Saturday February 8
Sunday February 9
Hi, A.I., a documentary by German Isa Willinger, introduces humans and humanoid robots living together.
A young daycare worker named Anne (Deragh Campbell) careens through daily life veering from endearing to disconcerting.
6:30 pm | Talking About Trees | 93 min Dir: Suhaib Gasmelbari Four old friends set out to open an outdoor cinema in repressive Sudan, and so begins a delicate dance with the government.
9:00 pm | Alice | 103 min | Dir: Josephine Mackerras After discovering that her husband’s addiction to escorts has left their family penniless, Alice finds a means of caring for herself and her child.
An internationally shot, darkly comic investigation of the absurdities of nationalism, normality and identity.
5:30 pm | And The Birds Rained Down | 127 min Dir: Louise Archambault Charlie and Tom enjoy a quiet life together until one day they are joined by an old woman who refuses to leave.
8:30 pm | Mr. Toilet: The World's #2 Man | 87 min Dir: Lily Zepeda A lack of sanitation and access to toilets affects billions of people around the world. Enter Jack Sim, dedicated to ensuring every human has a place to poo in peace.
After being appointed literary executor, a young woman named Audrey uncovers a series of letters that her great-grandmother had written to a fellow poet.
6:30 - 8:00 pm | VIFPA Local Film Producers show their current work.
9:00 pm | While at War | 107 min Dir: Alejandro Amenábar
Nina and Madeleine appear to be two friendly neighbours but the women have hidden an intimate relationship for decades.
7:45 pm | Hearts and Bones | 111 min Dir: Ben Lawrence
7:45 pm | A White, White Day | 109 min Dir: Hlynur Pálmason
In Ben Lawrence’s beautifully acted debut feature, a war photographer Hugo Weaving and a refugee Andrew Luri discover a photograph that threatens to destroy them both.
In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief, whose wife died in a tragic accident two years earlier, begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with her.
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5:30 pm | Two of Us | 95 min | Dir: Filippo Meneghetti
FIRST | Indigenous Films
2:45 pm | Cloud Whispers | 93 min | Dir: Kerstin Polte
REVEAL | A human take
While travelling with her family, Charlotte abruptly leaves her husband and continues her trip to the German coast with her fun-loving granddaughter.
5:30 pm | The Seer and the Unseen | 86 min Dir: Sara Dosa
6:00 pm | Sorry We Missed You | 101 min Dir: Ken Loach Depicts a young family struggle to hold it all together as father-of-two Ricky battles to keep up with the excruciating demands of his new courier job.
8:30 pm | Heroic Losers | 117 min Dir: Sebastian Borensztein Heroic Losers is a heist drama-comedy that plays on the most basic human instinct: getting back what’s yours.
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LIT | Mysteries and Thrillers
A documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief.
FOMO | Mainstream films 7:45 pm | Denmark | 101 min | Dir: Adrian Shergold Herb lands in Denmark with an unconventional plan to live a more comfortable life – in prison!
COAST | Pacific Rim Centric SOOP | A mash-up of the unusual
4:00 pm | Senior Love Triangle | 98 min Dir: Kelly Blatz Three individuals living in retirement homes in East Hollywood embark on a passionate, romantic dynamic.
6:30 pm | White Lie | 96 min Dirs: Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas Having become a campus celebrity after a (fictional) cancer diagnosis, a young woman struggles to maintain her fabrication.
9:00 pm | Corpus Christi | 116 min | Dir: Jan Komasa
Twenty-something Daniel has more past than future. He lives in a juvenile detention centre, under constant pressure. His only real friend is a fierce and open-minded priest whose footsteps he would follow in – if he could.
4:00 pm | The Seer and the Unseen | 86 min Dir: Sara Dosa A documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief.
6:30 pm | Hearts and Bones | 111 min Dir: Ben Lawrence A war photographer (Hugo Weaving) and a refugee (Andrew Luri) discover a photograph that threatens to destroy them both.
9:00 pm | To The Ends of the Earth | 120 min Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa A hidden gem at festivals around the world in 2019, To the Ends of the Earth follows a Japanese TV host on her journey to Uzbekistan in this humorous exploration.
