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Metamorphosis Earth: World Refugee Day: NOVA AMI, VELCROW RIPPER, CANADA, 2018, 85 MIN. IMPACT Seen from the Heart TUE JUN 26 - 6:30PM • WED JUN 27 - 8:30PM IOLANDE CADRIN-ROSSIGNOL, CANADA, 2018, 91 MIN. IMPACT Sky and Ground THU JUN 28 - 5:45PM • SUN JUL 1 - 3:00PM TALYA TIBBON AND JOSHUA BENNETT, USA, 2018, 86 MIN. IMPACT TUE JUN 26 - 8:45PM • THU JUN 28 - 4:45PM Climate change documentaries are themselves evolving: SUN JUL 1 - 4:45PM WED JUN 20 - 7:20PM this collaboration between Nova Ami and BC’s own Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred; Occupy Love) swiftly proceeds An exceptional roster of leading scientists led by Hubert A compelling, ground-level immersion into the from the destructive ravages of fire and flood to outline the Reeves elucidates the climate crisis in this inspiring greatest humanitarian crisis of our time, Sky & Ground creative responses to impending catastrophe spearheaded environmental rallying cry. As the title implies, the aim accompanies the Nabi clan, a large, extended Syrian- by scientists, artists, activists and agriculturalists. As here is take a long view on a planetary problem, but also Kurdish family, as they painstakingly make their way the filmmakers affirm: “Our vision is to create a work of to engage with the emotion. Indeed, if there is villain of the from their home in Aleppo, bombed out by the war, to cinematic art that is both a reflection of the times, and a piece, it’s Rene Descartes, the 17th century French thinker the Idomeni refugee camp on the border of Greece and catalyst for transformation.” who granted Man dominion over the earth’s resources and Macedonia, and thence to Berlin, they hope… set us on a trajectory for the sixth mass extinction event. June 26 Filmmaker Q&A This special screening on Reeves lays out the case for radical change. World Refugee Day will be June 27: Guest Professor Steven Sheppard, UBC, Faculty In French, English with English subtitles. followed by a Vancity Impact of Forestry and Dept of Forest Resources Management Talk moderated by CBC’s Bal Brach, presented by Vancity Credit Union. The Bridge GEORGE ORR, CANADA, 2018, 52 MIN. SEA TO SKY SUN JUN 17 - 3:30PM, 5:15PM WED JUN 20 - 5:45PM • SUN JUN 24 - 12:30PM SAT JUL 7 - 2:50PM June 17th is the 60th anniversary of the collapse of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing. The tragedy claimed the lives of 18 workers who plunged Summer in the Forest Westwood: 100 ft into the waters below, and a 19th, a diver who died RANDALL WRIGHT, UK, 2017, 108 MIN. IMPACT later during the search for the bodies. George Orr’s film Punk, Icon, Activist is built around rediscovered, never-before-seen 16mm WED JUN 27 - 6:20PM • SAT JUN 30 - 4:00PM LORNA TUCKER, UK, 2018, 83 MIN. M/A/D colour footage shot by young draftsman Peter Hall as he L’Arche is a centre for people with developmental chronicled the construction, and includes interviews with FRI JUN 29 - 5:40PM • SAT JUN 30 - 2:15PM Hall and remaining survivors. World Premiere disabilities created outside Paris in the 1960s by a MON JUL 2 - 6:45PM • WED JUL 4 - 8:45PM Canadian-born former naval officer, Jean Vanier. The THU JUL 5 - 6:30PM Special guests in attendance institution is indeed an ark, an inspiring model for a genuinely caring and nurturing environment, as opposed From punk provocatrice to Dame of the British Empire, to the asylums in which its residents might earlier have Vivienne Westwood has been at the centre of the London Line 41 languished. In this moving documentary Vanier and the fashion scene for more than 40 years. As this candidly TANJA CUMMINGS, GERMANY, 2016, 91 MIN. IMPACT other inhabitants of L’Arche share their joys and sorrows, besotted bio-doc shows, age has not mellowed her, and offering a glimpse of a more simple and caring life. while Vivienne might now want to dwell on the past she has WED JUL 11 - 7:45PM plenty of opinions about the present. In French, English, Arabic with English subtitles. Line 41 documents a Holocaust and Lodz Ghetto survivor’s return to today’s Poland. Until now, Natan Grossmann had repressed his desire to learn about the fate of his brother Exclusive First Runs he lost contact with in 1942. 70 years later, Grossmann‘s search crosses paths with Jens-Jurgen Ventzki, son of the former Nazi Head Mayor of Lodz. Ventzki is pursuing his family’s dark secret. In tracing their family histories, they inevitably confront each other. Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. In German, Polish with English subtitles. Her Stories
