What's On
Nitassinan
Innu poet Joséphine Bacon and filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin weave poetry and observation in Nitassinan, a lyrical portrait of the Innu people’s enduring bond with their ancestral land.
The Wind's Thirst
In The Wind’s Thirst, three Indigenous Wayuu guardians confront mining and energy corporations exploiting Colombia’s La Guajira desert to defend their water, sacred sites, and right to remain.
The KLF: 23 Seconds to Eternity
VIFF presents the collected films and music videos of one of the most enigmatic and iconoclastic electronic bands of the 90s: The KLF. Preceded by a live AV performance from Vancouver electronic duo CHXMERAS.
The Last Angel of History
Special 30th anniversary screening of The Last Angel of History, tracing the origins and significance of Afrofuturism, framed by the journey of a time-traveling data thief. With live performance from Speaker Music and conversation with The Otolith Group.
Still Night, Burning House
A world premiere at TIFF Docs, Still Night, Burning House follows Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker Carol Nguyen and her family to Vietnam to try and understand her uncle’s mysterious death and the grief left unspoken.
That Shadow Fading
Samuel Urbina's feature debut is a quiet, deeply affecting mother and son drama following Sol, a single mother about to become an empty nester as her son Junior prepares to move to Lima upon graduating college.
Paper Tiger
An engineer and his brother fall prey to a dangerous mob scheme in 1986 Queens. James Gray’s Paper Tiger is a tense crime drama about family, loyalty, and the price of ambition. Starring Adam Driver, Miles Teller, and Scarlett Johansson.