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4:00 pm | The Disappearance of My Mother | 94 min Dir: Beniamino Barrese The uplifting journey of one man and his desire to capture his favorite model – his mother, Benedetta Barzini.
6:30 pm | Body And Bones | 97 min Dir: Melanie Oates
VENUE
In a small town in Newfoundland, Tess finds comfort in listening to the music of Danny Sharpe. Then she wakes up one day to find him in her kitchen.
9:00 pm | The Wild Goose Lake | 113 min Dir: Diao Yi’nan Diao Yi’nan’s latest ‘crime noir’ is a highly stylized, rain-drenched, neon-tinged gangster thriller.
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This bittersweet romantic comedy is a unique and poignant behind -the-scenes look at life in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Village.
TThe ground-breaking and influential reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk.
FILM PROGRAMS
Zed Nelson’s comic, tragic and deeply moving portrait of not just a street in East London, but a nation on the cusp of enormous change.
12:30 pm | Olympic Dreams | 83min Dir: Jeremy Teicher
3:00 pm | This is Not a Movie | 106 min Dir: Yung Chang
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A riveting chamber epic set in the first months of the Spanish Civil War questions celebrated Spanish Writer Miguel da Unamuno’s complacency and how easily it turned to complicity.
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This insanely brilliant feature debut is a hilariously irreverent retelling of how William Lyon Mackenzie King became Prime Minister.
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Ode on 5 | 78 0 Yat e s St
8:30 pm | The Twentieth Century | 90 min Dir: Matthew Rankin
3:00 pm | It Must Be Heaven | 101 min Dir: Elia Suleiman
4:00 pm | MS Slavic 7 | 64 min Dirs: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell
A reggae single sends visual artist Chris Flanagan on a fascinating journey in search of an unforgettable voice.
Eddy Haymour’s attempt to develop a Lake Okanagan island into a Middle-Eastern themed amusement park led to financial ruin and a dangerous battle with the government.
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1:00 pm | Hi A.I. | 90 min | Dir: Isa Willinger
A family weekend in southern Tunisia turns into a nightmare when the son is shot and a tightly held secret reveals itself, making the tragedy more heartbreaking.
5:30 pm | Shella Record–A Reggae Mystery | 87 min Dir: Chris Flanagan
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1:00 pm | A Son | 96 min | Dir: Mehdi Barsaoui
4:00 pm | Anne at 13,000 ft. | 75 min Dir: Kazik Radwanski
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Long-time friends get together for a going-away party. There’s laughter and fun until a budding filmmaker, convinces two men to kiss for the camera.
Described by The Guardian as “one of the defining British films of the decade”, Mark Jenkin’s Bait is a portrait of the battle between locals and tourists in a once-thriving Cornish fishing village.
Inspired by the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst in 1974, this atmospheric drama is from the perspective of Jenny, a political activist assigned to her.
This insanely brilliant feature debut is a hilariously irreverent retelling of how William Lyon Mackenzie King became Prime Minister.
Annette Bening and Bill Nighy star as a couple on the rocks after 33 years of marriage, in this witty divorce drama.
12:30 pm | Bait | 89 min | Dir: Mark Jenkin
6:00 pm | American Woman | 85 min Dir: Semi Chellas
5:30 pm | The Twentieth Century | 90 min Dir: Matthew Rankin
An internationally shot, darkly comic investigation of the absurdities of nationalism, normality and identity.
2:45 pm | Eddy's Kingdom | 90 min | Dir: Greg Compton
3:00 pm | Talking About Trees | 93 min Dir: Suhaib Gasmelbari Four old friends set out to open an outdoor cinema in repressive Sudan, and so begins a delicate dance with the government.
6:00 pm | Open for Submission | 90 min Dir: Bryan Skinner Local filmmaker Bryan Skinner delivers a very meta feature mockumentary about a film festival with big problems.
8:30 pm | Light From Light | 82 min | Dir: Paul Harrill Recent widower Richard (Jim Gaffigan) hires Shelia (Marin Ireland), a paranormal investigator, to look into the ghostly events happening at his home.
3:00 pm | Bellbird | 96 min | Dir: Hamish Bennett The story of a dairy farmer struggling to cope with the sudden death of his beloved wife, and the gradual bond he builds with his gentle only son.