Ava Bye Bye Germany SADAF FOROUGHI, CANADA/IRAN, 2017, 102 MIN. PANORAMA Es war einmal in Deutschland... FRI JUN 15 - 8:50PM • SAT JUN 16 - 2:00PM SAM GARBARSKI, GERMANY, 2017, 102 MIN. PANORAMA TUE JUN 19 - 8:55PM • THU JUN 21 - 3:30PM FRI JUN 29 - 7:25PM • SAT JUN 30 - 6:05PM Winner of the Discovery prize and Best Canadian First SUN JUL 1 - 6:40PM • MON JUL 2 - 8:30PM Feature award at last year’s TIFF, Ava is the debut feature THU JUL 5 - 4:30PM from Sadaf Foroughi, and doubtless carries her own unfond Frankfurt, 1946. David Bermann (Moritz Bleibtreu) and his memories of the harsh expectations for female students Jewish friends have escaped the Holocaust and dream of Karen Lam introduces Kathryn Bigelow's in Iran’s school system. Like many teenagers, Ava is going leaving for America. But how will they get the money? The through a rebellious period. The more her parents and smooth-talking entrepreneur focuses on what the Germans Near Dark teachers pressure her to conform, the more reckless she now need most: fine bed linens - and salesmanship. The KATHRYN BIGELOW, USA, 1987, 94 MIN. ALT becomes. scam proves a success, but Bermann has a tougher sales THU JUN 28 - 7:30PM “Ava looks repression in the eye and doesn’t flinch.” New job when he’s interrogated by a suspicious American military investigator about how he survived the war.... Vancouver filmmaker Karen Lam has two features under York Times her belt, Stained and Evangeline, both are psychological In Farsi with English subtitles. “Droll... moving and authentic.” LA Times thrillers of the type not commonly associated with women In German, English with English subtitles. directors (a third is currently in post production). So it should come as no surprise that Lams’ choice in our Her Stories series spotlights Kathryn Bigelow’s breakthrough vampire movie, Near Dark, a cult favourite since it saw the light of day back in 1987. Karen will introduce the screening and talk about it afterwards. 35mm print.
The French Touch Mune, le gardien de la lune Mune: Guardian of the Moon ALEXANDRE HEBOYAN, BENOÎT PHILIPPON, FRANCE, 2014, 85 MIN. ALT SAT JUN 30 - 12:30PM American Animals Marlina the When an evil magma demon and his minions steals the sun BART LAYTON, USA/UK, 2018, 116 MIN. ALT of a magical world, the new guardians of both the sun and FRI JUN 29 - 9:30PM • SAT JUN 30 - 8:10PM Murderer in Four Acts the moon must embark on a quest to retrieve it and save MOULY SURYA, INDONESIA/FRANCE/MALAYSIA/THAILAND, 2017, their world from disaster as the moon faces destruction as SUN JUL 1 - 8:45PM • MON JUL 2 - 4:30PM 93 MIN. GATEWAY WED JUL 4 - 6:30PM • THU JUL 5 - 8:10PM well. In French with English subtitles. SAT JUL 7 - 4:10PM FRI JUL 6 - 8:15PM • SUN JUL 8 - 8:15PM Free all-ages screening presented by Spark CG Society and MON JUL 9 - 6:30PM • WED JUL 11 - 5:40PM The most audacious art heist in U.S. history should VIFF Vancity Theatre in collaboration with Institut Français probably be left to the professionals. But why do criminal In the deserted hills of an Indonesian island, a young widow and the Consulate General of France in Vancouver. masterminds get to have all the fun? Such is the misguided is raped and robbed of her cattle. In defending herself, rationale of this outrageous caper’s ringleader (Evan Marlina kills several of the attacking gang members and Indian Summer Peters) whose self-belief trumps self-preservation. As this decapitates their leader. She then sets out on a journey to blundering anti-hero and his cohorts draw inspiration from find justice, empowerment, revenge and redemption. But movies in their bid for infamy, Bart Layton (The Imposter) the road is long, especially when the ghost of her headless evokes Rashomon as he stirs subjectivity and suspense into victim begins to haunt her. Mouly Surya’s spectacular an intoxicating cinematic cocktail. revenge movie coopts Western tropes to feminist ends, earning comparisons to Leone, Jarmusch and Peckinpah.
