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Hidden Tremors

Dir. P.G. Sreekanth
81 min

Set against the fragile landscape of Kanjirappally, Hidden Tremors explores a family's quiet struggle amidst climate-induced displacement. The film captures the fragile balance between people and ecosystem — and the emotional dislocation that follows.

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8:45 pm
Fri Oct 10
The Cinematheque
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11:15 am
Sat Oct 11
International Village 8
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Living the Land

Dir. Huo Meng
132 min

Huo Meng’s film folds a grand historical reckoning into the story of one rural family in 1990s China. Visually rich and finely detailed in its human portraiture, this is a moving, elegiac work.

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8:45 pm
Fri Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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10:45 am
Sun Oct 12
International Village 9
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Christy

Dir. David Michôd
135 min

Christy Martin never imagined life beyond small-town West Virginia. But then she discovers a killer left hook and knack for knocking detractors out that just might be her tickets out of there. A bruising biopic about an indomitable warrior.

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9:00 pm
Fri Oct 10
Vancouver Playhouse
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5:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
The Rio Theatre
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Follies

Dir. Eric K. Boulianne
101 min

After two kids and 16 years of marriage, François and Julie decide to open up their relationship in a bid to rekindle their dwindling sex life. A painfully hilarious and brutally honest depiction of love, sex, and intimacy.

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9:15 pm
Fri Oct 10
International Village 9
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3:15 pm
Sat Oct 11
The Rio Theatre
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Wind, Talk to Me

Dir. Stefan Djordjevic
100 min

In this quietly affecting, deeply personal debut, Stefan Djordjevic subtly but notably occupies both sides of the camera, painting a delicate portrait of a young man processing the loss of his mother.

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12:30 pm
Sat Oct 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
The Cinematheque
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Reshaping Storytelling With Zacharias Kunuk, Director

90 min

Join us for an intimate conversation with legendary Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, whose masterpiece Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes and helped pave the way for more authentic voices in cinema.

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1:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
SFU Woodwards
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Kontinental ’25

Dir. Radu Jude
109 min

Radu Jude's Silver Bear winner is an anguished drama of conscience about a bailiff traumatized by an eviction that ends in tragedy. What more could she, or should she, have done?

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1:15 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 10
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9:00 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 9
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I Died

Dir. Ana Ts'uyeb
74 min

In Chiapas, three Indigenous women return to the land to rebuild their lives in the wake of profound personal loss. Ana Ts’uyeb’s moving debut honours what it means to find healing and reclaim life.

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5:45 pm
Sat Oct 11
International Village 8
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1:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 8
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Cover-Up

Dir. Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus
117 min

Oscar-winner Laura Poitras and Emmy-winner Mark Obenhaus turn their lens on legendary journalist Seymour Hersh in a riveting film that unpacks how one reporter exposed the truths behind My Lai and Abu Ghraib — and what it takes to hold power to account.

Image: © The New York Times

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5:45 pm
Sat Oct 11
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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3:45 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 10
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Closing Gala: Köln 75 With Live Performance by Chris Gestrin

Dir. Ido Fluk
155 min

Experience the transcendent power of music: Vancouver pianist Chris Gestrin performs a set of Keith Jarrett-inspired music to accompany Köln 75, which tells the story of Jarrett’s iconic concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.

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6:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
Vancouver Playhouse
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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

Dir. Kahlil Joseph
113 min

Kahlil Joseph’s long-awaited, hypnotic debut is a 21-track odyssey through Black memory and imagination. Fiction, archive, and digital fragments collide aboard a transatlantic ship in this radical, time-bending voyage across collective consciousness.

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6:00 pm
Sat Oct 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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3:30 pm
Sun Oct 12
International Village 8
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Tuner

Dir. Daniel Roher
109 min

A talented piano tuner (The White Lotus’ Leo Woodall in a breakout role) discovers that the patience and precision that allow him to excel at his day job are even more valuable when moonlighting as a safe cracker.

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6:15 pm
Sat Oct 11
The Rio Theatre
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Sun Oct 12
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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