What's On
Brief History of a Family
Gripping, poetic, and darkly beautiful, Lin Jianjie’s domestic thriller tells of a high school slacker whose mysterious new friend slowly captures the hearts of his parents. This is a terrific debut from a director with a very bright future in cinema.
She Loved Blossoms More
Three brothers unleash cosmic horror when they build a time machine out of their mother's wardrobe to bring her back from the dead. Veslemes’ surreal body horror is a hallucinatory freak show with a pitch-black sense of humour and skin-crawling visuals.
VIFF Short Forum 8
Shorts from Canada, Hong Kong, Estonia, India, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.
Across Generations with Alanis Obomsawin & Amanda Strong
An intimate dialogue between legendary Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin and Michif/Métis Artist Amanda Strong, rising star in film and animation, as they discuss their artistic practices, the importance of intergenerational connection and story telling.
My Late Summer
Academy Award-winner Danis Tanović (No Man’s Land, 2002) charms with this summer romance about a woman arriving on a small Croatian island to claim her piece of inheritance from the estranged side of the family.
Saturday Night
The true story of what happened behind the scenes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words...
Designing the World of Shōgun with VFX Supervisor Michael Cliett
FX’s Shōgun transports us so vividly into the world of feudal Japan that it comes as a surprise that it was shot right here in BC. Join us for a visual effects masterclass on the world-building behind the hit series.
Image: © FX
A Traveler's Needs
Isabelle Huppert and VIFF mainstay Hong Sangsoo reunite for a whimsical, winning tale of culture-clash. She plays a French tutor at large in a South Korean city; he deploys his usual mixture of suggestive repetition, oddball humour, and humble profundity.
It’s Not Me
“Where are you at, Leos Carax?” To this question, the French filmmaker assembles an unpredictable essay-film made in the spirit of the late Jean-Luc Godard—an endlessly inventive self-portrait of an artist reflecting on his place in cinema history.
An Evening with A.R. Rahman: Stories and Music from His Career
International superstar, two-time Oscar-winning composer and songwriter A.R. Rahman joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in an evening celebrating music spanning his legendary career composing for some of Hollywood and Bollywood's biggest hits.
Familiar Touch
Sarah Friedland makes an elegant debut with this restrained drama about an elderly woman’s transition to a care home. Kathleen Chalfant commands the screen with absolute poise in her thoughtful portrait of a woman trying to hold on to her dignity.