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Tangles

Dir. Leah Nelson
102 min

Based on the graphic memoir by Vancouver artist Sarah Leavitt, Tangles is a stunning, hand-drawn animated feature about a cartoonist coming to terms with her mom’s early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Nominated for the Caméra d’Or at Cannes 2026.

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5:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
Vancouver Playhouse
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3:00 pm
Sun Oct 11
The Park Theatre
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Death Has No Master

Dir. Jorge Thielen Armand
106 min

When Caro returns to Venezuela to sell her late father’s cacao plantation, she finds the family mansion occupied by its former staff, who have no intention of leaving. After legal action proves ineffectual, Caro decides to dispense justice herself.

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6:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Rio Theatre
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4:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 10
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Nuisance Bear

Dir. Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman
90 min

Winner of the highly coveted Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary, Nuisance Bear follows a polar bear through Churchill, Manitoba, where the town profits from bears as spectacle while treating their arrival as a problem.

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6:15 pm
Fri Oct 09
SFU Woodwards
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2:45 pm
Sat Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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3:30 pm
Sun Oct 11
Alliance Francaise
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Yasha

Dir. Naghi Nemati
88 min

Yasha follows Hana, a young teacher in desperate need of money for her son's life-saving operation. Sidestepping melodrama, Naghi Nemati offers a compelling portrait of a strong woman fighting against impossible odds.

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6:15 pm
Fri Oct 09
Alliance Francaise
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Sat Oct 10
International Village 10
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Sun Oct 11
International Village 10
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Hear the Yellow

Dir. Banu Sıvacı
104 min

Suna returns to her native Anatolian village for her nephew’s wedding, where the mystery of her sister’s disappearance still looms over the small community. Determined to finally get to the bottom of it, she must reckon with complicated circumstances.

Image: © Anagraffilm

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6:15 pm
Fri Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
The Cinematheque
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Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party

Dir. Daniela Magnani Hüller
91 min

Fourteen years ago, Daniela Magnani Hüller survived an attempted femicide by a schoolmate. Now a filmmaker, she revisits the events surrounding that fateful incident, creating a moving collage of interviews, personal recollections, and archival material.

Image: © Bildersturm

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6:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Cinematheque
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10:45 am
Sun Oct 11
International Village 8
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Idda

Dir. Irene Dionisio
89 min

Childhood friends Adele and Sofia reconnect after years apart. Vowing to finally complete their long-planned climb to Mount Etna, the two set out on a strenuous journey up the Sicilian mountainside, where their friendship will be tested and redefined.

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6:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 10
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Sat Oct 10
SFU Woodwards
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Jóhann Jóhannsson's Suites: The Denis Villeneuve Scores

90 min

Experience the transformative power of music in film during the North American premiere of Jóhann Jóhannsson's Suites, a live orchestra performance of Jóhannsson's masterful collaborations with directors Denis Villeneuve and James Marsh.

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7:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
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9 Temples to Heaven

Dir. Sompot Chidgasornpongse
140 min

A middle-aged businessman leads his family on a one-day religious pilgrimage in the hopes of extending his sickly mother's life. Along the way, conflict brews, painful realizations unfold, and the film transforms into a meditation of faith, love, and duty.

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8:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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3:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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Wicker

Dir. Eleanor Wilson
105 min

A reclusive fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) orders herself the perfect husband made of wicker (Alexander Skarsgård) in this delightfully bizarre fable of horny baskets and delicious chaos.

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8:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Rio Theatre
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Closure

Dir. Michał Marczak
106 min

In Closure, Michał Marczak follows Daniel, a father searching the Vistula River after his teenage son disappears from Warsaw’s Gdański Bridge. Resisting true-crime spectacle, this is a film questions whether hope can sometimes keep you trapped.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 10
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Sat Oct 10
International Village 10
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Daughters of the Forest

Dir. Otilia Portillo Padua
95 min

An immersive sci-fi documentary, Daughters of the Forest follows two Indigenous mycologists who are bridging modern science and visual storytelling to preserve Mexico’s fungi and forests.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sun Oct 11
The Cinematheque
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