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Coconut Head Generation

Dir. Alain Kassandra
89 min

In Nigeria's oldest university, a student film club presents work by Med Hondo, John Akomfrah, Mahamet-Saleh Haroun and others, which spark passionate criticial conversations around ethnicity, gender, colonialism and housing.

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4:15 pm
Thu Oct 03
International Village 8
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I’m Still Here

Dir. Walter Salles
136 min

Walter Salles (Central Station; Motorcycle Dairies) adapts the 2015 memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, an account of a family torn apart by the "disappearance" of a former congressman at the hands of the military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.

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5:30 pm
Thu Oct 03
Vancouver Playhouse
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8:45 pm
Sat Oct 05
Vancouver Playhouse
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The Sparrow in the Chimney

Dir. Ramon Zürcher
117 min

In a spacious home, preparations are afoot for an extravagant party—which quickly becomes a pressure cooker of longstanding familial strife. An entropic symphony of domestic existence, this is a film whose luminous surfaces yield only deeper enigmas.

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5:45 pm
Thu Oct 03
International Village 10
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3:30 pm
Fri Oct 04
The Cinematheque
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Curl Power

Dir. Josephine Anderson
85 min

This uplifting documentary follows a curling team from Maple Ridge as they navigate the uncertainties of their teenage years and strive to become Canadian Junior Curling Champions with coaching from three of their moms, who are former Olympians.

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6:00 pm
Thu Oct 03
SFU Woodwards
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3:45 pm
Sat Oct 05
SFU Woodwards
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Shepherds

Dir. Sophie Deraspe
113 min

Mathyas abruptly quits his marketing job in Montreal and goes to France with the romantic notion of becoming a shepherd. He's in for a rude awakening... Sophie Deraspe’s film is an elemental epic of personal growth.

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6:00 pm
Thu Oct 03
Fifth Avenue Aud 3
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3:00 pm
Fri Oct 04
SFU Woodwards
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Blink

Dir. Edmund Stenson & Daniel Roher
84 min

When their kids start going blind, Edith and Sébastien Pelletier take their family on a globe-trotting adventure to see the world before they lose their sight. An inspirational journey of reflection, self-discovery, and heartwarming family connection.

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6:15 pm
Thu Oct 03
International Village 9
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10:30 am
Sat Oct 05
International Village 9
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Cherub

Dir. Devin Shears
74 min

Harvey is a lonely, overweight man who discovers new self-esteem when he submits a photo to Cherub, a gay magazine “For big men and their admirers.” A gentle, ambient character study about the healing power of being admired.

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6:30 pm
Thu Oct 03
The Cinematheque
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3:45 pm
Fri Oct 04
International Village 8
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Preface to a History

Dir. Devan Scott & Willa Harlow Ross
61 min

This short experimental feature applies minimalist dramatic techniques to a fraying millennial relationship with rich, fulsome cinematography and a sophisticated sound mix to explore the destabilising dichotomy between our interior and external selves.

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6:30 pm
Thu Oct 03
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
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5:00 pm
Sat Oct 05
International Village 8
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Lucky Star

Dir. Gillian McKercher
85 min

Former gambler Lucky has settled down with a mortgage, a wife and daughters. After falling for a tax scam, he goes all in at the card table. Gillian McKercher helms a tense and gripping narrative about Asian-Canadian familial bonds, deceit and sacrifice.

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6:30 pm
Thu Oct 03
International Village 8
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12:30 pm
Sat Oct 05
International Village 9
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Secret Mall Apartment

Dir. Jeremy Workman
91 min

The stranger-than-fiction true story of a group of artists who built and furnished a hidden apartment inside a mall, remaining undetected for years. This is an absurdly fun and surprisingly profound film about gentrification and art.

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6:45 pm
Thu Oct 03
The Rio Theatre
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Signals Creative Tech Expo

90 min

Presented by DigiBC and VIFF, Signals Creative Tech Expo takes place from September 27 to October 6, 2024 in Vancouver and is set to be a pinnacle event in the realm of creative technology.

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7:00 pm
Thu Oct 03
The Centre for Digital Media
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7:00 pm
Sat Oct 05
The Centre for Digital Media
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10:00 am
Sun Oct 06
The Centre for Digital Media
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The Chef & the Daruma

Dir. Mads K. Baekkevold
90 min

The inventor of the California Roll, chef Hidekazu Tojo helped bring sushi to mainstream popularity through his renowned Vancouver restaurant, Tojo's. The Chef & the Daruma is a mouthwatering film touching on immigration, identity, and reinvention.

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7:00 pm
Thu Oct 03
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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1:15 pm
Sat Oct 05
Fifth Avenue Aud 3
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8:45 pm
Sun Oct 06
SFU Woodwards
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