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Sentimental Value

Dir. Joachim Trier
135 min

A once-revered director crashes back into his family’s lives, eager to recruit his daughter for a film role. When she declines, he finds a new muse in an eager but unpolished Hollywood star, sending his botched reconciliation spiraling into chaos.

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1:30 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes

Dir. Jenn Strom
82 min

A beautiful portrait of E.J. Hughes, who quietly helped reshape the artistic landscape of British Columbia in the 20th century. This extraordinary documentary explores Hughes’s legacy not only as an artist, but as a devoted, humble human being.

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2:00 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:10 pm
Thu Feb 12
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1:15 pm
Sat Feb 14
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Cutting Through Rocks

Dir. Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni
95 min

Winner of Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Cutting Through Rocks follows Sara Shahverdi — motorcyclist, midwife, and first-ever councilwoman elected in her Iranian village. A vérité triumph by Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni.

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4:00 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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7:50 pm
Wed Feb 11
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5:50 pm
Thu Feb 12
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A Poet

Dir. Simón Mesa Soto
120 min

When embittered poet Oscar Restrepo takes a job at a local high school, he meets Yurlady, a talented student from a poor background. Seeking to help her cultivate her art, he draws her into the poetry world — to disastrous and comedic results.

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4:20 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:30 pm
Wed Feb 11
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3:15 pm
Sat Feb 14
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Dir. David Borenstein & Pavel Talankin
90 min

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and Special Jury Prize Winner, Sundance, 2025, this exposé shot by a Russian primary teacher shows how the Putin propaganda machine works to militarize children.

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6:15 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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5:40 pm
Wed Feb 11
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3:50 pm
Thu Feb 12
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Cousin Harley + Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Dir. Jake Kasdan
180 min

Come join Local Hillbilly heroes Cousin Harley, for a night of traditional Rockabilly, Western Swing and early Rock n Roll before reveling in the rock n roll biopic excess of John C Reilly as the legendary Dewey Cox!

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8:00 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Seeds

Dir. Brittany Shyne
123 min

Shot over nine years, Brittany Shyne’s Sundance-winning documentary is a tender portrait of Black farming families in the American South. A moving meditation on land, legacy, and the strength it takes to hold on.

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8:15 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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3:00 pm
Wed Feb 11
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Thu Feb 12
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The Secret Agent

Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
158 min

Having run afoul of an influential bureaucrat in Brazil’s military dictatorship circa 1977, Marcelo decamps to Recife to live under an assumed name — but he’ll soon come to understand precisely how rampant the country’s corruption has become.

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2:30 pm
Wed Feb 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story

Dir. Yemi Bamiro
98 min

Harlem-based photographer, freedom fighter and activist Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. Brathwaite pioneered the idea that Black is Beautiful.

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6:20 pm
Wed Feb 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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All That's Left of You

Dir. Cherien Dabis
145 min

Jordan's submission for the Academy Awards, All That's Left of You makes the most of its epic format to chronicle seven decades of Palestinian history while tracking the psychological impact of cycles of exile and oppression on three generations.

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12:30 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:50 pm
Thu Feb 19
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2:00 pm
Fri Feb 20
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Spring After Spring

Dir. Jon Chiang
78 min

Three daughters strive to live up to the standards set by their mother Marie Mimi Ho, and keep Vancouver Chinatown's Spring Parade going through thick and thin, in this enormously affectionate local documentary by Jon Chiang.

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2:00 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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12:00 pm
Sun Feb 15
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1:30 pm
Tue Feb 17
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Song Sung Blue

Dir. Craig Brewer
133 min

Lightning and Thunder (Hugh Jackman and Oscar nominee Kate Hudson), are Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act who experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together. Based on a true story.

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3:30 pm
Thu Feb 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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3:15 pm
Fri Feb 13
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