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Short Forum 6: Archive Lives!

107 min

Before anything becomes archival, it’s lived.

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8:45 pm
Tue Oct 06
International Village 8
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Wed Oct 07
International Village 8
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A Long Winter

Dir. Andrew Haigh
117 min

Based on a short story by Colm Toibin and set in the Rockies in the 1950s, the latest from All of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh is a piercing emotional drama about a family facing hardships over a few months in a cabin far above town.

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9:00 pm
Tue Oct 06
Vancouver Playhouse
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Wed Oct 07
The Park Theatre
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Sat Oct 10
The Rio Theatre
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Short Forum 7: War at Home

107 min

Truly, no one is safe until everyone is safe.

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8:00 pm
Wed Oct 07
International Village 8
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1:30 pm
Thu Oct 08
International Village 8
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Nitassinan

Dir. Joséphine Bacon, Kim O'Bomsawin
78 min

Innu poet Joséphine Bacon and filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin weave poetry and observation in Nitassinan, a lyrical portrait of the Innu people’s enduring bond with their ancestral land.

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5:30 pm
Thu Oct 08
SFU Woodwards
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2:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
International Village 9
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Lifeline

Dir. Ilhan Abdullahi
77 min

When a Somali youth worker is assigned a high-stakes case, her professional responsibilities pull her back toward a community — and a past — she has worked to leave behind. Lifeline is an intimate exploration of belonging and responsibility.

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7:00 pm
Thu Oct 08
International Village 10
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4:30 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 8
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The Flight

Dir. Soran Mardookhi
97 min

The Flight follows three Iranian-Canadian families seeking justice after Flight PS752 was shot down, offering a compassionate and forceful tribute to grief, resilience, and community advocacy.

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8:15 pm
Thu Oct 08
SFU Woodwards
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3:45 pm
Sun Oct 11
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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The Wind's Thirst

Dir. Alejandro Valbuena
86 min

In The Wind’s Thirst, three Indigenous Wayuu guardians confront mining and energy corporations exploiting Colombia’s La Guajira desert to defend their water, sacred sites, and right to remain.

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8:45 pm
Thu Oct 08
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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1:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Short Forum 8: Queer Magic

115 min

Do you believe in magic?

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9:30 pm
Thu Oct 08
International Village 8
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Fri Oct 09
International Village 8
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The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony

Dir. Habiba Nosheen
92 min

The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony follows a group of young female gymnasts in Pakistan's Machar Colony, a highly conservative fishing settlement. Habiba Nosheen's deeply empathetic documentary is a celebration of girlhood, resilience, and self-expression.

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5:30 pm
Fri Oct 09
Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
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Sat Oct 10
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:00 pm
Sun Oct 11
Alliance Francaise
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Tangles

Dir. Leah Nelson
102 min

Based on the graphic memoir by Vancouver artist Sarah Leavitt, Tangles is a stunning, hand-drawn animated feature about a cartoonist coming to terms with her mom’s early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Nominated for the Caméra d’Or at Cannes 2026.

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5:45 pm
Fri Oct 09
Vancouver Playhouse
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3:00 pm
Sun Oct 11
The Park Theatre
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Death Has No Master

Dir. Jorge Thielen Armand
106 min

When Caro returns to Venezuela to sell her late father’s cacao plantation, she finds the family mansion occupied by its former staff, who have no intention of leaving. After legal action proves ineffectual, Caro decides to dispense justice herself.

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6:00 pm
Fri Oct 09
The Rio Theatre
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4:00 pm
Sat Oct 10
International Village 10
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Nuisance Bear

Dir. Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman
90 min

Winner of the highly coveted Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary, Nuisance Bear follows a polar bear through Churchill, Manitoba, where the town profits from bears as spectacle while treating their arrival as a problem.

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6:15 pm
Fri Oct 09
SFU Woodwards
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Sat Oct 10
Fifth Avenue Cinema - 19+ only
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Sun Oct 11
Alliance Francaise
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