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All That's Left of You

Dir. Cherien Dabis
145 min

Jordan's submission for the Academy Awards, All That's Left of You makes the most of its epic format to chronicle seven decades of Palestinian history while tracking the psychological impact of cycles of exile and oppression on three generations.

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12:30 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Thu Feb 19
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Fri Feb 20
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Spring After Spring

Dir. Jon Chiang
78 min

Three daughters strive to live up to the standards set by their mother Marie Mimi Ho, and keep Vancouver Chinatown's Spring Parade going through thick and thin, in this enormously affectionate local documentary by Jon Chiang.

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2:00 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sun Feb 15
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1:30 pm
Tue Feb 17
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Song Sung Blue

Dir. Craig Brewer
133 min

Lightning and Thunder (Hugh Jackman and Oscar nominee Kate Hudson), are Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act who experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together. Based on a true story.

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3:30 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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3:15 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Dir. David Borenstein & Pavel Talankin
90 min

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and Special Jury Prize Winner, Sundance, 2025, this exposé shot by a Russian primary teacher shows how the Putin propaganda machine works to militarize children.

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3:50 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Fri Feb 13
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3:15 pm
Wed Feb 18
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Cutting Through Rocks

Dir. Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni
95 min

Winner of Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Cutting Through Rocks follows Sara Shahverdi — motorcyclist, midwife, and first-ever councilwoman elected in her Iranian village. A vérité triumph by Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni.

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5:50 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes

Dir. Jenn Strom
82 min

A beautiful portrait of E.J. Hughes, who quietly helped reshape the artistic landscape of British Columbia in the 20th century. This extraordinary documentary explores Hughes’s legacy not only as an artist, but as a devoted, humble human being.

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6:10 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sat Feb 14
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sun Feb 15
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Sound of Falling

Dir. Mascha Schilinski
149 min

A remote German farmhouse is the stage for the mundane and magical experiences of four girls who call the foreboding place home at various intervals over the course of a century. In turns delicate and devastating, this is cinema at its most experiential.

Image: © Fabian Gamper

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8:00 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Seeds

Dir. Brittany Shyne
123 min

Shot over nine years, Brittany Shyne’s Sundance-winning documentary is a tender portrait of Black farming families in the American South. A moving meditation on land, legacy, and the strength it takes to hold on.

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8:15 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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The Love That Remains

Dir. Hlynur Pálmason
109 min

Anna and Magnús have separated, leaving her to raise their three children as he spends long stretches at sea, working as a fisherman. As the seasons pass, their emotions ebb and flow. A richly conceived story with unexpected delight and humour.

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1:20 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sat Feb 14
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Sun Feb 15
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Montreal, ma belle

Dir. Xiaodan He
118 min

In this Valentine to discovering love later in life, the ever-elegant Joan Chen plays Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother in Montreal whose world is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with a young Quebecoise.

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3:40 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sat Feb 14
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Sat Feb 14
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Sirât

Dir. Óliver Laxe
115 min

A desperate father (Sergi Lopez) searchers for his missing daughter through the spiritual wasteland of the Moroccan desert. An unforgettable sensory powerhouse, Sîrat will have you riveted and rattled for hours after the end credits have rolled.

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6:15 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

Dir. Christine Turner
84 min

Whether he was a man, a musician, or an emissary from Saturn (as he claimed), Sun Ra was one of the unique visionaries of the 20th century. Christine Turner’s documentary explores the legacy of this iconoclastic who turned his life into a work of art.

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8:00 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Tue Feb 17
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