Italian Contemporary Film Festival presents Vancouver Irish Film Festival presents
A Throw of Dice Prapancha Pash FRANZ OSTEN, INDIA/GERMANY, 1929, 74 MIN. GATEWAY TUE JUL 10 - 7:00PM Inspired by the gambling episode in the ancient Hindu epic The Mahabharata, this rare classic tells of two kings who share a passion for reckless gambling, and for the same woman. Shot on location in Rajasthan, the film features over 10,000 extras and an impressive array of horses, elephants and tigers. It’s the third film in a trilogy of silent films made The Girl in the Fog The Drummer by German director Osten and Indian actor-producer Hi- La ragazza nella nebbia mansu Rai, combining documentary techniques with Indian DONATO CARRISI, ITALY, 2017, 128 MIN. ALT and the Keeper myths and legends. In Silent with Nitin Sawhney score. NICK KELLY, IRELAND, 2017, 94 MIN. PANORAMA FRI JUN 15 - 6:30PM • SAT JUN 16 - 7:40PM TUE JUN 19 - 6:30PM • THU JUN 21 - 1:00PM SAT JUN 16 - 5:45PM Sita Sings the Blues NINA PALEY, USA, 2008, 82 MIN. ALT Based on the best-selling novel by Donato Carrisi, The Girl Launching the Vancouver Irish Film Festival, organised by in the Fog is a gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a passionate group from the Irish community to celebrate SAT JUL 14 - 12:00PM AT THE MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER a hazy mountain village where enigmatic Detective Vogel the best in Irish Cinema, Nick Kelly’s film tells the story of an unlikely friendship between Gabriel, a rock’n’roll party ani- VIFF is delighted to sponsor this screening of Nina Paley’s (Toni Servillo) is investigating the sudden disappearance of fantastic animated riff on the ancient Hindu epic The Rama- fifteen-year-old Anna Lou. But with the case at the heart of a mal newly-diagnosed with mental health issues, and Chris- topher, a 17-year-old goalkeeper with Asperger Syndrome yana at the Museum of Vancouver in Vanier Park. This is an media storm, the fine line between the police and criminals eye-popping adventure, mixed in with wittily rueful personal begins to blur and soon everyone becomes a suspect. who yearns to fit in. This uplifting and comedic feature début deservedly won the Best Irish First Feature Award at reflection, a very accessible example of regarding the clas- In Italian with English subtitles. last year’s Galway Film Fleadh. sical tradition with a modern eye. The kaleidoscopic visual effects are a joy to behold. Free all ages screening. Vancouver International Film Festival’s Year-Round Showcase June 10 - July 14, 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY JUN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ava 4:00 Vancouver 2:00 Impresisons 4:00 Five Seasons - The 5:00 Boom for Real: The (The Early 60s) Gardens of Piet Oudolf Late Teenage Years of 4:20 Kusama: Infinity 5:45 Vancouver Irish Film 6:00 The Guardians Jean-Michel Basquiat 6:00 The Guardians 6:30 Italian Contemporary Festival presents: RENTAL Music Monday Cinema Salon 8:40 Boom for Real: The Film Festival presents: The Drummer 3:00 The Guardians The Girl in the Fog 8:40 Bill Evans: Time 7:30 Jeremiah Johnson Late Teenage Years of and the Keeper 7:00 Reel Jazz 4 Remembered Jean-Michel Basquiat RENTAL 8:50 Ava 7:40 The Girl in the Fog 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 RENTAL 1:00 The Girl in the Fog 3:30 The Bridge 5:45 The Bridge 3:30 Ava 5:15 The Bridge Vancity Impact Talk Vancouver Vancouver Taiwanese Taiwanese 7:20 World Refugee 7:30 The Gathering Festival: Film Festival Film Festival Indigenous Food 6:30 The Girl in the Fog Day: Sky and Ground June 22 - 24 June 22 - 24 Sovereignty RENTAL 8:55 Ava RENTAL twff.ca twff.ca 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 The French Touch 12:30 The Bridge 4:45 Earth: Seen from the Heart 12:30 Mune, le gardien de la lune 5:45 Metamorphosis RENTAL RENTAL 2:15 Westwood: Punk, Her Stories Icon, Activist Vancouver 5:40 Westwood: Punk, Karen Lam Taiwanese 6:30 Metamorphosis 7:30 Icon, Activist 4:00 Summer in the Forest Film Festival 6:20 Summer in the Forest introduces Kathryn June 22 - 24 8:45 Earth: Seen from 8:30 Metamorphosis Bigelow’s Near Dark 7:25 Bye Bye Germany 6:05 Bye Bye Germany twff.ca RENTAL the Heart 9:30 American Animals 8:10 American Animals JUL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bell Media 3:00 Metamorphosis 2:50 The Bridge Hot Docs Showcase 4:10 American