VIFF 2015 Complete Guide

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CONTENTS How to VIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Short Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Festival Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Dragons & Tigers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Awards & Juries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Spotlight on France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Nonfiction Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Arts & Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Letters of Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

High School Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

VIFF Industry & VIFF Industry Exchange . . 19

Altered States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Galas & Special Presentations . . . . . . . . . 23

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Major Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Index of Films by Theme & Genre . . . . . 100

Canadian Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Index of Films by Country & Region . . . . 102

Cinema of Our Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Index of Films with Screening Times . . . 104

Festival Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Index of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

1181 Seymour Street • Vancouver, BC • V6B 3M7 Canada t (604) 685-0260 • f (604) 688-8221 www.viff.org IN MEMORIAM Sumit Guha, VIFF’s Technical Director, passed away suddenly earlier this year from Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Sumit was kind, gentle and loved his work. We miss him dearly.

EDITOR Curtis Woloschuk ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jack Vermee DATABASE PUBLISHING Sandy Gow GRAPHIC DESIGN Steve Chow COVER DESIGN Traction Creative PRINTING MItchell Press Published September 1, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society.

THANK YOU TO THE 750 FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS FOR BEING PART OF THE ADVENTURE! © 2015 Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society. ®/™ Cineplex Entertainment LP or used under license.

HOW TO

VIFF

The 34th annual Vancouver International Film Festival has arrived and brought some of the world’s finest films along with it. For 16 days, more than 350 films from 70 countries will entertain and enlighten film lovers. And while VIFF may be one North America’s largest film festivals, it doesn’t need to be a daunting experience. In fact, it’s as simple as:

1 Pick your films Browse through the film series that are detailed in this guide. Here, you’ll find all of our films listed alphabetically by title. Are you only available for a few days during the festival? Then turn directly to the Screening Schedule at the centre of this guide to see what’s playing on any given day. Looking for something specific? Jump to the indexes at the back of the guide and find films by their title, theme, genre or country of origin. Need more information? Visit viff.org or download the new VIFF app from the App Store or Google Play for longer film descriptions and additional search tools.

2 Buy your tickets

4 Showtime

Skip the box office lines at the venues and purchase your tickets online at viff.org. If you plan on seeing a number of films during the festival, consider buying a ticket pack or pass. They’re convenient and can save you money! You’ll find details on all of your options for attending VIFF on Pages 4 and 5 of this Guide.

If you’ve purchased your tickets in advance, arrive at the venue and join the appropriate line. If you plan on buying your tickets at the venue, be sure to allow yourself sufficient time. (You can tell how busy a screening is expected to be by checking tickets.viff.org.) Should you have any questions at the theatre, ask one of our volunteers wearing a VIFF t-shirt. They’re always happy to help.

at the venue 5 Enjoy with your tickets ready 3 Arrive Make things easy at the venue by printing your PDF tickets at home or having your PDF tickets ready to display on your smart phone. (If you’re printing your tickets, be sure you don’t shrink or distort the barcode. We need to scan that at the door.)

Remember: This may be your only chance to see some of these films on the big screen. Make the most of it and make sure that you’re considerate to your fellow viewers. Turn off your phones and save your conversations until after the end credits. These films deserve your full attention.

Important Reminders

VIFF’s Ultimate Mobile Guide

Follow @VIFFest:

• By law, you must buy a $2 VIFF membership before your first screening and present it at every screening you attend.

If you lose your membership card, you’ll be asked to buy a replacement. Following VIFF, you may exchange your VIFF membership for a FREE membership at the Vancity Theatre (VIFF’s year-round venue) any time before Dec. 31, 2015.

Download the free VIFF app from Apple’s App Store or Google Play and updates and special offers will be sent directly to your smartphone. (Available Sept. 16, 2015.)

• Because the majority of our films are unrated, you must be age 18+ to attend a film at VIFF. (19+ at the Rio Theatre.) There are, of course, some exceptions. Do you have someone under 18 who wants to experience VIFF? Turn to Page 101 to see a list of films that “Youth Under 18 May Attend.” Or, learn more about our VIFF High School program for secondary students on Page 95.

• All films are shown in their original language with English subtitles, if necessary.

Questions?

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FESTIVAL INFO

Tickets ADULT

$14

STUDENT (18+) / SENIOR (65+)

$12

Must present valid ID at screening.

ACCESSIBLE

$12

YOUTH (under 18)

$10

Only available for films in the “Youth Under 18 May Attend” series on Page 101.

WEEKDAY MATINEE (before 6pm) Adult, Student, Senior, Accessible Youth

$12 $10

OPENING OR CLOSING GALA Official Screening Second Screening

$22 $16

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Adult Student (18+) / Senior (65+)

$16* $14*

* Or as listed. No weekday special matinee pricing.

Membership Plus+ saves you $2 per ticket (until Sept. 24)

• $1 service charge per ticket ordered on-line (up to a maximum charge of $4 per order).

• $1 service charge for each ticket exchanged. Tickets must be exchanged in person at any VIFF box office at least one hour prior to the screening you no longer want.

Exchanges cannot be made for missed screenings.

• All sales are final. VIFF only offers refunds in cases of technical failure.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP $2 VIFF presents films that have not been classified by Consumer Protection BC. By law, anyone wishing to watch films at the festival must be a member of the VIFF Society and 18 years of age or older, unless otherwise stated. Following the festival, the 2015 VIFF Membership Card may be exchanged for a FREE membership at the Vancity Theatre (VIFF’s year-round venue) any time before December 31, 2015.

MEMBERSHIP PLUS+ Membership Plus+ patrons at “Supporter” level and above save 10% on VIFF passes and ticket packs and $2 on individual tickets purchased before Sep. 24. Visit viff.org/ membership-plus for more details.

Ticket Packs Plan on seeing multiple films during VIFF? Have a group who all want to see the same film? This is your chance to buy more and save more.

STUDENT 5-TICKET PACK

$55

6-TICKET PACK

$78

10-TICKET PACK

$120

20-TICKET PACK

$230

STYLE IN FILM PASSPORT

$330 Until Sept. 18 - $75 After Sept. 18 - $89

Membership Plus+ “Supporter” level and above save 10% 4

Purchasing Tickets

SERVICE CHARGES & IMPORTANT NOTES:

PURCHASE ONLINE. PRINT AT HOME. OR BE “SMART” ABOUT IT.

• Ticket packs can be redeemed up to 30 minutes prior to showtime. Starting 30 minutes prior to showtime, tickets are only available at the box office of the screening venue, subject to availability.

• Ticket packs cannot be redeemed for Opening and Closing Galas during the festival or “VIFF Repeats” screenings held after the festival closes on October 9.

• $4 service charge per Ticket Pack (except for the 5-Ticket Student Pack & 6-Ticket Pack, for which the service charge is $2 per pack).

• $1 service charge for each ticket exchanged. Tickets must be exchanged in person at any VIFF box office at least one hour prior to the screening you no longer want.

Exchanges cannot be made for missed screenings.

• All sales are final. VIFF only offers refunds in cases of technical failure.

SERVICE CHARGES & IMPORTANT NOTES:

30-TICKET PACK

NEW THIS YEAR: There are no restrictions on the number of tickets from your pack you can use per screening.

Example: If you buy a 6-Ticket Pack, you can use all 6 tickets for one screening. (Please note that each attendee will require a $2 VIFF Membership. Anyone using a Student Ticket Pack must present valid identification.)

Passes

Tickets can be purchased up to 30 minutes prior to showtime either online at viff.org or at any VIFF venue box office. Within 30 minutes of showtime, tickets are only available at the screening venue (subject to availability).

Avoid the box office lines by purchasing your tickets at viff. org. Once your tickets have been emailed to you, you can print them at home or simply display them on your smart phone at the venue. If you’re printing your tickets, be sure to keep the printed barcode with you (and keep it its original size – don’t shrink or distort it.) This will need to be scanned at the venue.

THEATRE PICK-UP

If you need us to print your tickets for you, come to any VIFF box office with your order number, photo ID and the credit card used for the purchase. Be sure to allow sufficient time to pick up your tickets before your screening.

Arrive at least 30 minutes before showtime.

What’s the best deal?

• Tickets are best if you want to keep it simple and just attend a few films.

Passes offer flexibility, the freedom to move between screenings and potentially the greatest savings of all.

Passholders are the first people through the doors at each screening and are allowed entry until the generous passholder allotment of seats has been filled. VIFF membership is included with your pass.

• Ticket Packs offer savings and the ability to bring a group at a discounted price. Book your and/or your group’s tickets in advance and your seats will be guaranted.

PLATINUM PASS $900 Admission to all festival screenings with guaranteed seating until 5 minutes before showtime. Preferred access as soon as the venue is open to the public.

• Platinum Passes are perfect if you want guaranteed premium seating up to 5 minutes before showtime.

FESTIVAL PASS $420 Admission to all festival screenings, excluding Opening and Closing Galas.

STUDENT/SENIOR PASS $330 Available to students (18+) and seniors (65+). Admission to all festival screenings, excluding Opening and Closing Galas. Must present valid ID at all screenings.

WEEKDAY MATINEE PASS $180 Admission to all weekday matinee screenings (starting before 6pm).

VIFF INDUSTRY PASSES & COMBO PASSES See Page 19 or visit viff.org/industry for more information on VIFF Industry and Combo Passes.

SERVICE CHARGES & IMPORTANT NOTES:

• $4 service charge per pass ordered online.

• Passes are available for purchase online now at viff.org or in person at the Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street) starting at noon on Saturday, September 12. Other VIFF Venues will not be able to print your pass.

• With the exception of the Biz Pass, all passes are strictly non-transferable and photo ID may be requested at the theatres.

Visit viff.org/festival/passes for more information.

• Passes are ideal if you want maximum flexibility to see as many films as possible and don’t mind taking your chances with available seats.

How do I know if I’ll get in?

You can tell how busy a screening is expected to be by checking online at tickets.viff.org. You should plan ahead in order to avoid disappointment and arrive at the theatre early.

Rush Tickets If advance tickets are sold out for a screening, don’t despair!

A limited number of “Rush Tickets” will be available at the venue just before showtime. If you want to explore this option, arrive at the theatre one hour before showtime and join the “Rush Line.” Be advised: When this line is admitted, it will be one ticket per person. You won’t be able to buy tickets for anyone who isn’t present.

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September 3-11: 11am-6pm September 12-23: 11am-7pm September 24-Ocober 9: 10am-7pm

Theatres The Centre for the Performing Arts (CENT) 777 Homer Street (at Robson) The Cinematheque (CINE) 1131 Howe Street (at Helmcken) Cineplex Odeon International Village (IN08, IN09, IN10) 88 West Pender Street (at Abbott) VIFF box office located on ground floor.

Rio Theatre (RIO) 1660 East Broadway (at Commercial) Liquor served. Ages 19+ unless otherwise noted. ID and bag checks are possible.

SFU’S Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (SFU) 149 West Hastings Street (between Cambie and Abbott inside SFU Woodwards) Vancity Theatre (VCT) 1181 Seymour Street (at Davie) VIFF`s year-round venue Liquor served.

Vancouver Playhouse (PLAY) 600 Hamilton Street (at Dunsmuir)

DAILY UPDATES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

About VIFF The Great Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a non-profit, tax-exempt, educational and cultural society incorporated and registered under The Society Act of British Columbia, and a federally registered charity under the Canadian Income Tax Act. Charitable Registration Number 118946821RR0001.

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BC SPOTLIGHT DEDICATED SHOWCASE OF BC MADE FILMS

AWARDS & JURIES

BC Spotlight Awards

Canadian Images Awards

VIFF once again invites the latest work by our province’s brightest filmmakers to take centre stage at one of the world’s largest film festivals. Furthermore, we offer two significant awards to ensure that these local storytellers keep creating.

While VIFF welcomes films from more than 70 countries to Vancouver screens, our celebrated Canadian Images series remains one of the largest exhibitions of new Canadian cinema in the world and a true point of pride for the festival.

VIFF furthers its commitment to Canadian directors with two cash awards that celebrate outstanding achievements in narrative filmmaking.

BEST BC FILM

$10,000 development bursary

BEST CANADIAN FILM

SPONSORED BY THE HAROLD GREENBERG FUND

$10,000 cash prize

+ $15,000 post-production services SUPPLIED BY ENCORE VANCOUVER

BEST EMERGING BC FILMMAKER AWARD BEST BC FILM AWARD BC SPOTLIGHT INDUSTRY PARTY

EMERGING CANADIAN DIRECTOR BC EMERGING FILMMAKER

$2,000 cash prize

$7,500 cash prize

(Nominees are denoted with an *)

SPONSORED BY THE UNION OF BC PERFORMERS AND ACTRA FRATERNAL BENEFITS SOCIETY

SPONSORED BY

+ $10,000 equipment credit SUPPLIED BY WILLIAM F. WHITE

(This award is open to narrative films that are signatory to a UBCP/ACTRA agreement.)

FILMS IN THE BC SPOTLIGHT Charlotte’s Song The Devout Eadweard Fractured Land Hadwin’s Judgement Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World My Good Man’s Gone No Men Beyond This Point Ninth Floor The Sandwich Nazi Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI

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JURORS Sabrina Furminger • Sabrina is a Vancouver-based journalist and author. A graduate of Queen’s University and a veteran of one of Canada’s oldest newsrooms, Sabrina’s current area of focus is Vancouver’s dynamic film and television industry. She’s the pen behind Reel People, a weekly column in The Westender covering the local film, television and web series scene.

Catherine Lough Haggquist • While Catherine has shared the screen with an impressive array of industry talent; her work off-screen has been influential in the Canadian industry. Besides having served on the executive board of the Union of BC Performers, she founded Biz Books in 1996 to provide a dedicated industry source for film, television and theatre products.

Andrew Huculiak • Violent, Andrew’s self-funded Norwegian-language feature debut as a writer-director, won both Best Canadian Film and Best BC film at VIFF 2014. At this year’s Leo Awards, he won Best Direction and Best Screenwriting as the film scored a total of eight Leos. Along with his film projects, he’s the drummer for the experimental pop group We Are the City.

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FILMS IN COMPETITION Borealis Le Dep * Eadweard * Fire Song * The Forbidden Room Into The Forest No Men Beyond this Point O, Brazen Age * Remember Sabali * Sleeping Giant * The Sound of Trees *

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JURORS Alan Black • After several decorated student films, Alan’s self-financed documentary Strongman became a cult hit.

His most recent film Jackpot earned two Gemini nominations. He’s also Director of Operations for Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, and Managing Director of The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, the world’s biggest documentary-focused cinema.

Eve Gabereau • Eve runs Soda Pictures, a UK-based film distribution company. In 2014, they merged with the Canadian media group Thunderbird Films to expand their existing business and to build a Canadian theatrical division.

She has also been involved on the production side of a number of indies, including the upcoming Remainder. Originally from Vancouver, she has lived in London since 1998.

Katherine Monk • Katherine Monk is a film critic and writer based in Vancouver. Formerly the national movie critic for Postmedia News, Monk is a regular contributor to CBC Radio, Global Television, Corus Radio and has lectured and taught film at various institutions. She is the bestselling author of Weird Sex and Snowshoes and Other Canadian Film Phenomena.

Canadian Images Shorts Awards BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM

$2,000 cash prize MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN SHORT FILM

$2,000 cash prize VIFF’s 2015 Canadian Images Short Film Programmes include:

Blood is Thicker

OFFICIAL

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Blood Manifesto • Golden Teachers • Maurice • My Enemy, My Brother • Nephew • Rebel • Wind Through a Tree • Winter Hymns

Canadian Living

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Balmoral Hotel • The Canoe • The Dollhouse • Lewis • May We Sleep Soundly • Mia’ • Ocean Falls • World Famous Gopher Hole Museum

Coping Mechanisms

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Big O • Boxing • Crazy House • If I Was God • Lifeguard • Never Steady, Never Still • Wave

Partner in Crime

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4 Quarters • Big Brother • Blue Thunder • Interview with a Free Man • My Favourite Season • Orchard • Star

Sound & Image

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At the Beach • Blue-Eyed Blonde • Calendar Girls • Dysmorphia • The Muses of Salome • Penny’s for Tea • Rock the Box • She Stoops to Conquer • The Sleepwalker JURORS Marie Clements • Marie is an award-winning writer-director-producer who has worked in a variety of mediums including film, television, radio, new media and live performance. Her short works, including VIFF 2013’s Pilgrims, have premiered nationally and internationally. She is currently in production on The Road Forward, a docu-musical, and in development with her feature film Red Snow.

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Kris Elgstrand • As a screenwriter-producer, Kris’ credits include Man Feel Pain and The Cabin Movie. As writer-director, his award-winning films include Doppelgänger Paul (co-directed with Dylan Akio Smith) and Songs She Wrote About People She Knows, which screened at VIFF 2014 and won the Grand Jury Prize in the 2015 Nashville Film Festival’s New Directors Competition.

Julia Kwan • A second generation Chinese-Canadian, Julia is a Vancouver-based writer-director. Her debut feature, Eve & the Fire Horse (VIFF 2005), met with critical acclaim, won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and the Claude Jutra Award at the Genies. Ms. Kwan made her feature documentary debut with the award-winning Everything Will Be (VIFF 2014).

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THE GREATER VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY

Board of Directors CHAIR

Dave Hewitt CHAIR EMERITUS

Michael Francis Rudy Buttignol, Colin Browne, Kevin Campbell, Scott Dunlop, Prem Gill, J. Joly, Jae J. Kim, Pete Mitchell, Marlie Oden, Terry Whitehead

INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN

BOX OFFICE STAFF

Jeffrey Lee

Erika Kenning, Lauren White, Michael Yap

Aliya Amirkhanova, Mike Archibald, Taylor Beaumont, Danielle Benzon, Kelvin Chan, Valerie Coombs, Frances Fee, Larissa Hildebrandt, Anamarija Josipovic, Savannah Kemp, Trey Le, Amy Leyte, Marcia Lucas, Rosie Maeder, Stephanie Mah, Veronica Maynard, Jade McDonald, Lyndsay Pomerantz, Aja Robb, Chris Sun, Stephen Tweedale, Shelley Vidal, Joshua Wright

ACCOUNTING AND PAYROLL ASSISTANT

VENUE MANAGERS

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Sandy Gow ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS

Susan Cai

FESTIVAL FOUNDER

Leonard Schein

Executive Director Jacqueline Dupuis

Marketing MARKETING DIRECTOR

Lainé Slater MARKETING COORDINATOR

Morgaine Jennings

Programming

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

Georgina Chaplin

Alan Franey

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

PROGRAM MANAGER & SENIOR PROGRAMMER

Steve Chow, Sophy Romvari

PoChu AuYeung

DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR

CANADIAN IMAGES PROGRAMMER

Paloma Pacheco

Terry McEvoy

MARKETING OUTREACH ASSISTANT

DRAGONS & TIGERS PROGRAMMERS

Julia Cooper

Tony Rayns & Shelly Kraicer

SOCIAL MEDIA VOLUNTEERS

PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATE

Lindsay Redmond, Ixchel Hallen

Mark Peranson PROGRAM LOGISTICS COORDINATOR & CANADIAN IMAGES SHORTS/ALTERED STATES PROGRAMMER

Curtis Woloschuk INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PROGRAMMER

Sandy Gow INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Tammy Bannister

Publicity Jive Communications VIFF SENIOR PUBLICISTS

Helen Yagi, Andrew Poon PUBLICIST

PROGRAMMING CONSULTANTS

Tammy Bannister, Tom Charity, Pavol Hell, Robert Ingram, Victor Martinez Aja, Alissa Simon, Jack Vermee, Curtis Woloschuk INTERNATIONAL SCREENING COMMITTEE

Tania Alekson, Mike Archibald, Austin Aplin, Jorge Ignacio Castillo, Iuliana Constantinescu, Venay Felton, Ann Marie Fleming, Melanie Friesen, Michael Ghent, Dylan Griffith, Meagan Lum, Joel Martineau, Giancarlo Moro, Anil Patade, Graham Peat, Lisa Rasmussen, Kaen Seguin, Lori Strong, Ana Valine, Donna Welstein, Kathryn Wood, Danais Year, Keith Yoshida

Adam Cook SPONSORSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANTS

Hanika Gomez, Layla Cameron EVENT COORDINATOR

Kristi Rapoza

PROJECTION & SOUND TECHNICAL CREW

Jesse August, Mike Babb, Jurgen Beerwald, Andy Buxton, Mike Davison, Rich Eiboff, Marshall Freund, Charlie Greenough, Brian Iankovs, Ali Jones, Dave Jones, Matt Kunau, Ron Lacheur, Ingrid Lae, Curt Rousse, Orlando Ruiz, Rob Schnaiberg, Peter Schweiger, Graeme Scott, Damien Scully, Gary Stamford, John Winslow

