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That They May Face the Rising Sun

Dir. Pat Collins
111 min

John and Kate have moved from London to a farm in Ireland, to the bemusement of the locals. This lyrical Irish reverie taps deep wells of feeling in the stuff of everyday life.

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2:00 pm
Sat Apr 26
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Apr 27
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Mon Apr 28
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Secret Mall Apartment

Dir. Jeremy Workman
91 min

The stranger-than-fiction true story of a group of artists who built and furnished a hidden apartment inside a mall, remaining undetected for years. This is an absurdly fun and surprisingly profound film about gentrification and art.

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2:30 pm
Sat Apr 26
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Sat Apr 26
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Sun Apr 27
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The Encampments

Dir. Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker
82 min

When pro-Palestine protests took hold of Columbia last year, the filmmakers were there from the beginning. This documentary charts the mounting tensions between students and the administration, as the protests were picked up across North America.

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4:20 pm
Sat Apr 26
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Sat Apr 26
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Sun Apr 27
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The Teacher

Dir. Farah Nabulsi
118 min

In this potent thriller, English teacher Basem witnesses the murder of a teenager by a Israeli settler. While the subsequent investigation rolls slowly towards a foregone conclusion, the teacher is caught up in a parallel kidnapping case...

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6:20 pm
Sat Apr 26
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Tue Apr 29
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Thu May 01
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Bob Trevino Likes It

Dir. Tracie Laymon
102 min

When her toxic, narcissistic dad cuts her out of his life, Lily Trevino looks him up on Facebook and happens across his namesake, Bob (John Leguizamo), a gentle, genial contractor who lives nearby, and who proves an altogether better dad...

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Sat Apr 26
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Mon Apr 28
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A Duke Ellington Tribute with the Mike Braverman Sextet

150 min

After a scintillating session of Duke standards performed by The Mike Braverman Sextet, enjoy a roundup of Ellingtonia on Film: his first short sound films from the late 20s and 30s, and clips from the scores he composed in the 50s and 60s.

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2:00 pm
Sun Apr 27
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Our Lady of the Nile

Dir. Atiq Rahimi
106 min

Veronica and Virginia are inseparable friends at an elite Catholic boarding school, Our Lady of the Nile, but what binds them together is the very thing that separates them forever. We are in Rwanda, 1973, and tribal tensions are simmering ominously.

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2:30 pm
Sun Apr 27
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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A Woman Under the Influence

Dir. John Cassavetes
155 min

Gena Rowlands is extraordinary in this painful and compassionate trial of love, the most intense and essential movie from legendary independent filmmaker John Cassavetes. "The toughest of all great American films." Kent Jones

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7:00 pm
Sun Apr 27
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Thu May 01
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Incandescence

Dir. Nova Ami & Velcrow Ripper
106 min

Filmed across the Okanagan before, during and after several devastating fires by veteran non-fiction filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper (Metamorphosis; ScaredSacred), Incandescence is a mesmerizing cinematic contemplation of the power of wildfires.

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8:45 pm
Sun Apr 27
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Scarface

Dir. Howard Hawks
95 min

Our tour through Hollywood's pre-Code precinct takes a left turn into the dangerous district of organized crime with Scarface, starring Paul Muni in a ferocious performance as the ambitious low-level gangster, Tony Carmonte.

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2:00 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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The Hermit of Treig

Dir. Lizzie MacKenzie
79 min

In this rather special film, Lizzie MacKenzie trains her camera on octogenarian Ken Smith, who has lived more than four decades off-the-grid on the shores of Loch Treig, in the Scottish Highlands. This cheerful hermit is a personable storyteller.

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4:40 pm
Mon Apr 28
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Tue Apr 29
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How Green Was My Valley

Dir. John Ford
118 min

This month's VIFF+ Premium member selection was made by Mathew Englander, who chose the movie that beat Citizen Kane to Best Picture in 1941. Set in a Welsh mining village, it's a bittersweet reflection on a community sundered by industrialization.

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6:30 pm
Mon Apr 28
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