What's On
A New Kind of Wilderness
An idyllic life on a family farm in Norway becomes an impossible task when Nik's wife dies from cancer. This quietly affecting film follows his struggles to do right by his kids, himself, and his late wife's wishes.
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
Bob Dylan is captured on-screen as he never would be again in this groundbreaking film from D. A. Pennebaker. The legendary documentarian finds Dylan in England during his 1965 tour, which would be his last as an acoustic artist.
Signed: Lino Brocka
Based on a series of highly engaging and frank interviews with the great Filipino filmmaker in the mid 1980s, Christian Blackwood's film is an important record of the artist reflecting on his life and work.
Bona (New 4K Restoration)
Philippine superstar Nora Aunor plays against type as Bona, a schoolgirl infatuated with a hunky supporting actor (Phillip Salvador as the noxious Gardo) in this kicky rediscovered Lino Brocka classic.
Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
This new documentary offers the most complete account so far of the life and work of Canada's greatest architect, the man responsible for several of the finest buildings in Vancouver -- including the Museum of Anthropology and the SFU Campus.
Victor Noriega's Kuyatet + Lino Brocka's Manila in the Claws of Light
To celebrate our spotlight on Filipino director Lino Brocka, we are pairing a screening of Manila in the Claws of Light with an hour of jazz interpretations of Filipino music led by Victor Noriega, with his band Kuyatet ("Kuya" means "Brother" in Tagalog).
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
If you don't have time to work your way through all 60-odd features Lino Brocka made between 1970 and 1991, let his compatriot and acolyte, video artist Khavn De La Cruz, fast-forward through them for you in this fragmentary, fired-up super cut.
The Terminal
Loosely inspired by a real life story, Spielberg's heartwarming movie stars Tom Hanks as an Eastern European stranded in bureaucratic no-man's-land at JFK airport, having to make his home there. Co-Presented with Vancouver Opera.
Manila in the Claws of Light
A pungent slice of neo-realist noir, Manila in the Claws of Light is regarded as the greatest Philippine movie ever made. It's the story of a fisherman, Julio, who comes to the big city in the footsteps of his fiancée, who has gone missing.
Bribe, Inc.
Exposing one of the most audacious and lucrative bribery schemes in modern history, Bribe, Inc is a disturbing chronicle of corruption, bureaucratic bungling and impunity. Q&A with filmmakers.
Grand Theft Hamlet
The play's the thing in this inspired virtual production of Hamlet, staged entirely in the realm of Grand Theft Auto by a couple of under-employed British actors during lockdown. It's very funny, wildly inventive, and surprisingly revealing.