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Hear the Yellow

Dir. Banu Sıvacı
104 min

Suna returns to her native Anatolian village for her nephew’s wedding, where the mystery of her sister’s disappearance still looms over the small community. Determined to finally get to the bottom of it, she must reckon with complicated circumstances.

Image: © Anagraffilm

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6:15 pm
Fri Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
The Cinematheque
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Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party

Dir. Daniela Magnani Hüller
91 min

Fourteen years ago, Daniela Magnani Hüller survived an attempted femicide by a schoolmate. Now a filmmaker, she revisits the events surrounding that fateful incident, creating a moving collage of interviews, personal recollections, and archival material.

Image: © Bildersturm

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6:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Cinematheque
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10:45 am
Sun Oct 11
International Village 8
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Idda

Dir. Irene Dionisio
89 min

Childhood friends Adele and Sofia reconnect after years apart. Vowing to finally complete their long-planned climb to Mount Etna, the two set out on a strenuous journey up the Sicilian mountainside, where their friendship will be tested and redefined.

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6:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 10
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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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Linka Linka

Dir. Kangdrun
100 min

Kangdrun's feature debut depicts a twentysomething filmmaker coming to grips with a shameful act she committed in childhood. Moving between past and present, with each main character played by two actors, this is a provocative and challenging work.

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6:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 8
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6:00 pm
Sun Oct 11
The Cinematheque
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La Gradiva

Dir. Marine Atlan
145 min

Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics’ Week, Marine Atlan's feature debut follows a class of French high-school students on a trip to Naples. While learning about the ruins of Pompeii by day, a different kind of education takes place at night.

Image: © Films du poisson, Bibi Film TV, Arte France Cinema

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8:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 9
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11:45 am
Sun Oct 11
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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Jim Queen

Dir. Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané
85 min

When far-right activists infect gay influencer Jim Queen with a drug that turns him straight, he must join forces with a closeted follower to cure his ailment. Jim Queen is a film unafraid to skewer gay “body fascism” and bigoted conservatism alike.

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8:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
Alliance Francaise
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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
The Rio Theatre
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Minotaur

Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
141 min

Russia, 2022. While contending with the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a corporate executive tries to insulate his home life from the consequences of the war. But when he discovers that his wife has been unfaithful, things start to implode.

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8:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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2:30 pm
Sun Oct 11
Vancouver Playhouse
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9 Temples to Heaven

Dir. Sompot Chidgasornpongse
140 min

A middle-aged businessman leads his family on a one-day religious pilgrimage in the hopes of extending his sickly mother's life. Along the way, conflict brews, painful realizations unfold, and the film transforms into a meditation of faith, love, and duty.

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8:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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3:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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Wicker

Dir. Eleanor Wilson
105 min

A reclusive fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) orders herself the perfect husband made of wicker (Alexander Skarsgård) in this delightfully bizarre fable of horny baskets and delicious chaos.

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8:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Rio Theatre
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Fugs Film!

Dir. Chuck Smith
84 min

Originating as a group of New York beatniks, The Fugs' taboo-embracing contempt for social norms made them one of the strangest bands of the 1960s. Fugs Film! is a raucous, irreverent celebration of rebellion, poetry, and counterculture legacy.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Cinematheque
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Closure

Dir. Michał Marczak
106 min

In Closure, Michał Marczak follows Daniel, a father searching the Vistula River after his teenage son disappears from Warsaw’s Gdański Bridge. Resisting true-crime spectacle, this is a film questions whether hope can sometimes keep you trapped.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 10
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1:15 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 10
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Daughters of the Forest

Dir. Otilia Portillo Padua
95 min

An immersive sci-fi documentary, Daughters of the Forest follows two Indigenous mycologists who are bridging modern science and visual storytelling to preserve Mexico’s fungi and forests.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:30 pm
Sun Oct 11
The Cinematheque
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