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askîwan ᐊᐢᑮᐊᐧᐣ

60 min

Through live cinema, music and nehiyawewin song, askîwan ᐊᐢᑮᐊᐧᐣ reveals how land remembers — and how, even amid ecological crisis, the earth continues to sing through us.

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8:00 pm
Thu Jan 29
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
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8:00 pm
Fri Jan 30
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
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Islands

Dir. Jan-Ole Gerster
123 min

In this sly, engrossing mystery, a dissolute English tennis coach in a Canary Islands holiday resort falls under suspicion when the husband of a beautiful guest disappears after a night of heavy drinking...

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1:00 pm
Fri Jan 30
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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9:30 pm
Fri Jan 30
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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7:00 pm
Sat Jan 31
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Holding Liat

Dir. Brandon Kramer
97 min

An intimate, moving film about the parents of one of the Oct 7 Jewish hostages taken by Hamas, and their campaign for a speedy, peaceful resolution to the crisis. Winner: Best Documentary, Berlin Film Festival

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1:30 pm
Fri Jan 30
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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4:15 pm
Sat Jan 31
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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7:15 pm
Mon Feb 02
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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All That's Left of You

Dir. Cherien Dabis
145 min

Jordan's submission for the Academy Awards, All That's Left of You makes the most of its epic format to chronicle seven decades of Palestinian history while tracking the psychological impact of cycles of exile and oppression on three generations.

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6:30 pm
Fri Jan 30
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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1:00 pm
Sat Jan 31
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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4:30 pm
Sun Feb 01
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Laura Crema Sings Lorenz Hart

Dir. Richard Linklater
180 min

For this unique show, leading jazz vocalist Laura Crema has put together a set of some of Lorenz Hart's most memorable songs. Afterwards, enjoy Ethan Hawke's portrait of the legendary lyricist in Richard Linklater's new movie, Blue Moon.

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7:30 pm
Sun Feb 01
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Krystle Dos Santos Sings Jackie Shane

Dir. Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg
180 min

Two-time Western Canadian Music Award winner Krystle Dos Santos pays tribute to 60s soul pioneer Jackie Shane, followed by a screening of the acclaimed documentary Any Other Way.

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7:00 pm
Sat Feb 07
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Cousin Harley + Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Dir. Jake Kasdan
180 min

Come join Local Hillbilly heroes Cousin Harley, for a night of traditional Rockabilly, Western Swing and early Rock n Roll before reveling in the rock n roll biopic excess of John C Reilly as the legendary Dewey Cox!

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8:00 pm
Tue Feb 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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L'Atalante

Dir. Jean Vigo
89 min

Jean Vigo died from TB in 1934 at the age of 29. Yet he is revered as one of the great innovators of the medium, and his only feature, L'Atalante, is a seminal film, a tender, lyrical love story set on a barge on the Seine.

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11:00 am
Sun Feb 15
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:20 pm
Tue Feb 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Cold War

Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
89

This month's Talking Pictures screening (coffee and cookies on the house!) is a Polish love story about a musical director who falls under the spell of a singer while on a Communist-sponsored mission to package native folk songs for the social good.

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11:00 am
Tue Feb 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Antonia's Line

Dir. Marleen Gorris
102 min

This month's Pantheon selection spotlights the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Dutch feminist filmmaker Marleen Gorris, and her charming, vibrant tale of an emancipated farmer who refuses to conform.

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11:00 am
Sun Mar 15
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:50 pm
Tue Mar 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sansho the Bailiff

Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
124 min

The third of the great Japanese masters (with Ozu and Kurosawa), Mizoguchi is a poet of suffering. There's plenty of that here in his exquisite telling of an ancient folktale about the enslavement of a woman and her two children.

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11:30 am
Sun Apr 19
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:50 pm
Tue Apr 21
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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M

Dir. Fritz Lang
110 min

A sophisticated and gripping suspense drama about the hunt for a child murderer, played with disturbing compassion by the great Peter Lorre. M was Fritz Lang's first sound film, and you can sense his excitement at the possibilities.

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11:00 am
Sun May 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:50 pm
Tue May 19
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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