What's On
Congo Boy
Congo Boy is a deeply moving coming-of-age drama about Robert, a 17-year-old Congolese refugee in the Central African Republic balancing school, odd jobs, and the care of his four younger siblings — while dreaming of success as a musician.
Image: © 2026 MAKONGO FILMS UNITÉ KIRIPIFILMS KARTA FILM CANAL
MUTEK x VIFF Live
MUTEK and VIFF join forces for an unforgettable evening of live audiovisual performance and electronic music featuring legendary electro duo Dopplereffekt, Montreal-based DJ Honeydrip, and Vancouver's MIIIA, in collaboration with visual artist MELT.
Image: © Fre╠üde╠ürique Me╠ünard-Aubin
The Story of Documentary Film (The 2000's: Chapter 12 and Chapter 13)
The Story of Documentary Film (The 2000's) enters a decade shaped by 9/11, war, fear, and politics. Through films such as The Cove and Grizzly Man, these chapters trace the documentary medium's encounter with modernity as it begins to unravel.
Image: © Iraq in Fragments, 2006, dir. James Longley, USA, Daylight Factory Typecast-Pictures
Vengeance Is Mine
Michael Roemer’s Vengeance Is Mine follows Jo, a troubled young woman returning to her Rhode Island hometown to confront childhood wounds. An attempt to confront one family's past gradually becomes entangled with another family's dysfunction.
We Are All Strangers
Anthony Chen tells the soulful story of a father and son in contemporary Singapore, each of whom gets married for very different reasons. This is a film about the human cost of poverty — poignant, relatable, and profound.
I Understand Your Displeasure
This intense realist drama stars Sabine Thalau as Heike, the underpaid, stressed-out manager of a cleaning crew. The non-professional actor portrays the hardship of labour so well that every breath, every arduous movement registers its cost on her soul.
Image: © Wenn Dann Film
The KLF: 23 Seconds to Eternity
VIFF presents the collected films and music videos of one of the most enigmatic and iconoclastic electronic bands of the 90s: The KLF. Preceded by a live AV performance from Vancouver electronic duo CHXMERAS.