Live performances that push the boundaries of traditional film programming, intersecting cinema culture with music, comedy, podcasting, and performance in unique, cinema-infused live shows.
Upcoming Events
Magazinist’s Faust
Apr 30
Experimental music duo Magazinist perform an original live score alongside FW Murnau’s Faust on April 30, “Walpurgis Night” — the very evening when Faust is led by Mephisto to the mountaintop for a night of infernal revelry in celebration of spring.
A Page of Madness: Live Score by SOMNUS
Jun 16
Experimental music duo SOMNUS premieres a new multi-instrumental live score to Teinsuke Kinugasa’s expressionist horror masterpiece. An asylum janitor wants to help his beloved wife escape, but she doesn’t want to leave…
Past VIFF Live Events
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, online performance, VIFF 2020
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Plays Deep Red Live, VIFF 2019
On Cinema at the Cinema Live!, VIFF 2019
This is Spinal Tap: Anniversary Live Score, VIFF 2019
Song Exploder Live with Chuck D, VIFF 2019
Feminist Live Reads Some Like It Hot, VIFF 2019