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Puan

Comedy Drama Women Directors

After the death of his mentor a professor of philosophy finds his professional standing is in jeopardy, and his own students are threatening to revolt. What use Rousseau, Hobbes et al when his life is spiraling out of control?

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8:30 pm
Thu Sep 28
Vancity Theatre
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1:00 pm
Wed Oct 04
International Village 9
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They Shot the Piano Player

Animation Art, Music & Photography Documentary Human Rights & Social Justice

The fate of a prodigious Brazilian samba pianist murdered in Argentina in 1976 fuels this animated docu-fiction from the team who gave us the Academy Award-nominee Chico & Rita. Jeff Goldblum voices the writer who digs into Francisco Tenório Jr's story.

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3:15 pm
Fri Sep 29
Vancouver Playhouse
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9:15 pm
Mon Oct 02
Park Theatre
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3:15 pm
Wed Oct 04
Vancouver Playhouse
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Richelieu

Drama Human Rights & Social Justice

Witnessing the brutal treatment of migrant workers while working at a corn plant in the Richelieu Valley in Quebec, French-to-Spanish translator Ariane (Ariane Castellanos) is forced to decide between risking her job and sticking up for the labourers.

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6:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
International Village 8
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3:15 pm
Sat Sep 30
International Village 8
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The Delinquents

Action & Suspense Comedy Drama

In the heart of Buenos Aires, two bank clerks live a gray, mind-numbingly routine existence—that is, until one of them commits a crime that upends both their lives. Invigorating, precisely composed, and endlessly inventive.

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11:30 am
Sat Sep 30
Park Theatre
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8:30 pm
Wed Oct 04
SFU Woodwards
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On the Go

Action & Suspense Art, Music & Photography Comedy LGBTQIA2S+ Romance Women Directors

Questioning her desire to have a child, a mid-thirties woman embarks on a road trip with her best friend, who is working through his own commitment issues. Their journey turns into a whirlwind of roadside drama and unexpected self-discoveries.

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4:00 pm
Sat Sep 30
The Cinematheque
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6:15 pm
Mon Oct 02
The Cinematheque
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Tótem

Drama Women Directors

During the chaotic preparations for the birthday of her terminally ill father, a seven-year-old girl finds herself caught amid a complex adult world interspersed with a sense of change. A Buñuelian class study keyed to the interior life of a child.

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2:30 pm
Sun Oct 01
Park Theatre
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6:00 pm
Wed Oct 04
SFU Woodwards
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Octopus Skin

Drama LGBTQIA2S+ Women Directors

Three siblings live with an emotionally stunted mother on a remote island off the coast of Ecuador, cocooned and deeply mistrustful of the world outside their bubble. But dark secrets loom, pulling the eldest daughter toward city life.

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6:30 pm
Sun Oct 01
The Cinematheque
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3:45 pm
Wed Oct 04
Vancity Theatre
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Deep Rising

Documentary

Exploring the luminous ecosystems deep in the Pacific Ocean alongside the countries and companies hoping to reap the lucrative deposits of precious metals lining depths of the ocean. Deep Rising asks if this may end our search for efficient green power.

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1:30 pm
Tue Oct 03
International Village 9
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6:45 pm
Wed Oct 04
International Village 10
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The Oceans Are the Real Continents

Drama

Set in San Antonio De Los Baños, a sleepy town in inland Cuba, and shot in langurous black and white tableaux, The Oceans Are the Real Continents traces the stories of three generations of townspeople. "An exquisite love poem to Cuba." The Film Verdict.

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6:30 pm
Tue Oct 03
International Village 10
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12:45 pm
Thu Oct 05
International Village 9
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The Face of the Jellyfish

Art, Music & Photography Comedy Drama Women Directors

Thirty-something Marina wakes up to a completely new face. Cutting herself off from friends and colleagues, she pours through family archives to make sense of the surreal development. With no practical solution in sight, a world of possibility opens up.

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6:30 pm
Thu Oct 05
The Cinematheque
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4:15 pm
Sat Oct 07
Vancity Theatre
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Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Comedy Drama

Boasting absurdist humour and one of the most audacious storytelling gambits you'll see on screen this year, this is the story of Rita, a devout senior with an ill-advised scheme to stage a miracle and thus enshrine her reputation as a living saint.

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4:00 pm
Fri Oct 06
The Cinematheque
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6:30 pm
Sun Oct 08
The Cinematheque
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The Settlers

Action & Suspense Drama

In this nihilistic Chilean south western, notorious cattle rancher Menéndez dispatches a trio of hired guns (a Brit, an American cowboy and a local mestizo) to scout and scourge Tierra del Fuego. A searing critique of white supremacist foundational myths.

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6:00 pm
Fri Oct 06
International Village 9
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1:30 pm
Sun Oct 08
Vancity Theatre
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