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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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White Plastic Sky

Action & Suspense Animation Drama Horror & Sci-Fi Women Directors

2123: When Stefan's wife consents to a macabre metamorphosis before her appointed time, he races across a devastated landscape to save her. This richly detailed rotoscoped dystopia is a spectacle to behold, and a warning to be heeded.

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4:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
Vancity Theatre
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8:45 pm
Thu Oct 05
The Rio Theatre
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Robot Dreams

Animation Comedy Drama

Living a solitary existence in Manhattan, Dog is tired of being alone, and builds his own friend: Robot. Their friendship blooms while exploring 1980s New York. This enchanting 2D animation brims with love, loss, and friendship.

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6:00 pm
Mon Oct 02
The Rio Theatre
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3:45 pm
Sat Oct 07
International Village 9
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When Adam Changes

Animation Comedy Drama

Most teenagers are impressionable, but Adam's body literally morphs in response to mockery. Called fat, his waist grows. But in some ways this is the least of his problems, in this delightfully absurd reflection on teen life in the 1990s.

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9:30 pm
Thu Oct 05
International Village 8
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8:30 pm
Sat Oct 07
The Cinematheque
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The Boy and the Heron

Animation Drama

Spirited Away director Hayao Miyazaki returns from retirement with an enchanting swansong, the story of a young boy, Mahito, growing up in Japan during WWII, who must venture into a fantasy world in order to save his new stepmother.

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6:30 pm
Fri Oct 06
Vancouver Playhouse
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12:00 pm
Sat Oct 07
Vancouver Playhouse
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