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Desert of Namibia

Dir. Yôko Yamanaka
137 min

A prizewinner at Cannes, Yôko Yamanaka's second film is an acerbic portrait of an arrogant, attractive, diffident, "difficult" 21-year-old woman, Kana (a mesmerizing Yuumi Kawai), who numbly drifts between boyfriends, leaving wreckage in her wake.

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Thu May 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Jun 01
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Amiko

Dir. Yôko Yamanaka
66 min

Teenage rebel Amiko loves Radiohead but hates everything else about her boring and banal existence -- and her provincial high school above all. Then she meets a boy... The micro-budget debut of 19-year-old Desert of Namibia director Yôko Yamanaka.

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6:15 pm
Thu May 29
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Jinpa

Dir. Pema Tseden
87 min

Produced by Wong Kar-wai, Pema Tseden's offbeat fable is part road movie, part Tibetan western, as the fates of two men named Jinpa intertwine and weighty moral questions of karma and compassion hang in the balance.

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6:30 pm
Thu May 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Moonlight

Dir. Barry Jenkins
142 min

Three chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man grappling with his identity and sexuality in a rough Miami neighborhood. Barry Jenkins' exploration of vulnerability and love offers a refreshing alternative to traditional portrayals of masculinity. Screening with the short Strange Way of Life.

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8:00 pm
Thu May 29
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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2:30 pm
Sat May 31
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Becoming Led Zeppelin

Dir. Bernard MacMahon
122 min

Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon's experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin's creative, musical, and personal origin story.

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8:30 pm
Thu May 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Love

Dir. Dag Johan Haugerud
119 min

This warm, thoughtful piece offers shrewd comic observations on modern dating as it trains a quizzical eye on the trysts of a female doctor, Marianne (Andrea Bræin Hovig), and her colleague, a gay male nurse, Tor (Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen).

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1:30 pm
Fri May 30
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sat May 31
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Sun Jun 01
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The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & The Art of Survival

Dir. Julie Rubio
96 min

If Art Deco had a face, it was surely Tamara De Lempicka, giving us the side-eye at the wheel of a green Bugati in her famous self-portrait. Rubio's invaluable doc teases out the truths behind the myths, shedding light on De Lempicka's still underrated art.

Image: © 2024 TAMARA DE LEMPICKA ESTATE, LLC ADAGP, PARIS ARS, NY

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Fri May 30
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sat May 31
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Wed Jun 11
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Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day

Dir. Ivona Juka
137 min

In this powerful period drama, a Yugoslav filmmaker falls out of favour with the Communist regime in the 1950s. Suspected of homosexuality and ideological impurity, he has enemies in high places, but refuses to concede his human rights.

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Fri May 30
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Mon Jun 02
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The Wedding Banquet

Dir. Andrew Ahn
103 min

This joyful comedy cleverly updates Ang Lee's 1993 gay marriage comedy and transports the action to contemporary Seattle (actually, Vancouver).

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4:30 pm
Fri May 30
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Fri May 30
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Sun Jun 01
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On Swift Horses

Dir. Daniel Minahan
119 min

A young couple's California dream turns sour when his charismatic card shark brother (Jacob Elordi) upends their ideas about what they want. This is a sumptuous 50s melodrama with a queer viewpoint.

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Fri May 30
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sun Jun 01
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April

Dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili
134 min

A doggedly mysterious and haunting account of an investigation into the professionalism of a Georgian Ob-Gyn, Nina, accused of negligance, Dea Kulumbegashvili's film has been compared to the work of masters like Haneke, Glazer and Reygadas.

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Fri May 30
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Jun 01
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Another Woman

Dir. Woody Allen
77 min

Gena Rowlands as philosophy teacher whose meticulously controlled life begins to unravel after she starts to eavesdrop on a psychotherapist's sessions.

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Sun Jun 01
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Tue Jun 03
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