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Shepherds

Dir. Sophie Deraspe
113 min

Mathyas quits his marketing job in Montreal and goes to France with the romantic notion of becoming a shepherd. He's in for a rude awakening... Based on a true story, Deraspe's stirring film plays spiritual uplift off against some 3000 sheep and a donkey.

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7:00 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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The Lunchbox

Dir. Ritesh Batra
104 min

In the first of our new monthly film series for 55+, a modern classic rom-com from India. Enjoy the movie and stay for refreshments and informal chat.

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11:00 am
Tue Apr 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Faces

Dir. John Cassavetes
130 min

Ten years after his landmark debut, Shadows, John Cassavetes returned to the indie model, self-financing this wrenching portrait of the sexual mores and miseries of American middle class. Gena Rowlands is luminous as Jeannie, the film's emotional barometer.

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3:30 pm
Tue Apr 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Are We Done Now?

Dir. Ben Immanuel
84 min

Down River director Ben Immanuel returns with a wry, self-aware Covid comedy in which a socially distant Vancouver documentarian checks in with a stressed-out therapist (Gabrielle Miller) and several of her patients over the course of the pandemic.

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5:00 pm
Thu May 01
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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2:15 pm
Sat May 10
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Mambar Pierrette

Dir. Rosine Mbakam
93 min

The third and final film of the spring session of African Cinema Now is the first dramatic feature from Cameroonian non-fiction filmmaker Rosine Mbakam (Chez Jolie Coiffure), an imaginative portrait of a seamstress.

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7:00 pm
Thu May 01
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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2:00 pm
Sun May 04
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:10 pm
Tue May 06
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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No Other Land

Dir. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
96 min

Deemed by many critics one of the essential films of 2024, a multiple festival award winner and Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, No Other Land is a reminder that mass expulsion is by no means a new reality for Palestinians.

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9:00 pm
Thu May 01
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Rose

Dir. Aurélie Saada
102 min

Rose, 78 years old, has just lost her adored husband. When her grief gives way to a powerful impulse to live, making her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman, the whole balance of the family is upset.

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1:30 pm
Fri May 02
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:00 pm
Sat May 03
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:40 pm
Mon May 05
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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One to One: John and Yoko

Dir. Kevin Macdonald & Sam Rice-Edwards
100 min

Both a concert film (Madison Square Gardens, August 1972) and a time machine, dropping us into the dizzying political kaleidoscope of the early 1970s, Kevin Macdonald's latest documentary is a rewarding addition to Lennon Studies.

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1:45 pm
Fri May 02
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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12:00 pm
Sat May 03
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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4:30 pm
Mon May 05
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Minnie and Moskowitz

Dir. John Cassavetes
114 min

John Cassavetes' deliciously witty take on Hollywood romance is a modern screwball comedy, a mismatched love story between a car park attendant (Seymour Cassel) and a museum administator (Gena Rowlands) who believes herelf to be too good for him.

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1:30 pm
Sun May 04
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:00 pm
Tue May 06
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Freaks

Dir. Tod Browning
64 min

Beautiful circus trapeze artiste Cleopatra likes to flirt with one of the sideshow attractions, Hans, a dwarf. When she learns that Hans is a wealthy man she decides to marry him. It's a choice she will live to regret... An unforgettable 1932 shocker.

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2:00 pm
Mon May 05
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Universal Language

Dir. Matthew Rankin
89 min

In a wintery, Farsi-speaking city that’s equal measures Winnipeg and Tehran, storylines entangle and the concepts of space, time, and identity grow increasingly opaque. Inventive and absurd, Rankin's poetic fable reminds us that Winnipeg is a wonderland. Rated: G

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2:45 pm
Mon May 05
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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7:10 pm
Mon May 05
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:00 pm
Sat May 10
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Dir. Varda Bar-Kar
114 min

This comprehensive doc tracks the ups and downs of the 60s Jewish singer-songwriter who found fame at 15 with Society's Child and followed it with an even bigger hit, At Seventeen.

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4:45 pm
Mon May 05
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:20 pm
Wed May 07
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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