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Sleeping With a Tiger

Dir. Anja Salomonowitz
107 min

In this unconventional biopic, the Austrian painter Maria Lassnig asserts herself as a female artist in the male-dominated art world of postwar Austria. Radically mixing documentary and fiction, the film captures the enduring enigma of Lassnig’s art.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 27
International Village 8
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10:30 am
Sun Sep 29
International Village 9
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Black Dog

Dir. Guan Hu
110 min

Set in a city on the verge of demolition, the award-winning Black Dog tells the story of a discontented ex-con and the stray dog he comes to love. Graced with panoramic imagery and the music of Pink Floyd, it’s a soulful, triumphant film.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 27
SFU Woodwards
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12:00 pm
Mon Sep 30
Vancouver Playhouse
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Presence

Dir. Steven Soderbergh
85 min

When a family moves into a new home, tensions simmer, melancholy takes a stranglehold, and things go bump in the night... Steven Soderbergh re-imagines the haunted house film by shooting every eerie scene from a spectre's viewpoint.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 27
The Rio Theatre
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4:00 pm
Sun Sep 29
The Rio Theatre
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Rock Bottom

Dir. María Trénor
86 min

Inspired by the musician Robert Wyatt and the recording of his 1974 classic of the same name, Rock Bottom is a psychedelic, animated musical odyssey about a drummer reinventing himself after an accident that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 27
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
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4:15 pm
Sun Sep 29
Fifth Avenue Aud 3
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Sharp Corner

Dir. Jason Buxton
110 min

This superb psychological thriller stars Ben Foster as Josh, a man who comes unmoored from the safety of middle-class life. The problems start with a car accident in front of his new house, and soon our protagonist is on the verge of losing everything…

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 27
Fifth Avenue Aud 3
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3:30 pm
Sat Sep 28
International Village 10
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Pol Pot Dancing

Dir. Enrique Sánchez Lansch
101 min

The story of a boy and future dictator, and the woman who saved Khmer classical dance after the brutal Cambodian genocide, Enrique Sánchez Lansch’s documentary is a stunning achievement that sheds new light on one of the darkest moments of history.

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10:30 am
Sat Sep 28
International Village 9
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4:45 pm
Wed Oct 02
International Village 8
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6:00 pm
Fri Oct 04
International Village 8
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When We Lost to the Germans

Dir. Guido van Driel
84 min

After the Netherlands loses the FIFA World Cup to West Germany in the summer of 1974, the cautious Jonas and impulsive Daan make their way through their sleepy Dutch town and learn about the complexities of human nature the hard way.

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10:45 am
Sat Sep 28
International Village 10
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Under the Volcano

Dir. Damian Kocur
102 min

While on holiday in the Canary Islands, a young Ukrainian family learns that war has broken out in their homeland. In the midst of familial tensions, they grapple with the reality of their newfound status as refugees.

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11:15 am
Sat Sep 28
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
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12:45 pm
Wed Oct 02
International Village 10
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A Different Man

Dir. Aaron Schimberg
112 min

This haunting, unclassifiable film tells the story of a facially disfigured man who is cured by a new drug therapy and given a new lease on life. Director Aaron Schimberg fuses elements of horror, melodrama, and comedy into a work of true originality.

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12:00 pm
Sat Sep 28
Vancouver Playhouse
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Love Lies

Dir. Ho Miu-Ki 何妙祺
116 min

Sandra Ng gives a radiant performance as a woman who thinks she’s in love with a dashing Frenchman but is actually the victim of a catfish scam in this cynical but vivacious rom-com from writer-director Ho Miu-ki.

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12:45 pm
Sat Sep 28
International Village 9
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Caught by the Tides

Dir. Jia Zhangke
111 min

Over two decades, across China’s rapidly changing landscape, two lovers meet and part and meet again. In this magisterial film, Jia Zhangke refracts the twenty-first century through a reflexive, retrospective look at his era-defining filmography.

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1:00 pm
Sat Sep 28
International Village 10
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8:45 pm
Sun Sep 29
Fifth Avenue Aud 3
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2:30 pm
Thu Oct 03
Vancouver Playhouse
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Ari's Theme

Dir. Nathan Drillot & Jeff Lee Petry
98 min

Ari Kinarthy, a composer with spinal muscular atrophy, embarks on an ambitious goal: to create music that will memorialize his life. Intimate, honest and inspiring, Ari eloquently narrates his story and shares his artistic process in this captivating doc.

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1:30 pm
Sat Sep 28
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
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1:30 pm
Mon Sep 30
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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11:00 am
Sun Oct 06
The Cinematheque
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