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The Monk and the Gun

A monk sends his disciple on a surprising mission in this gentle, joyful Bhutanese comedy offering shrewd reflections from a culture far-removed from our own.

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Promare

The Mad Burnish mean to set the world on fire -- it's down to Galo Thymos and "Burning Rescue" to save the day... Delirious action-fantasy, anime-style. "An exciting cacophony of flames, robots, chiselled torsos and ridiculous catchphrases." Little White Lies

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Cléo from 5 to 7

Agnes Varda's second feature, Cléo from 5 to 7, is a marvelously charming real-time portrait of a young singer, Cléo Victoire (Corinne Marchand) one evening in Paris as she nervously awaits the results from a biopsy.

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Tautuktavuk (What We See)

In this palpably authentic slice of Inuit life, two sisters are able to speak up about their experience of trauma as they talk on Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic. It feels as real as a documentary, but in fact it's scripted by the actors/co-directors.

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The Animal Kingdom

In a world where mysterious mutations are gradually evolving humans into animal hybrids in an unpredictable and frightening way, a father tries to protect his 16-year-old son who is starting to acquire beastly characteristics.

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Goodbye Don Glees!

A bittersweet tale of childhood friendship and misadventure: after teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop are falsely accused of causing a forest fire, they set off into the woods to locate a missing drone which would prove their innocence.

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Spring Break at VIFF Centre
Mar 18 – 30 | $8 Youth Tickets

VIFF Centre is offering families the opportunity to catch the best cinema for less this spring break, bringing exceptional films to all ages at Vancouver’s premiere independent theatre.

On-Gaku: Our Sound

Like many others before them, a bunch of hopeless teen slackers with no musical schooling or demonstrable talent decide to form a band and enter a local festival... Seven years in the making, this deadpan lo-fo indie gem hits all the right notes.

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Promare

The Mad Burnish mean to set the world on fire -- it's down to Galo Thymos and "Burning Rescue" to save the day... Delirious action-fantasy, anime-style. "An exciting cacophony of flames, robots, chiselled torsos and ridiculous catchphrases." Little White Lies

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Goodbye Don Glees!

A bittersweet tale of childhood friendship and misadventure: after teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop are falsely accused of causing a forest fire, they set off into the woods to locate a missing drone which would prove their innocence.

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Belle

Shy Suzu finds she is able to express herself through song as her online persona, Belle, in the virtual world of U. Director Hosada draws on elements from Beauty and the Beast to create a rich, empowering musical about teen anguish and internet avatars.

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Uproar

Uproar is a charming coming of age story with Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Julian Dennison as a mixed-up, mixed-race Maori kid gradually coming to terms with his own identity in the early 1980s.

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The First Slam Dunk

Taking place entirely during a high school championship basketball game, interrupted by flashbacks which illuminate the players' lives, Inoue's film is a dazzling sports movie, and another example of how versatile and accomplished the anime world is.

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The Great Bear Rainforest + Secrets of the Sea

Originally released exclusively to IMAX theatres, we are pleased to share two outstanding 40-minute nature documentaries for family audiences, including the BC-shot Great Bear Rainforest, narrated by Ryan Reynolds.

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Blue Giant

Revered pianist Hiromi Uehar composed the score for this electrifying jazz anime, a film that makes no apology for its obsession with the sound and fury of musical ferment. It's the story of a young saxophonist determined to make it in the big league.

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5 Centimeters Per Second

Young love, missed connections, and unrequited feelings collide in this rarely screened early romance from Makoto Shinkai, the visionary director of global box office hits Suzume, Weathering With You and Your Name.

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Suzume

The latest from the director of Your Name is a typically wacky mix of first love/coming-of-age tale, supernatural spectacle, environmental fable and adventure film, too complex to attempt to summarize, but never less than dazzling to look at.

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Film Studies: Screwball Express
Monday Mornings Mar 18 – Apr 29

Put a spring in your step and get the week off to a flying start with VIFF’s new six-part Film Studies course, a celebration of a genuine American art form: Screwball Comedy. Film scholar Michael van den Bos unpacks the conventions of the genre and shines the spotlight on its artists.

