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Vengeance Is Mine

Dir. Michael Roemer
118 min

Michael Roemer’s Vengeance Is Mine follows Jo, a troubled young woman returning to her Rhode Island hometown to confront childhood wounds. An attempt to confront one family's past gradually becomes entangled with another family's dysfunction.

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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
The Cinematheque
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Idda

Dir. Irene Dionisio
89 min

Childhood friends Adele and Sofia reconnect after years apart. Vowing to finally complete their long-planned climb to Mount Etna, the two set out on a strenuous journey up the Sicilian mountainside, where their friendship will be tested and redefined.

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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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Sweet Milk Lake

Dir. Harvey Zielinski
94 min

In Sweet Milk Lake, a trans man is mistaken for his cisgender twin in a darkly comic thriller about deception, gender, and dangerous wish fulfilment.

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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 9
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Closure

Dir. Michał Marczak
106 min

In Closure, Michał Marczak follows Daniel, a father searching the Vistula River after his teenage son disappears from Warsaw’s Gdański Bridge. Resisting true-crime spectacle, this is a film questions whether hope can sometimes keep you trapped.

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1:15 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 10
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Short Forum 9: Big Time Sensuality

116 min

Explorations of desire and intimacy serve both pain and pleasure.

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1:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 8
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All of a Sudden

Dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
196 min

An eldercare manager (Virginie Efira) forms a life-changing bond with a terminally ill playwright (Tao Okamoto) in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's All of a Sudden, a tender, philosophically rich meditation on mortality, care, and what we owe one another.

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1:45 pm
Sat Oct 10
Vancouver Playhouse
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Dao

Dir. Alain Gomis
185 min

Dao is a tribute to Afro-French life and custom, blending fiction and reality in its depiction of two rituals: a wedding in France and a mourning ceremony in Guinea-Bissau. Joyful and cathartic, this is a portrait of life in all its pain and beauty.

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2:15 pm
Sat Oct 10
The Park Theatre
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Reclaim My Skin

Dir. Marie Clements
168 min

A three-part documentary series that challenges stereotypes and authority while celebrating the resilience and resurgence of Indigenous female identity. Reclaim My Skin empowers Indigenous women and their allies with the knowledge of their true history.

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2:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Nuisance Bear

Dir. Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman
90 min

Winner of the highly coveted Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary, Nuisance Bear follows a polar bear through Churchill, Manitoba, where the town profits from bears as spectacle while treating their arrival as a problem.

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2:45 pm
Sat Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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3:30 pm
Sun Oct 11
Alliance Francaise
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9 Temples to Heaven

Dir. Sompot Chidgasornpongse
140 min

A middle-aged businessman leads his family on a one-day religious pilgrimage in the hopes of extending his sickly mother's life. Along the way, conflict brews, painful realizations unfold, and the film transforms into a meditation of faith, love, and duty.

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3:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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The Bryce Lee Story

Dir. Arnold Lim
88 min

A 13-year-old immigrant and aspiring filmmaker falsely claims he's related to Bruce Lee in this Vancouver Island-set film. The Bryce Lee Story is a heartfelt coming-of-age tale about identity, family, and the search for belonging.

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3:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Revolutionaries Never Die

Dir. Mohanad Yaqubi
81 min

Revolutionaries Never Die is Mohanad Yaqubi’s reply to Jocelyne Saab, who passed away before the two could collaborate. Yaqubi's film serves as equal parts tribute, conversation, and partnership with the revolutionary past.

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3:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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