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Lifeline

Dir. Ilhan Abdullahi
77 min

When a Somali youth worker is assigned a high-stakes case, her professional responsibilities pull her back toward a community — and a past — she has worked to leave behind. Lifeline is an intimate exploration of belonging and responsibility.

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7:00 pm
Thu Oct 08
International Village 10
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4:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 8
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Let Them Be Seen

Dir. Nolitha Refilwe Mkulisi
74 min

Let Them Be Seen is an absurdist portrait of the town of Tapoleng in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, moving through churches, spaza shops, and a Jam Alley re-enactment to document a village reshaping faith and community in post-apartheid life.

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7:15 pm
Thu Oct 08
International Village 8
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11:30 am
Fri Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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The Flight

Dir. Soran Mardookhi
97 min

The Flight follows three Iranian-Canadian families seeking justice after Flight PS752 was shot down, offering a compassionate and forceful tribute to grief, resilience, and community advocacy.

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8:15 pm
Thu Oct 08
SFU Woodwards
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3:45 pm
Sun Oct 11
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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I Plant My Hand in the Garden

Dir. Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri
83 min

Boris and Hoda, a newly married couple from Serbia and Iran, respectively, embark on a new chapter of their lives in Berlin. As they anticipate the birth of their child, they refuse to be defined by societal expectations.

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8:45 pm
Thu Oct 08
The Cinematheque
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4:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Cinematheque
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Dao

Dir. Alain Gomis
185 min

Dao is a tribute to Afro-French life and custom, blending fiction and reality in its depiction of two rituals: a wedding in France and a mourning ceremony in Guinea-Bissau. Joyful and cathartic, this is a portrait of life in all its pain and beauty.

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8:45 pm
Thu Oct 08
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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2:15 pm
Sat Oct 10
The Park Theatre
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The Wind's Thirst

Dir. Alejandro Valbuena
86 min

In The Wind’s Thirst, three Indigenous Wayuu guardians confront mining and energy corporations exploiting Colombia’s La Guajira desert to defend their water, sacred sites, and right to remain.

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8:45 pm
Thu Oct 08
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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1:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Revolutionaries Never Die

Dir. Mohanad Yaqubi
81 min

Revolutionaries Never Die is Mohanad Yaqubi’s reply to Jocelyne Saab, who passed away before the two could collaborate. Yaqubi's film serves as equal parts tribute, conversation, and partnership with the revolutionary past.

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9:00 pm
Thu Oct 08
International Village 9
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3:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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Short Forum 8: Queer Magic

115 min

Do you believe in magic?

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9:30 pm
Thu Oct 08
International Village 8
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3:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 8
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Yugo Goes to America

Dir. Filip Grujić, Aleksa Borković
87 min

In Yugo Goes to America, millennials from Belgrade drive a Yugo — Yugoslavia’s notoriously unreliable vehicle — from New York to Los Angeles. Their freewheeling road trip traces the car’s volatile history alongside the breakup of Yugoslavia itself.

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12:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 9
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6:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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The Dreamed Adventure

Dir. Valeska Grisebach
164 min

In Valeska Grisebach’s subtle, gripping crime drama, archaeologist Vesna (Yana Redeva) unearths more than she bargained for when she returns to the southern Bulgarian town of her youth, running afoul of local gangsters in the process.

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2:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
SFU Woodwards
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5:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony

Dir. Habiba Nosheen
92 min

The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony follows a group of young female gymnasts in Pakistan's Machar Colony, a highly conservative fishing settlement. Habiba Nosheen's deeply empathetic documentary is a celebration of girlhood, resilience, and self-expression.

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5:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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12:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:00 pm
Sun Oct 11
Alliance Francaise
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Midnight Momo

Dir. Tenzin Yeshi
83 min

Kunga, a waiter at a Queens momo shop, finds himself trapped in a loop of the final minutes of his shift. Midnight Momo is a frenetic, distinctly Tibetan American indie comedy that puts a working-class spin on the Buddhist cycle of suffering and rebirth.

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5:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 9
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3:45 pm
Sun Oct 11
International Village 9
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