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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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2:30 pm
Sat Feb 07
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Feb 08
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Sun Feb 08
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It Was Just an Accident

Dir. Jafar Panahi
105 min

Having offered some late-night assistance to a stranger in the wake of an auto accident, a mechanic grows convinced that he recognizes the supposed stranger’s voice as that of his torturer during a grueling prison spell.

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5:00 pm
Sat Feb 07
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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1:00 pm
Wed Feb 18
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sound of Falling

Dir. Mascha Schilinski
149 min

A remote German farmhouse is the stage for the mundane and magical experiences of four girls who call the foreboding place home at various intervals over the course of a century. In turns delicate and devastating, this is cinema at its most experiential.

Image: © Fabian Gamper

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4:45 pm
Sun Feb 08
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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7:30 pm
Mon Feb 09
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8:00 pm
Thu Feb 12
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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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7:00 pm
Sun Feb 08
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Mon Feb 09
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9:00 pm
Mon Feb 09
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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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2:40 pm
Mon Feb 09
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Tue Feb 10
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7:50 pm
Wed Feb 11
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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 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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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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Fri Feb 20
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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The Love That Remains

Dir. Hlynur Pálmason
109 min

Anna and Magnús have separated, leaving her to raise their three children as he spends long stretches at sea, working as a fisherman. As the seasons pass, their emotions ebb and flow. A richly conceived story with unexpected delight and humour.

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1:20 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:45 pm
Sat Feb 14
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sun Feb 15
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Montreal, ma belle

Dir. Xiaodan He
118 min

In this Valentine to discovering love later in life, the ever-elegant Joan Chen plays Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother in Montreal whose world is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with a young Quebecoise.

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3:40 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sat Feb 14
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8:10 pm
Sat Feb 14
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Sirât

Dir. Óliver Laxe
115 min

A desperate father (Sergi Lopez) searchers for his missing daughter through the spiritual wasteland of the Moroccan desert. An unforgettable sensory powerhouse, Sîrat will have you riveted and rattled for hours after the end credits have rolled.

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6:15 pm
Fri Feb 13
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Fri Feb 13
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Sat Feb 14
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L'Atalante

Dir. Jean Vigo
89 min

Jean Vigo died from TB in 1934 at the age of 29. Yet he is revered as one of the great innovators of the medium, and his only feature, L'Atalante, is a seminal film, a tender, lyrical love story set on a barge on the Seine.

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11:00 am
Sun Feb 15
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Tue Feb 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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