Animals 4:45 Earth: Seen from 4:30 American Animals Carnaval del Sol 4:30 Bye Bye Germany 6:30: The Accountant of the Heart Afghan Cycles 6:45 Westwood: Punk, 6:45 La Carga 6:30 American Animals 6:30 Westwood: Punk, Auschwitz 6:30 Bye Bye Germany Icon, Activist Icon, Activist 6:40 8:45 Caetano Veloso, 8:45 Westwood: Punk, 8:15 Marlina the 8:45 American Animals 8:30 Bye Bye Germany Wandering Heart Icon, Activist 8:10 American Animals Murderer in Four Acts 8:45 Transformer 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Vancouver Korean 12:00 Sita Sings the Film Festival Blues July 12 - 14 6:30 The Silver Branch 6:30 Marlina the 5:40 Marlina the viff.org 6:00 How to Steal a Dog Indian Summer 8:15 Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Murderer in Four Acts 6:00 Opening Gala: 6:30 The Classified File 8:10 On the Beach At Murderer in Four Acts 8:30 Gurrumul 7:00 A Throw of Dice 7:45 Line 41 The Face Reader 8:40 The Suspect Night Alone
Bell Media Hot Docs Showcase
Hot Docs 3 Ticket Pack Available $30
Afghan Cycles Transformer SARAH MENZIES, USA, 2018, 90 MIN. IMPACT MICHAEL DEL MONTE, CANADA, 2018, 78 MIN. TRUE NORTH SAT JUL 7 - 6:30PM SAT JUL 7 - 8:45PM Young Afghan women challenge gender and cultural barri- A father, ex-marine and world-record powerlifter faces a The Accountant ers as they train with the Women’s National Cycling Team. singular feat of strength: transitioning from male to female. of Auschwitz Using the bicycle as a literal and metaphorical vehicle for Facing professional and personal rejection, she searches MATTHEW SHOYCHET, CANADA, 2018, 78 MIN. IMPACT freedom, they fight for empowerment and social change at for peace in her own skin in this clear-eyed portrait of the the risk of their own lives. transition process. Transformer won the Audience FRI JUL 6 - 6:30PM Filmmaker Q&A Award at the Hot Docs festival, and both the Audience As Germany continues to seek justice for Holocaust crimes, Choice and Best Documentary Awards at the Austin a former SS guard—now a frail 94-year-old—stands trial. Is In Dari, English, French with English subtitles. Film Festival. the “Accountant of Auschwitz” an accomplice to history’s worst genocide, or a scapegoat for a country still desperate to atone? This thought-provoking film explores the moral, legal and political dimensions raised by the case. Runner up in the Audience Awards at this year’s Hot Docs festival.
Carnaval del Sol presents:
These screenings are presented in partnership between Carnaval del Sol and VIFF. Double Bill Tickets for $20 The Silver Branch Gurrumul KATRINA COSTELLO, IRELAND, 75 MIN. IMPACT PAUL DAMIEN WILLIAMS, AUSTRALIA, 2018, 96 MIN. M/A/D SUN JUL 8 - 6:30PM MON JUL 9 - 8:30PM The Burren, County Claire, Ireland, is one of those areas of Blind from birth, Indigenous singer/songwriter Geof- such untrammeled natural beauty you feel like you might frey Gurrumul Yunupingu is regarded as one of the most be stepping into another century. When the government important voices ever to come out of Australia. This doc decided to build a tourist centre there a handful of farm- celebrates the late artist and the tremendous obstacles he ers decided to resist. Their leader: Patrick McCormack, overcame on his path to global acclaim. “A profound and who also moonlights as a poet. In this sublime film he transporting songline.” Hollywood Reporter reflects on the land and the livelihood which have etched In Yolngu Matha (Gumatj and Galpu), English with English so deeply on his soul. subtitles. La Carga Winner: Audience Award, International Spectrum, Hot Docs ALAN JONSSON, MEXICO, 2017, 94 MIN. PANORAMA Vancouver Korean Film Festival TUE JUL 3 - 6:45PM Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a 3 Ticket Pack Available $30 (excludes Opening Gala) noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival. In Spanish with English subtitles. Caetano Veloso, Wandering Heart FERNANDO GROSTEIN ANDRADE, BRAZIL, 2008, 71 MIN. M/A/D TUE JUL 3 - 8:45PM Opening Gala: The Classified File Geukbisusa Sometimes described as Brazil's Bob Dylan (though The Face Reader Gwansang KWAK KYUNG-TAEK, SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 107 MIN. GATEWAY their voices are chalk and cheese), Caetano Veloso is a HAN JAE-RIM, SOUTH KOREA, 2013, 140 MIN. GATEWAY singer-songwriter, activist and a founder member of the FRI JUL 13 - 6:30PM THU JUL 12 - 6:00PM Tropicalismo