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Fantasy

Dir. Kukla
98 min

Sina, Jasna, and Mihrije are three best friends navigating the challenges of young adulthood in contemporary Ljubljana. Their world is blown wide open when they meet Fantasy, a mysterious trans woman with much feminine wisdom.

International Village 8 VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema

Father

Dir. Tereza Nvotová
103 min

Inspired by real-life events of a man whose momentary lapse cost him everything, Father is a profoundly unsettling, devastating watch that doubles as a solemn, immaculately realized account of a tragedy of insurmountable proportions.

International Village 10 Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
Father Mother Sister Brother
Father Mother Sister Brother film image; two women looking closely at a book

Father Mother Sister Brother

Dir. Jim Jarmusch
110 min

Jim Jarmusch returns to the anthology format he mastered in earlier films with this triptych of tales involving parents (Tom Waits and Charlotte Rampling) and their grown children (among them, Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchette).

Image: © Vague Notion

The Rio Theatre Vancouver Playhouse
Finch & Midland
Finch & Midland film image; depressed looking man standing in front of a mirror

Finch & Midland

Dir. Timothy Yeung 楊永光
110 min

Timothy Yeung’s film tells the story of four Hong Kong immigrants living in Scarborough, Ontario. With exceptional performances from its four leads, the film explores the Asian diaspora, social malaise, and the hardships of life under late capitalism.

Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only International Village 10

Fiume o Morte!

Dir. Igor Bezinović
112 min

The Croatian city of Rijeka rediscovers its own past in this delightfully unconventional hybrid documentary about Italian poet and proto-fascist Gabriele D’Annunzio, who seized the city known in Italian as Fiume in 1919.

VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema International Village 8

Follies

Dir. Eric K. Boulianne
101 min

After two kids and 16 years of marriage, François and Julie decide to open up their relationship in a bid to rekindle their dwindling sex life. A painfully hilarious and brutally honest depiction of love, sex, and intimacy.

International Village 9 The Rio Theatre

Foreigner

Dir. Ava Maria Safai
83 min

An Iranian teenager who recently immigrated to Canada is desperate to make friends at her new high school. Pressured to dye her hair blonde, she unleashes a demonic force rooted within her. A humourous coming-of-age horror from Ava Maria Safai.

The Rio Theatre International Village 10
Franz
Franz film image; man sitting stiffly at a dining table

Franz

Dir. Agnieszka Holland
127 min

Veteran Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland takes the bull by the horns to craft a Kafka biopic that's Kafkaesque and then some, artfully layering scenes from Kafka's life and works along with ironic present-day footage for a truly surreal counterpoint.

Vancouver Playhouse Granville Island Stage
Free Leonard Peltier
Free Leonard Peltier film image; people protesting in the street with banners and signs

Free Leonard Peltier

Dir. Jesse Short Bull & David France
110 min

Leonard Peltier spent nearly 50 years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit. This searing, award-winning documentary revisits his case and the fight for his freedom — exposing a justice system built to punish resistance and erase Indigenous voices.

International Village 9 International Village 8
From Intimate to Infinite With Writer, Creator Jenny Lumet
people in sci-fi starship uniforms walking across an alien planet

From Intimate to Infinite With Writer, Creator Jenny Lumet

90 min

From Rachel Getting Married to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Jenny Lumet is a master storyteller. She's forged a unique path, building a career that champions diverse voices and crafts deeply human stories. Join us as she shares her journey.

The Rio Theatre

Fucktoys

Dir. Annapurna Sriram
106 min

AP is a young sex worker in need of cash and a baby lamb to sacrifice after multiple psychics tell her she's cursed. Fucktoys is a pastel-coloured femme punk freak-out and neo-camp retelling of The Fool's Journey.

The Rio Theatre International Village 10

Gazelle

Dir. Nadir Saribacak & Samy Pioneer (Selman)
103 min

Yakup, a Turkish music teacher seeking political asylum in New York, is trying to keep his head above water as he navigates the US immigration system and lays the ground to bring his wife and daughter abroad.

VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema International Village 8