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Where the River Begins
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Where the River Begins

Dir. Juan Andrés Arango
102 min

This immersive, hypnotic film follows an Indigenous mother and daughter on a journey from the slums of Bogotá to their true home in the jungle, joined by a young gang member with an especially urgent reason to flee.

Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only International Village 8

Whispers in May

Dir. Dongnan Chen
95 min

Whispers in May follows Qihuo and her friends in China’s Liangshan Mountains as childhood gives way to womanhood. It blends close observation and scenes of the girls' search with animated fragments of Yi oral myth to create a hypnotic coming-of-age film.

International Village 10 SFU Woodwards

Who Moves America

Dir. Yael Bridge
87 min

Who Moves America follows UPS teamsters through their 2023 contract negotiations. Director Yael Bridge turns meetings, rallies, votes, and everyday conversations into a clear-eyed portrait of solidarity and building power.

Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only International Village 10

Wicker

Dir. Eleanor Wilson
105 min

A reclusive fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) orders herself the perfect husband made of wicker (Alexander Skarsgård) in this delightfully bizarre fable of horny baskets and delicious chaos.

The Rio Theatre

Wild Horse Nine

Dir. Martin McDonagh
118 min

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). There, the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies.

Vancouver Playhouse
WOLF
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WOLF

Dir. Christian Cargill
88 min

Narrated by Tilda Swinton, WOLF contrasts the chaotic wilderness of musician Patrick Wolf’s early career with his current cultivation of a more contemplative life. This is a tender portrait of an artist rediscovering himself to prevail against the odds.

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Worlds Within Worlds: Brandon Toller & Matt Hyland, Production Designers, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
two women with a projector light shining over their shoulders

Worlds Within Worlds: Brandon Toller & Matt Hyland, Production Designers, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

90 min

Production designers Brandon Toller and Matt Hyland dive into their approach to collaboration and how they work with directors like Jane Schoenbrun on I Saw the TV Glow and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.

Annex
Yasha
Yasha film image; woman with a bloody nose

Yasha

Dir. Naghi Nemati
88 min

Yasha follows Hana, a young teacher in desperate need of money for her son's life-saving operation. Sidestepping melodrama, Naghi Nemati offers a compelling portrait of a strong woman fighting against impossible odds.

Alliance Francaise International Village 10

Yellow Letters

Dir. İlker Çatak
128 min

Derya and Aziz, a theatre couple based in Ankara, are celebrating the premiere of their latest play when they find themselves targeted by state investigations. Their lives change practically overnight, they find their political convictions put to the test.

Image: © EllaKnorz ifProductions Alamode Film

The Park Theatre Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island

Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)

Dir. Anna Fitch, Banker White
78 min

Winner of the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at this year's Berlinale, Anna Fitch and Banker White’s exuberant documentary combines vérité interviews with a playful mix of puppetry, collage, and insect actors to memorialize a friend.

Image: © Mirabel Pictures

SFU Woodwards International Village 10
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother film image; man holding a baby

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Dir. Bassam Tariq
112 min

When his wife passes suddenly, a devout assassin (Mahershala Ali) is thrust into single parenthood and set on a collision course with a far-right faith leader (John Cho) and his militia. A dizzyingly choreographed, deeply soulful action thriller.

Image: © Jaclyn Martinez

Vancouver Playhouse

Yugo Goes to America

Dir. Filip Grujić, Aleksa Borković
87 min

In Yugo Goes to America, millennials from Belgrade drive a Yugo — Yugoslavia’s notoriously unreliable vehicle — from New York to Los Angeles. Their freewheeling road trip traces the car’s volatile history alongside the breakup of Yugoslavia itself.

International Village 9 SFU Woodwards
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