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Souleymane's Story

Dir. Boris Lojkine
92 min

Exhausted by the grueling grind of the Parisian gig economy and hopping between homeless shelters, Guinean immigrant Souleymane races against time to prepare for his asylum interview. An angry, tender film which is as gripping as any thriller.

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2:00 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sat Aug 23
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Mon Aug 25
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

Dir. Amy Berg
106 min

Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg resurrects the tragic story of the sublime singer Jeff Buckley, whose 1994 record Grace is one of the greatest albums of the modern era.

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2:30 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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8:40 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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4:30 pm
Sun Aug 31
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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The Last Class

Dir. Elliot Kirschner
72 min

Economist and former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich embarks on what will be his last year teaching at Berkeley. What can he impart to the latest generation to inspire and empower them for the grievous challenges ahead?

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4:15 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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3:00 pm
Sat Aug 23
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sun Aug 24
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sudan, Remember Us

Dir. Hind Meddeb
78 min

A portrait of young artists and activists, Meddeb's doc charts events in Khartoum between 2019 -- in the immediate wake of the revolution that deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir -- and the mood four years later, when the country has been torn apart by civil war.

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4:45 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Paprika

Dir. Satoshi Kon
90 min

A device capable of transmitting dreams falls into the wrong hands in this dazzling anime meta-movie from visionary filmmaker Satoshi Kon. The imagery here is never less than overwhelming; it's probably the greatest scifi movie of our times.

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6:10 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Folktales

Dir. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
106 min

Pasvik Folk High School in Norway provides a very special gap year education. Located in the far north, it teaches arctic survival skills (bushcraft and hunting) and dog sledding (mushing).

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6:30 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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5:00 pm
Sat Aug 23
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Silence

Dir. Martin Scorsese
141 min

This sober, probing examination of faith, ego, cruelty and compassion is the most underrated film from the often under-valued latter half of Martin Scorsese's brilliant career; a passion project, about Catholic missionaries in 17th Century Japan.

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8:20 pm
Fri Aug 22
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:00 pm
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Get Out

Dir. Jordan Peele
104 min

Guess who's coming to dinner? Daniel Kaluuya is the Black boyfriend justifiably anxious about meeting his white girlfriend's folks for the first time.

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5:30 pm
Sat Aug 23
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:00 pm
Sun Aug 24
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Shoplifters

Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
121 min

A Palme d'or winner in 2018, Shoplifters is both a hard-edged and heartwarming drama about a makeshift family of impoverished urchins and orphans in contemporary Tokyo.

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7:20 pm
Sat Aug 23
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood

Dir. Quentin Tarantino
160 min

A film of luxuriant and sinister beauty, Tarantino's last movie to date is a rich and lovely immersion in the dying days of Old Hollywood, LA, 1969.

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7:45 pm
Sat Aug 23
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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7:00 pm
Thu Aug 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Materialists

Dir. Celine Song
116 min

Celine Song's follow-up to Past Lives is a witty and good-looking romantic comedy with a female eye, unafraid to broach more serious themes.

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2:00 pm
Sun Aug 24
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sweet Angel Baby

Dir. Melanie Oates
96 min

Everybody likes Eliza. But nobody really knows her. When her social media alter ego is exposed, the entire town is scandalized...

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4:20 pm
Sun Aug 24
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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