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What’s on June 10 - July 14, 2018 at the Vancouver LIFE, ANIMATED International Film Centre Aquarius 1181 Seymour Street 604.683.FILM Discover more at viff.org Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist Documentaries Vancity Impact Talk 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.