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Vengeance Is Mine

Dir. Michael Roemer
118 min

Michael Roemer’s Vengeance Is Mine follows Jo, a troubled young woman returning to her Rhode Island hometown to confront childhood wounds. An attempt to confront one family's past gradually becomes entangled with another family's dysfunction.

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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 03
The Cinematheque
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Sat Oct 10
The Cinematheque
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Gasmask

Dir. Harry Cepka
61 min

Part post-apocalyptic fable, part film essay, Harry Cepka's Gasmask is an enigmatic meditation on memory, ritual, and art. Evoking Chris Marker's La Jetée, it asks what remains of cinema after the world that created it has disappeared.

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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 03
International Village 8
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9:15 pm
Thu Oct 08
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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La Gradiva

Dir. Marine Atlan
145 min

Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics’ Week, Marine Atlan's feature debut follows a class of French high-school students on a trip to Naples. While learning about the ruins of Pompeii by day, a different kind of education takes place at night.

Image: © Films du poisson, Bibi Film TV, Arte France Cinema

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1:15 pm
Sat Oct 03
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:15 pm
Sat Oct 03
Alliance Francaise
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8:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 9
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Trial of Hein

Dir. Kai Stänicke
122 min

After 14 years on the mainland, Hein returns to the cloistered fishing village where he grew up. But when he arrives, he goes unrecognized. Amid mounting suspicion and hostility, the community holds a three-day trial to verify his identity.

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2:30 pm
Sat Oct 03
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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We Are All Strangers

Anthony Chen
157 min

Anthony Chen tells the soulful story of a father and son in contemporary Singapore, each of whom gets married for very different reasons. This is a film about the human cost of poverty — poignant, relatable, and profound.

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2:30 pm
Sat Oct 03
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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8:45 pm
Mon Oct 05
International Village 9
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3:00 pm
Wed Oct 07
The Park Theatre
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Shame and Money

Dir. Visar Morina
129 min

Shaban and his wife make their living as dairy farmers in a rural Kosovan village, but when an act of betrayal upends their livelihood, they are forced to move to the capital to make ends meet. As pressures mount, Shaban is pushed to the brink.

Image: © Janis Mazuch

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2:30 pm
Sat Oct 03
International Village 10
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Everytime

Dir. Sandra Wollner
123 min

Winner of this year’s prestigious Un Certain Regard award at Cannes, Sandra Wollner’s exquisite debut is a tender drama in which a mother is drawn closer to her youngest daughter and her late daughter’s boyfriend as they make sense of a shared tragedy.

Image: © The Barricades Panama Film, Gregory Oke

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2:45 pm
Sat Oct 03
SFU Woodwards
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3:30 pm
Sun Oct 04
Alliance Francaise
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7:00 pm
Mon Oct 05
International Village 10
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Man in Motion: Celebrating Rick Hansen

126 min

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the Man in Motion World Tour, friends from across the country will join Rick Hansen for the hometown premiere of Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story. Following the screening, Rick will be joining us on stage for an extended Q&A.

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2:45 pm
Sat Oct 03
Vancouver Playhouse
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The Quiet Applause

Dir. Byun Sung-bin
81 min

This gentle, lyrical film stars Yang Hae-bom as San, an adorable toddler living in the countryside. Her life is peaceful save for the aggressive outbursts of her brother, whose autism has created tension between the parents…

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3:00 pm
Sat Oct 03
International Village 9
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1:30 pm
Tue Oct 06
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Short Forum 2: Anthropomaxx

112 min

Dogs, frogs, hogs, and more!

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3:15 pm
Sat Oct 03
International Village 8
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10:30 am
Sun Oct 04
International Village 8
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Flies

Dir. Fernando Eimbcke
99 min

Flies is the story of elderly and embittered Olga, the father and son she accepts as tenants, and the spiritual reawakening they provoke in her. Director Eimbcke plots Olga’s shift from battle-axe to benevolent spirit with grace. A heartwarming gem.

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3:30 pm
Sat Oct 03
The Park Theatre
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6:15 pm
Sun Oct 11
International Village 10
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Dir. William Greaves, David Greaves
100 min

Once Upon a Time in Harlem splices together footage shot by William Greaves in 1972 of a group of Harlem Renaissance luminaries in conversation at Duke Ellington’s townhouse. The film is a living archive of memory, disagreement, style, and Black genius.

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3:30 pm
Sat Oct 03
The Rio Theatre
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6:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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