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It’s Not Me

Dir. Leos Carax
42 min

“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.

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6:30 pm
Sat Oct 05
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
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4:45 pm
Sun Oct 06
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
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An Evening with A.R. Rahman: Stories and Music from His Career

90 min

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.

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8:00 pm
Sat Oct 05
Orpheum
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Familiar Touch

Dir. Sarah Friedland
90 min

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.

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8:30 pm
Sat Oct 05
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
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1:30 pm
Sun Oct 06
The Cinematheque
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Rafiki

Dir. Wanuri Kahiu
83 min

Bursting with the colorful style & music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, this exuberant and audacious movie is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality.

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8:30 pm
Sat Oct 05
The Cinematheque
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3:45 pm
Sun Oct 06
International Village 10
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Eephus

Dir. Carson Lund
98 min

A small town New England recreational baseball league gathers to play the final game on their local diamond before its impending demolition. Carson Lund’s lovely, unassuming debut is an ode to amateur baseball and a meditation on the passage of time.

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8:30 pm
Sat Oct 05
International Village 10
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1:00 pm
Sun Oct 06
Fifth Avenue Aud 3
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Armand

Dir. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
116 min

When six-year-old Armand is accused of abusing another boy, his mother is called in for a school meeting. With the boys themselves never seen or heard from, it becomes clear that this sordid situation is about much more than just the children.

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8:45 pm
Sat Oct 05
Fifth Avenue Aud 3
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3:30 pm
Sun Oct 06
International Village 9
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Rita

Dir. Jayro Bustamante
107 min

Based on a real tragedy, this magical realist fantasy from the acclaimed director of La Llorona follows Rita, a thirteen-year-old Guatemalan runaway determined to escape from her abusive home life and the inhumane conditions of a children’s shelter.

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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 05
The Rio Theatre
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1:00 pm
Sun Oct 06
International Village 9
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VIFF Short Forum 9

Dir. Various
114 min

Shorts from Australia, Canada, France, and South Korea.

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9:00 pm
Sat Oct 05
International Village 8
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1:15 pm
Sun Oct 06
International Village 8
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Christmas Eve in Miller's Point

Dir. Tyler Taormina
106 min

There’s no place like home for the holidays and the extended Balsano family gathers to celebrate Christmas Eve together for perhaps the last time. A warmly humorous yuletide rhapsody, this captures the Christmas spirit and puts a bow on it.

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3:30 pm
Sun Oct 06
The Rio Theatre
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8:30 pm
Sun Oct 06
International Village 10
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Short Fuse

Dir. Various
83 min

A unique collection of Canadian and International shorts: charming, funny, even a bit scary. These filmmakers bring unique stories to screen, showcasing animated imaginary and natural worlds, Indigenous futurist tales, and experiences from the everyday.

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4:15 pm
Sun Oct 06
International Village 8
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Emilia Pérez

Dir. Jacques Audiard
132 min

When a defence attorney (Zoe Saldana) is enlisted to tend to the affairs of a notorious drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) completing gender affirmation surgery, there will be blood, ballads, and dance numbers. A maximalist musical from Jacques Audiard.

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5:30 pm
Sun Oct 06
Vancouver Playhouse
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Nightbitch

Dir. Marielle Heller
98 min

Amy Adams gives a fearlessly feral performance as the exhausted mother to a demanding toddler who begins to suspect she's turning into... a dog? Rachel Yoder's bracingly strange novel has been adapted by Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?).

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6:15 pm
Sun Oct 06
The Rio Theatre
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