Print Logistics PRINT TRAFFIC COORDINATORS

Kathy Evans, Selina Crammond PRINT TRANSPORT

Alan Kollins, Ryan Beattie

EDITOR & PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR

GUEST SERVICES ASSISTANT MANAGER

GUEST SERVICES MANAGER

Curtis Woloschuk

Tallulah

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

GUEST TRAVEL MANAGER

Jack Vermee DATABASE PUBLISHING

Sandy Gow GRAPHIC DESIGN

Steve Chow | chowdesign.ca Mike Archibald, Tammy Bannister, Tom Charity, Adam Cook, Alan Franey, Shelly Kraicer, Terry McEvoy, Mark Peranson, Tony Rayns, Alissa Simon, Jack Vermee, Curtis Woloschuk

MEMBERSHIP GIVING COORDINATOR

Robert Schnaiberg

Kyle Fostner

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Matt Kunau PRODUCTION MANAGER

Publications

Michelle Bjornson, Nicole Brazeau, Susan Buie, Josh Cabrita, Karrmen Crey, Damien Eagle Bear, Andrée Faucher, Brie Koniczek, Ray Lai, Nisha Platzer, Janos Sitar

Shelley Sainsbury, CFRE

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Guest Services

CANADIAN IMAGES SCREENING COMMITTEE

Development

Theatres

Robin Perrin

CANADIAN IMAGES PROGRAM & GUEST COORDINATOR

Sophie Jarvis

Heather Baker, Michael Challenor, Brent Coate, Sue Cormier, Paul Denis, Michael Edillor, Mike Finnegan, Janet Glassford, D’arcy Hamilton, Tegan Heywood, Brie Koniczek, Nancy Kurek, Pat Leong, Jonah McGarva, Ron Michaud, Ciara O’Donnell, Jelena Popovich, Peter Quin-Conroy, Samantha Reeve, Kaen Seguin, Donna Soares, Rodney Stewart, Wayne Stewart, Tyson Storozinski, Renee Sutton, Jennifer Tennant, Robbie Vergara, Madeline Wahl, Robin Wilson

James Ong HOSPITALITY SUITE COORDINATOR

Lillooet Fox TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR

Gina MacKay ASSISTANT TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR

Chris Kirby

VIFF Industry & VIFF Industry Exchange VIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE & VIFF INDUSTRY EXCHANGE PRODUCER

Audience Services

Frances Bergin

AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER

VIFF INDUSTRY EXCHANGE CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Mickey Brazeau

Amy Davies

BOX OFFICE MANAGER

VIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Lora Haber

Vladimir Markovich

ASSISTANT BOX OFFICE MANAGER

VIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

Kate Lasiuk

Smita Acharyya

EXHIBITIONS MANAGER

VIFF INDUSTRY EXCHANGE COORDINATOR

Sean Wilson ASSISTANT EXHIBITIONS MANAGER

Jaime Ormston

Vancity Theatre

Operations

Aubyn Rader

BUSINESS MANAGER

COMPLIMENTARY ACCREDITATION COORDINATOR

PROGRAM & RENTALS MANAGER

Linda Gorrie

Denice Jagic, Mandy Scanga

Tom Charity

OPERATIONS MANAGER

INFO LINE COORDINATOR

THEATRE OPERATIONS MANAGER

Faye Parlow

Mareike Mohr

J Bradford

OFFICE & FACILITY MANAGER

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

CINEMA SALON PRODUCER & PRESENTER

Lori Strong

Brade Stanton

Melanie Friesen

IT & SYSTEMS MANAGER

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT

FILM CENTRE CUSTODIAL SERVICES

Adam Theriault

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LETTERS OF WELCOME

A Message from the Prime Minister of Canada

A Message from the Premier of British Columbia

I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 34th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).

As Premier of the Province of British Columbia, I am pleased to welcome everyone to the 34th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).

The 2015 edition of the festival features an exciting line-up of groundbreaking productions from Canada and abroad. Film fans and industry professionals alike will find much to delight and entertain as theatre screens light up the city of Vancouver.

For 34 years now, VIFF has brought together cinema professionals the world over and helped invigorate British Columbia’s motion picture industry. The festival has afforded audiences unique perspectives into other cultures and showcased the best of contemporary Canadian and international cinema. It has entertained and inspired thousands of people every year, and I know that this year will be no exception.

I would like to commend the festival organizers and sponsors for making this festival a diverse and accessible event and for fostering a dynamic film industry on the West Coast.

With such a wealth of creativity on display, this year’s event is sure to be, once again, a resounding success.

Please accept my best wishes for a memorable experience.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all the organizers, volunteers and artists for their hard work and dedication in bringing together this festival. Without your passion for cinema, none of this would be possible.

Please accept my best wishes for a wonderful 34th VIFF. Sincerely,

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P.

Christy Clark Premier

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A Message from the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development On behalf of Premier Christy Clark and the Government of British Columbia, I am very pleased to congratulate the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) for presenting an outstanding celebration of cinema from around the world.

The 34th annual VIFF will provide a vast variety of fine productions representing the best in contemporary film.

With over 350 films from 75 nations, the festival is truly international in scope. Film production is booming in B.C. – and VIFF showcases a strong sampling of work by filmmakers from British Columbia and across Canada.

VIFF has evolved to become the largest and most significant film festival in western Canada and one of the top five film festivals in North America. Every year, the festival represents a major event in Vancouver’s busy arts and culture calendar.

With films playing at seven theatres throughout Vancouver to an expected audience of over 150,000 admissions, VIFF generates important revenue for local businesses. The festival attracts filmmakers and guests from around the world, creating opportunities for visitors to experience the beauty of British Columbia and appreciate the province’s lively cinematic arts community.

VIFF Industry, an important film sector conference that occurs annually as part of the festival, will welcome global film industry professionals and encourage interest in British Columbia’s filmmakers and screen-based industry.

A Message from the Mayor of A Message from Telefilm Vancouver Canada The Vancouver International Film Festival is among the leading festivals of the world as a showcase for the most creative and innovative productions in international cinema. Film continues to be an important medium of artistic expression, reportage and entertainment, and we are lucky to have the opportunity to see films from 75 different countries this year.

As the Vancouver International Film Festival enters its 34th year, Vancouverites continue to look forward to the excitement and entertainment that comes with a festival filled with variety, artistic expression, and relevance.

I want to thank the filmmakers and artists taking part in this year’s festival for sharing your craft with us. I trust that everyone attending the Festival will be both entertained and enlightened by what they see.

On behalf of all the citizens of Vancouver, thank you and have a wonderful festival.

Yours truly,

Telefilm Canada is delighted to partner with the 34th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival, an ideal opportunity to discover or rediscover Canadian filmmaking—a cinema brimming with talent!

Our filmmakers share a rich diversity of stories and characters that surprise, touch and entertain us all as well as make us laugh and think. Their expertise is unique. Their profoundly original stories are appreciated worldwide, as attested by tremendous success at the Oscars, Cannes, Berlin, Shanghai as well as many other major festivals and markets.

Telefilm hopes that more and more Canadians get to experience their national cinema, now accessible on multiple platforms, and that they identify with its importance for the country. We provide support to dynamic companies as well as to highly talented creators, actors and artisans from all regions. And we also work with the industry and numerous partners to promote Canadian cinema, both at home and abroad.

Congratulations to the organizers of the Vancouver International Film Festival. Enjoy the films!

Gregor Robertson Mayor Michel Roy Chair of the Board, Telefilm Canada

The Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society and all the local volunteers richly deserve our thanks for making VIFF such a great success year after year.

Sincerely,

Peter Fassbender Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink

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Brooklyn JOHN CROWLEY, UK/IRELAND/CANADA, 2015, 105 MIN.

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Lured from Ireland by the American Dream in the wake of WWII, Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) instead lands in the hardscrabble reality of 50s-era Brooklyn, with its cramped boarding houses and grungy dancehalls where bad decisions wait to be made. There’s an avuncular priest to offer guidance (Jim Broadbent) and a stern landlady (the scene-stealing Julie Walters) to keep her in line, but Eilis can’t help but fall prey to homesickness. Then, she meets Tony (Emory Cohen) and begins to see a possible future in America (even if it means enduring the anti-Irish wrath of his kid brother). Alas, the fates conspire against her as tragedy calls her home. Greeted by her old community like a conquering queen and gallantly pursued by an insistent suitor (Domhnall Gleeson), Eilis suddenly finds herself at the most vexing of crossroads.

CAST Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Jessica Pare EXEC Alan Moloney PROD Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey SCR Nick Hornby CAM Yves Bélanger ED Jake Roberts PROD DES François Séguin MUS Michael Brook PROD CO HanWay Films DIST/PRINT Mongrel Media SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Boy A; Is Anybody There?; Closed Circuit

OPENING GALA

With Nick Hornby having masterfully adapted Colm Tóibín’s beloved novel, John Crowley crafts a stirring immigration tale that also serves as a rousing account of female empowerment. Often cutting a figure of fierce determination on screen (including in her breakout role in VIFF 2007’s Atonement), Ronan here has the ideal role to display her ability to eloquently convey an inner emotional maelstrom in which exhilaration and restraint vie for control. In this moving romantic drama, she couldn’t be any more compelling.

“Classily and classically crafted in the best sense... [Brooklyn] provides the feeling of being lifted into a different world altogether, so transporting is the film’s sense of time and place and social mores... The narrative in both the novel and the film is so rigorously calibrated that, when it comes down to the decision about which man and which country she will pick, it feels more like a suspense tale, with lives hanging in the balance.”

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I Saw the Light MARC ABRAHAM, USA, 2015, 123 MIN.

6:30 PM 9:00 PM

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Having played gods and monsters with aplomb, Tom Hiddleston now takes centre stage as country music legend/legendary renegade Hank Williams. In turns as rambunctious as a barn dance and reflective as a ballad, Marc Abraham’s adaptation of Colin Escott’s definitive biography chronicles Williams’ rapid ascent to stardom, his whirlwind romance with Audrey May Williams, nee Sheppard (Elizabeth Olsen) and the tragedy of a life and career cut short by substance abuse and complications from spinal bifida. Laid to rest at only 29, Williams left behind a truly remarkable body of work that saw a staggering 35 Top 10 singles released in only six years. Burning like a super nova, he was never destined to be long for this world but he made damn sure that he left his mark.

CAST Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, David Krumholtz, Cherry Jones EXEC James Paker, Jason Cloth PROD Aaron Gilbert, Brett Ratner, G. Marq Roswell, Marc Abraham SCR Marc Abraham CAM Dante Spinotti ED Alan Heim PROD DES Rob Simons, Lahly Poore MUS Aaron Zigman PROD CO Media House Capital / Bron Studios DIST/PRINT Mongrel Media SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Flash of Genius

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Like Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line before him, Hiddleston handles his own singing chores here and does the man—and his music—proud. Under the tutelage of country great Rodney Crowell, Hiddleston has perfected not just the tone and twang of Williams’ voice but also the personality. Before shooting on I Saw the Light commenced, Hiddleston and Crowell crashed the stage at Michigan’s Wheatland Music Festival and fittingly ripped into a cover of “Move It On Over,” Williams’ first hit. The stunt certified that Hiddleston had not only the vocal credentials but also the swagger to play one of the 20th century’s most influential musicians.

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DEEPA MEHTA, CANADA, 2015, 103 MIN.

MIGUEL GOMES, PORTUGAL/FRANCE/GERMANY/SWITZERLAND, 2015, 381 MIN.

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After an opening salvo of nonfiction, Gomes spins a satirical tale about the financial powersthat-be preying on Portugal’s vulnerability. Next up is the comic story of a rooster’s role in a election, followed by a sobering triptych of interviews with unemployed citizens.

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After a slow-tempo opening concerning an old man on the lam, a trial becomes a mockery, with the testimony implicating everyone in attendance. The Desolate One ends on an exhilarating note, with an entertaining story about a dog being passed between workingclass owners.

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Vancouver finally gets its answer to Goodfellas and it comes from a somewhat unexpected source. Internationally renowned for thoughtful dramas such as Water, and having previously made a successful foray into comedy with Bollywood/Hollywood, Deepa Mehta now seamlessly transitions into adrenaline-charged crime cinema.

At the centre of this violent clash of culture and crime is Jeet Johar (Randeep Hooda), a ruthless Sikh mobster loosely based on “Bindy” Johal, the murdered Vancouver drug trafficker whose late 90s reign of terror came to an abrupt end when he was shot in the back in a Vancouver nightclub. Accompanied by a cacophony of bhangra beats and gunshots, Jeet and his well-tailored, ill-tempered Indo-Sikh crew bid to overthrow the established crime syndicate and monopolize the Vancouver drug and arms trade. Blood is spilled, hearts are broken and family bonds are shattered, as the Beebha Boys (“Good Boys”) raise hell and come about their notoriety honestly. Indeed, there’s more than just affluence at stake here. As Jeet proclaims, “Power, respect, loyalty, style. That’s my high.” These men want to be seen. And they want to be feared.

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Without a doubt, Arabian Nights is the year’s most ambitious cinematic undertaking. Inspired by the famous collection of folk tales of the same name, arthouse icon Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Our Beloved Month of August) announces with a title card that “this film is not an adaptation of the book despite drawing on its structure.” Indeed, it uses the framing device of the beautiful young Scheherazade telling tale after tale in order to keep her murderous husband Shahryar from killing her—but that’s where the similarities end. Over three features, Gomes channels the current struggles of economically depressed Portugal through an assortment of tales that range from farcical yarns to grounded accounts of social issues.

Mehta boldly challenges stereotypes by immersing us in the Indo-Canadian community and an extremely specific underworld that’s never been explored before. This ensures that her vibrant, violent film is awws ethnographic as it is visceral and exhilarating. And while there are undoubtedly fresh insights to be gleaned here, be sure not to let your guard down. You might just get caught in a crossfire.

CAST Randeep Hooda, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Ali Momen, Paul Gross EXEC Hussain Amarshi, Anthony Hixon, David Hamilton PROD David Hamilton SCR Deepa Mehta CAM Karim Hussain ED Colin Monie PROD DES Arv Grewal MUS Manjeet Ral, Mychael Danna, Biggi Hilmars PROD CO Hamilton-Mehta Productions Inc. DIST/PRINT Mongrel Media SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Fire; Earth; Midnight’s Children

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Scheherazade explores a seaside landscape where she encounters, among others, a “wind genie” and a daft suitor. Movingly and unexpectedly, Gomes’ last gesture is to scale back the scope and close his masterpiece on a disarmingly modest and poignant grace note.

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Jacques Audiard’s (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) latest dramatic inquiry into life on society’s margins is an alternately gripping and tender love story focusing on the plight of three Sri Lankan immigrants in the banlieue of Paris who struggle to adapt to their new hostile locale, while battling elements from their past.

Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night... Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel takes no prisoners. We’re closer to Crash than Empire of the Sun, of course, but hotter than Hades in this scorching satire concerning class, hedonism and depravity, set in an imploding luxury apartment building.

The titular Dheepan (writer and activist Antonythasan Jesuthasan), a Tamil Tiger in the Sri Lankan civil war, is forced to improvise a family with Yalini (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) and the nine-year-old Illayaal (Claudine Vinasithamby) in order to escape their ravaged land for the possibilities of a new life in Paris. Once there, these three strangers become close out of necessity—the language and customs are unknown, the tenement they live in is home to criminal gangs—and this closeness blossoms into something much deeper. But the violence of the banlieue encroaches further and further into their lives, until Dheepan has to make use of the chilling skills he acquired as a rebel soldier...

Best known for his low-budget black comedies Kill List and Sightseers, as well as the trippy Civil War curio A Field in England, Wheatley is allowed to work on a grander scale here, with name actors (Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller and Jeremy Irons) and a production budget that dwarves his previous resources. He grabs the opportunity with both hands and, it must be said, throttles any notion that he might compromise his singularly unsentimental dog-eatdog vision. This is an angry, ferocious but sickeningly funny movie about what happens when “society” is stripped away in the name of naked self-interest.

“A searing yet hopeful slow-burn drama... There’s transfixing command to the storytelling, which keeps the audience in the same state of partial understanding experienced by the main characters, with their limited grasp of language... It’s a pleasure to put yourself in the hands of such a confident director [as] Dheepan immerses us via image and sound in a compelling world. The visuals have texture and fluidity, and the cool electronica score is aptly enhanced by South Asian sounds...”—DAVID ROONEY, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER PALME D’OR, CANNES 15

Imagine an adult Lord of the Flies cross-wired with the faulty towers in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and an even more apocalyptic class polemic than Snowpiercer... Throw in a string quartet cover version of ABBA’s 1975 hit “SOS,” an orgy or two and spice with cannibalism. HighRise: it’s a tour de force of astonishing geometrical precision and architectural ambition.

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JACQUES AUDIARD, FRANCE, 2015, 100 MIN.

CAST Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss EXEC Anna Higgs, Sam Lavender, Genevieve Lemal, Thorsten Schumacher, Christopher Simon, Peter Watson PROD Jeremy Thomas SCR Amy Jump CAM Laurie Rose ED Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump PROD DES Mark Tildesley MUS Clint Mansell PROD CO Recorded Picture Company PRINT Soda Pictures (Canada) - A Thunderbird Company SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Down Terrace; Kill List; A Field in England

CAST Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers, Marc Zinga PROD Pascal Caucheteux SCR Noé Debré, Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard CAM Eponine Momenceau ED Juliette Welfling PROD DES Michel Barthélémy MUS Nicolas Jaar PROD CO Why Not Productions / Page 114 / France 2 Cinema DIST/PRINT Mongrel Media SELECT FILMOGRAPHY The Beat That My Heart Skipped; A Prophet; Rust and Bone

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Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words STIG BJÖRKMAN, SWEDEN, 2015, 114 MIN.

THU, OCT 8 FRI, OCT 9

6:00 PM 1:15 PM

CENT PLAY

CANADIAN PREMIERE. Casablanca, Notorious, Voyage to Italy... That Ingrid Bergman, threetime Oscar winner, is one of filmdom’s all-time greats is inarguable. Narrated by Swedish (and now Hollywood) star Alicia Vikander, Stig Björkman’s intimate exploration of Bergman’s personal and professional life benefits immensely from the cooperation of Bergman’s children, especially daughter Isabella Rossellini, who allowed him access to never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews.

The centenary of Bergman’s birth—she was born on August 29, 1915—has led to a worldwide celebration of her life and art. In New York alone, both MOMA (a retrospective) and BAM (a tribute) are celebrating the anniversary, and the Cannes Film Festival made her the “cover girl” for its 2015 catalogue and posters. Of course, the love the world feels for her now was not always the case: when, at the peak of her popularity, she left her husband and family to be with director Roberto Rossellini, the scandal was such that the US Senate, no less, said that she was, “a powerful influence for evil.”

Bergman was an avid photographer and behind-the-scenes amateur moviemaker, and it shows here—the richly evocative visual record she left behind speaks to a life lived to its fullest, without compromise or pretension. Björkman’s lovely homage is a multicoloured portrait of an extraordinary human being that will delight fans and make converts of anyone harbouring doubts. Don’t miss it!

Louder Than Bombs

JOACHIM TRIER, NORWAY/FRANCE/DENMARK, 2015, 105 MIN.

MON, SEP 28 FRI, OCT 2

3:15 PM 6:00 PM

CENT CENT

Award-winning Danish director Joachim Trier makes his English-language debut with the star-studded Louder Than Bombs, an intricate and delicate family melodrama.

With characteristic subtlety, Isabelle Huppert plays Isabelle Reed, a renowned war photographer whose chosen vocation often leaves her family feeling neglected. When she dies on assignment, her husband Gene (a career-best performance from Gabriel Byrne) is left to pick up the pieces, holding his family together while helping coordinate a posthumous retrospective of her work. Making matters more complicated, Isabelle’s conspicuously close colleague Richard (David Strathairn) warns Gene that he’s writing an in-depth newspaper article on her that will bring some unpleasant truths to the surface. Meanwhile, Gene’s teenage son Conrad (Devin Druid) struggles with the emotional aftermath of their loss amidst the confusion of adolescence. Older sibling Jonah (Jesse Eisenberg) returns home, almost too eager to get away from his wife and baby.

Louder Than Bombs has all the ingredients of an overheated domestic drama, but Trier has the wherewithal to keep the emotions at a consistent simmer, while asking tough questions about family, marital responsibility and the tricky balancing act between one’s calling and one’s kin.

