The Seed of the Sacred Fig
A tense mystery and an act of radical protest, this film tells the story of an Iranian lawyer who’s lost his handgun and knows someone in his family took it. With every moment, his wife and daughters grow more afraid of him–yet none of them will confess…
Nickel Boys
To tell the story of two friends serving time at a brutal racist Florida reform school, director RaMell Ross puts us inside their heads. It's a radical masterstroke in a powerful film, nominated for Best Picture.
Sugarcane
"Deeply impactful", Sugarcane is an important contribution to the ongoing process of Truth & Reconciliation in this country, a compassionate, sensitive account of the investigation into residential school abuse at Williams Lake, BC.
Conclave
When the Pope dies, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) must orchestrate the election of a successor. This deeply satisfying Vatican thriller features newcomer Carlos Diehz in a key supporting role, Cardinal Benitez.
Emilia Pérez
When a defence attorney (Zoe Saldana) is enlisted to tend to the affairs of a notorious drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) completing gender affirmation surgery, there will be blood, ballads, and dance numbers. A maximalist musical from Jacques Audiard.
Oscar® Shorts 2025: Animation
Magic candies, first kisses, and three brothers seeking hair transplants... the animated shorts package is a treasure trove of delights.
Oscar® Shorts 2025: Documentary
Four of this year's short documentary nominees are from the USA, and three of them deal with violence: a prisoner on death row, Parkland, and a police shooting incident in Chicago, 2018. Happily the other nominees focus on classical music.
Oscar® Shorts 2025: Live Action
This year's live action shorts include films from India, South Africa, the USA, the Netherlands, and Croatia about rhinos, robots, and testing times.
Dune: Part Two
Nominated for Best Picture, and for cinematography, production design, visual effects and sound, Denis Villeneuve's second helping of Frank Herbert cosmology gives us jaw-dropping spectacle and epic storytelling.
Oscars® Party 2025
Hosts Sparkle Plenty and Diva the Violet Femme emcee VIFF's annual Oscar® party this year, with prize bingo, our Best Dressed fashion show (3pm) and unlimited popcorn. Wine, beer and bubbly available from the bar, and Japadog will be parked outside. Please note there will be no Standby available for this event.
No Other Land
Deemed by many critics one of the essential films of 2024, a multiple festival award winner and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, No Other Land is a reminder that mass expulsion is by no means a new reality for Palestinians.
Flow
In this wordless and gorgeously atmospheric animated feature, a solitary black cat survives a tsunami and must confront his fear of water whilst sailing through a flooded world with a group of misfit animals. An enchanting adventure film for all ages. Rated: G
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Porcelain War
In Canada we cannot truly comprehend a scenario in which our country is invaded and civilians compelled to take up arms. Yet for Ukrainians, this is the reality. In Porcelain War, three artists elect to stay and fight -- with cameras, yes, and with guns.
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Black Box Diaries
A first person true crime story, Shiori Ito's Black Box Dairies chronicles her long, difficult campaign to hold a veteran journalist (a friend of the Prime Minister) to account for rape.
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Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat
In January 1961, seven months after Congolese independence, Patrice Lumumba is assassinated. In excavating the history of this political murder, this essay-film traces the complex and unlikely intersections of American jazz and Cold War geopolitics.
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