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Breathless

Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
90 min

In anticipation of Richard Linklater's extremely cool Nouvelle Vague (VIFF's opening gala), this is an opportune moment to revisit Godard's iconic debut feature, a criminal romance about a petty criminal (Jean-Paul Belmondo) on the lam with Jean Seberg.

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6:30 pm
Sat Sep 27
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:30 pm
Sun Sep 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Plainclothes

Dir. Carmen Emmi
95 min

New York, mid 90s. An undercover cop used as bait to entrap homosexuals secretly suspects he's gay himself. Coming out could cost him everything...

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8:30 pm
Sat Sep 27
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Sep 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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The Glassworker

Dir. Usman Riaz
98 min

In this romantic, Ghibli-esque animated feature a young apprentice glassblower falls in love with a violinist. But his father is a pacifist, while hers is a colonel in the military, and the country is on the verge of war...

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2:00 pm
Sun Sep 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Clearcut (Tribute to Graham Greene)

Dir. Ryszard Bugajski
95 min

As a tribute to the beloved Graham Greene, we're screening one of his personal favourites, an intense, subversive environmental thriller directed by the Polish filmmaker Ryszard Bugajski.

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4:15 pm
Sun Sep 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Factory

Dir. Hao Zhou 周浩
148 min

Shot inside a Lenovo factory in Wuhan, Factory is a chilling study of life under global capitalism. Hao Zhou captures a world of control, exhaustion, and quiet revolt. where employees work under surveillance and time itself becomes a mechanism of power.

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2:30 pm
Thu Oct 02
International Village 7
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8:30 pm
Mon Oct 06
International Village 8
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The Blue Trail

Dir. Gabriel Mascaro
86 min

In a near-future Brazil, elderly citizens are forcibly relocated to live out their days in a senior housing colony. When 77-year-old Tereza learns that she will soon be taken away, she embarks on a fantastical odyssey into the Amazon.

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2:45 pm
Thu Oct 02
International Village 9
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6:15 pm
Sun Oct 05
Alliance Francaise
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10:30 am
Tue Oct 07
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Orwell: 2+2=5

Dir. Raoul Peck
119 min

Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck reimagines 1984 in this urgent essay on power, language, and control. With narration by Damian Lewis, it’s a chilling portrait of how Orwell’s warnings became our reality.

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3:00 pm
Thu Oct 02
International Village 10
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8:30 pm
Sun Oct 05
SFU Woodwards
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The President's Cake

Dir. Hasan Hadi
105 min

Winner of the Caméra d’Or and Director’s Fortnight Audience Award at Cannes, Hasan Hadi’s fable-like drama set in 1990s Iraq follows an impoverished child's quest into the city to scrounge up ingredients for birthday cake for Saddam Hussein.

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3:00 pm
Thu Oct 02
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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6:00 pm
Fri Oct 03
Granville Island Stage
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3:30 pm
Mon Oct 06
International Village 10
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Ma - Cry of Silence

Dir. The Maw Naing
74 min

This bracing political drama tells the story of female sweatshop workers in Myanmar and their courageous struggle for justice. It’s a dark, unflinching work, in which the depiction of oppression is meant to spark outrage and action.

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3:15 pm
Thu Oct 02
International Village 8
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9:30 pm
Thu Oct 09
International Village 9
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1:30 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 8
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A Useful Ghost

Dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
130 min

Wacky, whimsical, and always engaging, this tale about Thailand’s bloody modern history starts with a ghost in a vacuum cleaner and ends with a guerilla attack on an orgy. In between there’s romance, deadpan comedy, and subversive historical excavation.

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3:15 pm
Thu Oct 02
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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10:30 am
Sat Oct 04
International Village 9
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8:30 pm
Wed Oct 08
The Rio Theatre
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La Salsa Vive

Dir. Juan Carvajal
103 min

An exuberant celebration of salsa that traces the genre's evolution from New York City in the 1960s and 70s to Cali, Colombia — the salsa capital of the world. Carvajal’s documentary highlights the rich legacy of this musical form and the joy it inspires.

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5:30 pm
Thu Oct 02
International Village 8
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5:30 pm
Sun Oct 05
International Village 9
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10:30 am
Tue Oct 07
International Village 7
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Dir. Mary Bronstein
113 min

A harried mother (Rose Byrne) clings to an unhelpful therapist (Conan O’Brien) as she struggles to cope with her daughter's mysterious illness in Mary Bronstein’s darkly comedic psychological drama.

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5:45 pm
Thu Oct 02
The Rio Theatre
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1:15 pm
Sat Oct 04
International Village 9
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