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Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling

Art, Music & Photography Documentary

No artist instills a sense of sublime awe like the legendary Robert Irwin, Elusive yet down to earth, Irwin is a true original. His extraordinary work is honored in this stunning portrait of one of the most influential contemporary artists of our age.

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3:45 pm
Thu Sep 28
International Village 9
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6:00 pm
Sun Oct 08
International Village 8
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Call Me Dancer

Art, Music & Photography Documentary Women Directors

When a self-taught street dancer struggles in the search for paid work, his raw determination and artistic passion pushes him to attend classical training. Call Me Dancer is a fight for a dream despite all odds.

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6:30 pm
Fri Sep 29
International Village 10
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1:30 pm
Sun Oct 08
International Village 9
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The Tuba Thieves

Documentary Women Directors

Drawing on her experience as a d/Deaf/Hard of Hearing person, director Alison O’Daniel transcends assumptions of sound, silence, and language in this groundbreaking hybrid doc framed around a string of unsolved tuba thefts in L.A.

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1:15 pm
Sat Sep 30
Vancity Theatre
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6:00 pm
Mon Oct 02
Vancity Theatre
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It's Only Life After All

Documentary LGBTQIA2S+ Women Directors

For many growing up in the 1990s, Indigo Girls was the band that defined a generation, admired for their unique alt-folk sound, and gender norm defiance. In a recollection of their 40-year career, their legacy is solidified through earnest interviews.

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3:00 pm
Sat Sep 30
The Rio Theatre
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9:15 pm
Wed Oct 04
The Rio Theatre
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Common Ground

Award Winners Documentary

An impassioned plea to care for the very thing that feeds us, balances the climate, and sustains life on earth: soil. Common Ground unveils the potential of regenerative farming, to show us how saving the soil can help save us along with it.

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3:30 pm
Sat Sep 30
Park Theatre
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6:30 pm
Sun Oct 01
Studio Theatre
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6:15 pm
Wed Oct 04
International Village 9
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Joonam

Documentary Women Directors

Sierra Urich embarks on a personal quest to make sense of her mixed-race Iranian identity, interviewing her grandmother, Behjat, with her mother, Mitra, as translator. This delightful doc will make you laugh out loud and bring tears to your eyes.

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4:00 pm
Sat Sep 30
International Village 10
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1:00 pm
Sun Oct 01
International Village 10
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The Mission

Documentary

In 2018, an American missionary traveled illegally to one of the most isolated places on Earth– North Sentinel Island, determined to convert one of the world’s most isolated populations to Christianity. This misguided mission would quickly see him killed.

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6:30 pm
Sat Sep 30
International Village 10
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12:45 pm
Mon Oct 02
International Village 9
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The Zone of Interest

Drama

Glazer's chilling, scrupulously restrained account of the domestic life of Rudolph Höss (Christian Friedel) and wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) never takes over the wall separating their idyllic villa from his work -- the Concentration Camp at Auschwitz.

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9:30 pm
Sat Sep 30
Vancouver Playhouse
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Invisible Beauty

Award Winners Black Cinema Documentary Women Directors

Since her breakout as one of the most high-profile Black models in the 1970s, fashion world titan Bethann Hardison has advocated for diversity both on and off the runway. This elegant documentary traces her attempt to revolutionize the fashion world.

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6:15 pm
Sun Oct 01
International Village 9
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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 07
International Village 9
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The Sacrifice Game

Action & Suspense Horror & Sci-Fi

1971. Sam and Clara are stuck at their elite boarding school for the Christmas holidays, along with a teacher, her boyfriend, and, soon enough, a murderous gang of occult killers, led by Mena Massoud (Aladdin), who mean to call up a long-dormant demon...

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3:30 pm
Mon Oct 02
The Rio Theatre
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9:15 pm
Fri Oct 06
The Rio Theatre
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A Woman Under the Influence

Award Winners Drama

Cassavetes' greatest success is built on a fearless, tour-de-force performance of Mabel Longhetti, a working class wife and mom who struggles to keep it all together. Her husband is also ashamed of her. Love, as the song goes, will tear you apart. This is grand opera in hard hats.

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8:30 pm
Mon Oct 02
The Cinematheque
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12:45 pm
Sun Oct 08
The Cinematheque
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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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