VIFF Short Forum 8

One of the world's foremost experts on addiction and trauma, Dr Gabor Maté shares not only his theories, but also his own story: his difficult childhood in Hungary and his long years of therapeutic practice in and around Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

This new angle on the life and times of Jimi Hendrix gives us the story of the studio he created -- a facility where Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Beyonce, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones would go on to record.

"Deeply impactful", Sugarcane is an important contribution to the ongoing process of Truth & Reconciliation in this country, a compassionate, sensitive account of the investigation into residential school abuse at Williams Lake, BC.

Jodorowsky's unforgettable third film (after El Topo and Holy Mountain--and years trying to get Dune made) is a cavalcade of burning images, a circus of strange.

Herzog's grandest folly was almost his undoing, but became his greatest triumph. One of cinema's least convincing Irishmen, Klaus Kinski plays Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, who has a dream to bring opera to the Amazon.

This fascinating account of Werner Herzog's struggles in getting Fitzcarraldo made is as good as the original film, and one of the few essential documentaries about filmmaking.