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Hanami

Dir. Denise Fernandes
96 min

Set on a remote volcanic island in Cape Verde, this mesmerizing, lyrical feature debut traces a young woman’s journey into adulthood, guided by the community of women that surround her in the absence of her mother.

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre The Cinematheque
Happyend
Happyend film image; people in AR footage with messages appearing above their heads

Happyend

Dir. Neo Sora
113 min

Neo Sora (Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus) fuses teen high school comedy and political protest to winning effect in this raucous, creative, and poignant "story of the near future." It features earthquakes, digital surveillance, thumping techno music, and more...

Vancouver Playhouse Fifth Avenue Aud 3
Holy Cow
Holy Cow film image; two children sit on garbage cans

Holy Cow

Dir. Louise Courvoisier
90 min

Compelled to look after his kid sister after their father dies, 18-year-old Totone resolves to try his hand at cheese-making, no matter that he has no budget and no experience. This earthy coming of age movie finds good reasons to think he'll succeed.

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House of the Seasons

Dir. Oh Jung-min
121 min

Distinguished by its complexity, its fine ensemble cast, and the beauty of its exteriors, this is a rich, relatable family drama. Making his feature debut, Oh Jung-min uses the seasons to create visual splendour and deep metaphorical power.

Fifth Avenue Aud 3 International Village 9 International Village 10
Hyenas
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Hyenas

Dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty
110 min

Mambéty’s follow-up to Touki-Bouki is a mocking satire on post-colonial Senegal: a now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who abandoned her and left her with his child.

The Cinematheque

I Saw Three Black Lights

Dir. Santiago Lozano Álvarez
87 min

In this quietly profound drama, a wise old shaman embarks on a final journey into the Colombian jungle to settle a spiritual debt and reconnect with his late son. A cinematic love letter to ancient traditions, steeped in the lush, immersive rainforest.

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
I’m Still Here
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I’m Still Here

Dir. Walter Salles
136 min

Walter Salles (Central Station; Motorcycle Dairies) adapts the 2015 memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, an account of a family torn apart by the "disappearance" of a former congressman at the hands of the military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.

Vancouver Playhouse

Inay (Mama)

Dir. Thea Loo
56 min

Bold and deeply personal, Inay investigates the emotional and psychological repercussions of Canada's Live-In Caregiver Program, which attracted Filipino women migrant workers who left their children to care for strangers out of economic necessity.

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Inedia
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Inedia

Dir. Liz Cairns
107 min

Liz Cairns makes a mesmerizing feature debut that sees a young woman suffering from mysterious food allergies join a remote island community practicing alternative healing methods. She soon realizes that not everything is as it seems.

SFU Woodwards International Village 9
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion film image; man lying on floor with his finger pressed to his face

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Dir. Elio Petri
115 min

A police chief murders his mistress, in an effort to prove that his position in society makes it impossible for him to be caught. Petri’s Cannes and Oscar-winning 1970 film is part pitch-black satire, part police-procedural, part psychological thriller.

The Cinematheque VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre

It’s Not Me

Dir. Leos Carax
42 min

“Where are you at, Leos Carax?” To this question, the French filmmaker assembles an unpredictable essay-film made in the spirit of the late Jean-Luc Godard—an endlessly inventive self-portrait of an artist reflecting on his place in cinema history.

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
Jeremy Dutcher & Alanis Obomsawin
left image: man lying on rocks; right image: woman singing into microphone

Jeremy Dutcher & Alanis Obomsawin

90 min

Two of the most compelling voices in Indigenous music and cinema meet for an intimate, unique, and unforgettable evening of intergenerational story and song featuring award-winning Wolastoqiyik tenor and composer Jeremy Dutcher and renowned Abenaki filmmaker and musician Alanis Obomsawin.

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
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