“Trier’s intelligent, multilayered stories (Reprise; Oslo, 31st August) have the texture and depth of a good novel, balancing several characters and themes with a casual grace...”—TIM

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FEATURING Isabella Rossellini, Ingrid Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini, Pia Lindstrom EXEC Stina Gardell PROD Stina Gardell SCR Stig Björkman, Stina Gardell, Dominika Daubenbüchel CAM Malin Korkeasalo, Eva Dahlgren ED Dominika Daubenbüchel MUS Michael Nyman PROD CO Mantaray Film AB

CAST Jesse Eisenberg, Isabelle Huppert, Gabriel Byrne, Amy Ryan, David Strathairn EXEC Sigve Endresen, Frederick W. Green, Michael B. Clark, Emilie Georges, Nicholas Shumaker, Naima Abed, Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt PROD Thomas Robsahm, Joshua Astrachan, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Marc Turtletaub, Alexandre Mallet-Guy SCR Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier CAM Jakob Ihre ED Olivier Bugge Coutté PROD DES Molly Hughes MUS Ola Fløttum PROD CO Motlys / Memento Films Production / Nimbus Film DIST/PRINT The Orchard

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Treir; ...But Film Is My Mistress; Fanny, Alexander & jag

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

SWEDEN

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Reprise; Oslo, 31st August

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Ripe for change DRAGONS & TIGERS

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IRELAND

HONG KONG

Room

A Tale of Three Cities San cheng ji

MON, SEP 28 FRI, OCT 2

8:30 PM 5:00 PM

CENT IN10

Based on the best-selling Man Booker Prize-nominated novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue, this is the story of five-year old Jack, who lives in an 11-by-11-foot room with his mother. Since it’s all he’s ever known, Jack believes that only “Room” and the things it contains (including himself and Ma) are real. Jack (Jacob Tremblay) has never stepped foot outside of this tiny shed he shares with Ma (Brie Larson) because it’s a prison built for them by Old Nick (Sean Bridgers), their kidnapper. Although based on the shocking case of an Austrian father who enslaved his own daughter and had children by her, all entirely captive, the novel and this film dispense with brutality in favour of imagination, and immense sympathy and sensitivity. Despite such a life, Ma refuses to let her son suffer from the truth, concocting an elaborate fantasy that would have him believe that theirs is the only world that exists and that nothing lies beyond the shed’s walls. When Jack’s finally ready to take part in a dramatic escape, Ma must explain, and they both must act, soon finding themselves in an overwhelming outside world that, ironically, is perhaps more terrifying than the prison they’ve abandoned.

Having depicted an avant-garde band beset by cabin fever in last year’s Frank, Lenny Abrahamson again proves that he works exceedingly well in confined spaces, demonstrating that his command of tone has only grown more assured. Abrahamson commands note perfect performances from his cast, with the exceptional Larsen making maternal measures that should rightfully strain credulity seem entirely credible. But the true star here is Tremblay.

MABEL CHEUNG, HONG KONG/CHINA, 2015, 130 MIN.

FRI, SEP 25 SUN, SEP 27

9:15 PM 3:00 PM

CENT CENT

A love story encompasses the fate of an entire nation in the sumptuous historical romance A Tale of Three Cities. The great Hong Kong director Mabel Cheung and her screenwritingproducing partner Alex Law have made an instant classic with a romantic sensibility and a gloriously traditional adventure-filled narrative sure to provide pure cinematic pleasure across the board.

Based on the incredible real-life story of kung-fu superstar Jackie Chan’s parents, the film opens in 1950s Hong Kong with Daolong (Chan’s future father) working as a cook in the US Consulate. A flashback takes us to the early 1930s, where dashing young Daolong, a customs officer and part-time KMT secret agent, stops beautiful young Yuerong at a checkpoint. Recently widowed, Yuerong is so poor that she is forced to smuggle opium to stay alive. Unexpectedly, he releases her, and their love story begins. When Daolong becomes embroiled in a semi-comical secret mission whose outcome is a near disaster, the couple is separated for the first of many occasions. Against the backdrop of China’s tumultuous 20th century, encompassing civil war, the Japanese occupation, starvation and mass migration, Daolong and Yuerong become refugees searching for each other in occupied Shanghai.

But their love is indomitable, and eventually their fate propels them towards a spectacular reunion in Hong Kong.

In turns disturbing and awe-inspiring, Room proves to be very much like its namesake: remarkably difficult to leave behind.

Two of the finest actors of their generation, Lau Ching-wan and Tang Wei, bring Daolong and Yuerong vividly to life; Tim Yip’s lush designs and Henry Wai’s romantic score raise this glorious adventure to epic heights. SHELLY KRAICER

CAST Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, William H Macy EXEC Andrew Lowe, Emma Donoghue, Jesse Shapira, Jeff Arkuss, David Kosse, Rose Garnett, Tessa Ross PROD Ed Guiney, David Gross SCR Emma Donoghue CAM Danny Cohen ED Nathan Nugent PROD DES Ethan Tobman MUS Stephen Rennicks PROD CO Element Pictures / No Trace Camping

CAST Lau Ching-wan, Tang Wei, Jing Boran, Qin Hailu, Elaine Jin, Huang Jue PROD Alex Law, Nansun Shi, Wang Zhonglei SCR Alex Law, Mabel Cheung CAM Wang Yu ED Kong Chi-leung, Wong Hoi MUS Henry Lai PROD CO Huayi Brothers Media PRINT IM Global

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

LENNY ABRAHAMSON, IRELAND/CANADA, 2015, 118 MIN.

PRINT Remstar SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Garage; What Richard Did; Frank

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CANADA

ITALY

This Changes Everything

Youth La Giovinezza

WED, OCT 7

6:15 PM

CENT

PAOLO SORRENTINO, ITALY/FRANCE/SWITZERLAND/UK, 2015, 118 MIN.

WED, SEP 30

Naomi Klein (Shock Doctrine) has risen to prominence around the world as one of Canada’s most forceful and relevant public intellectuals. Her cogent call to direct action has inspired youth and helped chart roadmaps for social progressives and environmentalists. Yet, it’s also worried those who believe that her critique of capitalism plays into the hands of rightwingers who think climate change is a socialist plot. Join us, Naomi Klein and director Avi Lewis for this special presentation of This Changes Everything.

What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Filmed over 211 days in nine countries on five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.

Inspired by Klein’s international nonfiction bestseller This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.

Provocative, compelling and accessible to even the most climate-fatigued viewers, This Changes Everything will leave you refreshed and inspired, reflecting on the ties between us, the kind of lives we really want, and why the climate crisis is at the centre of it all.

FEATURING Naomi Klein EXEC Alfonso Cuarón, Danny Glover, Seth MacFarlane, Bertha Foundation, Jodie Evans, Matthew Palevsky, Lekha Singh, Alysha Sidhu, Shepard Fairey, PROD Avi Lewis, Joslyn Barnes, Anadil Hossain, CAM Mark Ó Fearghaíl ED Nick Hector, Mary Lampson MUS David Wall, Adam White PROD CO The Message Productions, LLC / Klein Lewis Productions / Louverture Films DIST/PRINT Video Services Corp

8:45 PM

PLAY

Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda, Paul Dano and the glories of the Swiss Alps anchor Paolo Sorrentino’s gorgeous, English-language follow-up to The Great Beauty. Set in a stunning alpine spa, the film is wistful, humorous and graceful by turns— and as vusually stylish as ever.

Fred (Caine), a retired conductor/composer with a high-profile career behind him, has been coming to the spa for 20 years, and this time he’s with his dear old friend Mick (Keitel), a film director anxiously working on what he sees as his final testament to the cinema.

Surrounded by bodies old and young, supple and sagging, they reconsider their pasts, regret their children’s misconceptions about them—Mick’s son is married to Fred’s daughter Leda (Weisz)—and yearn for the lost years of youth...

“Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel bring lifetimes of depth to Paolo Sorrentino’s most tender film yet, an emotionally rich contemplation of life’s wisdom gained, lost and remembered...

Everything the director’s fans expect is here: stunning compositions (with Luca Bigazzi again behind the lensing), a second-to-none understanding of music’s emotional range, delightfully unexpected interludes, and a towering performance, this time divided in two (or two-and-a-half, since Jane Fonda’s brief turn is indelible)... Fellini’s influence, especially that of 8½, remains, and while the whole package isn’t as demonstrably bravura as Il Divo or The Great Beauty, it’s more in touch with human experience...”—JAY WEISSBERG, VARIETY

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

AVI LEWIS, CANADA/USA, 2015, 89 MIN.

CAST Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda, Paul Dano EXEC Viola Prestieri PROD Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori SCR Paolo Sorrentino CAM Luca Bigazzi ED Cristiano Travaglioni MUS David Lang PROD CO Indigo Film / Medusa Film / Barbary Films / Pathe / France 2 Cinema / Number 9 Films / C- Films DIST/PRINT Fox Searchlight Pictures SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Il Divo; This Must Be the Place; The Great Beauty

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY The Take

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VIFF2015

MAJOR THEMES

DEEP TIME

Deep Time These thought provoking, technically assured (and sometimes even audacious) films view our activities here on Earth within the context of a wider spectrum of time: our prehistory and our future. These are films that tackle carbon dating, big history, The Anthropocene… Films that look back at the geological record, look forward to the implications of carbon-based economies and reveal our current governmental long-term planning for both nuclear waste and alien encounters.

The best movies don’t just entertain. They enlighten. VIFF is mind expanding and mood enhancing. But unlike other intoxicants, cinema is healthy, and VIFF’s lasting effects are empowering. A single film can be extremely satisfying but a film festival possesses a cumulative power. Here are but a few of the major themes to be found at this year’s festival.

Containment Deep Time Ice and the Sky Racing Extinction The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

Open your eyes, broaden your perspectives and let the world rush in. You will not stay unchanged.

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FRACTURED LAND

Aboriginal

The Great Divide

This year, VIFF is proud to present another outstanding selection of films telling the stories— both nonfiction and just plain honest—of aboriginal peoples from around the world. And while each of these films stands on its own, it’s remarkable to see the patterns that emerge to connect them; the similar issues being faced and battles being fought on multiple fronts around the globe.

One of the hottest topics today is the growing divide between the haves and have-nots.

Many films screening at VIFF address issues of social justice, politics and the dispossessed but here is a dynamite group chosen to illuminate just some of what rising inequality is bringing to our world.

Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante Le Dep Ever the Land Fire Song Fractured Land Hadwin’s Judgement Jumbo Wild The Pass System The Pearl Button Songs My Brothers Taught Me

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Arabian Nights Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks High-Rise Hilda Landfill Harmonic The Measure of a Man My Friend Victoria Paulina Requiem for the American Dream The Second Mother Tana Bana Wednesday, May 9

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INNOCENCE OF MEMORIES

VIFF Impact

Hidden Pasts, Digital Futures

With more than 80 nonfiction features screening this year, VIFF confirms its status as one of Canada’s largest documentary festivals. Our commitment to showcasing nonfiction work is inspired by our belief that documentary filmmaking can be a powerful agent of change.

Furthermore, a festival screening with an engaged audience can serve to amplify a film’s message, ensuring that it resonates long after the end credits and potentially transforming a movie into a movement.

In conjunction with Hidden Pasts, Digital Futures: A Festival of Immersive Arts, part of Simon Fraser University’s 50th anniversary celebrations, we’re excited to present a selection of films that celebrate film history and film language vis-à-vis emerging new media.

Here are just a handful of this year’s VIFF Impact films. (A comprehensive list can be found on Page 101.)

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MONTY PYTHON: THE MEANING OF LIVE

Alice Cares Among the Believers A Dog’s Life Fractured Land No Land’s Song This Changes Everything

The Exquisite Corpus A Flickering Truth The Forbidden Room From Scotland with Love Innocence of Memories Love Among the Ruins Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship Original Copy Sam Klemke’s Time Machine The Thoughts That Once We Had

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On Comedy The truth is laughter. This year we don’t just have comedies, we also have marvellous films about comedians. These five films explore wit as a way of being—as philosophy and as weapon—in ways that reveal what it means to be funny, what it means to fall flat, and what it means to be human. Humour can go places, get at the truth and make us feel things in ways nothing else can. What does it take to make a comic genius? They can be startlingly and profoundly hilarious. They can redeem. They can be dangerous.

Brand: A Second Coming Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon Entertainment Monty Python: The Meaning of Live Very Semi-Serious

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MAJOR THEMES

ICE AND SKY

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FILMS City of Gold Homme Less Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Tana Bana The Royal Tailor The True Cost

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QUEBEC

CANADIAN IMAGES OPENING FILM

My Internship In Canada

Guibord, s’en va-t-en guerre

PHILIPPE FALARDEAU, CANADA, 2015, 108 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Sep 27

CAnadian Images One of the largest showcases of new Canadian cinema on the planet and a true point of pride for VIFF. This series is also home to the BC Spotlight, which focuses on the best and brightest of our homegrown talent.

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6:15 PM CENT 12:45 PM IN09

Director Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazar) returns with a laugh-out-loud political comedy that could not be more timely, with the federal election looming. Steve Guibord (Patrick Huard, Starbuck, Mommy), independent Member for Prescott-Makadew à Rapides-aux-Outardes, ends up, despite himself, holding the balance of power in Parliament and must decide if Canada will go to war in the Middle East. While travelling through his riding to consult his constituents, accompanied by his wife Suzanne and his daughter Lune, along with Souverain, an idealistic Haitian trainee, special interest groups enter into a debate that goes wrong and the Honourable Member must face the weight of his conscience. In a series of public hearings throughout the constituency, dubbed the “Democracy Tour”, Guibord and Souverain will be caught in the crossfire of peace activists, miners, truckers, politicians, aboriginal groups… and it will be up to the young Haitian, played by newcomer Irdens Exantus, far more astute a politician than his politician boss, to decide if Canada goes to war. Is it better to make the right decision for the wrong reasons, or to make the wrong decision for the right ones? The film’s cast also includes VIFF favourite Suzanne Clément as Guibord’s wife Suzanne, and Paul Doucet as the piano playing Prime Minister of Canada.

CAST Patrick Huard, Suzanne Clément, Irdens Exantus, Clémence Dufresne-Deslières, Sonia Cordeau, Paul Doucet PROD Luc Déry, Kim McCraw SCR Philippe Falardeau CAM Ronald Plante ED Richard Comeau PROD DES André-Line Beauparlant MUS Martin Léon PROD CO micro_scope DIST/PRINT eOne Films Select Filmography C’est Pas Moi, Je Le Jure!; Monsieur Lazhar; The Good Lie

ONTARIO

CANADIAN IMAGES special preseNTATION

Hyena Road

BC Spotlight Awards GAla

Into the Forest

PAUL GROSS, CANADA, 2015, 120 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Tue, Sep 29

ONTARIO

PATRICIA ROZEMA, CANADA, 2015, 101 MIN.

6:30 PM CENT 4:15 PM IN10

Sat, Oct 3 Thu, Oct 8

6:00 PM CENT 11:00 AM IN09

Paul Gross (Passchendaele) returns to the battlefield with this film—which he also wrote and stars in—set in the waning days of Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan. Gross spent two weeks “outside the wire” at a forward operating base at Sperwan Ghar, near Kandahar, and based his script on interviews with soldiers there. The film’s title refers to an extremely dangerous road built to link Panjwaii in the west to Kandahar City. Operations there are under constant threat from IEDs and split-second decisions have vast and lasting consequences.

Gross plays an intelligence officer who has always been at a remove from killing, now thrust into a situation with no easy answers. Rossif Sutherland plays a sniper who begins to recognize humanity through a gun-scope.

In the not-too-distant future, two ambitious young women, Nell and Eva, live with their father in a modest home up in the mountains of the West Coast. Suddenly, the power goes out. No one knows why. No electricity, no gasoline, and the solar system is not working. Over the following days, the radio evokes terrorism, technical breakdown, disease and uncontrolled violence. Then, one day, the radio stops broadcasting. Absolute silence. Step by ominous step, everything that Nell, an aspiring academic and Eva, a promising contemporary dancer, have come to rely on is stripped away: parental protection, information, food, safety, friends, all gone. Faced with a world where rumour is the only guide, trust is scarce and loneliness excruciating, the sisters fall deeper into a primitive life that tests their endurance and their bond.

The film, shot in Afghanistan, Jordan and Manitoba, combines documentary-style footage of the forbidding terrain shot by cinematographer Karim Hussain with dialogue drawn from Canadian soldiers, our “boots on the ground.” The result is a sharp picture of a moment in time, and of men and women acting on our behalf far away.

Patricia Rozema (I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, White Room) directs a superb cast including Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, and Callum Keith Rennie in this speculative fiction about survival. Rozema wrote the screenplay based on the popular novel

by Jean Heglund.

CAST Rossif Sutherland, Paul Gross, Allan Hawco, Clark Johnson EXEC Victor Loewy, Frank Siracusa, Mirwais Alizai, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth PROD Niv Fichman, Paul Gross SCR Paul Gross CAM Karim Hussain ED David Wharnsby PROD DES Arvinder Grewal MUS Asher Lenz, Stephen Skratt PROD CO Rhombus Media / Triple 7 Films / Buffalo Gal Pictures PRINT Elevation Pictures

CAST Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, Wendy Crewson EXEC Sriram Das, Haroon Saleem, Steve Shapiro, Jason Cloth, Allan Stitt, Kelly Morel, Kelly Bush Novak, Adrian Love PROD Niv Fichman, Aaron L. Gilbert, Ellen Page SCR Patricia Rozmena CAM Daniel Grant ED Matthew Hannam PROD DES Jeremy Stanbridge MUS Max Richter PROD CO BRON STUDIOS / Rhombus Media PRINT Elevation Pictures Select Filmography I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing; When Night is Falling; Mansfield Park

Canadian Images

Select Filmography Men With Brooms; Passchendaele

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ONTARIO

Canadian images special presentation

QUEBEC

The Amina Profile

Borealis

SOPHIE DERASPE, CANADA, 2015, 85 MIN.

SEAN GARRITY, CANADA, 2015, 95 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Wed, Sep 30

Remember

ATOM EGOYAN, CANADA, 2015, 95 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Tue, Sep 29

6:30 PM PLAY 3:15 PM IN09

Atom Egoyan (Ararat, The Sweet Hereafter) brings shrewd directorial restraint to this suspenseful adaptation of Benjamin August’s story of one particular race against time. Christopher Plummer plays Zev, a man looking for the person who might be responsible for wiping out his family. He believes he has discovered that the Nazi guard who murdered his family some 70 years ago is living in America under an assumed identity. Straining to seize the evanescent memories of long-ago brutality, Zev sets out on a mission to find this man and deliver long-delayed justice, with his own trembling hand and failing memory. What follows is a remarkable cross-continent road-trip with surprising consequences. “[August’s screenplay] is a completely original take on the darkest chapter of horror in the last century,” says Egoyan, who explains that, with fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors left, it’s the last chance to tell that story in the present day without making it a period piece. Plummer is supported by an exceptional cast, including Martin Landau (Ed Wood), Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Bruno Ganz (Downfall), Jürgen Prochnow (Das Boot), Henry Czerny (Revenge) and Heinz Lieven (This Must Be The Place).

MANITOBA

8:45 PM RIO 10:30 AM IN08

Sophie Deraspe’s investigative documentary is the latest reminder to be skeptical of everyone you encounter online. Deraspe tells the cautionary tale of the infamous Gay Girl in Damascus Internet hoax. A blog that purported to be a boots-on-the-ground look at life as an out lesbian in fractious Syria turned out to be something else entirely. “What begins as an account of an online affair gradually morphs into a commentary on identity in the Information Age. [A] slippery, deftly woven narrative...”—Variety Special Jury Prize, Hot Docs 15 PROD Isabelle Couture, Nathalie Cloutier Select Filmography Missing Victor Pellerin; Vital Signs; The Wolves

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Mon, Sep 28 Wed, Sep 30

8:30 PM IN09 4:00 PM IN10

Sean Garrity (Lucid, Blood Pressure) returns with a distinctly Canadian comedic drama.

An unemployed gambling addict drags his pot-smoking teenage daughter on a road trip to Churchill, Manitoba, in hopes of showing her the Northern Lights before a disorder renders her blind. With a bookie in pursuit, they’re forced to confront each other, their pasts and their respective loves for poker and weed. Starring Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Joey King and Kevin Pollak.

CAST Jonas Chernick, Joey King, Kevin Pollak, Emily Hampshire, Clé Bennett, Jake Epstein PROD Jonas Chernick, Liz Jarvis Select Filmography Inertia; Lucid; My Awkward Sexual Adventure

QUEBEC

CAST Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Dean Norris, Bruno Ganz, Jurgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven EXEC Mark Musselman, Anant Singh, Jeff Sagansky, D. Matt Geller, Mike Porter, Moises Cosio, Larry Guterman PROD Robert Lantos, Ari Lantos SCR Benjamin August CAM Paul Sarossy ED Christopher Donaldson PROD DES Matthew Davies MUS Mychael Danna PROD CO Serendipity Point Films / Distant Horizon / Detalle / Egoli Tossell Film GmbH DIST/PRINT eOne Films

Charlotte’s Song

Le Dep

DONE FOUR PRODUCTIONS, NICHOLAS HUMPHRIES, CANADA, 2015, 89 MIN.

