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Rafiki
Rafiki film image; two women looking at each other

Rafiki

Dir. Wanuri Kahiu
83 min

Bursting with the colorful style & music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, this exuberant and audacious movie is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality.

The Cinematheque International Village 10
Real
Real film image; woman filming herself with iPhone in a tripod

Real

Dir. Adele Tulli
83 min

Adele Tulli’s documentary explores our relationship with reality in an increasingly virtual world. Exploiting the modern ubiquity of the camera, Real embraces the uncanny beauty of virtual reality and examines technology’s place in human connection.

International Village 8

Realm of Satan

Dir. Scott Cummings
79 min

This experiential documentary contrasts macabre rituals with the mundane domestic lives of high-ranking members of The Church of Satan. A series of wordless vignettes that paint a non-judgmental portrait of the modern Satanist.

The Rio Theatre The Cinematheque International Village 8

Red Path

Dir. Lotfi Achour
97 min

Inspired by recent terrorist atrocities in the Mghila Mountains of Northwest Tunisia, this chilling drama centers on Achraf, a 13-year-old boy who witnesses the brutal killing of his cousin and is forced to relay the message to the victim’s family.

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre The Cinematheque

Reinas

Dir. Klaudia Reynicke
104 min

Early 1990s Lima, Perú. Charming absentee father Carlos “El Loco” Molina tries to earn his way back into his daughters’ lives before their mother moves them to Minnesota. A tender family drama, Reinas won the Generation Kplus Grand Prix at Berlinale 2024.

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Rita

Dir. Jayro Bustamante
107 min

Based on a real tragedy, this magical realist fantasy from the acclaimed director of La Llorona follows Rita, a thirteen-year-old Guatemalan runaway determined to escape from her abusive home life and the inhumane conditions of a children’s shelter.

The Rio Theatre International Village 9

Rock Bottom

Dir. María Trénor
86 min

Inspired by the musician Robert Wyatt and the recording of his 1974 classic of the same name, Rock Bottom is a psychedelic, animated musical odyssey about a drummer reinventing himself after an accident that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down.

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre Fifth Avenue Aud 3

Rosinante

Dir. Baran Gündüzalp
104 min

When Salih loses his job, his middle-class life with his wife and son is thrown into jeopardy. After a string of job rejections, he joins an app-based motorcycle taxi driving service—until his bike, Rosinante, goes mysteriously missing.

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Rumours
Rumours film image; a giant brain in a dark forest next to two crouched people

Rumours

Dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson
103 min

Guy Maddin and the Johnson brothers are back with an audacious and fantastical political satire about a G7 meeting descending into supernatural chaos and disaster. Luckily Canada's PM (Roy Dupuis) is on hand to save the day...

Vancouver Playhouse The Rio Theatre
Samia
Samia film image; woman holding up one arm

Samia

Dir. Yasemin Şamdereli
102 min

Despite growing up in Mogadishu, Somalia, during the civil war, Samia Yusuf Omar persists in her dream of becoming an Olympic athlete and competes in Beijing, 2008 -- with London, 2012 next on her agenda. Based on a true story.

International Village 10 Fifth Avenue Aud 3

Saturday Night

Dir. Jason Reitman
109 min

The true story of what happened behind the scenes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words...

Vancouver Playhouse

Searching for Amani

Dir. Nicole Gormley & Debra Aroko
80 min

Years after his father's murder while working in Kenya’s largest private wildlife sanctuary, 13-year-old Simon Ali searches for the killers. An unflinching chronicle of postcolonial upheaval and one family’s choice to search for peace.

International Village 8
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