not so easily suppressed.
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First Look Fridays
Enjoy $10 tickets + complimentary tea & coffee at the first Friday matinee screening of these films.
Other People's Children
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.
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