SONIA BONSPILLE BOILEAU, CANADA, 2015, 78 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Thu, Oct 1

9:15 PM 3:30 PM

VCT SFU

World Premiere. Think Pan’s Labyrinth meets Carnivale and you’ll still be unprepared for this astonishing debut from Done Four Productions and director Nicholas Humphries.

In this Dust Bowl-era reimagining of The Little Mermaid, an amphibious siren (Katelyn Mager) falls prey to a nefarious benefactor (Game of Thrones’ Iwan Rheon) and ends up in a magical turf war. Sumptuous production design and sinister storytelling conjure a seductive fantasy world.

CAST Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager, Barbara Wallace, Natasha Quirke, Brendan Taylor, Steve Bradley PROD Lindsey Mann, Dylan Collingwood, Darren Borrowman

Tue, Sep 29 Fri, Oct 2

6:30 PM RIO 3:30 PM IN08

Sonia Boileau’s debut is a taut psychological drama about Lydia, a young Innu woman who works at a convenience store in a small First Nations community in rural Quebec. As she prepares to close up shop one night, a masked robber holds her up at gunpoint.

This traumatic experience becomes even more troubling when Lydia recognizes her assailant. She’ll soon have to make a decision that will change the course of her life. “[An] engaging social-issue drama...”—Variety

Canadian Images

Select Filmography The Adjuster; Exotica; The Sweet Hereafter

CAST Eve Ringuette, Charles Buckell-Robertson, Yan England, , Marco Collin, Robert-Pierre Côté, Angie Pepper O’Bomsawin PROD Jason Brennan Select Filmography Last Call Indian

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QUEBEC

BRITISH COLUMBIA

ONTARIO

Fire Song

The Devout

A Dog’s Life

Eadweard

CONNOR GASTON, CANADA, 2015, 102 MIN.

Chienne de vie

KYLE RIDEOUT, CANADA, 2015, 104 MIN.

Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

9:00 PM IN08 12:45 PM IN08

North American Premiere. After his terminally ill daughter (Olivia Martin) claims to have had a past life as an astronaut, a Christian teacher (Charlie Carrick) experiences a profound crisis of faith. Obsessively seeking answers, he risks his marriage and his remaining days with his child to determine whether she’s lived before... and might live again. Reflective and provocative, Connor Gaston’s debut is one of the year’s most unique Canadian features.

CAST Charlie Carrick, Ali Liebert, Gabrielle Rose, David Nykl, Ryan McDonell, Olivia Martin EXEC Daniel Hogg PROD Amanda Verhagen, Connor Gaston

HÉLÈNE CHOQUETTE, CANADA, 2015, 67 MIN.

Tue, Oct 6 Wed, Oct 7

6:45 PM IN08 1:45 PM IN10

World Premiere. Hélène Choquette’s documentary examines the symbiotic relationships that form between homeless people and their faithful canine companions. On the sometimes mean streets of Montréal and Toronto, the dogs and their owners offer one another company, protection and unconditional love.

This remarkably candid film provides genuine insight into the homeless experience from an unusual angle, inspiring newfound compassion and understanding.

PROD Anne-Marie Gélinas

Fractured Land

GUY MADDIN, EVAN JOHNSON, CANADA, 2015, 132 MIN.

DAMIEN GILLIS, FIONA RAYHER, CANADA, 2015, 80 MIN.

9:15 PM 3:30 PM

SFU SFU

A fever dream within a dream, the latest transmission from celluloid fetishist Guy Maddin (assisted by young co-director Evan Johnson) is part campy, whacked out tribute to vintage Hollywood melodrama, part anguished crypto-confessional and all brilliant: a passionate, virtuoso pastiche that is also perversely original and sui generis. The perfect date movie for mad cinephiles! “[An] inventive, audacious, and outright hilarious tour de force whatzit.”—Cinema Scope CAST Mathieu Amalric, Udo Kier, Charlotte Rampling, Geraldine Chaplin, Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey PROD Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso, Phyllis Laing, David Christensen Select Filmography (Guy Maddin) Tales from the Gimli Hospital; My Winnipeg; The Saddest Music in the World

Sun, Sep 27 Wed, Sep 30

Canadian Premiere. With a mesmerizing Michael Eklund starring as photographer Eadweard Muybridge, Kyle Rideout crafts a complex and compelling portrait of the man who’d be immortalized as both the godfather of cinema and the last American to receive a justifiable homicide verdict (for killing his wife’s lover). As fascinations distort into obsessions, Rideout skilfully employs techniques indebted to the infamous pioneer to convey Muybridge’s psychological unravelling.

ONTARIO/QUEBEC

The Forbidden Room Sun, Sep 27 Wed, Sep 30

ADAM GARNET JONES, CANADA, 2015, 85 MIN.

1:30 PM IN09 8:45 PM PLAY

CAST Michael Eklund, Sara Canning, Christopher Heyerdahl, Torrance Coombs, Jodi Balfour PROD Josh Epstein, Kyle Rideout, Michael Eklund

BRITISH COLUMBIA

MANITOBA

Fri, Oct 2 Mon, Oct 5

6:00 PM RIO 4:10 PM IN09

What would it be like to live alongside one of the shapers of human events, in their youth, before they’ve transformed history? In Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis’ documentary, we follow Caleb Behn, a young Dene lawyer locked in a battle with the oil and gas industry. He may become one of this generation’s great leaders—if he can discover how to reconcile the fractures within himself, his community and the world around him through the blending of the modern tools of law with ancient wisdom.

FEATURING Caleb Behn PROD Damien Gillis, Fiona Rayher

9:00 PM IN08 1:15 PM IN08

In Adam Garnet Jones’ first feature, a teenage girl commits suicide in a remote Anishinaabe community and it’s up to her brother Shane (Andrew Martin) to take care of their family. Shane was supposed to move to the city for university in the fall and was desperately trying to convince his secret boyfriend (Harley Legarde-Beacham) to come with him.

When forced to choose between devotion to his family or his desire to dictate his own future, what will he do?

CAST Andrew Martin, Jennifer Podemski, Harley Legarde-Beacham, Mary Galloway, Brendt Thomas Diabo, Ma-Nee Chacaby

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Frank and the Wondercat

Hadwin’s Judgement SASHA SNOW, CANADA/UK, 2015, 88 MIN.

TONY MASSIL, PABLO ALVAREZ-MESA, CANADA, 2015, 67 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Thu, Oct 1

Thu, Oct 1 Sat, Oct 3

6:30 PM RIO 4:00 PM CINE

World Premiere. Directors Tony Massil and Pablo Alvarez-Mesa’s creative documentary follows Frank Furko, an 80-year-old eccentric living in a Pittsburgh suburb. The film focuses on Frank’s celebrity, which derives from a deeply felt friendship with Pudgie Wudgie, his 20-pound performing house cat. Supported by Frank’s 20 years of VHS video archives—mesmerizing footage that is strange, often hilarious and oddly beautiful—this is an intimate and thoughtful portrait of an older man struggling to come to terms with his very unusual past.

FEATURING Frank Furko, Pudgie Wudgie PROD Tony Massil, Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Thu, Oct 1 Mon, Oct 5

9:00 PM PLAY 1:30 PM PLAY

In his compelling drama/documentary hybrid, Sasha Snow explores the complexities of Grant Hadwin, a logging engineer who chainsawed down a 300-year-old sacred tree on Haida Gwaii as a protest against rampant logging in the area. Inspired by John Vaillant’s Governor General’s Award-winning book, The Golden Spruce, Snow focusses on the more mysterious elements of Hadwin’s story and fate, crafting “[a] gorgeously photographed, compulsively watchable, sympathetic doc...”—Globe & Mail

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FEATURING Doug Chapman, Kayla Wilson EXEC David Christensen, Tracey Friesen, Ron Mann, Andrew Ruhemann PROD Elizabeth Yake, David Allen, David Christensen Select Filmography Arctic Crime & Punishment; Conflict Tiger

Coarse language; animal slaughter

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Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World CHARLES WILKINSON, CANADA, 2015, 75 MIN.

Preceded By Debris p. 71

Tue, Sep 29 Sat, Oct 3 Fri, Oct 9

9:00 PM PLAY 1:30 PM PLAY 12:00 PM VCT

VIFF favourite Charles Wilkinson (Oil Sands Karaoke) returns with a visually stunning paean to breathtaking Haida Gwaii and the spirited people who populate it. The natural beauty of this culturally rich archipelago has served as a backdrop for tragedies such as outbreaks of smallpox and the exploitation of natural resources. And yet, the Haida Nation remains undaunted, preparing for a showdown over the Northern Gateway pipeline and planning for a more sustainable future.

PROD Tina Schliessler, Charles Wilkinson

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Hurt ALAN ZWEIG, CANADA, 2015, 84 MIN.

Wed, Sep 30 Thu, Oct 1

9:30 PM IN10 1:30 PM PLAY

In 1985, Steve Fonyo ran his “Journey For Lives” marathon, covering almost 8,000km of Canada and raising $14 million for cancer research. He was subsequently named an Officer of the Order of Canada, becoming the youngest person to ever receive that honour.

Then things began to fall apart. He repeatedly ran afoul of the law and was convicted of various crimes. His Order of Canada was revoked. Refreshingly, Alan Zweig (15 Reasons to Live) tells the story of Fonyo’s downfall with great sensitivity—and without ever lapsing into sentimentality.

FEATURING Steve Fonyo PROD Peter Gentile Select Filmography A Hard Name; 15 Reasons to Live; When Jews Were Funny

Select Filmography Breach of Trust; Peace Out; Oil Sands Karaoke

Ninth Floor MINA SHUM, CANADA, 2015, 81 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Tue, Sep 29

6:00 PM RIO 1:15 PM IN10

Over four decades after the infamous Sir George Williams Affair was sparked by allegations of faculty discrimination against black students, Ninth Floor reopens the file on a watershed moment in Canadian race relations and one of the most contested episodes in the nation’s history. Making an audacious foray into nonfiction, writer and director Mina Shum (Double Happiness) engages the original protagonists in a compassionate cinematic exercise of reckoning and redemption.

FEATURING Rodney John, Clarence Bayne, Senator Anne Cools, Nantali Indongo, Robert Hubsher, Noel Lyon PROD Selwyn Jacob Select Filmography Double Happiness; Drive, She Said; Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John CHELSEA MCMULLAN, CANADA, 2015, 80 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Sep 28

6:45 PM VCT 3:45 PM IN08

World Premiere. The latest involving documentary from Chelsea McMullan (My Prairie Home) exemplifies excellent storytelling and artful execution. When two Canadian siblings travel to Thailand to find out what really happened to their murdered father, they discover that he fled Canada due to his involvement with a biker gang, only to land in deeper corruption in Thailand and the Philippines.

Furthermore, he has two kids in Thailand with the same names as them. McMullan creates a creepy and subtly condemning portrait of foreigners doing very bad things.

FEATURING Michael Hanmer, Shannon Hanmer, Michael Hanmer, Shannon Hanmer PROD Nadia Tavazzani

My Good Man’s Gone NICK CITTON, CANADA, 2015, 96 MIN.

Tue, Sep 29 Sat, Oct 3

6:15 PM IN08 4:00 PM IN08

Canadian Premiere. Arriving in Story, Arkansas (pop. 89), Joni and Wes realize they’re not in L.A. anymore. There to settle their estranged father’s estate, they’ve arrived on Decoration Weekend, when locals celebrate their dearly departed. As a clearer picture of their father emerges, decisions become less obvious. This affecting dramedy from Nicolas Citton (That Burning Feeling’s screenwriter) is a bittersweet celebration of community and family.

CAST Richard Dacey, Cheryl Nichols, Robert Baker, Deanna Mustard, Julia Pledl, Leslie Murphy EXEC Allison Burnett, Oualid Mouaness, Todd Giroux, Jamie Alain PROD Robert Baker, Nick Citton, Richard Dacey, Deanna Mustard, Cheryl Nichols, Julia Pledl, Kerri Van Auken, Stewart Yost

Select Filmography My Prairie Home

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No Men Beyond This Point MARK SAWERS, CANADA, 2015, 80 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Fri, Oct 2

8:30 PM RIO 4:00 PM SFU

In a world where women procreate asexually, male babies have become passé and an entire gender faces extinction... What’s a guy to do? Well, the youngest man alive (Patrick Gilmore), who toils as a housekeeper for a West Vancouver all-female family, is unaware that he’s about to become a key player in a battle for survival. Camera Shy’s Mark Sawers is at the height of his satirical powers with this wry speculative mockumentary.

CAST Patrick Gilmore, Kristine Cofsky, Tara Pratt, Cameron McDonald, Rekha Sharma, Ken Krame PROD Kaleena Kiff, Galen Fletcher Select Filmography Camera Shy

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ALEXANDER CARSON, CANADA, 2015, 80 MIN.

Sun, Sep 27 Tue, Sep 29

7:00 PM 4:15 PM

VCT CINE

World Premiere. Alexander Carson’s first feature is part coming-of-age story, part art-cinema meditation on photography, souvenirs and collections. The newest offering from North Country Cinema (The Valley Below) conjures a tender and haunting portrait of friendship and faith in the 21st century, following a group of young artists on a search for new mythologies and invoking a cinematic landscape where classical literature collides with new wave aesthetics and 90s pastiche.

CAST Deragh Campbell, Benjamin Carson, Nicholas Martin, Evan Webber, Atli Bollason, Nicola Elbro PROD Alexander Carson, Kyle Thomas, Jeff Hanes

ANNE ÉMOND, CANADA, 2015, 102 MIN.

Wed, Oct 7 Fri, Oct 9

9:15 PM 4:45 PM

VCT VCT

In 1978, Guy is found dead in the basement of the family home in a small village in Quebec. The real cause of his death remains a mystery for most of his family. Years later, his son David, now a loving father of two children, secretly still carries the weight of this tragedy. Likewise, David’s daughter must contend with her father’s suffering. VIFF favourite Anne Émond directs this accomplished drama about life, family, forgiveness and grief.

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CAST Maxim Gaudette, Karelle Tremblay, Valérie Cadieux, Mikael Gouin PROD Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant Select Filmography Nuit #1

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Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven PHYLLIS ELLIS, CANADA, 2015, 71 MIN.

Tue, Sep 29 Wed, Sep 30

6:00 PM IN09 11:00 AM IN10

World Premiere. Phyllis Ellis’ documentary is equal parts mystery, history and adventure. Algoma’s tangled wilderness and Lake Superior’s expansive North Shore inspired The Group of Seven in their formative years - young artists searching to articulate the Canadian landscape. Now, three modern-day adventurers canoe across lakes, bushwhack through untamed forests and scale cliffs to seek out the vistas that inspired these artists.

Seeing the iconic paintings side by side with the astonishing locations that inspired them is a reminder of art’s power and this land’s majestic beauty.

QUEBEC

The Pass System

Sabali

The Sandwich Nazi

ALEX WILLIAMS, CANADA, 2015, 51 MIN.

Le Coeur de Madame Sabali

LEWIS BENNETT, CANADA, 2015, 72 MIN.

Preceded by Clouds of Autumn and Kokom p. 71

Wed, Sep 30 Fri, Oct 2

9:45 PM IN08 1:00 PM IN08

World Premiere. Alex Williams’ film illuminates a shocking time when Canada embraced racial segregation, wilfully and illegally denying Indigenous peoples the basic freedom to leave their reserves and jailing them when they did so without a pass. Cree, Soto, Dene, Ojibwe and Blackfoot elders tell their stories of living under—and resisting—this system. Likewise, they link their experiences to the current state of affairs. Acclaimed Cree actor and activist Tantoo Cardinal narrates this investigation into a little-known aspect of our history.

FEATURING Tantoo Cardinal PROD Alex Williams

FEATURING Colm Feore, Eric Peterson, R.H. Thompson, Paul Gross PROD Peter Raymont, Nancy Lang, Phyllis Ellis

The Sound of Trees

ANDREW CIVIDINO, CANADA, 2015, 90 MIN.

Le Bruit des arbres

9:00 PM IN08 4:00 PM IN08 1:15 PM SFU

FRANÇOIS PÉLOQUIN, CANADA, 2015, 77 MIN.

Tue, Sep 29 Thu, Oct 1

9:00 PM CINE 3:15 PM IN08

Andrew Cividino’s remarkable debut is a story of friendship, confusion, betrayal and peer pressure. Fourteen-year-old Adam is enduring a dull summer in a small Lake Superior beach community when he meets local boys Foster and Rizzo. “The cast and filmmakers illuminate not just the wit and charm of young men, but also the callow cruelty of youth, driven by a killer combination of naïve idealism, solipsism, poor self-esteem and raging hormones.”—Hollywood Reporter

François Péloquin’s debut is a subtle and charming coming-of-age story. Jérémie (It’s Not Me, I Swear!’s Antoine L’Écuyer) dreams of a very different life from the one awaiting him at the family sawmill (presided over by Roy Dupuis). However, his crazy joyride comes to an end when a fateful mistake shatters his fragile world. Péloquin drafts an impressive chronicle of one teenager’s summertime crucible. “Affecting and beautifully shot.”—Hollywood Reporter

Best Film by an Emerging Director, Munich 15

CAST Antoine L’écuyer, Roy Dupuis, Willia Ferland-Tanguay, Rémi Goulet, Charles-Emile Lafleur PROD Ziad Touma

CAST Jackson Martin, Nick Serino, Reece Moffett PROD Karen Harnisch, Aaron Yeger, James Vandewater, Marc Swenker Coarse language

Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

9:15 PM IN09 4:00 PM CINE

World Premiere. When her boyfriend stops making love with her, Jeannette (Marie Brassard) begins an affair with a young co-worker (Francis La Haye). Alas, it turns out that her heart problems are physical as well as metaphorical. When Jeannette inherits the heart of a deceased Malian woman, she’s stalked by the donor’s son (Youssef Camara) who’s convinced that she’s the reincarnation of his late mother... Ryan McKenna’s stylized and nuanced film is sure to delight.

CAST Marie Brassard, Amadou et Mariam, Anik Vermette, Francis LaHaye, Hamidou Savadogo, Hugo Giroux PROD Becca Blackwood, Gabrielle TougasFrechette, Ménaïc Raoul

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Sleeping Giant Sat, Sep 26 Sun, Sep 27 Wed, Sep 30

RYAN MCKENNA, CANADA, 2015, 79 MIN.

Sun, Sep 27 Sat, Oct 3

8:45 PM RIO 4:00 PM RIO

If you can’t take the nudity and coarse language, stay out of Salam Kahil’s deli. The moment Lewis Bennett’s fascinating documentary takes us inside the shop, the hilariously crass Salam lets fly with a barrage of profane insults and ribald anecdotes. As he rewrites his own history on a whim, we’re left to wonder how an irascible Lebanese male escort actually ended up in Surrey serving the largest sandwiches known to man. With humour and humanity, Bennett unearths the truth.

FEATURING Salam Kahil PROD Calum MacLeod, Lewis Bennett, Benjamin Taft

Select Filmography The First Winter

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Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI JORDAN PATERSON, CANADA/CHINA/ FRANCE/ BELGIUM, 2014, 95 MIN.

Wed, Sep 30 Sun, Oct 4

6:45 PM IN10 3:45 PM SFU

World Premiere. Jordan Paterson’s involving docudrama delves into a little-known chapter of Canadian history. During World War I, 140,000 indentured Chinese labourers were secretly transported from Vancouver to Halifax in locked trains and then shipped to the Western Front to dig trenches and clear the dead. Through intrepid research, interviews, rotoscoped animation and re-enactments, Paterson backs Voltaire’s assertion that “history is nothing but a pack of tricks we play upon the dead.”

Ville-Marie GUY ÉDOIN, CANADA, 2015, 101 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Sun, Oct 4

9:15 PM IN10 10:30 AM IN08

Guy Édoin brings us the engaging story of an internationally famous French/Italian actress (Monica Bellucci) who arrives in in Montreal to shoot a movie and reconnect with her university-aged son (Alyosha Schneider). Their fates collide with those of a nurse (Pascale Bussières) and paramedic (Patrick Hivon) during a disturbing event in Ville-Marie Hospital’s emergency room.

