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Seven Winters in Tehran

Documentary Women Directors

This compelling, urgent true crime documentary carefully lays out the story of 19-year-old Iranian architecture student Reyhaneh Jabbari, who, in 2007, stabbed a man in self-defence after he tried to rape her. Jabbari was arrested and sentenced to death.

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6:15 pm
Fri Sep 29
International Village 9
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4:00 pm
Mon Oct 02
SFU Woodwards
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Bitten

Action & Suspense Drama Horror & Sci-Fi Romance

Françoise wakes up from an ominous dream that seems to foreshadow her imminent death. Not wanting to waste a minute of her remaining time, she consults her crystal pendulum and convinces her best friend Delphine to attend a mysterious costume party.

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6:30 pm
Fri Sep 29
The Cinematheque
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8:30 pm
Wed Oct 04
Vancity Theatre
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Call Me Dancer

Art, Music & Photography Documentary Women Directors

When a self-taught street dancer struggles in the search for paid work, his raw determination and artistic passion pushes him to attend classical training. Call Me Dancer is a fight for a dream despite all odds.

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6:30 pm
Fri Sep 29
International Village 10
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1:30 pm
Sun Oct 08
International Village 9
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The Teachers' Lounge

Action & Suspense Drama Women Directors

When a grade 6 student is accused of theft, idealistic young math teacher Ms Nowak decides to set up a sting to find the true culprit... with disastrous results. This buzzy Berlin film festival title is an ethics master class.

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6:30 pm
Fri Sep 29
Park Theatre
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12:30 pm
Sun Oct 01
Vancouver Playhouse
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3:30 pm
Thu Oct 05
SFU Woodwards
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Welcome to Barbie Land

Close collaborators for over 25 years, Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spence were tapped by Greta Gerwig to bring Barbie Land to life in the record-beating, hottest film of the year. Join us as the duo offer a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes magic.

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6:30 pm
Fri Sep 29
SFU Woodwards
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In Flames

Drama Horror & Sci-Fi

Returning to his birthplace, Karachi, Pakistan, writer-director Zarrar Kahn immerses us a tense tale of a mother and daughter trying to survive malevolent patriarchal forces.

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8:45 pm
Fri Sep 29
International Village 8
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12:00 pm
Sun Oct 01
International Village 8
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Dust in the Wind

Drama

At the end of the 1960s, high-school sweethearts Wan and Huen leave their little mining town in search of greater opportunities in Taipei, where the vicissitudes of life take their toll on the relationship.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
The Cinematheque
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10:45 am
Sat Oct 07
Vancity Theatre
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VIFF Short Forum: Program 1

Shorts

As time moves ever the more forward, histories are revisited. Some continue to be honoured while others are called for a reckoning.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
Vancity Theatre
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2:45 pm
Sun Oct 01
International Village 8
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Seagrass

Drama Women Directors

With their parents tending to their crumbling marriage, 11-year-old Stephanie is drawn to a pack of unruly teens, while six-year-old Emmy answers an eerie cave's siren call. A deftly orchestrated, deeply moving portrait of a family about to implode.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
The Rio Theatre
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9:00 pm
Sun Oct 01
SFU Woodwards
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Evil Does Not Exist

Drama

After the international success of Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi quietly made this small-scale independent film, a work of simplicity and grace about a rural community and the developers who want to built a "glamping" retreat in the woods.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
Park Theatre
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9:15 pm
Tue Oct 03
Park Theatre
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Terrestrial Verses

Drama Human Rights & Social Justice

Nine interlocking vignettes of everyday life offer a panoramic, politically charged view of state repression and bureaucracy in contemporary Tehran. Terrestrial Verses resonates strongly with the recent Woman, Life, Freedom protests.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
SFU Woodwards
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4:00 pm
Sun Oct 01
International Village 9
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Wild Swans

Drama Human Rights & Social Justice Women Directors

Set in a small village on the India/Bhutan border, this story depicts a group of women who live alongside and ultimately support each other. Wild Swans shares a glimpse into a culture and community that is rarely seen in cinema.

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9:00 pm
Fri Sep 29
International Village 9
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3:30 pm
Sat Sep 30
Vancity Theatre
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