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Lucky Lu

Dir. Lloyd Lee Choi
103 min

Inhabiting the back alleys and dangerous streets of New York City, this gripping, deeply humane film stars Chang Chen as Lu, a delivery driver in a race against time to raise money for his family.

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8:30 pm
Fri Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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12:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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9: The scary one

Dir. Various
112 min

Shorts from: Canada, Korea, Romania, USA.

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8:30 pm
Fri Oct 10
International Village 7
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3:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 7
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Hidden Tremors

Dir. Sreekanth Pangapattu
81 min

Set against the fragile landscape of Kanjirappally, Hidden Tremors explores a family's quiet struggle amidst climate-induced displacement. The film captures the fragile balance between people and ecosystem — and the emotional dislocation that follows.

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8:45 pm
Fri Oct 10
The Cinematheque
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11:15 am
Sat Oct 11
International Village 8
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Living the Land

Dir. Huo Meng
132 min

Huo Meng’s film folds a grand historical reckoning into the story of one rural family in 1990s China. Visually rich and finely detailed in its human portraiture, this is a moving, elegiac work.

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Fri Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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10:45 am
Sun Oct 12
International Village 9
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Christy

Dir. David Michôd
135 min

Christy Martin never imagined life beyond small-town West Virginia. But then she discovers a killer left hook and knack for knocking detractors out that just might be her tickets out of there. A bruising biopic about an indomitable warrior.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 10
Vancouver Playhouse
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5:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
The Rio Theatre
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Follies

Dir. Eric K. Boulianne
101 min

After two kids and 16 years of marriage, François and Julie decide to open up their relationship in a bid to rekindle their dwindling sex life. A painfully hilarious and brutally honest depiction of love, sex, and intimacy.

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9:15 pm
Fri Oct 10
International Village 9
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Sat Oct 11
The Rio Theatre
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Wind, Talk to Me

Dir. Stefan Djordjevic
100 min

In this quietly affecting, deeply personal debut, Stefan Djordjevic subtly but notably occupies both sides of the camera, painting a delicate portrait of a young man processing the loss of his mother.

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12:30 pm
Sat Oct 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Oct 12
The Cinematheque
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Kontinental ’25

Dir. Radu Jude
109 min

Radu Jude's Silver Bear winner is an anguished drama of conscience about a bailiff traumatized by an eviction that ends in tragedy. What more could she, or should she, have done?

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1:15 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 10
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Sun Oct 12
International Village 9
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Closing Gala: Köln 75 With Live Performance by Chris Gestrin

Dir. Ido Fluk
155 min

Experience the transcendent power of music: Vancouver pianist Chris Gestrin performs a set of Keith Jarrett-inspired music to accompany Köln 75, which tells the story of Jarrett’s iconic concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.

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6:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
Vancouver Playhouse
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Tuner

Dir. Daniel Roher
109 min

A talented piano tuner (The White Lotus’ Leo Woodall in a breakout role) discovers that the patience and precision that allow him to excel at his day job are even more valuable when moonlighting as a safe cracker.

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6:15 pm
Sat Oct 11
The Rio Theatre
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Sun Oct 12
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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10: The new socialism; ceasefire now!

Dir. Various
114 min

Shorts from: Belgium, Canada, China, India, Myanmar, UK.

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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 7
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3:00 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 7
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The Plague

Dir. Charlie Polinger
95 min

At a water polo camp, Ben is plunged into the deep end of toxic peer pressure. Terrified of incurring his campmates’ wrath, he joins them in tormenting a kid whose skin rash has been branded “the plague”. But then he experiences a breakout of his own...

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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
The Rio Theatre
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Sun Oct 12
International Village 9
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