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VIFF Kids Club is our monthly family series with films, crafts and more! Doors at 11 am for activities, film at 12. Space Cadet is the enchanting Canadian animated tale of astronaut Celeste and her robot guardian, and their connection felt across the galaxy.

Each year the sleepy highland village of Carrbridge awakens with excitement as locals and competitors from around the globe vie for the honour of winning The Golden Spurtle in the World Porridge Making Championships.

Director Angie Chen introduces her 1985 film, an authentic and poetic portrait of the bargirl life in Wanchu, Hong Kong, 1955-1980, starring Pat Ha and a very young Anthony Wong.

Once promising concert pianist Mathias (François Civil) returns to his native Lyon after a long absence. He's here to pay homage to his mentor, Elena (Charlotte Rampling). But a chance encounter with an old flame sends him spiraling.

The Kidannes Ethio-Jazz Ensemble will be performing a unique blend of traditional Ethiopian & Eritrean music, combined with a healthy dollop of Western Jazz, in advance of the Jim Jarmusch movie which popularized Ethiopian Jazz in the West.

In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island. Their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behaviour from Jeremy, the family’s oldest child.