CAST Monica Bellucci, Pascale Bussières, Aliocha Schneider, Patrick Hivon, Louis Champagne, Frédéric Gilles PROD Félize Frappier

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Select Filmography Marécages; Corno

PROD Jordan Paterson, Zhan Jun Select Filmography From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration

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INDIA

UK

45 Years

31st October

ANDREW HAIGH, UK, 2015, 93 MIN.

SHIVAJI LOTAN PATIL, INDIA, 2015, 109 MIN.

Tue, Sep 29 Wed, Sep 30 Thu, Oct 8

CINEMA OF OUR TIME

9:00 PM 3:00 PM 12:30 PM

CENT CENT CENT

Canadian Premiere. October 31, 1984. The day Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh guards and the anti-Sikh riots that followed are etched in India’s collective memory. Shivaji Lotan Patil has fashioned a compassionate thriller about one Sikh family, trapped in their Delhi home, and the lengths they and their Hindu friends go to in order to help the parents and two children survive.

Bollywood stars Vir Das and Soha Ali Khan as husband and wife play brilliantly against type.

CAST Soha Ali Khan, Vir Das PROD Harry Sachdeva Select Filmography Dhag

Fri, Sep 25 Sat, Oct 3 Tue, Oct 6

11:00 AM 12:30 PM 6:15 PM

SFU CENT CENT

Two towering performances by screen icons Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay make Andrew Haigh’s slow-burn drama a must-see. A week before their 45th wedding anniversary, the Mercers’ genteel life in the English countryside is threatened when Geoff receives a letter saying that the body of his long-dead first love has been recovered— perfectly preserved—in the Swiss Alps...

“Composed with rigour and exactitude and performed with a repressed, heartfelt passion.”—Guardian Best Actress, Best Actor, Berlin 15; Best British Feature, Edinburgh 15 CAST Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley PROD Tristan Goligher Select Filmography Greek Pete; Weekend

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BRAZIL

A spectacular showcase of narrative films from around the globe, featuring both today’s masters and tomorrow’s visionaries. cinema of our time

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GABRIEL RIPSTEIN, MEXICO, 2015, 85 MIN.

Fri, Oct 2 Mon, Oct 5

4:45 PM IN09 8:30 PM RIO

Canadian Premiere. Gripping and gritty, Gabriel Ripstein’s assured debut is a nimble, intense thriller that delves into cross-border crime. Arnulfo has a tidy little racket going—legally purchasing Arizona firearms and flipping them to Mexican cartels—until he’s targeted by an ATF agent (Tim Roth). Bad luck and even worse decisions conspire to set these two men on a treacherous journey that neither expected and both are wholly unprepared for. “A lean, careful, clever tale...”— Indiewire CAST Tim Roth, Kristyan Ferrer, Noé Hernández, Harrison Thomas, Mónica del Carmen, Armando Hernández PROD Gabriel Ripstein, MichelFranco, Moisés Zonana

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CHICO TEIXEIRA, BRAZIL/CHILE/FRANCE, 2014, 87 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Sat, Oct 3

6:15 PM CINE 3:30 PM IN09

Confusion is often synonymous with adolescence, but Serginho (Matheus Fagundes) bears more of it than any person should have to. Chico Teixeira (Alice’s House) returns with a drama about the search for meaning and connection that enthralls with its haunting intimacy. Skin, sweat, water and heat become symbols. The performances are superb, with Fagundes the very image of vulnerability in the lead role. Sad but hopeful, quiet but intense, this is a film you can really feel.

CAST Matheus Fagundes, Irandhir Santos, Gilda Nomacce, Francisca Gavilán, Thiago de Matos, Andreia Mayumi PROD Denise Gomes, Paula Cosenza Select Filmography Carrego Comigo; Alice’s House

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ROMANIA

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Accused

Adama

Aferim!

Lucia de B.

SIMON ROUBY, FRANCE, 2015, 82 MIN.

RADU JUDE, ROMANIA/BULGARIA/CZECH REPUBLIC, 2015, 108 MIN.

PAULA VAN DER OEST, NETHERLANDS, 2014, 97 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Tue, Sep 29 Fri, Oct 2

2:00 PM IN10 1:00 PM IN09 7:00 PM IN09

Canadian Premiere. When a baby died on her watch and investigators uncovered some circumstantially damning details, nurse Lucia de Berk (a cool, distanced Ariane Schluter) was labelled a serial killer and put on trial for murder—despite being innocent. Paula van der Oest’s terrific combination of investigative mystery and courtroom drama is intelligent and entertaining by turns. “[This] Oscarshortlisted Dutch thriller retells a chilling true story with David Fincher-like intrigue.”—Variety CAST Ariane Schluter, Sallie Harmsen, Fedja van Huêt, Barry Atsma, Annet Malherbe PROD Reinier Selen, Jelle Nesna Select Filmography Zus & zo; Hidden Flaws; The Domino Effect

UGANDA

Sat, Oct 3 Tue, Oct 6

3:00 PM CENT 6:30 PM RIO

In Simon Rouby’s evocative animated feature, a 12-year-old West African boy tracks his older brother’s journey from village to port, to troop carrier and on to the war-torn fields of France, 1914. Despite the chaos, he clings to the hope that his brother can be returned home safely. Reminiscent of War Horse in its knack for conjuring fresh perspectives on well-trodden ground, this gorgeous fable will appeal to teens and pre-teens, as well as their parents and grandparents.

CAST Azize Diabate, Oxmo Puccino, Pascal Nzonzi PROD Philippe Aigle, Séverine Lathuilliere

VIFF is pleased to offer a family matinee of this very special film on Saturday, October 3.

Wed, Sep 30 Thu, Oct 8

6:30 PM 12:15 PM

SFU VCT

Canadian Premiere. The title translates as “Bravo!” and director Radu Jude (Everybody in Our Family) means it in the most darkly ironic way possible here. In early 19th century Wallachia, a burly constable and his son track an escaped Roma slave; in the process Jude draws on the tropes of the Western to fashion a gorgeously shot drama rife with meanings for today. “An exceptional, deeply intelligent gaze into a key historical period, done with wit as well as anger.”—Variety Silver Bear (Best Director), Berlin 15 CAST Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Cuzin Toma, Alexandru Dabija, Luminita Gheorghiu, Victor Rebengiuc PROD Ada Solomon Select Filmography The Happiest Girl in the World; Everybody in Our Family

Violence

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POLAND

Ayanda and the Mechanic SARA BLECHER, SOUTH AFRICA, 2015, 105 MIN.

Wed, Sep 30 Sat, Oct 3

8:30 PM RIO 10:45 AM IN10

Canadian Premiere. In a Johannesburg community, 21-year-old Afro-hipster Ayanda (the captivating Fulu Moguvhani) fights to keep alive her late father’s legacy—his car-repair garage. Sara Blecher’s (Otelo Burning) multicultural, colourful and vibrant drama captures the “Afropolitan” nature of the new South Africa. “Absolutely worth seeing for its representation of a modern African story, which is uniquely, distinctively African, but also urban, fresh, and contemporary...”—Indiewire CAST Fulu Moguvhani, OC Ukeje, Nthati Moshesh, Kenneth Nkosi, Jafta Mamabolo, Thomas Gumede PROD Terry Pheto, Busi Sizani, Robbie Thorpe Select Filmography Surfing Soweto; Otelo Burning

GREECE

The Boda Boda Thieves

Body

Breathe Umphefumlo

Chevalier

Abbabi ba boda boda

MALGORZATA SZUMOWSKA, POLAND, 2015, 90 MIN.

MARK DORNFORD-MAY, SOUTH AFRICA, 2014, 90 MIN.

ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, GREECE, 2015, 99 MIN.

DONALD MUGISHA, JAMES TAYLER, UGANDA/SOUTH AFRICA/KENYA/GERMANY, 2015, 85 MIN.

Thu, Sep 24 Sat, Sep 26

6:30 PM RIO 1:00 PM IN09

North American Premiere. Conceived as an homage to the classic Bicycle Thieves, Donald Mugisha and James Tayler’s unsparing look at life on the streets of Kampala— neorealism “with a youthful edge” in their words—is anchored in the story of Abel, 15, who takes over his father’s motorcycle taxi (the “boda boda” of the title) and is immediately confronted by a corrupt world where a wrong turn, vehicular or otherwise, can have drastic consequences. “Poignant as well as entertaining.”—Indiewire CAST Hassan “Spike” Insingoma, Prossy Rukundo, Saul Mwesigwa, Michael Wawuyo, Peace Birungi, Andrew Benon Kibuuka PROD James Tayler, Donald Mugisha, Maximilian Leo, Jonas Katzenstein, Nathan Collett, Wanjiku S.Muhoho, Jeremy Bean

Mon, Sep 28 Sat, Oct 3

4:00 PM 9:00 PM

CINE VCT

Shifting between a prosecutor for whom death is mundane, his bulimic daughter who’s fading away and the girl’s therapist who’s also a spiritual medium, Malgorzata Szumowska’s deadpan dramedy is impeccably acted and unexpectedly humorous, offering wry insights into how we see ourselves and what might await us after this life. “Bold, wise, and incredibly funny... A poignant tale about the confrontation of faith with skepticism, hope with despair, and love with hate.”—culture.pl

Thu, Oct 1 Fri, Oct 2

11:00 AM IN10 6:30 PM PLAY

Silver Bear (Best Director), Berlin 15

Canadian Premiere. Ten years ago, Mark Dornford-May and the Isango Ensemble burst upon the scene with Berlin Golden Bearwinner U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, their stirring adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen. Drawing once again from an operatic source—Puccini’s La bohème—Dornford-May and team bring the Xhosa language, exceptional singing voices and traditional instrumentation to a Cape Town-set tragedy focusing on the doomed love of university student Lungelo (Mhlekazi Mosiea) for the tuberculosis-stricken Mimi (Busisiwe Ngejane).

CAST Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala, Ewa Dalkowska, Adam Woronowicz, Tomasz Zietek PROD Jacek Drosio, Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert

CAST Pauline Malefane, Sifiso Lupuzi, Mhlekazi (Wha Wha) Mosiea, Busisiwe Ngejane, Luvo Rasemeni, Zebulon (Katlego) Mmusi PROD Vlokkie Gordon, Mark Dornford-May

Select Filmography Happy Man; 33 Scenes From a Life; In the Name Of

Select Filmography U-Carmen eKhayelitsha; Son of Man

Sun, Oct 4 Tue, Oct 6

11:15 AM 9:45 PM

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cinema of our time

NETHERLANDS

The long-awaited follow-up to 2010`s Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s new comedic drama has her skewed sensibility and mordant wit pointed at the male psyche and its absurd penchant for competition. Six male acquaintances—they certainly aren’t friends—find themselves on a luxury yacht, where they engage in an escalating series of challenges that threatens to turn nasty... “A committedly deadpan comedy of manners, morals and men behaving weirdly...”—Variety CAST Yorgos Kentros, Panos Koronis, Vangelis Mourikis, Makis Papadimitriou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Sakis Rouvas PROD Maria Hatzakou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos Select Filmography The Slow Business of Going; Attenberg

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CHILE

AUSTRALIA

SPAIN

Chronic

The Club

The Daughter

Dead Slow Ahead

MICHEL FRANCO, MEXICO/FRANCE, 2015, 92 MIN.

El Club

SIMON STONE, AUSTRALIA, 2015, 96 MIN.

MAURO HERCE, SPAIN/FRANCE, 2015, 74 MIN.

Mon, Oct 5 Thu, Oct 8

2:30 PM VCT 9:30 PM IN10

PABLO LARRAÍN, CHILE, 2015, 97 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Wed, Oct 7

8:45 PM IN09 1:30 PM PLAY

North American Premiere. Tim Roth delivers an understated performance as a hospice nurse whose selfless devotion to the terminally ill sometimes distorts into more inscrutable behaviour in Michel Franco’s deft character study. Recalling Michael Haneke’s Amour in its unsentimental depiction of life’s closing chapters, this mesmerizing psychological drama also examines the heavy toll exacted on this caregiver who’s at ease with impending death but at a loss with life. “A captivating work.”—Screen

The titular “club” in Pablo Larraín’s incendiary follow up to No is a group of disgraced priests who’ve been banished to a purgatorial halfway home on the Chilean coast. When the church investigates a tragic incident involving these men, the findings lay to waste any notions of a good/evil binary. Likewise, Larraín proves that comedy and condemnation needn’t be mutually exclusive. “The film’s compassion is strongly felt, its mordant humour glinting like a blade.”—Guardian

Best Screenplay, Cannes 15

Silver Bear, Berlin 15

CAST Tim Roth, Sarah Sutherland, Robin Bartlett, Bitsie Tulloch, Michael Cristofer PROD Gabriel Ripstein, Michel Franco, Moisés Zonana, Gina Kwon

CAST Roberto Farias, Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro Sieveking, Jaime Vadell, Marcelo Alonso PROD Juan de Dios Larraín

Select Filmography Daniel and Ana; Meta ti Lucia

Select Filmography Tony Manero; Post-Mortem; No

ITALY

EGYPT

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Sep 28

3:45 PM IN09 6:00 PM CENT

Sun, Sep 27 Tue, Sep 29

1:15 PM IN08 7:00 PM CINE

The first film from acclaimed theatre director Simon Stone brings together some of Australia’s finest actors in a contemporary reworking of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck. The mill is closing, but for its owner, Henry (Geoffrey Rush), this also a time of hope: his estranged son Christian (Paul Schneider) has returned to serve as his best man. Those hopes turn to ashes when Christian reconnects with his old friend Oliver (Ewen Leslie) and stumbles across long-buried family secrets...

An immersive experience that casts a hypnotic spell, Mauro Herce’s sui generis drama can be read as an allegory for late capitalism or taken at face value as a haunting look at the freighter Fair Lady and its Filipino crew on a mission that only comes to light when a natural disaster occurs. Awash in reds and greens, the film gives off an otherworldly glow—we could just as easily be ensconced in a spaceship on a science-fiction journey...

Transfixing.

CAST Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie, Paul Schneider, Miranda Otto, Anna Torv, Odessa Young, Sam Neill PROD Jan Chapman, Nicole O’Donohue

Special Jury Prize, Cinema of the Present, Locarno 15

COLOMBIA

Select Filmography Slimane

USA

Décor

The Dinner

Embrace of the Serpent

Entertainment

AHMAD ABDALLA, EGYPT, 2014, 119 MIN.

I nostri ragazzi

El abrazo de la serpiente

RICK ALVERSON, USA, 2015, 102 MIN.

IVANO DE MATTEO, ITALY, 2014, 92 MIN.

CIRO GUERRA, COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA/ARGENTINA, 2015, 122 MIN.

Sat, Oct 3 Thu, Oct 8

4:15 PM IN10 8:00 PM IN09

A leader of the Egyptian independent film scene, Ahmad Abdalla (Microphone) gets a much bigger budget than usual to fashion this lustrous black-and-white homage to classical Egyptian cinema. Female production designer Maha (Horeya Farghaly finds reality shifting when, instead of working on her current melodrama, she begins to live it... “Shades of Sirk, Cassavetes, Bergman and even Woody Allen can all be detected on the film’s glistening monochrome surface.”

—Variety

CAST Horeya Farghaly, Khaled Abol Naga, Maged El Kedwany PROD Zein Kurdi Select Filmography Heliopolis; Microphone; Rags & Tatters

Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Sep 27

8:45 PM RIO 2:00 PM IN10

When grainy surveillance video appears to capture a heinous crime committed by their teenage kids, two couples hold a summit at an upscale restaurant and debate what to do next. Based on Herman Koch’s international bestseller—hailed as “chilling, nasty, smart, shocking and unputdownable” by Gone Girl’s Gillian Flynn—Ivano De Matteo’s exquisitely crafted, ravishingly cinematic psychological thriller makes exceptional use of an exemplary cast and upends our expectations at every turn.

Europa Cinema Label Prize, Venice 14 CAST Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Gassman, Luigi Lo Cascio PROD Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania Select Filmography Ultimo stadio; La bella gente; Balancing Act

Thu, Oct 1 Fri, Oct 2 Tue, Oct 6

9:00 PM SFU 1:45 PM IN10 1:30 PM PLAY

In Ciro Guerra’s vibrant and wildly original feature, two explorers embark on parallel journeys—albeit 40 years apart—down the Colombian Amazon. Both are in search of a sacred flower with mythical healing powers. Both encounter a native shaman and his tales of colonialism’s devastating toll. As unlikely friendships take root, Ciro Guerra’s drama enwraps viewers in seductive visuals and alluring ethnographic details. “A soulful, strange and stunning discovery.”—Indiewire Art Cinema Award, Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 15 CAST Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Yauenkü Miguee, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis PROD Cristina Gallego

Sun, Sep 27 Sun, Oct 4

3:30 PM RIO 8:45 PM RIO

cinema of our time

MEXICO

In Rick Alverson’s latest surreal, post-Dadaist comedy, a glum stand-up (Gregg Turkington) wanders the Mojave Desert, bound for his estranged daughter but seemingly condemned to repeat the same hellish performance. Melding pungent melancholy and intoxicating psychedelia, this marks a brave and frequently brilliant offering from one of American cinema’s most independent thinkers. “It’s what new films ought to strive for: to strike back against the familiar.”—Village Voice CAST Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera, Amy Seimetz, Lotte Verbeek PROD George Rush, Ryan Lough, Ryan Zacarias, Brooke Bernard, Alex Lipschultz, Patrick Hibler Select Filmography The Builder; New Jerusalem; The Comedy

Select Filmography La sombra del caminante; The Wind Journeys

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09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Tale of Three Cities Beeba Boys The Anarchists Centre for Centre for Arts 3:00pm/130 min.

6:15pm/103 min.

9:30pm/101 min.

The Piper Rolling Love and…

Name of the Whale Cinemath Cinematheque 12:30pm/108 min.

3:15pm/133 min.

6:30pm/95 min.

9:00pm/110 min.

Hilda Dead Slow Ahead Sleeping Giant All Eyes and Ears Kaili Blues Intl Villa Intl Village 8 11:00am/88 min.

1:15pm/74 min.

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Siti My Internship In Canada Cop Car From Scotland wit...

Paradise Intl Villa Intl Village 9 10:30am/88 min.

12:45pm/108 min.

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Golden Kingdom The Dinner One Million Dubliners Love Among the ...

Port of Call Intl Villag Intl Village 10 11:30am/103 min.

2:00pm/92 min.

4:15pm/83 min.

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9:30pm/122 min.

Playh Playhouse Entertainment Fractured Land Sandwich Nazi Rio 3:30pm/102 min.

6:00pm/80 min.

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Alice Cares Standing Tall Drunk Stoned Brilliant ...

Forbidden Room SFUSFU-GCA 11:00am/76 min.

1:00pm/120 min.

4:15pm/92 min.

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Arabian Nights Vol 3 Ming of Harlem: ...

Slackjaw Last Hammer Blow O, Brazen Age Canadian Living Va Vancity 10:00am/125 min.

12:30pm/71 min.

2:45pm/75 min.

5:00pm/83 min.

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9:15pm/101 min.

Sunday, September 27

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Brooklyn Meru Hyena Roadfor Centre Centre for Arts 1:00pm/105 min.

3:45pm/92 min.

6:30pm/120 min.

Matter of Interpretation Thoughts That Once We Had Tandem Rolling Cinematheque Cinemath 12:30pm/123 min.

3:30pm/108 min.

6:00pm/82 min.

8:30pm/133 min.

James White The Falling Ivy Tana Bana Sleeping Giant Intl Village 8 Villa 11:00am/85 min. Intl 1:30pm/102 min.

4:00pm/103 min.

6:30pm/78 min.

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Sparrows Boda Boda Thieves Victoria I am Nojoom, Age 10 The Club Intl Village 9 Intl Villa 10:30am/99 min.

1:00pm/85 min.

3:15pm/138 min.

6:00pm/99 min.

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Erbarme dich - Matthäus...

Love Among the ...

Name of the Whale Last Hammer Blow Alice in Earnestland Intl Village 10 Intl Villag 11:30am/99 min.

2:00pm/71 min.

4:30pm/110 min.

7:00pm/83 min.

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Playhouse Playh Landfill Harmonic Ninth Floor No Men Beyond Th...

Nina Forever Rio 3:30pm/84 min.

6:00pm/81 min.

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Hannah: ...

Banking Nature Short Skin Very Semi-Serious Nazi Legacy: ...

SFU-GCA SFU11:00am/91 min.

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Arabian Nights - Vol 2 Crumbs Racing Extinction Sky Trembles and the E...

Michael Shannon...

Charlotte's Song Vancity Va 10:00am/131 min.

12:45pm/68 min.

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Saturday, September 26

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Rams Anton Chekhov--1890 My Internship In Canada Tale of Three Cities Centre Centre for Arts for 12:30pm/90 min.

