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Orwell: 2+2=5
Orwell: 2+2=5 film image; overhead view of people mulling through a shopping mall

Orwell: 2+2=5

Dir. Raoul Peck
119 min

Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck reimagines 1984 in this urgent essay on power, language, and control. With narration by Damian Lewis, it’s a chilling portrait of how Orwell’s warnings became our reality.

International Village 10 SFU Woodwards
Our Hero, Balthazar
Our Hero, Balthazar film image; upset man pressing his hands to his head

Our Hero, Balthazar

Dir. Oscar Boyson
91 min

A wealthy student's performative online videos put him on a collision course with an online troll, who may be planning an act of mass violence. Oscar Boyson's film is a searing examination of youth disaffected by the internet and driven to destruction.

The Rio Theatre International Village 10
Palestine 36
Palestine 36 film image; people riding horses in the desert

Palestine 36

Dir. Annemarie Jacir
118 min

Palestine's entry for Best International Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards is an epic historical drama from director Annemarie Jacir that follows an ensemble of rural villagers who face off against British colonial forces during the 1936 Palestinian revolt.

Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only

particle dance

Dir. Hiromoto Oka 岡博大
145 min

A poetic tribute to the artistic innovations of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. particle dance captures the humility and beauty of Kuma’s balancing act between tradition and experimentation, as he seeks to reconnect humans with their natural environment.

International Village 8 VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
Peak Everything
Peak Everything film image; a man and a woman grinning at each other

Peak Everything

Dir. Anne Émond
100 min

Can love prevail when the world is falling apart? Adam is overwhelmed with climate despair until he falls in love with a customer service operator over the phone. Jagging from melancholia to slapstick, this quirky Canadian rom-com shoots for the moon.

Granville Island Stage Alliance Francaise International Village 10
Pillion
Pillion film image; two men walking down a street at night

Pillion

Dir. Harry Lighton
103 min

A timid, young gay man becomes the submissive to a sexy, leather-clad biker in this wickedly funny and sensitive examination of power, autonomy, and love in the world of kink. Call Me by Your Name meets Phantom Thread in leather chaps.

The Rio Theatre Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
Pixar's ONWARD: The Story Behind the Score with the Danna Brothers
two cartoon friendly monsters sitting on the roof of a beat-up van

Pixar's ONWARD: The Story Behind the Score with the Danna Brothers

120 min

Academy Award-winning composer Mychael Danna, and Jeff Danna explain the strange symmetry between the plot of Onward (2020) and their own lives, while exhibiting the techniques of thematic composition and how powerful it can be to help tell a story, especially in animation.

SFU Woodwards

Remaining Native

Dir. Paige Bethmann
87 min

Teenager Ku Stevens runs toward his dreams while retracing the path of his great-grandfather’s escape from an "Indian boarding school". An impressive, urgent debut from Paige Bethmann about memory, endurance, and what it truly means to remain Native.

International Village 9 Granville Island Stage

Renoir

Dir. Chie Hayakawa 早川千絵
118 min

A beguiling, bravely personal portrait of childhood featuring a superb lead performance by Yui Suzuki. As the 11-year-old Fuki, she faces down the adult world with a mixture of calm, curiosity, and courage.

SFU Woodwards International Village 9 Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
Rental Family
Rental Family film image; man sitting with a young girl clutching a backpack

Rental Family

Dir. HIKARI
103 min

In his first lead role since The Whale, Brendan Fraser plays a lonely American actor in Tokyo who lands a gig at a "rental family" agency, offering stand-ins for real world situations. Need a pretend boyfriend or funeral mourner? Brendan's your man.

The Rio Theatre
Reshaping Storytelling With Zacharias Kunuk, Director
Wrong Husband film image; two people lying on the ground outside side by side

Reshaping Storytelling With Zacharias Kunuk, Director

90 min

Join us for an intimate conversation with legendary Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, whose masterpiece Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes and helped pave the way for more authentic voices in cinema.

SFU Woodwards
Resurrection
Resurrection film image; man holding out his arms facing a curtain

Resurrection

Dir. Bi Gan 毕赣
156 min

In this broken-mirror reality, humanity has lost its ability to dream. A Fantasmer proves a puckish outlier, slipping into the dreamworld and being reincarnated over the course of a century, each time from within a different film genre.

Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only SFU Woodwards
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