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Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the VIFF Centre with your special someone. Choose from a heartfelt love story, a curated selection of classic cartoons, or something a bit more provocative…
2 for 1 Tickets:
Join us for our Friday night Valentine’s screening of David Lean’s epic, all-star Doctor Zhivago.
Special Offer:
Preorder a BC-made Nicelife cocktail (or two) at a discounted price when buying your tickets.
Brief Encounter
Considered one of the greatest British films ever made, this evergreen love story plays like In the Mood for Love, 1945 edition, with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson instead of Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, and Rachmaninoff instead of Nat King Cole.
Dancing on the Moon: Fleischer Cartoon Valentines
In this specially curated package of vintage family-friendly cartoons from the 1920s and 30s by animation pioneer Max Fleischer the emphasis is on love and romance. Featuring Betty Boop & Bimbo the dog, Popeye the Sailor Man et al.
Doctor Zhivago
This Valentine Day, wrap yourself in David Lean's epic, all-star love story, set against the tumult of the Russian Revolution. With Maurice Jarre's haunting score, Omar Sharif as the soulful doctor/poet, and Julie Christie as his soul-mate Lara.
Paying For It
Talk about a hall of mirrors! Sook-Yin Lee wittily adapts the graphic novel of the same name by her ex-boyfriend, Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown, about the end of their relationship Brown's subsequent decision to start paying for sex.