6:00 pm | Wheeler's Everest | 79 min Dir: Martin de Valk Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis retraces the steps of Oliver Wheeler, a Canadian who played a pivotal role in George Mallory’s British Expeditions to Mount Everest in 1921.
8:30 pm | Vagenda Stories | 90 min Dir: Natascha Beller A contemporary comedy about three thirtysomething girlfriends dealing with children, careers and relationships.
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Two inseparable friends find their paths diverge as adults in a story of strong female friendship.
Old Age and Hope asks the question: Is it possible to keep a hopeful outlook on life and its mysteries as you age?
2:45 pm | It Must Be Heaven | 101 min Dir: Elia Suleiman
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9:00 pm | Kuessipan | 117 min | Dir: Myriam Verreault
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This award-winning charmer of a film follows 25 Norwegian men who regularly get together to sing dirty rock songs and drink beer, and are now preparing to be the warm-up act for Black Sabbath.
2:45 pm | Old Age and Hope | 87 min Dir: Fernand Dansereau
7:45 pm | Matthias & Maxime | 119 min Dir: Xavier Dolan
7:45 pm | In Conversation with Bill Nighy 9:00 pm | Hope Gap | 100 min | Dir: William Nicholson
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6:30 pm | The Men's Room | 74 min Dirs: Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen
A feature documentary follows Sudan, the last male northern white rhino in existence through the eyes of Sudan's three primary caregivers.
12:15 pm | The Street | 94 min | Dir: Zed Nelson
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5:30 pm | Kifaru | 81 min | Dir: David Hambridge
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After his wife throws him out, a cartoonist takes his son up on the offer to try Time Travelers, a company specializing in reenactments of any time in history.
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6:30 pm | La Belle Époque | 115 min | Dir: Nicolas Bedos
Wednesday February 12
Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple’s riveting study of the failed rescue mission to bring home hostages held at the American Embassy in Tehran.
Delving into the quirky community of rare and antiquarian booksellers in New York City and the eccentric personalities that keep the scene alive.
Three individuals living in retirement homes in East Hollywood embark on a passionate, romantic dynamic journey.
Tuesday February 11
12:15 pm | Desert One | 107 min | Dir: Barbara Kopple
12:15 pm | The Booksellers | 99 min | Dir: D.W. Young
2:45 pm | Senior Love Triangle | 98 min Dir: Kelly Blatz
Monday February 10
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Friday February 7
3:00 pm | My Dads, My Moms and Me | 85 min Dir: Julia Ivanova Four gay men who each made the decision to become parents. 10 years later, director Julia Ivanova returns for a follow up.
6:00 pm | Architecture of Infinity | 90min Dir: Christoph Schaub Art and architecture approach the sacred in Christoph Schaub’s breathtaking exploration of spiritual places and their meaning. A true cinematic experience.
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8:30 pm | Bacurau | 131 min Dirs: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho Take the Western and give it a coating of Brazilian eccentricity, topped with a layer of political commentary, and you have an exciting and fresh take on a genre.
10:30 pm | The Vast of Night | 89 min Dir: Andrew Patterson A radio host and switchboard operator come across a bizarre, unknown frequency.
12:15 pm | Castle In The Ground | 105 min Dir: Joey Klein
Depicts a young family struggle to hold it all together as father-of-two Ricky battles to keep up with the excruciating demands of his new courier job.
Mitzi Bearclaw’s dream of becoming a fashion designer in the city is put on hold when she’s summoned home to Owl Island First Nation by her father to help look after her cold, demanding mother.
9:00 pm | Light From Light | 82 min | Dir: Paul Harrill Recent widower Richard (Jim Gaffigan) hires Shelia (Marin Ireland), a paranormal investigator, to look into the eerie — and possibly ghostly — events happening at his home.
6:15 pm | A White, White Day | 109 min Dir: Hlynur Pálmason In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief, whose wife died in a tragic accident two years earlier, begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with her.
9:00 pm | Maria's Paradise | 110 min Dir: Zaida Bergroth A teenage girl begins to question the teachings of the religious sect in which she has been raised.
