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Iron Boy

Dir. Louis Clichy
90 min

Iron Boy, a hand-painted animated feature, follows a hardworking preteen farm boy and his sublime flights of fancy as he faces the earthshaking upheavals of growing up in an iron back brace. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes 2026.

Image: © Eddy Cinema, Beside Productions, Regular Production, France 3 Cinema, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, RTBF

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6:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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Ana, En Passant

Dir. Fernanda Salgado
90 min

Fernanda Salgado makes an elegant feature debut with this lyrical animated drama about a young Black woman returning to her late grandmother’s native town in Brazil to make sense of distant memories and her family’s legacy.

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6:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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3:30 pm
Sun Oct 11
The Cinematheque
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MODES 2

100 min

At the intersection of culture, technology, and capital, a yearning for human connection and the possibility of release endures.

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6:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 8
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Gabin

Dir. Maxence Voiseux
105 min

Filmed over 10 years, Gabin follows Gabin Jourdel from age 8 to 18 and the animals, schoolwork, chores, and imagined futures that define his youth. As he grows, his adolescence becomes a question of inheritance and choosing one’s own future.

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6:45 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 10
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WOLF

Dir. Christian Cargill
88 min

Narrated by Tilda Swinton, WOLF contrasts the chaotic wilderness of musician Patrick Wolf’s early career with his current cultivation of a more contemplative life. This is a tender portrait of an artist rediscovering himself to prevail against the odds.

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7:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 9
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4:00 pm
Sun Oct 11
International Village 8
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Dir. Grant Gee
102 min

After taping two of the greatest jazz records in a single day, legendary pianist Bill Evans (Anders Danielsen Lie) stops playing for the first time since childhood. This is the story of what happened next for this incredibly influential and gifted artist.

Image: © Shane O’Connor 2026 Cowtown Pictures, Hot Property

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8:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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9:00 pm
Sun Oct 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Heysel 85

Dir. Teodora Ana Mihai
91 min

This harrowing drama recreates the 1985 European Cup Final in Belgium, when rival football fans clashed before a ball had even been kicked. Teodora Mihal's film captures the hubris, incompetence, and politicking that compounded the escalating chaos.

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8:45 pm
Sat Oct 10
Alliance Francaise
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The Guest

Dir. Mads Mengel
100 min

This drama explores the conflict between a son and his mentally ill mother, who unexpectedly shows up at his child’s christening party. Full of vivid performances and desperate catharses, The Guest takes us to the point of explosion and beyond.

Image: © Henrik Ohsten

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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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1:30 pm
Sun Oct 11
International Village 9
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Short Forum 10: Are the Kids Alright?

106 min

The future kinda depends on it.

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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 8
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1:15 pm
Sun Oct 11
International Village 8
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Flesh and Fuel

Dir. Pierre Le Gall
90 min

Étienne lives a solitary existence as a truck driver for French company, his love life consisting of anonymous sex with men in empty parking lots. But after a passionate encounter with a Polish truck driver, his steady routine is thrown out of gear.

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9:15 pm
Sat Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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The Story of Documentary Film – The 2000s

Dir. Mark Cousins
117 min

The Story of Documentary Film – The 2000s enters a decade shaped by 9/11, war, fear, and politics. Through films such as The Cove and Grizzly Man, these chapters trace the documentary medium's encounter with modernity as it begins to unravel.

Image: © Iraq in Fragments, 2006, dir. James Longley, USA, Daylight Factory Typecast-Pictures

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11:30 am
Sun Oct 11
SFU Woodwards
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I Play Rocky

Dir. Peter Farrelly
127 min

In 1975, a broke, unknown actor named Sylvester Stallone bet everything on the screenplay he wrote — with himself attached to star. I Play Rocky tells the improbable story behind one of Hollywood's greatest underdog stories.

Image: © Courtesy of Elevation Pictures

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6:15 pm
Sun Oct 11
The Rio Theatre
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