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Romería

Dir. Carla Simón
112 min

An orphan from a young age, 18-year-old Marina intends to pursue a university scholarship. The application, however, requires the signatures of her paternal grandparents, compelling her to embark on a pilgrimage and seek out the family she has never met.

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9:15 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 9
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1:00 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 10
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Our Hero, Balthazar

Dir. Oscar Boyson
91 min

A wealthy student's performative online videos put him on a collision course with an online troll, who may be planning an act of mass violence. Oscar Boyson's film is a searing examination of youth disaffected by the internet and driven to destruction.

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9:30 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 10
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Dir. Rian Johnson
140 min

In this third entry in the wildly entertaining, ever-evolving Knives Out series, Benoit Blanc recruits a priest as his partner as delves into a decidedly Gothic-tinged whodunnit centred on a New England church and its eccentric parishioners.

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9:30 pm
Sat Oct 11
Vancouver Playhouse
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News From Home

Dir. Chantal Akerman
89 min

One part city symphony, one part introspective meditation, one part epistolary text, News from Home is a structuralist masterwork by Belgium’s genius of contemplation, Chantal Akerman.

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10:30 am
Sun Oct 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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The Art of Adventure

Dir. Alison Reid
90 min

The unbelievable adventure story of how painter Robert Bateman and ecologist Bristol Foster drove a Land Rover from Africa to Australia in 1957, developing a love of nature to last a lifetime. An inspirational love letter to the adventure of life itself.

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11:00 am
Sun Oct 12
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Kokuho

Dir. Sang-il Lee 李相日
174 min

Adopted by a Kabuki actor, teenaged Kikuo dedicates himself to the art form and finds a close friend and fierce rival in Shunsuke, the actor’s other son. Over the course of five decades, Kikuo and Shunsuke ascend to Japan’s grandest stages.

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11:15 am
Sun Oct 12
Vancouver Playhouse
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Resurrection

Dir. Bi Gan 毕赣
156 min

In this broken-mirror reality, humanity has lost its ability to dream. A Fantasmer proves a puckish outlier, slipping into the dreamworld and being reincarnated over the course of a century, each time from within a different film genre.

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11:15 am
Sun Oct 12
SFU Woodwards
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Short Fuse

Dir. Various
75 min

An eye-opening collection of shorts exploring memories, experiences and relationships between friends, family, and across generations. From powwows in North America, to the rivers of Ethiopia and beyond, these shorts offer memorable stories on screen.

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11:30 am
Sun Oct 12
International Village 7
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The Bora

Dir. Mohammad Esmaeili
85 min

The discovery of a dead body during a mountain expedition unravels a 15-year-old murder mystery linked to the victim’s friend. This sharply scripted arthouse procedural marks a sophisticated spin on the endlessly popular true crime trope.

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1:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
The Cinematheque
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Honey Bunch

Dir. Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli
113 min

After waking from a coma with memory loss, Diane is taken to an experimental treatment centre in the wilderness by her husband Homer. Disturbing visions accompany her recovery, and as her memories return, Diane discovers dark truths about her marriage.

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2:45 pm
Sun Oct 12
The Rio Theatre
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Köln 75

Dir. Ido Fluk
116 min

The true story behind the greatest solo concert in jazz history, this is Keith Jarrett's legendary 1975 Köln Concert — as organized by 18-year-old rebel music promoter Vera Brandes. Fun, inventive and feminist, it's the Bend It Like Beckham of jazz films.

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3:15 pm
Sun Oct 12
Vancouver Playhouse
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Divine Intervention

Dir. Elia Suleiman
92 min

Palestinian visionary Elia Suleiman is at the height of his powers with this series of deadpan, interconnected, absurdist vignettes about two Palestinian lovers on either side of an Israeli military checkpoint.

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3:45 pm
Sun Oct 12
The Cinematheque
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