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Broken Voices

Dir. Ondřej Provazník
106 min

When 13-year-old Karolina is chosen to be part of the main lineup of an acclaimed children’s choir, it draws unwanted attention. Broken Voices is a gutting account of a grave abuse of power based on a real-life story.

International Village 7 Granville Island Stage VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
Building the Extraordinary With Marcus Rowland, Production Designer, The Running Man
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Building the Extraordinary With Marcus Rowland, Production Designer, The Running Man

90 min

An engaging conversation with Marcus Rowland as he takes us behind the scenes of his creative process, revealing how he builds these unforgettable worlds and navigates the collaborative art of bringing impossible visions to life on screen.

Annex
Calle Malaga
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Calle Malaga

Dir. Maryam Touzani
116 min

Seventy-nine-year-old María Ángeles lives independently in Tangier's Spanish quarter. When her daughter pressures her into selling her apartment, she refuses to give in, finding in her old age a new resilience and an unexpected romantic connection.

SFU Woodwards Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only

Caravaggio

Dir. David Bickerstaff & Phil Grabsky
100 min

In the latest from Exhibition on Screen, co-directors David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky shed light on not only on Caravaggio’s paintings, but his life, often kept half-hidden in the same chiaroscuro tones he shaded his masterpieces with.

International Village 10 Granville Island Stage VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
Case 137
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Case 137

Dir. Dominik Moll
115 min

When a teenage demonstrator is grievously injured by rubber bullets during a frenzied protest in the streets of Paris, an intrepid Internal Affairs investigator must determine whether her fellow officers employed excessive force.

Image: © Fannyde Gouville

Alliance Francaise Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only International Village 10
Choreographed Chaos: Ramon and Silvan Zürcher on Domestic Surrealism and Cinematic Precision
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Choreographed Chaos: Ramon and Silvan Zürcher on Domestic Surrealism and Cinematic Precision

90 min

Employing collaboration and a shared vision, Ramon and Silvan Zürcher create meticulously observed, drolly absurd dramas that transform domestic spaces into surreal landscapes.

Image: © Iris Janke

VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
Christy
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Christy

Dir. David Michôd
135 min

Christy Martin never imagined life beyond small-town West Virginia. But then she discovers a killer left hook and knack for knocking detractors out that just might be her tickets out of there. A bruising biopic about an indomitable warrior.

Vancouver Playhouse The Rio Theatre
claire rousay, The Bloody Lady (Live Score) and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
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claire rousay, The Bloody Lady (Live Score) and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

150 min

An evening of haunted sound and cinema with claire rousay performing her live score of the animated classic The Bloody Lady and composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe presenting a performance tethered to his cinematic sound worlds (Candyman; Seeds; After Life).

The Rio Theatre

Clan of the Painted Lady

Dir. Jennifer Chiu
101 min

Jennifer Chiu’s engrossing documentary explores the Hakka — a people, a language, and a culture that have been obscured for far too long. Tracing her own lineage back to from Canada to China, the director creates an illuminating, bravely personal film.

Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema

Closing Gala: Köln 75 With Live Performance by Chris Gestrin

Dir. Ido Fluk
155 min

Experience the transcendent power of music: Vancouver pianist Chris Gestrin performs a set of Keith Jarrett-inspired music to accompany Köln 75, which tells the story of Jarrett’s iconic concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.

Vancouver Playhouse
Cover-Up
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Cover-Up

Dir. Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus
117 min

Oscar-winner Laura Poitras and Emmy-winner Mark Obenhaus turn their lens on legendary journalist Seymour Hersh in a riveting film that unpacks how one reporter exposed the truths behind My Lai and Abu Ghraib — and what it takes to hold power to account.

Image: © The New York Times

Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only International Village 10
Cutting Through Rocks
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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.

International Village 8 International Village 9