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A Cooler Climate

Documentary LGBTQIA2S+

In a recollection of veteran filmmaker James Ivory's unfinished film about Afghanistan. Old footage provides a pronounced air of mystery to compliment its rough beauty, setting the scene for a look back into Ivory's life.

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4:15 pm
Thu Sep 28
Vancity Theatre
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6:15 pm
Mon Oct 02
International Village 9
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Orlando, My Political Biography

Award Winners Documentary LGBTQIA2S+

Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, the transgressive novel is used as a framework to investigate the very real contemporary struggles of trans and non-binary people. Winner of the Teddy Award and Encounters Jury Prize at Berlin Film Festival.

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9:00 pm
Thu Sep 28
The Cinematheque
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8:30 pm
Sun Oct 08
Vancity Theatre
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I Am Sirat

Documentary Human Rights & Social Justice LGBTQIA2S+

I Am Sirat is a personal documentary about Sirat, a transwoman in India, who lives a dual life. While supported by a queer network of friends in Delhi, Sirat reverts to the closet at home as she’s forced to maintain a son’s familial and cultural responsibilities.

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6:15 pm
Fri Sep 29
Vancity Theatre
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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 07
SFU Woodwards
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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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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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Animal

Drama LGBTQIA2S+ Women Directors

Residents of a Greek island prepare for fellow European tourists seeking the best summer experience their modest earnings can buy, the "animatuers" at the local hotel resort dust off their shiny costumes and dance to keep the masses entertained.

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6:15 pm
Sat Sep 30
The Cinematheque
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6:00 pm
Fri Oct 06
Vancity Theatre
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I Don't Know Who You Are

LGBTQIA2S+

A gay Toronto musician is sexually assaulted one night and is in a panicked race against time to pay for HIV-preventive PrEP treatment, all the while trying to navigate the legal system and deal with the emotional aftermath of the trauma.

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8:15 pm
Sat Sep 30
International Village 8
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3:15 pm
Mon Oct 02
International Village 8
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Asog

Documentary LGBTQIA2S+

Jaya, a teacher and comedian, travels across the typhoon-ravaged Philippines in a bid to win a beauty pageant. En route, they pick up an unlikely companion. Comic, sorrowful, and political, Asog examines the climate crisis through a kaleidoscopic lens.

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9:00 pm
Sat Sep 30
SFU Woodwards
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3:00 pm
Sun Oct 01
The Rio Theatre
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Close to You

Drama LGBTQIA2S+

In his first feature film role since 2017, Elliot Page delivers a deeply felt and nuanced performance as a young man reuniting with his family for the first time since his transition, four years earlier.

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9:15 pm
Sat Sep 30
Park Theatre
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8:45 pm
Mon Oct 02
The Rio Theatre
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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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Monster

Action & Suspense Drama LGBTQIA2S+

In a poignant and piercing critique on homophobia, Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-eda explores the tension between a schoolboy and his teacher from various vantage points. This is a moral mystery tale, complex and gratifying.

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9:00 pm
Sun Oct 01
Vancouver Playhouse
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6:00 pm
Wed Oct 04
Vancouver Playhouse
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3:00 pm
Sat Oct 07
Vancouver Playhouse
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Gamodi

Drama LGBTQIA2S+

Inside an unfinished apartment tower in Tblisi, Georgia, a legendary drag queen and teenage drifter live in purgatorial languor. Are they still inhabiting this plane of existence? A poetic fable that conjures a legitimately dreamlike milieu.

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8:15 pm
Tue Oct 03
Vancity Theatre
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8:45 pm
Thu Oct 05
The Cinematheque
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