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Dir. Pema Tseden
111 min

Shot in exquisite long takes, this brilliant film is a road movie wrapped around three love stories. A director and crew are looking for local cast to star in their film version of the classic Tibetan opera Prince Drime Kundun.

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8:45 pm
Fri May 16
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:30 pm
Wed May 21
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The Silent Holy Stones

Dir. Pema Tseden
102 min

In Pema Tseden's first feature, a very young Tibetan lama living in a monastery in Qinghai discovers the delights of binge-watching a Chinese TV serial, just one aspect of the contradictions he will have to navigate in a culture steeped in tradition.

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4:30 pm
Sat May 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:30 pm
Tue May 20
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Snow Leopard

Dir. Pema Tseden
109 min

The last film Pema Tseden finished before his death at age 53 is an enthralling, semi-mystical fable about the deep spiritual connection between a young Tibetan priest and a snow leopard responsible for killing livestock belonging to the priest's brother.

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7:00 pm
Sat May 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:20 pm
Sun May 25
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Bicycle Thieves

Dir. Vittorio De Sica
89 min

De Sica's film about a labourer desperate to track down the bike that has been stolen from him is a landmark in film history, the movie that cemented the impact of Italian neo-realism on world cinema.

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11:00 am
Sun May 18
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:30 pm
Tue May 20
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Tharlo

Dir. Pema Tseden
123 min

Pema Tseden's most sublime film -- about a shepherd's disorienting trip to the town to acquire an ID card -- is a mesmerizing psychosexual study of masculinity in crisis, and a riveting exploration of social change.

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4:00 pm
Sun May 18
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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7:45 pm
Mon May 26
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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First Steps: Pema Tseden Short Films

Dir. Pema Tseden
51 min

Pema Tseden was the first Tibetan director to graduate from the Beijing Film Academy. The Silent Manistone (2002) and his graduation film, The Grassland (2004) are fascinating sketches for later works.

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6:45 pm
Sun May 18
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:30 pm
Mon May 19
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Opening Night

Dir. John Cassavetes
144 min

Gena Rowlands plays aging stage actress Myrtle Gordon in this self-reflexive ghost story by John Cassavetes.

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7:20 pm
Sun May 18
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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3:30 pm
Tue May 20
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Old Dog

Dir. Pema Tseden
89 min

In what may be Pema Tseden's darkest film, a Tibetan mastiff is sold, recovered, re-sold, stolen, and recovered yet again, passing through the hands of an ethnic Chinese dealer, the local police, and Tibetan dog rustlers.

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7:45 pm
Mon May 19
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:00 pm
Sun May 25
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
123 min

Released in 2001, John Cameron Mitchell's flamboyant rock musical about a gender-queer punk rock singer from East Berlin pushed the boundaries of queer cinema. It's both heartbreaking and empowering. Screening with the short The Human Voice.

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7:45 pm
Thu May 22
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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7:00 pm
Fri May 23
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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9:00 pm
Sat May 24
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & The Art of Survival

Dir. Julie Rubio
96 min

If Art Deco had a face, it was surely Tamara De Lempicka, giving us the side-eye at the wheel of a green Bugati in her famous self-portrait. Rubio's invaluable doc teases out the truths behind the myths, shedding light on De Lempicka's still underrated art.

Image: © 2024 TAMARA DE LEMPICKA ESTATE, LLC ADAGP, PARIS ARS, NY

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2:00 pm
Fri May 23
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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5:00 pm
Sat May 24
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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2:50 pm
Sun May 25
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Balloon

Dir. Pema Tseden
103 min

The young sons of virile Tibetan shepherd Dargye mistake their parents' condoms for balloons. Meanwhile Dargye is looking for a ram to impregnate his flock. Balloon is fascinated with ideas of potency, pregnancy, and the possibilities for female autonomy.

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5:50 pm
Fri May 23
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:30 pm
Tue May 27
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Desert of Namibia

Dir. Yôko Yamanaka
137 min

A prizewinner at Cannes, Yôko Yamanaka's second film is an acerbic portrait of an arrogant, attractive, diffident, "difficult" 21-year-old woman, Kana (a mesmerizing Yuumi Kawai), who numbly drifts between boyfriends, leaving wreckage in her wake.

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8:00 pm
Fri May 23
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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7:15 pm
Sun May 25
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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2:00 pm
Tue May 27
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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