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Matt and Mara

Dir. Kazik Radwanski
80 min

Featuring terrific performances from Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson, this is a film that buzzes with vitality. In exploring the fraught, ambiguous relationship between two writers, director Kazik Radwanski produces indelible, deeply relatable moments.

SFU Woodwards International Village 10

Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others

Dir. Farshad Hashemi
101 min

When a woman decides to rent her home for a film shoot, she’s not prepared for the intrusion she’ll experience by having the film crew in her space. But as the production ramps up and she finds herself immersed in the work, lines begin to blur...

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre The Cinematheque
Measures for a Funeral
Measures for a Funeral film image; woman stands between two buildings

Measures for a Funeral

Dir. Sofia Bohdanowicz
142 min

When a young academic discovers a personal link to Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, she is compelled to dig deeper. Her investigations lead her on the trail of an elusive concerto, lost for over a century, but which she is determined to bring to light.

Fifth Avenue Aud 3 International Village 9
Methods to Madness with Longlegs' Osgood Perkins
Longlegs film image; woman staring at wall covered in papers

Methods to Madness with Longlegs' Osgood Perkins

Osgood Perkins delves into the dark secrets of Longlegs’ success, candidly discussing borrowing from his influences to create familiar narrative constructs, while retaining enough freedom to explore the themes that fascinate him as storyteller.

The Rio Theatre
Misericordia
Misericordia film image; a mom checks on her son while he sleeps

Misericordia

Dir. Alain Guiraudie
103 min

Edgy, eccentric, and unapologetically queer, this film goes from drama to comedy without putting a foot wrong. Sex and murder are the subjects, and writer-director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) mines them for suspense and outrageous laughs.

International Village 9 SFU Woodwards

Modernism, Inc.

Dir. Jason Cohn
79 min

An insightful look into the heart and soul of modernism in postwar America through the artistic legacy of Eliot Noyes, trailblazing industrial designer, architect, and lifelong innovator who spent four decades introducing modern design to American life.

The Cinematheque Fifth Avenue Aud 3
MODES 1
The Cavalry film image; red silhouette of two people riding horses

MODES 1

Dir. Various
102 min

The veracity of history is made visible, audible, and tangible. Embodying the principle of “Art as modes of truth production,” strap in for a sensory examination of the varying forms of aggression enacted by those with power as a means of dominance.

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
MODES 2
Grandmamauntsistercat film image; bubbles floating in front of young girl

MODES 2

Dir. Various
106 min

Freedom and control, or chaos and systematization. With indelible nuance and care, these works defy categorization, break binaries, and tempt us to adopt a gaze of love, or resistance; defiantly, also an act of love.

VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre

Mongrels

Dir. Jerome Yoo
111 min

Jerome Yoo’s gorgeous, brilliantly structured first feature is a lyrical and gut-wrenching portrait of a grieving Korean immigrant family adjusting to a new life in a small Canadian town in the 1990s.

The Rio Theatre International Village 9
Most People Die on Sundays
Most People Die on Sundays film image; four people eating burgers in a car

Most People Die on Sundays

Dir. Iair Said
75 min

In this mortifying comedy of embarrassment, chubby, gay, Jewish David (played by director Iair Said) returns to his native Buenos Aires. There he confronts the looming death of his comatose father, whom his mother has decided to pull the plug on.

International Village 8 International Village 10

My Favourite Cake

Dir. Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha
96 min

Seventy-year-old widow Mahin has been living alone in Tehran for some time—until one day, she breaks her daily routine with the intention of meeting a man. In this sweet meditation on love, loss and loneliness, the decision leads to an unforgettable encounter.

Vancouver Playhouse Fifth Avenue Aud 3

My Late Summer

Dir. Danis Tanović
98 min

Academy Award-winner Danis Tanović (No Man’s Land, 2002) charms with this summer romance about a woman arriving on a small Croatian island to claim her piece of inheritance from the estranged side of the family.

International Village 10 International Village 8
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