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Kidnapped

VIFF 2023: Showcase

Veteran director Marco Bellocchio (The Traitor) returns with a passionate historical drama about a Jewish child abducted by Pope Pius IX in 1865 on the grounds that he had been secretly baptized. This is a rich, operatic film that resonates strongly.

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4:00 pm
Thu Sep 28
Park Theatre
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6:15 pm
Tue Oct 03
Park Theatre
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12:30 pm
Fri Oct 06
Vancouver Playhouse
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La Chimera

VIFF 2023: Galas & Special Presentations
Comedy Drama Women Directors

Rohrwacher's first feature since Happy As Lazzaro is an exhilaratingly wild, mysterious, rough and tumble tale of a disheveled English tomb raider (Josh O'Connor) living with a roisterous group of Italian bohemians: singers, smugglers and petty thieves.

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6:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
Vancouver Playhouse
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3:15 pm
Mon Oct 02
Vancouver Playhouse
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PIANOFORTE

VIFF 2023: Portraits
Art, Music & Photography Documentary

A thrilling glimpse into what it takes to compete in the renowned International Chopin Competition, which takes place every five years and can bestow overnight fame on the victor. This doc conveys the nerves, camaraderie and of course the glorious music.

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3:30 pm
Sat Sep 30
SFU Woodwards
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6:15 pm
Tue Oct 03
International Village 9
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The Braid

VIFF 2023: Panorama
Drama Women Directors

Laetitia Colombani's assured, involving adaptation of her own best-selling novel weaves together three stories of female perseverance across three continents, in India, Italy, and Canada. This is a strongly acted movie with a big emotional pay-off.

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11:30 am
Sun Oct 01
Park Theatre
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8:45 pm
Tue Oct 03
International Village 9
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Il Boemo

VIFF 2023: Showcase
Art, Music & Photography Drama

In the baroque courts of 18th Century Venice, the egos of patrons and artists clash in the rise and fall of one of history’s greatest unsung composers, Josef Mysliveček.

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3:00 pm
Tue Oct 03
Park Theatre
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6:00 pm
Sat Oct 07
SFU Woodwards
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Kim's Video

VIFF 2023: Spectrum
Documentary

New York institution Kim’s Video closed its doors in 2008. Fifteen years later, filmmakers David Redmon and Ashley Sabin set out to find out what happened to the 55,000 film collection and uncover a story of corruption, deception, and intrigue.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 06
The Cinematheque
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6:30 pm
Sun Oct 08
Vancity Theatre
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