3:00pm/96 min.

6:15pm/108 min.

9:15pm/130 min.

Tandem Golden Kingdom Thoughts That Once We Had Reflection Cinematheque Cinemath 1:30pm/82 min.

3:45pm/103 min.

6:15pm/108 min.

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One Floor Below Steak (R)evolution Right Now, Wrong Then Love, Theft...Entangle...

Intl Village 8 Intl Villa 12:45pm/93 min.

3:15pm/114 min.

6:30pm/121 min.

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Paco de Lucía: ...

Dark Horse The Daughter Ice and the Sky Pearl Button Intl Village 9 Villa 11:15am/92Intl min.

1:30pm/86 min.

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Monty Python: ...

Accused Tough Love James White City of Gold Intl Village 10 Intl Villag 11:45am/92 min.

2:00pm/97 min.

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9:30pm/89 min.

Playhouse Playh Mavis!

The Dinner Cop Car Rio 6:30pm/81 min.

8:45pm/92 min.

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45 Years I am Nojoom, Age 10 Peggy Guggenheim: ...

Vincent Visit (An Alien Encoun...

SFU-GCA SFU11:00am/93 min.

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Arabian Nights - Vol 1 Tikkun Paradise Li Wen at East Lake Va Ming of Harlem: ...

Vancity 10:00am/125 min.

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Friday, September 25

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Brooklyn Centre for Centre for Arts 7:00pm/105 min.

Flickering Truth Big Father, Small Father...

Cinemath Cinematheque 6:30pm/91 min.

9:00pm/102 min.

Intl Villa Intl Village 8 Intl Villa Intl Village 9 Intl Villag Intl Village 10 Playh Playhouse Boda Boda Thieves Drunk Stoned Brilliant ...

Rio 6:30pm/85 min.

8:45pm/92 min.

Hannah: ...

Tikkun SFUSFU-GCA 6:30pm/91 min.

9:00pm/120 min.

Love Is All: ...

Sky Trembles and the E...

Va Vancity 7:00pm/89 min.

9:15pm/98 min.

Thursday, September 24

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Wondrous Boccaccio Argentina Second Mother Disorder Centre Centre for Arts for 12:30pm/123 min.

3:30pm/85 min.

6:00pm/112 min.

9:30pm/100 min.

Tharlo Frank and the ...

Absence Dream of Shahrazad Cinematheque Cinemath 1:00pm/123 min.

4:00pm/67 min.

6:15pm/87 min.

8:30pm/107 min.

Falciani's Tax Bomb:...

Reel Youth Film Fe...

Sound of Trees Love, Pain...Thing Fire Song Intl Village 8 Intl Villa 10:30am/85 min.

12:30pm/82 min.

3:15pm/77 min.

6:00pm/106 min.

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Paco de Lucía: ... Intl Ballerina's Tale Three Windows and a ...

My Friend Victoria Original Copy Intl Village 9 Villa 10:45am/92 min.

1:00pm/85 min.

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Breathe Umphefumlo Experimenter Alice in Earnestland Palio Ville-Marie Intl Village 10 Intl Villag 11:00am/90 min.

1:30pm/108 min.

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Hurt Jafar Panahi's Taxi Magicarena Hadwin's Judgement Playhouse Playh 1:30pm/84 min.

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Rams Paulina Observance Rio 6:15pm/90 min.

8:30pm/103 min.

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Deep Time Circus Without B...

Charlotte's Song Ever the Land Embrace of the Serpent SFU-GCA SFU10:45am/89 min.

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Blood an...

Coping Mechanisms Vancity Va 7:00pm/44 min.

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Thursday, October 1

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Mustang 31st October The Assassin The Lobster Centre Centre for Arts 12:15pm/94 min.

3:00pm/109 min.

6:30pm/105 min. for 9:15pm/118 min.

Mr. Zhang Believes Mask from San The Movement Oyster Factory Cinematheque Cinemath 1:00pm/135 min.

4:00pm/84 min.

6:15pm/67 min.

8:00pm/146 min.

Amina Profile Umrika Kaili Blues What Defines Reality?

Pass System Intl Village 8 Intl Villa 10:30am/85 min.

1:15pm/102 min.

3:45pm/120 min.

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Lost and Beautiful Gonin Saga Fractured Land 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets Three Stories of Love Intl Village 9 Intl Villa 10:30am/87 min.

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Painted Land: ...

Classified File Borealis Tricks on the Dead: ...

Hurt Intl Village 10 Intl Villag 11:00am/71 min.

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Brand: ...

Pearl Button Peggy Guggenheim: ...

Youth Playhouse 1:30pm/105 min. Playh 4:00pm/82 min.

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It's Already Tomorr...

Ayanda and the Mechanic Rio 6:30pm/78 min.

8:30pm/105 min.

Visit (An Alien Encoun...

Sleeping Giant Forbidden Room Aferim!

Containment SFU-GCA SFU11:00am/90 min.

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Yanji Partners in Crime Vancity Va 7:00pm/100 min.

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Wednesday, September 30

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Ice and the Sky Beeba Boys Dheepan 31st October Centre Centre for Arts for 12:30pm/89 min.

3:00pm/103 min.

6:15pm/100 min.

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Love and…

O, Brazen Age Dead Slow Ahead Sound of Trees Cinematheque Cinemath 1:30pm/95 min.

4:15pm/80 min.

7:00pm/74 min.

9:00pm/77 min.

No Land's Song All Eyes and Ears Nina Forever My Good Man's Gone Tharlo Intl Village 8 Intl Villa 10:30am/93 min.

1:30pm/90 min.

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Original Copy Accused Remember Painted Land: ...

The Piper Intl Village 9 Intl Villa 10:45am/95 min.

1:00pm/97 min.

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Nazi Legacy: ...

Ninth Floor Hyena Road Ballerina's Tale Tough Love Intl Village 10 Intl Villag 11:00am/92 min.

1:15pm/81 min.

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Love Is All: ... Playh From Scotland wit...

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Haida Gwaii: ...

Playhouse 1:30pm/89 min.

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Dep Meru Rio 6:30pm/78 min.

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SFU-GCA SFUTopophilia Blood Is Thicker Vancity Va 7:00pm/87 min.

9:30pm/101 min.

Tuesday, September 29

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 Marshland Louder Than Bombs The Daughter Room Centre Centre for Arts for 12:30pm/104 min.

3:15pm/105 min.

6:00pm/96 min.

8:30pm/118 min.

Topophilia Body Matter of Interpretation Paco de Lucía: ...

Cinematheque Cinemath 1:30pm/87 min.

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Homme Less Intl Imperfect Harmony Michael Shannon...

Lost and Beautiful Slackjaw Intl Village 8 Villa 11:00am/83 min.

1:30pm/76 min.

3:45pm/80 min.

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Flickering Truth Tana Bana Mavis!

Dark Horse Borealis Intl Village 9 Intl Villa 10:30am/91 min.

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Port of Call It's Already Tomorr...

Sound of Redemptio...

One Million Dubliners Mustang Intl Village 10 Intl Villag 11:15am/122 min.

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Hockney Very Semi-Serious Remember Gonin Saga Playhouse Playh 1:15pm/112 min.

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Frank and the ...

Amina Profile Rio 6:30pm/67 min.

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SFU-GCA SFUPioneer Heroes Love, Theft...Entangle...

Magicarena Right Now, Wrong Then Erbarme dich - Matthäus...

Sound & Image Vancity Va 10:00am/116 min.

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Monday, September 28

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09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 09 00 Brooklyn The Lobster Argentina Victoria Centre for Arts Centre for Arts 12:30pm/105 min.

3:15pm/118 min.

6:15pm/85 min.

8:45pm/138 min.

Big Father, Small Father...

Reflection Steak (R)evolution Mr. Zhang Believes Cinematheque Cinematheque 1:00pm/102 min.

3:30pm/92 min.

6:00pm/114 min.

8:30pm/135 min.

In Transit Love, Pain...Thing The Demolisher Above and Below Royal Road Intl Village 8 Intl Village 8 9:15pm/88 10:30am/76 min.

1:00pm/106 min.

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Royal Tailor Among the Believers Hilda The Competition The Falling Intl Village 9 Intl Village 9 10:45am/127 min.

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Racing ExtinctionVillage The Assassin City of Gold Umrika Syrian Love Story Intl Village 10Intl 10 11:30am/77 min.

2:00pm/105 min.

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Hadwin's Judgement No Land's Song Son of Saul Eadweard Playhouse Playhouse 1:30pm/88 min.

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Marshland 600 Miles Rio Rio 6:00pm/104 min.

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SFU-GCA SFU-GCA Project of the Century In the Shadow of ...

Chronic Sound & Image We Did It on a Song Arabian Nights - Vol 3 Vancity Vancity 10:00am/100 min.

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Monday, October 5

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 09 03 00 04 00 05 00 00 06 00 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 High-Rise Homme Less Innocence of Memories Centre Centre for Arts for Arts 3:30pm/112 min.

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Yanji Sabali The Messenger Reel Youth Film Fe...

Cinematheque Cinematheque 1:30pm/100 min.

4:00pm/79 min.

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Ville-Marie The Devout What Defines Reality?

One Floor Below Midsummer’s Fantasia Intl Village 8 Intl Village 8 10:30am/101 min.

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3:45pm/106 min.

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Containment Tikkun My Golden Days Circus Without B...

Murmur of the Hearts Intl Village 9 Intl Village 9 10:45am/81 min.

1:00pm/120 min.

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Summer of Sangailé Mountains May Depart 100 Yen Love Hurricane Magic Mountain Intl Village 10Intl Village 10 11:00am/88 min.

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Measure of a Man Dream of Shahrazad Landfill Harmonic Standing Tall Playhouse Playhouse 1:00pm/93 min.

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Perfect Day Sound of Redemptio...

Entertainment Rio Rio 4:00pm/105 min.

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In Your Arms Paulina Tricks on the Dead: ...

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Chevalier Invention Canadian Living Arabian Nights - Vol 1 Arabian Nights - Vol 2 Vancity Vancity 11:15am/99 min.

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Sunday, October 4

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 09 03 00 04 00 05 00 00 06 00 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 45 Years Adama Into the Forest Centre Centre for Arts for Arts 12:30pm/93 min.

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Observance Nachtmahr Portrait of the Artist TBA Cinematheque Cinematheque 1:30pm/90 min.

3:45pm/88 min.

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Rams Fire Song My Good Man's Gone Alice Cares Sparrows Intl Village 8 Intl Village 8 11:00am/90 min.

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Ixcanul My Friend Victoria Absence Among the Believers Great Performances Intl Village 9 Intl 9 10:30am/90 min.

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Ayanda and the Mechanic Nasty Baby Décor Golden Kingdom Classified File Intl Village 10Intl Village 10 10:45am/105 min.

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Haida Gwaii: ...

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Sandwich Nazi 808 Crumbs Rio Rio 4:00pm/72 min.

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Ever the Land The Anarchists Thina Sobabili: ...

Ivy The Treasure SFU-GCA SFU-GCA 11:00am/93 min.

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Imperfect Harmony Body Vancity Vancity 7:00pm/76 min.

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3:00pm/100 min.

6:00pm/105 min.

8:45pm/112 min.

Portrait of the Artist Oyster Factory Chinese Mayor I Promise You Anarchy Cinematheque Cinematheque 1:00pm/127 min.

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3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets Pass System Dep In the Dark Reaches...

The Devout Intl Village 8 Intl Village 8 10:45am/98 min.

1:00pm/71 min.

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Three Stories of Love Eadweard 600 Miles Accused Sabali Intl Village 9 Intl Village 10:30am/140 min.

1:30pm/104 min.

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7:00pm/97 min. 9 9:15pm/79 min.

Palio Embrace of the Serpent Room In Your Arms 100 Yen Love Intl Village 10Intl Village 10 11:00am/90 min.

1:45pm/122 min.

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Murmur of the Hearts Monty Python: ...

Breathe Umphefumlo London Road Playhouse Playhouse 1:00pm/119 min.

4:00pm/92 min.

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Pioneer Heroes Green Room Aaaaaaaah!

Rio Rio 6:00pm/116 min.

8:45pm/94 min.

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Wednesday, May 9 Landfill Harmonic No Men Beyond Th...

My Golden Days Magallanes SFU-GCA 11:00am/102 min. SFU-GCA 1:30pm/84 min.

4:00pm/80 min.

6:30pm/123 min.

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Invention Deep Time Vancity Vancity 7:00pm/87 min.

9:30pm/89 min.

Friday, October 2

09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 09 07 00 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 I Saw the Lightfor Centre Centre for Arts 6:30pm/123 min.

The Similars The Movement TBA The Treasure Cinemath Cinematheque 1:30pm/89 min.

4:00pm/67 min.

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Mountains May Depart Centre for Centre for Arts 12:30pm/109 min.

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I Promise You Anarchy Aaaaaaaah!

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Arabian Nights Vol 1 Arabian Nights Vol 2 Arabian Nights Vol 3 My Life with a King Project of the Century Intl Intl Village 8 10:30am/125 min.

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Into the Forest Intl Vincent Schneider vs. Bax Racing Extinction Décor Villa Intl Village 9 11:00am/101 min.

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City of Gold My Skinny Sister Home Care Jumbo Wild Hockney SFUSFU-GCA 11:00am/89 min.

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Magic Mountain Mask from San Siti Cinemath Cinematheque 1:30pm/98 min.

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The Treasure Great Performances Zinnia Flower Thanatos, Drunk Rainbow Island Intl Villa Intl Village 8 10:45am/89 min.

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I am Nojoom, Age 10 808 Pioneer Heroes Summer of Sangailé Victoria Intl Villa Intl Village 9 10:30am/99 min.

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Classified File Dog's Life Murmur of the Hearts In Transit Short Skin Intl Villag Intl Village 10 11:15am/108 min.

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Homme Less We Did It on a Song Deathgasm Home Care Banking Nature SFUSFU-GCA 11:00am/83 min.

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Syrian Love Story Partners in Crime Men Go to Battle Our Loved Ones Va Vancity 10:00am/99 min.

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Embrace of the Serpent Chinese Mayor Measure of a Man Francofonia Playh Playhouse 1:30pm/122 min.

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Tuesday, October 6

USA

UK

GERMANY

USA

Experimenter

The Falling

Francofonia

Golden Kingdom

MICHAEL ALMEREYDA, USA, 2015, 108 MIN.

CAROL MORLEY, UK, 2014, 102 MIN.

ALEXANDER SOKUROV, GERMANY/FRANCE/ NETHERLANDS, 2015, 87 MIN.

Goldenes Königreich

Thu, Oct 1 Wed, Oct 7

1:30 PM IN10 8:45 PM RIO

Delving into the psychological manipulation and shock therapy of Yale’s infamous “obedience experiments” of the 60s, Michael Almereyda unleashes daring cinema that demands to be seen. As pioneer/puppet master Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) pushes subjects past their breaking point, he also shatters the fourth wall, offering haunting glimpses into the mind of a man who’d be branded a monster. “A conceptually exciting, intellectually searching portrait...”—New York Times

CAST Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Kellan Lutz, Taryn Manning, John Leguizamo PROD Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, Per Melita, Danny A. Abeckaser

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Oct 5 Tue, Oct 6

1:30 PM IN08 8:45 PM IN09 11:30 AM IN10

Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

BRIAN PERKINS, USA/BURMA, 2014, 103 MIN.

9:00 PM PLAY 4:30 PM PLAY

Imbued with the sensual, dreamy, mysterious air of adolescent longing and becoming, Carol Morley’s first dramatic feature is set in an all-girls school in late 60s Britain.

A sudden death sparks a series of unsettling incidents that shake both the student body and faculty: is it a virus, mass hysteria or mischief-making? Featuring a spectacular turn from Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams, this tantalizing, enigmatic film suggests some clues but leaves much to the imagination.

June 1940: German troops march into Paris.

Jacques Jaujard (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) and Count Franziskus Wolff Metternich (Benjamin Utzerat) work to protect the treasures of the Louvre Museum... This is just the jumping-off point for Russian master Alexander Sokurov’s (Russian Ark) gorgeously shot (by Amélie’s Bruno Delbonnel) exploration of the relationship between art, culture and power that traverses the centuries and demands to know what art tells us about ourselves.

CAST Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake, Florence Pugh, Monica Dolan, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Baynton PROD Luc Roeg, Cairo Cannon

FEATURING Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent Nemeth, Johanna Korthals Altes PROD Pierre-Olivier Bardet

Select Filmography Edge; Dreams of a Life

Select Filmography Mother and Son; Russian Ark; The Son; Faust

Select Filmography Nadja; Hamlet; Paradise

Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Sep 27 Sat, Oct 3

3:45 PM CINE 11:30 AM IN10 7:00 PM IN10

CanadiaN Premiere. Already orphaned, four young Buddhist monks must again fend for themselves when their head abbot is called away. As otherworldly phenomena manifest within the isolated monastery, Witazara (Shine Htet Zaw) is nominated to investigate.

In turn, Brian Perkins’ drama—the first feature shot in newly opened Myanmar—melds spirituality and cinema to poetic effect, opening our eyes to new worlds. “Impressively disciplined... the film’s shimmering imagery never palls...”—Variety CAST Shine Htet Zaw, Ko Yin Saw Ri, Ko Yin Than Maung, Ko Yin Maung Sein, Sayadaw U Zaw Ti Ka, U Kyar PROD Brian Perkins, Matt O’Connor

Sexually suggestive scenes

Greenery Will Bloom Again Torneranno i prati ERMANNO OLMI, ITALY, 2014, 78 MIN.

Tue, Oct 6 Wed, Oct 7

6:30 PM 12:15 PM

CINE VCT

North American Premiere. Italian master Ermanno Olmi (Il Posto, The Legend of the Holy Drinker) is the son of a WWI veteran, which may be why his powerful, exquisitely photographed and directed anti-war statement, made to commemorate the centenary of the conflagration, shows such intimate acquaintance with the travails of a group of Italian soldiers facing a suicide mission in the snowy Alps... “A poignant memorial... made with devastating simplicity and painful realism.”—Hollywood Reporter CAST Claudio Santamaria, Alessandro Sperduti, Francesco Formichetti, Andrea Di Maria PROD Luigi Musini, Elisabetta Olmi Select Filmography Il Posto; The Tree of Wooden Clogs; The Legend of the Holy Drinker

CZECH REPUBLIC

Hilda

Home Care

ANDRÉS CLARIOND RANGEL, MEXICO, 2014, 88 MIN.

Domaci pece

Sun, Sep 27 Mon, Oct 5 Wed, Oct 7

11:00 AM IN08 4:15 PM IN09 6:30 PM RIO

Canadian Premiere. A bored housewife becomes a desperate one in Andrés Clariond Rangel’s sly slow-burn thriller. Dead of spirit after decades of upper-class leisure, Susana (Verónica Langer) finds her long-dormant passion rekindled by the arrival of a young new maid, Hilda (Adriana Paz). As her interest in the girl turns to obsession, an identity crisis gives way to more volatile behaviour. Rangel ensures that Susana’s shift from generosity to tyranny is chilling—and thrilling—to watch.

Best Actress, Morelia 14 CAST Verónica Langer, Adriana Paz, Fernando Becerril, David Gaitán, Eduardo Mendizábal, Anna Cetti PROD Nicolás Celis

YEMEN

I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced

SLÁVEK HORÁK, CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAK REPUBLIC, 2015, 92 MIN.

Wed, Oct 7 Thu, Oct 8

6:15 PM 3:30 PM

Ana Nojoom bent alasherah wamotalagah

SFU SFU

North American Premiere. Appealing and affecting, Home Care is a humanist tale that puts a poignant spin on that perennial staple of Czech cinema, the village dramedy. When a selfless home-care nurse (Alena Mihulová) suddenly requires care herself, she, her family and patients must redefine their roles and relationships. Written and performed to perfection, Slávek Horák’s tragicomic film captures the details of small-town life through piquant observation. “Wryly humorous and bittersweet…”—Variety Best Actress (Mihulová), Karlovy Vary 15

KHADIJA AL-SALAMI, YEMEN/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/FRANCE, 2014, 99 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Sat, Sep 26 Wed, Oct 7

cinema of our time

MEXICO

ITALY

1:30 PM SFU 6:00 PM IN09 10:30 AM IN09

Canadian Premiere. In 2009, the story of Yemeni teenager Nojoom Ali’s bid to legally extricate herself from an abusive, arranged marriage to a much older man made headlines.

Khadija Al-Salami has beautifully adapted the subsequent bestseller into an emphatic drama featuring a wonderful performance from Reham Mohammed as the young Ali and a striking backdrop of Yemen’s astonishing mountain villages and ancient “skyscrapers.”

