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Thus Spoke the Wind

Dir. Maria Rigel
92 min

Set in the remote plains of rural Armenia, Maria Rigel’s sharp sophomore feature takes us into the lives of young Hayk, his aunt Narine, and Hayk's rebellious mother, who has returned from a long stay in the country, throwing things off balance.

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8:45 pm
Thu Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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1:00 pm
Fri Oct 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Bidad

Dir. Soheil Beiraghi
104 min

In Tehran, Seti dreams of singing freely in the streets. Bidad, directed by Soheil, is a raw, urgent portrait of resistance, courage, and hope. A must-see film about one woman's voice echoing a generation's fight for freedom.

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9:00 pm
Thu Oct 09
International Village 10
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10:30 am
Fri Oct 10
International Village 9
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5:45 pm
Sun Oct 12
Alliance Francaise
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Palestine 36

Dir. Annemarie Jacir
118 min

Palestine's entry for Best International Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards is an epic historical drama from director Annemarie Jacir that follows an ensemble of rural villagers who face off against British colonial forces during the 1936 Palestinian revolt.

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9:00 pm
Thu Oct 09
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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11:45 am
Fri Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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Sound of Falling

Dir. Mascha Schilinski
149 min

A remote German farmhouse is the stage for the mundane and magical experiences of four girls who call the foreboding place home at various intervals over the course of a century. In turns delicate and devastating, this is cinema at its most experiential.

Image: © Fabian Gamper

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9:00 pm
Thu Oct 09
SFU Woodwards
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12:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
Granville Island Stage
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Are We Good?

Dir. Steven Feinartz
97 min

Affable curmudgeon Marc Maron jokes his way through grief, trying to make sense of the world and his comedy following the death of his partner. A cantankerously poignant, wryly funny cri de coeur from one of the most genuine comedians in the business.

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9:15 pm
Thu Oct 09
International Village 8
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Decorado

Dir. Alberto Vázquez
95 min

In existential crisis, a middle-aged mouse increasingly believes the world is unreal, much like a film set. As his suspicions grow increasingly credible, will he accept his fate, or hatch one last bid for freedom?

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1:15 pm
Fri Oct 10
International Village 8
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9:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 10
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With Hasan in Gaza

Dir. Kamal Aljafari
106 min

A time capsule of Gaza in 2001, With Hasan in Gaza presents rediscovered footage of everyday life before devastation. Assembled by Kamal Aljafari, one of Palestinian cinema’s most formally daring and poetic voices, the film resists erasure through memory.

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3:30 pm
Fri Oct 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 8
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The Shadow Scholars

Dir. Eloïse King
98 min

Academic ghostwriting is a billion-dollar industry, just not for those doing the writing. Directed by Eloïse King and executive produced by Steve McQueen, this is a gripping documentary about brilliance, erasure, and global inequality.

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3:45 pm
Fri Oct 10
International Village 10
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7:00 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 10
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Levers

Dir. Rhayne Vermette
95 min

After the world is plunged into darkness, an intrepid civil servant undertakes an odyssey into a world shrouded in mystery. An ominous story conveyed through a potent mixture of bewitching fantasy and the idleness of the everyday.

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4:00 pm
Fri Oct 10
The Cinematheque
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8:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Jay Kelly

Dir. Noah Baumbach
132 min

In Noah Baumbach's wise and witty comedy, George Clooney plays Jay Kelly, a world-famous movie star touring Europe with his friend and manager, Ron (Adam Sandler). Faced with nagging dissatisfaction, Jay starts to ask himself some tough questions.

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5:30 pm
Fri Oct 10
Vancouver Playhouse
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Skin of Youth

Dir. Ash Mayfair
122 min

Ash Mayfair's romance gives us San (Trân Quân), a trans woman saving up for gender-affirming surgery, and Nam (Võ Diên Gia Huy), her macho lover. They fight for their freedom and dignity against a society in which the odds are stacked against them.

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5:30 pm
Fri Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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3:45 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 10
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Father Mother Sister Brother

Dir. Jim Jarmusch
110 min

Jim Jarmusch returns to the anthology format he mastered in earlier films with this triptych of tales involving parents (Tom Waits and Charlotte Rampling) and their grown children (among them, Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchette).

Image: © Vague Notion

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5:45 pm
Fri Oct 10
The Rio Theatre
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6:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
Vancouver Playhouse
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