5:30 pm | Wilcox | 66 min | Dir: Denis Côté A man without a clear destination meets a few of society’s outcasts along the way to putting down roots.
8:00 pm | Jallikattu | 95 min | Dir: Lijo Jose Pellissery
A family’s controversial decision to cryogenically preserve their young daughter in the hope that she will one day live again.
6:15 pm | Mr. Toilet: The World's #2 Man | 87 min Dir: Lily Zepeda A lack of sanitation and access to toilets affects billions of people around the world. Enter Jack Sim, dedicated to ensuring every human has a place to poo in peace.
9:00 pm | The Last Tree | 75 min | Dir: Shola Amoo An ambitious and tender portrait of a young Nigerian boy growing up between rural Lincolnshire and inner city London.
5:30 pm | Midian Farm | 80 min | Dir: Liz Marshall In the 1970s, a group of Toronto baby boomers attempted to build a commune in rural Ontario.
8:00 pm | Shorts: Connected A collection of emotive shorts that explore what it means to be connected to other humans.
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Lijo Jose Pelissery’s Jallikattu is a thrilling rollercoaster ride and a coming-out party for a bold new voice in Malayalam cinema.
3:15 pm | Hope Frozen | 75 min | Dir: Pailin Wedel
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9:00 pm | Sorry We Missed You | 101 min Dir: Ken Loach
6:15 pm | The Incredible 25th Year Of Mitzi Bearclaw 96 min | Dir: Shelley Niro (Mohawk)
The uplifting journey of one man and his desire to capture his favorite model – his mother, Benedetta Barzini. As she shifts from tender to tempestuous, Beniamino is there to capture a remarkable life, making for a extraordinary personal portrait.
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Having become a campus celebrity after a (fictional) cancer diagnosis, a young woman struggles to maintain her fabrication in this fearless and emotionally affecting new feature.
Sudan, the last male northern white rhino in existence explored through the eyes of Sudan’s three primary caregivers.
3:15 pm | The Disappearance of My Mother | 94 min Dir: Beniamino Barrese
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6:15 pm | White Lie | 96 min Dirs: Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
3:15 pm | Kifaru | 81 min | Dir: David Hambridge
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An utterly Seinfeldian buddy comedy, best friends Mike and Kyle cycle through a relationship that spans years. Mike might be the worst best friend in the world — but Kyle’s life is incomplete without him.
This bittersweet romantic comedy is a unique and poignant behind-the-scenes look at life in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Village.
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9:00 pm | The Climb | 94 min Dir: Michael Angelo Covino
3:15 pm | Olympic Dreams | 83min | Dir: Jeremy Teicher
Henry (Alex Wolff, Hereditary) lives at home with his sick mother (Neve Campbell) who depends on her son’s care and attention almost as much as on her prescription to oxycontin.
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Lara is turning 60. Her son is making his debut. She is not invited.
Twenty-something Daniel has more past than future. He lives in a juvenile detention centre, under constant pressure. His only real friend is a fierce and open-minded priest whose footsteps he would follow in – if he could.
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6:15 pm | Lara | 98 min | Dir: Jan-Ole Gerster
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12:15 pm | Corpus Christi | 116 min | Dir: Jan Komasa
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3:15 pm | Hi A.I. | 90 min | Dir: Isa Willinger Hi, A.I., a documentary by German Isa Willinger, introduces humans and humanoid robots living together.
6:15 PM | Merata: How Mom Decolonized The Screen | 95 min | Dir: Hepi Mita (Maori)
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9:00 pm | Alice | 103 min | Dir: Josephine Mackerras After discovering that her husband’s addiction to escorts has left their family penniless, Alice finds a means of caring for herself and her child.
5:30 pm | MS Slavic 7 | 64 min Dirs: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell After being appointed literary executor, a young woman named Audrey uncovers a series of letters that her great-grandmother had written to a fellow poet.
8:00 pm | Shorts: Dreams, Dreams, Dreams A collection of experimental films that will take you on a hypnotic journey to the fantastic world of dreams.
6:00 pm | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | 120 min Dir: Céline Sciamma On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
8:45 pm | Queen of Hearts | 127 min Dir: May el-Toukhy A woman jeopardizes both her career and her family when she seduces her teenage stepson.
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