Muhr Award for Best Arab Film, Dubai 14

CAST Alena Mihulová, Boleslav Polívka, Tatiana Vilhelmová PROD Slávek Horák

CAST Reham Mohammed, Adnan Alkhader, Sawadi Alkainai, Ibrahim Alashmori, Munirah Alatas PROD Sheikha Prohaska-Alatas Sexual language; violence

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MEXICO

DENMARK

I Promise You Anarchy

In Your Arms

Te prometo anarquía

I dina hænder

JULIO HERNÁNDEZ CORDÓN, MEXICO/GERMANY, 2015, 88 MIN.

SAMANOU ACHECHE SAHLSTRØM, DENMARK/ GERMANY, 2015, 88 MIN.

Fri, Oct 2 Thu, Oct 8

9:30 PM 1:30 PM

CINE CINE

Middle-class Miguel (Diego Calva) and barriodweller Johnny (Eduardo Martínez) are young lovers who finance their skateboarding lifestyles by selling their blood—and the blood of others—to underground clinics in Mexico City. One day they take on a delivery for some gangsters and things go wrong... Meshing a romance, an ultra-realistic depiction of the skate scene and some noirish tropes, Julio Hernández Cordón’s beautifully shot drama takes young love to the limit...

CAST Diego Calva, Eduardo Martínez PROD Julio Hernández Cordón, Maximiliano Cruz, Sandra Gómez Select Filmography Gasolina; Pulvo

USA

2016 Vancity Theatre – 1181 Seymour Street – Vancouver

January 8 - 14, 2016 iffest.ca

Vancity Theatre – 1181 Seymour Street – Vancouver

EMILY TING, USA/HONG KONG, 2014, 78 MIN.

2:15 PM IN10 6:30 PM RIO

International Premiere. Recalling Before Sunrise’s sparkling chemistry, Emily Ting’s impeccably scripted romance is positively effervescent and wonderfully alive. After crossing paths in clamouring Hong Kong, Josh (Bryan Greenberg) and Ruby (Jamie Chung) set off through the vibrant metropolis, drifting down detours and embarking on countless conversational digressions. Given that we fall for this pair instantly, there’s exquisite tension in watching as circumstances conspire to keep them apart.

CAST Jamie Chung, Bryan Greenberg PROD Emily Ting, Sophia Shek Select Filmography Family Inc.

Consolato Generale d’Italia a Vancouver

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7:30 PM IN10 11:00 AM SFU

North American Premiere. Afflicted by an aggressive motor neuron disease, Niels opts to die with dignity and asks his nurse, Maria, to escort him to a Swiss clinic. As they make the trek, Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm crafts a bold drama that’s profoundly moving without ever feeling manipulative.

There’s emotional ugliness lying in wait but it’s ultimately rendered beautiful by its honest insights. An undeniably important film, this is a “provocative query into what makes life worth living.”—Variety Best Nordic Film, Gothenburg 15 CAST Lisa Carlehed, Peter Plaugborg, Johanna Wokalek, Kirsten Olesen PROD Sara Namer

TURKEY

It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong Mon, Sep 28 Wed, Sep 30

Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

Ivy TOLGA KARAÇELIK, TURKEY, 2014, 103 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Sat, Oct 3

4:00 PM IN08 6:15 PM SFU

When the owners of a cargo company go bankrupt, six seaman are forced to spend months alone on a stranded ship off the coast of Egypt while the legal issues are sorted out.

Trying desperately—and failing miserably—to maintain a sense of normality in the face of increasingly strange goings-on, the crew unravels... Tolga Karaçelik’s psychological thriller is both a tense, atmospheric huis clos and an hallucinatory allegory that will haunt your waking dreams.

CAST Nadir Saribacak, Özgür Emre Yildirim, Hakan Karsak, Kadir Çermik, Osman Alkas, Seyithan Özdemiroglu PROD Bilge Elif Turhan Select Filmography Toll Booth; 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

GUATEMALA

IRAN

USA

UK

Ixcanul

Jafar Panahi’s Taxi

James White

The Lobster

JAYRO BUSTAMANTE, GUATEMALA/FRANCE, 2015, 90 MIN.

JAFAR PANAHI, IRAN, 2015, 82 MIN.

JOSH MOND, USA, 2015, 85 MIN.

YORGOS LANTHIMOS, UK/GREECE/IRELAND/ NETHERLANDS/FRANCE, 2015, 118 MIN.

Sat, Oct 3 Tue, Oct 6

10:30 AM IN09 6:00 PM IN09

At the foot of a Guatemalan volcano, 17-yearold Maria (a transfixing María Mercedes Coroy) and her parents scratch out a living by working on a coffee plantation. Promised to the plantation’s overseer, Maria, instead, falls for a youth her own age... First-time director Jayro Bustamente has fashioned “a transporting, hypnotically beautiful debut feature... downright Herzogian... in its surfeit of physical detail, observed ritual and looming clash of civilizations.”—Variety Alfred Bauer Prize, Berlin 15; Best Ibero-American Film, Best Director, Guadalajara 15

Thu, Oct 1 Sat, Oct 3

4:15 PM PLAY 6:45 PM PLAY

Despite the ban against him, Iranian master Jafar Panahi continues to find ingenious ways to make films. Here, taxi driver Panahi cruises Tehran, picking up family, friends, film colleagues and nonprofessionals, all of whom take on roles. The result is “a beautifully humane fable... a good-humoured jeu d’esprit, a piece of freewheeling cinephile activism...

It’s a rueful but insistent statement to the effect that he is down but not out...”—Guardian Golden Bear, Berlin 15 CAST Jafar Panahi PROD Jafar Panahi Select Filmography The White Balloon; Offside; This Is Not a Film

CAST María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin Coroy, Leo Antún PROD Maria Peralta, Pilar Peredo, Edgard Tenembaum, Jayro Bustamante

Fri, Sep 25 Sat, Sep 26 Fri, Oct 9

6:45 PM IN10 11:00 AM IN08 1:30 PM SFU

When his widowed mother (Cynthia Nixon) is diagnosed with cancer, James (Girls’ Christopher Abbott) is forced to pull himself out of a self-destructive nosedive. His newfound equilibrium is fragile at best, leaving both his resolve and their relationship teetering at a precipice. Alternating between cacophonous scenes of New York and exquisitely quiet domestic drama, Josh Mond crafts “a story that showcases subtlety and technique on both sides of the camera.”—Guardian Audience Award, NEXT, Sundance 15 CAST Chris Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Makenzie Leigh, David Call, Ron Livingston PROD Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Melody Roscher, Max Born, Eric Schultz

Wed, Sep 30 Mon, Oct 5

9:15 PM 3:15 PM

CENT CENT

The pressures of courtship are pushed to absurdist extremes in this outrageous comedy from Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth). Confined to an isolated resort, singles (including Colin Farrell) must take a mate within 45 days or be transformed into animals. As Farrell falls in with a band of rebel loners (who count Rachel Weisz among their members), Lanthimos wrings much pathos from his outlandish premise. “A wickedly funny, unexpectedly moving satire... Perversely romantic...”

—Variety

Prix du Jury, Cannes 15 CAST Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, Léa Seydoux, John C. Reilly, Olivia Colman PROD Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey, Yorgos Lanthimos Select Filmography Dogtooth; Alps; Venice 70: Future Reloaded

ITALY

PALESTINE TERRITORIES

London Road

Lost and Beautiful

Love Among the Ruins

RUFUS NORRIS, UK, 2015, 91 MIN.

Bella e perduta

Amore tra le Rovine

Fri, Oct 2 Wed, Oct 7

9:00 PM PLAY 4:00 PM PLAY

In 2006, a serial killer cut a bloody swath through Ipswich’s red light district. Rufus Norris’ gripping adaptation of Alecky Bythe’s radical stage show draws its script from actual interviews with area residents, police, media and sex workers, and sets them to an enthralling score. What unfolds is a remarkable true story of ordinary people coming together during the darkest of experiences.

“An utterly gripping, macabre but finally very moving cine-opera...”—Guardian CAST Olivia Colman, Paul Thornley, Nick Holder, Clare Burt, Michael Shaeffer, Tom Hardy PROD Dixie Linder Select Filmography Broken

PIETRO MARCELLO, ITALY, 2015, 87 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Wed, Sep 30

6:30 PM IN08 10:30 AM IN09

MASSIMO ALI MOHAMMAD, ITALY/USA, 2015, 71 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Sun, Sep 27

2:00 PM IN10 7:00 PM IN10

Pasolini’s “cinema of poetry” as refracted through the lens of Italian neo-realism, Pietro Marcello’s modern fairytale embodies myth and modernity in equal measure. The demi-god Pulcinella arrives in the Compania region to attend to the final wish of shepherd Tommaso: to save a young (talking) buffalo by the name of Sarchiapone. As Pulcinella and Sarchiapone wander the countryside in search of a new home for the latter, Italy and all its contradictions come alive...

Bringing to mind Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist and Peter Jackson’s Forgotten Silver, Massimo Ali Mohammad’s charming mockumentary concerns the “miraculous” discovery and restoration of a long-lost WWI silent film melodrama made by the “Lumini brothers.”

After the scholars wax eloquent and the restorers perform their magic, we are treated to the 45-minute film—a doomed romance set in 1915—in toto... “A deeply sincere exercise in movie-nerd fantasy...”—Hollywood Reporter

CAST Tommaso Cestrone, Sergio Vitolo, Gesuino Pittalis PROD Sara Fgaier, Pietro Marcello

CAST Mary Di Tommaso, Massimo Malucelli, Stefano Muroni, Filippo Parma, Edoardo Siravo PROD Richard Meyer, Susan Harmon

Select Filmography Crossing the Line; The Mouth of the Wolf; The Silence of Pelešjan

Love, Theft and Other Entanglements Al-Hob wa Al-Sariqa wa Mashakel Ukhra MUAYAD ALAYAN, PALESTINE TERRITORIES, 2015, 93 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Sep 28

cinema of our time

ITALY

UK

9:15 PM IN08 12:30 PM VCT

Canadian Premiere. In Muayad Alayan’s comedy-thriller, a Palestinian petty thief steals a car in order to fund an escape to Italy. Instead, an awful surprise stowed in the trunk draws the interest of Palestinian terrorists and Israeli intelligence, and thrusts him into a deadly dilemma. Shot in sleek black and white, mixing menace and humour, and playfully fusing realism and genre trappings, this is a film that recalls the French New Wave while remaining of-the-moment in terms of its politics.

CAST Sami Metwasi, Maya Abu Alhayyat, Riyad Sliman, Ramzi Maqdisi, Kamel Elbasha, Hussein Nakhleh PROD Muayad Alayan, Rami Alayan Select Filmography Sacred Stones

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PERU

SPAIN

ROMANIA

FRANCE

Magallanes

The Magic Mountain

Marshland

The Mask from San

SALVADOR DEL SOLAR, PERU/ARGENTINA/ COLOMBIA, 2015, 98 MIN.

ANCA DAMIAN, ROMANIA/POLAND/FRANCE, 2015, 95 MIN.

La isla mínima

Le Masque de San

Fri, Oct 2 Tue, Oct 6

9:30 PM SFU 3:30 PM IN09

William Faulkner’s adage, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past” is again proved true in actor-turned-director Salvador del Solar’s tense drama. A former soldier in the Peruvian army who now drives a taxi in Lima, Magallanes (Mexican star Damián Alcázar) has his world turned upside down when Celina (The Milk of Sorrow’s Magaly Solier), a woman from his violent past, gets into his cab and asks for his help. Can Magallanes find redemption and help Celina in the bargain?

CAST Damián Alcázar, Magaly Solier, Federico Luppi, Christian Meier, Bruno Odar, Jairo Camargo PROD Salvador del Solar, Miguel Valladares, Andrés Longares, Felipe Aguirre

Sun, Oct 4 Wed, Oct 7

9:00 PM IN10 4:15 PM CINE

Anca Damian’s ambitious mixed-media animated docudrama is a work of overwhelming artistry. Presented as a dialogue between Adam Jacek Winkler—a Quixote-like Pole who fought with the Mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviets—and his daughter (who co-wrote the film with Damian), it evokes the powerful personality of an uncompromising individualist and true romantic who lived outside the law due to his love of independence. “Beautifully assembled...”— Hollywood Reporter

FEATURING Christophe Miossec, Lizzie Brochere PROD Anca Damian Select Filmography Crossing Dates; Crulic--drumul spre dincolo; A Very Unsettled Summer

ALBERTO RODRÍGUEZ, SPAIN, 2014, 104 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Mon, Oct 5

12:30 PM CENT 6:00 PM RIO

Wed, Sep 30 Wed, Oct 7

4:00 PM 6:30 PM

CINE CINE

In an absorbing mystery that recalls True Detective, disparate homicide investigators must solve a series of grisly murders in a remote, rotten-to-the-core community. Employing southern Spain’s harsh landscapes to sublime atmospheric effect, Alberto Rodríguez plunges us into a world in which menace takes myriad forms. “A brilliant, compelling edge-of-your-seat detective thriller infused with a spirit of uncanny gothic redolent of David Lynch and David Fincher.”—Sight & Sound

North American Premiere. A long lost African mask is returned to its native Mali, while its keeper (Bakary Sangaré, from Samba Traoré) becomes a kind of ferryman from the world of the West into African civilization.

Constructed as an ethnological road movie that progresses into a zone where magic and reality alternate, Jacques Sarasin’s compelling mystery pins the viewer’s attention from the outset and provides detailed insights into the lives and spirituality of everyday Malians.

Best Film and nine other Goya Awards

FEATURING Bakary Sangaré, Youssouf Tata Cissé, Mamadou Kaba Diané, Viviane Sidibé, Anne Kreis PROD Jean-Marc Fröhle

CAST Raúl Arévalo, Javier Gutiérrez, Antonio de la Torre, Nerea Barros, Salva Reina PROD Jose Antonio Felez, Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gamero, Jose Sanchez Montes, Mercedes Cantero Select Filmography The Pilgrim Factor; 7 Virgins; Unit 7

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JACQUES SARASIN, FRANCE/MALI, 2014, 84 MIN.

Select Filmography I’ll Sing for You; On the Rumba River; Ecuador

USA

ARGENTINA

FRANCE

SWEDEN

Men Go to Battle

The Movement

Mustang

My Skinny Sister

ZACHARY TREITZ, USA, 2015, 98 MIN.

El Movimiento

DENIZ GAMZE ERGÜVEN, FRANCE/GERMANY/ TURKEY/QATAR, 2015, 94 MIN.

Min lilla syster

Wed, Oct 7 Thu, Oct 8

7:00 PM 10:00 AM

VCT VCT

International Premiere. A disagreement leads two farmer-brothers to separate—one stays on the family plot, the other goes into battle on the Union side in the Civil War. Zachary Treitz’s remarkable debut traces the fortunes of both with a raw physicality and inspired simplicity rare in one so young. “Treitz persuasively and passionately re-creates a grand panorama on an intimate scale and a spare budget... He has made an instantclassic Western.”—New Yorker Best New Narrative Director, Tribeca 15 CAST Tim Morton, David Maloney, Rachel Korine, Kate Lyn Sheil, Steve Coulter, Emily Cass McDonnell PROD Steven Schardt Select Filmography The Mean Time

BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT, ARGENTINA/SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 67 MIN.

Wed, Sep 30 Fri, Oct 9

6:15 PM 4:00 PM

CINE CINE

North American Premiere. Shot in luminous black and white and set in the desert-like Pampas during the early 19th century, Benjamin Naishtat’s eerie combination of post-apocalyptic sci-fi and post-modern Western posits a land fallen into anarchy and populated by armed groups vying for supremacy... “Gorgeously shot and edited with edgy intensity... Like Lisandro Alonso’s Jauja, Naishtat’s haunting sophomore feature provides a poetic access point for grappling with Argentinean identity.”—Indiewire CAST Pablo Cedrón, Marcelo Pompei, Francisco Lumerman, Céline Latil PROD Federico Eibuszyc, Barbara Sarasola-Day, Diego Dubcovsky

Mon, Sep 28 Wed, Sep 30

SANNA LENKEN, SWEDEN/GERMANY, 2015, 95 MIN.

9:30 PM IN10 12:15 PM CENT

Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

7:30 PM IN10 1:15 PM SFU

Narrated by the youngest of five orphaned sisters living in a small community “1,000 miles from Istanbul,” Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s spirited and moving debut—part story of female empowerment and part critique of outdated Turkish mores—tells of the fallout when the sisters’ harmless horseplay on the beach with a group of boys is misinterpreted as some form of sexual adventurism... “A gripping film... The Virgin Suicides in Anatolia is a sweet, sad Turkish delight.”—Guardian

A precocious tween on the cusp of sexual maturity (Rebecka Josephson, granddaughter of Bergman regular Erland Josephson) is forced to make some hard decisions when her gorgeous older sister (Amy Deasismont, aka pop star Amy Diamond) accidentally reveals that she has a serious eating disorder...

“Swedish writer-director Sanna Lenken’s debut feature breathes warmth and humor into a potentially dry topic thanks largely to its terrific young cast.”—Hollywood Reporter

Europa Cinema Award for Best European Film: Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 15

Best Nordic Film, Audience Award, Gothenburg 15; Crystal Bear, Generation 15+, Berlin 15

CAST Günes Nezihe Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Elit Iscan, Tugba Sunguroglu, Ilayda Akdogan, Nihal Koldas PROD Charles Gillibert

CAST Rebecka Josephson, Amy Deasismont, Annika Hallin, Henrik Norlén, Maxim Mehmet, Ellen Lindbom PROD Annika Rogell

Select Filmography History of Fear

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Nahid

Nasty Baby

One Floor Below

Paradise

IDA PANAHANDEH, IRAN, 2015, 105 MIN.

SEBASTIÁN SILVA, USA/CHILE/FRANCE, 2015, 100 MIN.

Un etaj mai jos

Ma dar Behesht

Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

4:00 PM CINE 9:00 PM PLAY

North American Premiere. Having fallen in love again after her divorce, Nahid (Sareh Bayat) finds many obstacles lying in wait should she choose to follow her heart. Not only would remarriage mean surrendering custody of her son, it would also entail forsaking the semblance of independence she’s fought so hard to establish. Ida Panahandeh’s deeply humane melodrama recalls Oscar-winner A Separation in its compassionate and compelling depiction of contemporary Iran’s legal and social constraints.

Avenir Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 15 CAST Sareh Bayat, Pejman Bazeghi, Navid Mohammad Zadeh, Milad Hossein Pour, Pouria Rahimi, Nasrin Babaei PROD Bijan Emkanian

Sat, Oct 3 Wed, Oct 7

1:30 PM IN10 8:45 PM PLAY

Having cajoled a friend (Kristen Wiig) into carrying their baby, a Brooklyn artist (director Sebastián Silva) discovers that his sperm count isn’t up to snuff and taps his unenthused partner (Tunde Adebimpe). His disastrous video installation and increasingly unstable neighbour ensure that chaos reigns in Silva’s incisive, merciless satire. “A startling drama of extreme moral ambiguity... [and] a vibrant, thoughtful piece about modern life...”—Hollywood Reporter

CAST Sebastián Silva, Kristin Wiig, Tunde Adebimpe, Alia Shawkat, Mark Margolis PROD Juan de Dios Larrain, Pablo Larrain, David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Charlie Dibe Select Filmography The Maid; Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus; Magic Magic

RADU MUNTEAN, ROMANIA, 2015, 93 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Oct 4

SINA ATAEIAN DENA, IRAN/GERMANY, 2015, 100 MIN.

12:45 PM IN08 6:45 PM IN08

Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Sep 27

3:15 PM VCT 8:30 PM IN09

Radu Muntean’s thriller creates a sustained level of suspense with skilful restraint, establishing a moral dilemma for both viewer and protagonist to wrestle with. Sandu believes he’s overheard a violent crime perpetrated by a neighbour but refuses to divulge any details to the police. As we attempt to decipher Sandu’s motivations, maladies endemic to modern Romanian society are revealed. “A poignant meditation on responsibility, guilt and community...”—Hollywood Reporter

A fascinating and effective mix of documentary and fiction techniques, shot “guerrilla style” (without permission) on the streets of Tehran, Sina Ataeian Dena’s feminist drama focuses on 25-year-old unmarried teacher Hanieh (newcomer Dorna Dibaj) as she doggedly pursues a promotion while facing casual sexism at every turn. “A sensitive, topical debut [that is] quietly affecting... The ‘candid camera’ approach adds a welcome edge of verisimilitude...”—Hollywood Reporter

CAST Teodor Corban PROD Dragos Vilcu

Ecumenical Jury Prize, Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award: First Feature, Locarno 15

Select Filmography The Rage; Summer Holiday; Tuesday, After Christmas

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IRAN

CAST Dorna Dibaj, Fariba Kamran, Fateme Naghavi, Nahid Moslemi, Roya Afshar PROD Yousef Panahi, Sina Ataeian Dena, Amir Hamz

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FERNANDO LEÓN DE ARANOA, SPAIN/USA, 2015, 105 MIN.