Talks will last 25 minutes, followed by a film screening and an audience talk-back.

 

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The Daffy & The Dizzy: Screwball Dames

In the second Screwball Express Film Studies session, Michael van den Bos takes a look at the key actresses of the genre—such as Carole Lombard, Irene Dunne, and Jean Arthur— and then we savour Claudette Colbert in the sublime Cinderella story, Midnight.

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Madcap Marriages: The Awful Truth

"Just because I love you doesn’t mean I don’t hate you." Surviving manic marriages and delirious divorce in the world of screwball... Michael van den Bos is our love guru as he introduces Irene Dunne and Cary Grant in The Awful Truth.

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Masters of Screwball: Frank Capra

Director Frank Capra virtually created the screwball genre with It Happened One Night (1934). Michael van den Bos discusses Capra's key contributions to the golden age of screwball, followed by You Can’t Take It With You, starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur.

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Masters of Screwball: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges created madcap movie magic with his dizzyingly deft blend of witty wordplay, slapstick schtick, kooky characters and risqué romances. Michael van den Bos probes Preston Sturges's sublime screwball style, followed by his film The Lady Eve.

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Masters of Screwball: Howard Hawks & Cary Grant

The Screwball Express reaches its final destination with an appreciation of two giants of the genre: director/producer Howard Hawks and leading man Cary Grant, followed by a screening of one of the funniest films ever made, Bringing Up Baby.

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…to glimpse: African Cinema Now!

Curated by Nigerian writer and storyteller Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, this monthly series showcases contemporary African cinema that draws inspiration from the continent’s oral and filmic history. Expect an exploration of alternate possibilities—and whispers of the unexpected. Stay tuned for more film announcements.

Zones of Interest: The Films of Jonathan Glazer
Mar 29 – Apr 4

Jonathan Glazer has only made four feature films across the past quarter century. But each one has been singular, a shock to the system, and each time you wonder how he got away with so much. Dive deeper into the work of The Zone of Interest director in this short series.

Sexy Beast

Glazer's first film is an outrageous black comedy about a retired gangster (Ray Winstone) on the Costa del Sol, fending off the unwanted advances of a scarily psychotic Ben Kingsley, who wants him back on the job and won't take no for an answer. Screening in 35mm.

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Birth

Nicole Kidman plays a young Manhattan widow who is bemused, angered, appalled, and finally captivated and enraptured by the strange courtship of a ten-year-old boy (Vancouver's Cameron Bright) who claims to be Sean, her late husband. Screening in 35mm.

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Under the Skin

Nine years after Birth, Glazer returned with this unique underground movie starring a deglamorized but highly sexed Scarlett Johansson, picking up and disposing with random men. It's a bleakly unforgettable movie, with a mesmeric Mica Levi score.

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Elective Affinities: The Scores of Mica Levi
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Elective Affinities: The Scores of Mica Levi

Composer Cayne McKenzie (We Are the City; Big Kill) analyses the extraordinary sonic stylings of Jonathan Glazer-collaborator Mica Levi, whose scores include Under the Skin, The Zone of Interest, and Jackie. + Rare screenings of 2 Levi/Glazer shorts.

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Coming Soon

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High & Low: John Galliano film poster

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First Look Fridays

Enjoy $10 tickets + complimentary tea & coffee at the first Friday matinee screening of these films.

Uproar

Uproar is a charming coming of age story with Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Julian Dennison as a mixed-up, mixed-race Maori kid gradually coming to terms with his own identity in the early 1980s.

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It's Raining Men

Reuniting writer-director Caroline Vignal and star Laure Calamy from 2020's My Donkey, My Lover and Me, It's Raining Men is the tale of a frustrated wife and mother, neglected by her workaholic husband, discovering the wondrous new world of dating apps.

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Carol Doda Topless At the Condor

This engaging doc is at once a nostalgia trip to a singularly fecund time and place (San Francisco in the 1960s), an affectionate portrait of a forgotten performer, and a thoughtful reflection on the pros and cons of baring your boobs for bucks.

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