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BC Spotlight

Image: Uncommon Ground, VIFF 2024

The latest feature films from our province’s best and brightest creators will leave audiences thrilled by our homegrown talent.

 

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The Death of James film image; cartoon of one boy holding a sick ferret while another boy talks to him

The Death of James

VIFF Short Forum 2

Two friends grapple with mortality as they are confronted with a dying pet ferret.

 

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Delta Dawn

VIFF Short Forum 2

This documentary follows Dawn Murphy, or “Princess Delta Dawn”, the first Indigenous woman wrestler and the first Canadian woman wrestler to compete in Japan in 1991.

 

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Hatch film image; person looking down into a hole with a ladder

Hatch

VIFF Short Forum 5

A group of Afghan refugees hide inside a water tanker as they attempt to cross the border to safety.

 

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Inkwo: For When the Starving Return film image; close on person in dim lighting

Inkwo: For When the Starving Return

Short Fuse

Set two lifetimes in the future. Dove, a gender-shifting warrior, uses their Indigenous medicine (Inkwo) to protect their community from an unburied swarm of terrifying creatures.

 

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Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist film image; man in wrestling attire stands on stage

Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist

VIFF Short Forum 1

Vancouver-based wrestler Judas Icarus embarks on an arduous road to recovery. Featuring a cast of active Pacific Northwest wrestlers and musicians.

 

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One Day This Kid

VIFF Short Forum 1

Inspired by David Wojnarowicz’s text, this story of the same name follows the quiet struggle for acceptance between Afghan-Canadian Hamed and his father.

 

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Uncommon Ground

VIFF Short Forum 9

In the year 2171, Tawni and her aunt live in the Shadowlands. While on a journey to the capital for medicine, Tawni discovers a plane crash survivor and risks her own safety to treat him.

 

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