movement that rocked the Dictatorship in Kwak’s magnificent thriller recreates a real-life Busan the 1960s. This 2008 documentary catches him touring Nae-kyeong (Song Kang-ho, Snowpiercer) is the greatest kidnapping case from 1978. Eunjoo, daughter of a wealthy the US and Japan with his album A Foreign Sound. It's a face reader the royal court has ever known. He can see magnate, is kidnapped on her way home from school. At relaxed affair, with the artist musing on language, being through people by looking at their faces, a skill that brings first, her desperate parents hear nothing; they request that away from home, fame and fortune. Pedro Almodovar, him to the attention of Vice Premier Kim, who appoints him the weary, seen-it-all cop Gilyoung be assigned to the case David Byrne, and supermodel Gisele Bundchen weigh in. to the government’s Inspection Board. During his inspec- and (to Gilyoung’s annoyance) also bring in the psychic tion, Nae-kyeong finds out about Prince Su-yang’s plan to Joongsan to help. The Classified File uses a police investiga- take the throne of his nephew. He decides to change the tion as a key to important truths about Korean society. Special Presentation destiny of the country by changing what’s written on Su- yang’s face. In Korean with English subtitles. In Korean with English subtitles. How to Steal a Dog KIM SUNG-HO, SOUTH KOREA, 2014, 109 MIN. GATEWAY SAT JUL 14 - 6:00PM Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Barbara O’Connor, this quirky family film follows the misadventures of ten year old Ji-so, who lives in a pizza delivery van (the last vestiges of her dad’s failed business) and who hatches a plan with her best friend to raise 500 000 won (a ludicrously inadequate amount) to buy a house. Their scheme? “Bor- row” a dog, then claim the reward money from its owner. The Cartoony Concerto presented by Michael van den Bos All ages screening in Korean with English subtitles. 2018, 115 MIN. M/A/D The Suspect SOUTH KOREA, 2013, 138 MIN. GATEWAY SUN JUL 22 - 3:30PM FRI JUL 13 - 8:40PM A medley of madcap musical cartoons produced in Hol- lywood and New York City during the first half of the 20th In this Jason Bourne-style spy thriller Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) century curated by animation history teacher and film is the best field agent in North Korea - until he is abandoned scholar Michael van den Bos. Each animated film in this during a mission, his wife and daughter murdered. Hunted program combines the looney with the tunes, featuring ex- and on the run, he takes a job as a night driver for the CEO amples of classical music, opera, pop, jazz and even dizzy of a powerful corporation. The chairman is brutally assassi- dance numbers, all performed by hand-drawn characters nated - but gives Dong-chul a pair of glasses before he dies. bigger-than-life projected on the big screen. Prepare to Now, he’s on the run again. “Delivers a seemingly non-stop laugh . . . a lot! This is an all-ages animation show. series of exciting set pieces.” Hollywood Reporter In Korean with English subtitles. On the Beach The Gathering Festival At Night Alone Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja Indigenous Food Sovereignty HONG SANG-SOO, SOUTH KOREA, 2017, 101 MIN. GATEWAY short films & commentary VARIOUS, CANADA, 2018, 120 MIN. TRUE NORTH SAT JUL 14 - 8:10PM Art imitates life in this quietly devastating masterpiece from SUN JUN 17 - 7:30PM Hong Sangsoo. Kim Minhee (The Handmaiden, Right Now, A program of short films and in-person commentary by Wrong Then)—in the role that won her the Silver Bear for Indigenous filmmakers and activists working to commu- best actress in Berlin—plays Younghee, an actress reeling nicate the importance of ancestral cultivation practices in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director. for food security in a pressurized ecology, shaped by Younghee visits Hamburg then returns to Korea, but as colonization and globalization. she meets with friends increasingly startling confessions Presented by the Gathering Festival, Cineworks and emerge. “As gut-wrenching, funny, and formally freewheel- Vancity Theatre in collaboration with Indigenous Food ing as anything in recent cinema.” Film Comment Sovereignty activist and policy advisor, Dawn Morrison. In Korean, English, German with English subtitles.
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