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Capernaum

Dir. Nadine Labaki
120 min

Nadine Labaki's Oscar-nominated heart-tugger tells the story of a 12 year old boy who has grown up in the slums of Beirut, and who decides to sue his parents for bringing him into such a world. "An absolute heartbreaker." Peter Howell, Toronto Star

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11:00 am
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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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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2:00 pm
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Last Breath

Dir. Costa-Gavras
100 min

At the age of 91 the revered filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Z) has made a gentle, curious, hopeful film about life on a palliative ward.

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2:15 pm
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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7:30 pm
Thu Aug 28
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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5:50 pm
Fri Aug 29
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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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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5:00 pm
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Thu Aug 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Hard Eight

Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
101 min

Anderson's debut is a deceptively modest character piece about a veteran gambler (Philip Baker Hall) who takes a much younger man under his wing and teaches him how to play the system and win. Until things take a darker turn...

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5:15 pm
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:20 pm
Wed Sep 03
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Boogie Nights

Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
155 min

Being the rise and fall of a prodigiously-endowed performer on the seventies porno scene. Paul Thomas Anderson's flamboyant 1997 calling card movie revels in the wild success of xxxcess, before crashing to earth with a bump.

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7:15 pm
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:30 pm
Mon Sep 01
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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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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7:30 pm
Tue Aug 26
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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5:30 pm
Thu Aug 28
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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7:00 pm
Thu Aug 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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The Balconettes

Dir. Noémie Merlant
105 min

In this flamboyant black comedy set in Marseille during a heatwave, writer-director-star Noémie Merlant and her two besties have to cover up the unpleasant evidence of a disastrous night partying with the hunk across the way.

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2:00 pm
Fri Aug 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:00 pm
Fri Aug 29
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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4:40 pm
Sat Aug 30
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Monk in Pieces

Dir. Billy Shebar & David C Roberts
95 min

A playful and engaging portrait of the avant-garde singer, composer, choreographer and performance artist Meredith Monk. Philip Glass, David Byrne and Bjork share their observations.

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4:20 pm
Fri Aug 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:45 pm
Sat Aug 30
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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2:30 pm
Sun Aug 31
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Petite Maman

Dir. Céline Sciamma
72 min

This "small" film from the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire speaks volumes. It's a poetical modern fairy tale about an 8-year-old girl who meets a new friend her own age in the woods behind her late grandmother's house.

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6:30 pm
Fri Aug 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:30 pm
Sun Aug 31
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Magnolia

Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
188 min

This deeply personal 1999 California opus is ripe for rediscovery. Mapping the emotional traumas of half-a-dozen major characters as they criss-cross the San Fernando Valley in search of either recognition or reconciliation, it's PTA's riskiest gamble.

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8:10 pm
Fri Aug 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:20 pm
Sat Aug 30
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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4:45 pm
Sat Sep 06
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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