Pionery-geroi

SANTIAGO MITRE, ARGENTINA/BRAZIL/FRANCE, 2015, 103 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Sun, Oct 4

8:30 PM RIO 1:15 PM SFU

North American Premiere. Altruistically abandoning her promising law career in order to teach the impoverished, socially conscious Paulina (Dolores Fonzi) finds herself horribly out of her depth in an Argentinean backwater.

In the wake of a sexual assault, her convictions are tested and Santiago Mitre’s (The Student) provocative drama is elevated into a complex examination of the emotional ramifications for victim, perpetrators and those who stood idly by. “Fonzi is riveting in a demanding role...”—Hollywood Reporter Grand Prix, Critics’ Week, Cannes 15 CAST Dolores Fonzi, Oscar Martínez, Esteban Lamothe, Cristian Salguero PROD Agustina Llambi Campbell, Fernando Brom, Santiago Mitre, Lita Stantic, Didar Domehri, Laurent Baudens, Gaël Nouaille, Walter Salles, Ignacio Viale

Sun, Oct 4 Wed, Oct 7

4:00 PM RIO 6:15 PM PLAY

North American Premiere. The absurd, darkly humorous side of war has always been a subject for adventurous filmmakers. Fernando León de Aranoa joins the ranks with this scabrous look at aid workers beset by red tape in the Balkans during the aftermath of the 1990s war. A dead body has been thrown down a well and will soon start poisoning the water supply. It’s up to Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko and crew to get it out. Simple, yes? Not really... “A pitch-black war comedy.”—Telegraph CAST Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Mélanie Thierry, Feda Štukan, Eldar Residovic EXEC Patricia de Muns, Javier Méndez PROD Fernando León de Aranoa, Jaume Roures

NATALYA KUDRYASHOVA, RUSSIA, 2015, 116 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Fri, Oct 2 Wed, Oct 7

10:00 AM VCT 6:00 PM RIO 3:30 PM IN09

Canadian Premiere. In 1987, three young Soviets would do anything that their motherland asked. Now in their 30s, they’re adrift in a Russia that has no real need of them. Natalya Kudryashova’s wistful debut shuns grand allegory in favour of an intimate scale that focuses on character (but still allows for some ravishingly cinematic passages). Cutting between time periods and counterpointing defiance with disillusionment, it generates a compelling tension that builds to a staggering climax.

CAST Natalya Kudryashova, Daria Moroz, Aleksei Mitin, Aleksandr Userdin, Yuri Kuznetsov, Varya Shablakova PROD Sergey Selyanov

Select Filmography Familia; Barrio; Mondays in the Sun; Amador

The Project of the Century La obra del siglo CARLOS QUINTELA, CUBA/ARGENTINA/ SWITZERLAND/GERMANY, 2015, 100 MIN.

Mon, Oct 5 Thu, Oct 8

10:00 AM VCT 9:15 PM IN08

Canadian Premiere. Once the most ambitious undertaking in Cuban history, the Juragua Nuclear Reactor now sits abandoned. In its shadow is Nuclear City, where the plant’s would-be employees are left to contemplate the glory that might’ve been. Fuelled by the disappointments of three generations of disillusioned denizens, Carlos Quintela’s beautifully lensed but unflinchingly dark comedy intersperses archival footage and blends surrealism and social realism to depict a country locked in stasis.

Tiger Award, Rotterdam 15 CAST Mario Balmaseda, Mario Guerra, Leonardo Gascón PROD Mario Balmaseda, Mario Guerra, Leonardo Gascón Select Filmography La piscina

NETHERLANDS

BRAZIL

Rainbow Island

Rams

Schneider vs. Bax

The Second Mother

Jazireh-ye Rangin

Hrútar

ANNA MUYLAERT, BRAZIL, 2015, 112 MIN.

KHOSROW SINAI, IRAN, 2015, 103 MIN.

GRÍMUR HÁKONARSON, ICELAND/DENMARK, 2015, 90 MIN.

ALEX VAN WARMERDAM, NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM, 2015, 96 MIN.

Tue, Oct 6 Wed, Oct 7

10:30 AM IN09 9:15 PM IN08

International Premiere. One of the most astonishingly exotic films in this year’s festival has to be Khosrow Sinai’s drama. The title refers to the island of Hormuz, with its extraordinary multicoloured soils, ancient Portuguese forts and folk-art traditions. How much are the custom-bound villagers willing to welcome the outside world? Enter Dr. Ahmad Nadalian, a highly educated interloper from Tehran who proposes a radical plan to transform the islands assets into a thriving cultural destination.

CAST Mehdi Ahmadi, Tayyebeh Dehghan Manshadi, Narges Hormozi, Mostafa Shab Tari, Abdolrasoul Daryapeyma, Mohammad Salamati PROD Khosrow Sinai Select Filmography In the Alleys of Love

Fri, Sep 25 Thu, Oct 1 Sat, Oct 3

12:30 PM CENT 6:15 PM RIO 11:00 AM IN08

In this enchanting Icelandic export, two estranged, unmarried brothers are reunited after 40 years when an infectious disease threatens to decimate their prized flocks of sheep. As they face financial ruin and emotional devastation (their love for these animals is endearingly evident), Grímur Hákonarson fashions a richly detailed tragicomedy concerning idiosyncratic vocations and immediately relatable sibling dynamics. “Wonderfully wry, charmingly understated...”—Variety Grand Prix, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 15 CAST Sigurdur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Böving, Gunnar Jónsson, Porleifur Einarsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Jón Benónýsson PROD Grimar Jonsson

Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

8:45 PM RIO 3:30 PM IN09

As darkly surreal and deadpan droll as ever, Alex van Warmerdam’s follow-up to Borgman is a different beast entirely. Memorably set around a lakeside cabin, it’s a clever comedic thriller in which the titular heroes (the druggy Bax is played by van Warmerdam; the family man Schneider by Tom Dewispelaere) are hit men charged with taking each other out... “[In this] wicked little outing... the more absurd the circumstances, the more entertaining the movie gets.”—Variety CAST Alex van Warmerdam, Tom Dewispelaere, Maria Kraakman, Annet Malherbe, Pierre Bokma, Henri Garçin PROD Marc van Warmerdam Select Filmography The Northerners; Grimm; The Dress; Borgman

Thu, Oct 1 Tue, Oct 6

6:00 PM CENT 4:15 PM IN10

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ICELAND

IRAN

Anna Muylart has crafted one of the year’s biggest crowd pleasers! A cheerful São Paulo housekeeper (the wonderful Regina Case) finds her life—and the lives of the high class family she cares for—comically turned upside down when her estranged daughter (Camila Mardila) shows up and unleashes a welter of issues relating to class difference, infatuation, motherhood and privilege. “Beautifully written and acted with precision, this film’s a winner.”—Hollywood Reporter Panorama Audience Award, Berlin 15; Special Jury Award, World Competition, Sundance 15 CAST Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Michel Joelsas, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli PROD Fabiano Gullane, Caio Gullane, Debora Ivanov, Anna Muylaert Select Filmography Durval Records; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Chamada a Cobrar

Select Filmography Summerland; A Pure Heart

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Short Skin I Dolori del giovane Edo DUCCIO CHIARINI, ITALY, 2014, 86 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Wed, Oct 7

4:00 PM SFU 9:30 PM IN10

There comes a time in every young man’s life when he has to… Well, come of age.

This is certainly the pressing prime directive for Edoardo (Matteo Creatini) but his insecurities—and discomfort—are compounded by phimosis. While Duccio Chiarini’s poignant sex dramedy is never gratuitous, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for an uproarious scene of Edoardo attempting intimacy with an octopus. “Intimate and explicit without becoming exploitative.”

—Hollywood Reporter

CAST Matteo Creatini, Francesca Agostini, Nicola Nocchi, Miriana Raschillà, Bianca Ceravolo, Bianca Nappi PROD Ginevra Elkann, Francesca Zanza Select Filmography Hit the Road, Nonna

USA

BEN RIVERS, UK, 2015, 98 MIN.

Thu, Sep 24 Sat, Sep 26

VCT VCT

Ben Rivers often draws upon that most under-appreciated genre—the film about filmmaking—in his work. His latest is a daring depiction of two mirrored fictional worlds: one in the Atlas mountains, where a new film by Galician director Oliver Laxe is being made; the other incorporating Laxe’s experience into a filmic consideration of Paul Bowles’ short story, “A Distant Episode.”

The result, both exciting and transgressive, provides ample rewards for patient viewers.

CAST Oliver Laxe PROD Jacqui Davies Select Filmography Two Years at Sea; A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Slackjaw

Son of Saul

ZACH WEINTRAUB, USA, 2015, 71 MIN.

Saul fia

Sun, Sep 27 Mon, Sep 28

9:15 PM 4:30 PM

HUNGARY

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2:45 PM VCT 9:00 PM IN08

North American Premiere. A conglomerate moves into our hapless hero Rob’s (Robert Malone) small town and asks for human guinea pigs in order to further its “organic synthesis research… to aid the brothers and sisters overseas.” Naturally, Rob and his buddy volunteer, setting in motion the oddest chain of events you’re likely to see in a movie this year. Zach Weintraub’s latest is “hilariously strange... Yet another example of an outlaw attitude that’s alive and well in American movies.”—Indiewire CAST Robert Malone, Zach Weintraub, Blaise Hall, Ralph Smith, Travis Peters, Jesse Rudoy PROD Bradley Smith Select Filmography Bummer Summer; The International Sign for Choking; You Make Me Feel So Young

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LÁSZLÓ NEMES, HUNGARY, 2015, 107 MIN.

Mon, Oct 5 Wed, Oct 7

6:15 PM PLAY 12:30 PM CENT

Interned in Auschwitz, Saul (Géza Röhrig) is tasked with the unthinkable: aiding his Nazi captors in their methodical massacre. Pushed past his breaking point, he nobly claims one of the fallen as his own son and vows to restore the boy’s dignity with a proper burial...

Unfolding with passion and purpose that rival its protagonist’s, László Nemes’ Holocaust drama is both an involving moral quest and a staggering, immersive experience. “A bombshell debut...”—Film Comment Grand Prix, Cannes 15 CAST Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Marcin Czarnik, Jerzy Walczak PROD Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rayna

USA

ICELAND

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

Sparrows RÚNAR RÚNARSSON, ICELAND, 2015, 99 MIN.

CHLOÉ ZHAO, USA, 2015, 98 MIN.

Tue, Oct 6 Wed, Oct 7

8:30 PM 1:30 PM

LITHUANIA

CINE CINE

Canadian Premiere. “Chloé Zhao’s plaintive first feature is a heartfelt dramatized contemplation of life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, experienced partly through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl...

[The] project clearly was made with profound respect for its subjects, from families ravaged by alcoholism to daredevil young bullriders to those who cling through tough times to their belief in community.”—Hollywood Reporter

CAST John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Taysha Fuller, Travis Lone Hill, Eléonore Hendricks PROD Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Angela C. Lee, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao

Sat, Sep 26 Sat, Oct 3 Thu, Oct 8

10:30 AM IN09 8:45 PM IN08 2:30 PM VCT

An Iceland fishing village with roads slick with blood and booze is no place for a choirboy.

Ari (Atli Óskar Fjalarsson) learns that hard way in Rúnar Rúnarsson’s bare-knuckle drama.

Set during a summer of perpetual daylight, the film shows how malaise can fester in an economically depressed community in which hope is the rarest commodity. Given the increasingly shocking circumstances conspiring against him, Ari’s bid to assert himself becomes all the more compelling.

CAST Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Rade Serbedzija, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir PROD Mikkel Jersin Select Filmography Volcano

SOUTH AFRICA

The Summer of Sangailé Thina Sobabili: The Two Sangaile of Us ALANTÉ KAVAÏTÉ, LITHUANIA/FRANCE/ ERNEST NKOSI, SOUTH AFRICA, 2014, 94 MIN.

NETHERLANDS, 2015, 88 MIN.

Sun, Oct 4 Wed, Oct 7

11:00 AM IN10 6:30 PM IN09

A flight of fancy from Alanté Kavaïté, this dreamy, coming-of-age story focuses on 17-year-old Sangailé (Julija Steponaityte), a young woman with a fascination for flying and a contradictory fear of the same. Until, that is, she meets the fearless Auste (Aiste Diržiute) and the two young women fall in love... Punctuated by a charmingly aestheticized eroticism that is entirely appropriate to this crisply told tale, Sangailé is a touching and deeply empathetic gem.

CAST Julija Steponaityte, Aiste Diržiute, Jurate Sodyte, Martynas Budraitis, Laurynas Jurgelis, Nele Savicenko PROD Živile Gallego, Antoine Simkine Select Filmography Fissures

Sat, Oct 3 Thu, Oct 8

4:00 PM 8:30 PM

SFU CINE

Canadian Premiere. A young man will do anything to protect his younger sister after witnessing her abuse as a child. That doesn’t make things easy for either of them as the girl tries to spread her wings. Mixing theatricality, naïveté, innocence and shocking violence in a highly distinctive way, Ernest Nkosi’s dramatization of siblings struggling to carve out an existence in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg is tender and tragic by turns. An extraordinarily plaintive score adds another dimension to this heartfelt debut.

CAST Emmanuel Nkosinathi Gweva, Busisiwe Mtshali, Zikhona Sodlaka, Richard Lukunku, Mpho “Popps” Modikoane, Thato “DH” Dhladla PROD Enos Manthata, Ernest Nkosi, Mosibudi Pheeha

Sexually suggestive scenes

Three Windows and a Hanging Tri Dritare dhe një Varje ISA QOSJA, KOSOVO, 2014, 94 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Thu, Oct 8

3:45 PM IN09 7:00 PM VCT

Canadian Premiere. In this searing drama set in a remote Kosovar village after the war with Serbia, Isa Qosja explores a patriarchal society rattled by the revelation that their women were violated by enemy soldiers. The immaculately shot film hinges on a showdown between an iron-fisted mayor intent on covering up their shame and a progressive teacher who refuses to tolerate his victim-blaming.

“A powerful human story with the timeless, elemental feel of a revenge Western.”—Hollywood Reporter

CAST Irena Cahani, Luan Jaha, Donat Qosja, Aurita Agushi, Leonora Mehmetaj, Orik Morina PROD Shkumbin Istrefi, Mentor Shala Select Filmography Proka; Kukumi

GERMANY

ROMANIA

Tikkun

Tough Love

The Treasure

AVISHAI SIVAN, ISRAEL, 2015, 120 MIN.

Härte

Comoara

Thu, Sep 24 Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Oct 4

9:00 PM SFU 12:45 PM VCT 1:00 PM IN09

Canadian Premiere. While harbouring impure thoughts in the shower, Haim-Aaron (Aharon Traitel), a young ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva student, suffers the ultimate existential crisis.

Therefore, so too must his father. In Tikkun, God’s test of Abraham is turned upside down against the dark night of contemporary Jerusalem. Avishai Sivan’s supremely controlled study of newly minted doubt—and decidedly un-Orthodox behaviour—is unlike any Israeli film you’ve seen. Prepare to be shocked.

Special Jury Prize: International Competition, Locarno 15; Best Israeli Film, Screenplay, Actor, Cinematography, Jerusalem 15 CAST Aharon Traitel, Khalifa Natour, Riki Blich, Gur Sheinberg, Omri Fuhrer, Dani Kedem PROD Ronen Ben Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery Select Filmography The Wanderer; The Uzbek Trilogy; Visa

ROSA VON PRAUNHEIM, GERMANY, 2015, 89 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Tue, Sep 29

4:30 PM IN10 9:30 PM IN10

Canadian Premiere. Former martial arts champion Andreas Marquardt’s life isn’t defined by victories but rather by vicious cycles. The product of unthinkably abusive parents, contempt came easily, setting him on a self-destructive path demarcated by pimping and prison. Rosa von Praunheim’s unflinching docudrama reopens Marquardt’s old wounds through stylish re-enactments and profiles how one woman’s devotion—or is it masochism?—steers him towards hardwon redemption.

CORNELIU PORUMBOIU, ROMANIA, 2015, 89 MIN.

Sat, Oct 3 Wed, Oct 7 Fri, Oct 9

9:15 PM SFU 10:45 AM IN08 9:00 PM CINE

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ISRAEL

KOSOVO

Romanian auteur Corneliu Porumboiu is at the height of his low-key powers in this affectionate tale of Costi, a dutiful father who’s plunged into a stone-faced caper comedy when he catches wind of a fortune supposedly buried on a nearby estate. Indulging his fantasies of striking it rich, Costi instead spends a fateful weekend unearthing old disappointments, revisiting Romanian history and navigating the loopholes presented by local bureaucrats. “A deadpan gem...”

—Variety

Audience Award, Panorama, Berlin 15 CAST Hanno Koffler, Andreas Marquardt, Luise Heyer, Marion Erdmann, Katy Karrenbauer, Rüdiger Götze PROD Rosa von Praunheim Select Filmography Anita: Dances of Vice; The Einstein of Sex; Rent Boys

Talent Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 15 CAST Cuzin Toma, Adrian Purcarescu, Corneliu Cozmei, Cristina Toma PROD Marcela Ursu Select Filmography 12:08 East of Bucharest; Police, Adjective; When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

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Wondrous Boccaccio

PRASHANT NAIR, INDIA, 2015, 102 MIN.

SEBASTIAN SCHIPPER, GERMANY, 2015, 138 MIN.

Chaharshanbeh, 19 Ordibehesht

Maraviglioso Boccaccio

1:15 PM IN08 4:15 PM PLAY 6:45 PM IN10

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Oct 5 Wed, Oct 7

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Rama (Life of Pi’s Suraj Sharma) is flushed out of rural life when he learns that his brother is missing in Mumbai. As a search for answers thrusts him into the metropolis’ chaos, he forges letters from his sibling to his mother in hopes of sparing her heartbreak.

In turn, Prashant Nair crafts a moving story about devotion and discovery. “The film’s takes on immigration, country-city contrasts and youthful dreams of the future are lovingly detailed...”—Hollywood Reporter

Shot in a single astonishing take, this tourde-force heist thriller plunges us into the predicament of Victoria (Laia Costa), whose “one crazy night” in Berlin grows increasingly perilous as she’s roped into a bank robbery.

Such technical audaciousness only heightens the narrative’s tension, setting the stage for a dizzying climax that’s precisely the sort of spectacle best seen on the big screen.

“A kinetic, frenetic, sense-swamping rollercoaster ride.”—Hollywood Reporter

Audience Award, World Competition, Sundance 15

Outstanding Artistic Contribution to Cinematography, Berlin 15

CAST Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Smita Tambe, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang, Prateik Babbar PROD Swati Shetty, Manish Mundra Select Filmography Delhi in a Day

Fri, Oct 2 Fri, Oct 9

11:00 AM 8:30 PM

SFU SFU

North American Premiere. A man offers a significant sum of money to a worthy person in need who comes to his office on May 9 and makes a convincing appeal. But how to deal with the throngs of needy candidates who assemble? How does he decide who’s actually the most worthy? From a simple premise, Vahid Jalilvand employs formal finesse and unforgettably urgent performances (including the great Niki Karimi) to craft a profound study of human nature and social and economic realities.

Best Director, Best First Film, Fajr 15

CAST Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff, André M. Hennicke PROD Jan Dressler, Sebastian Schipper, David Keitsch, Anatol Nitschke, Catherine Baikousis, Christiane Dressler Select Filmography Gigantics; A Friend of Mine; Sometime in August

Coarse language; sexual content

VAHID JALILVAND, IRAN, 2015, 102 MIN.

CAST Niki Karimi, Amir Aghaei, Shahrokh Forootanian, Vahid Jalilvand, Borzou Arjmand, Afarin Obeisi, Saeed Dakh, Kataneh Afsharinejad, Sahar Ahmadpour, Milad Yazdani PROD Ali Jalilvand, Mohammad Hossein Latifi

PAOLO TAVIANI, VITTORIO TAVIANI, ITALY, 2015, 123 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Tue, Oct 6

12:30 PM CENT 8:30 PM IN09

Canadian Premiere. Boccaccio’s Decameron without sex may seem surprising, but desire, delight and the beauty of youth are everywhere here. A tapestry of colour and the supreme natural beauty of the medieval Italian countryside, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s resplendent work, set in 1348, features ten young Florentines who hide from the plague in a country villa. To pass the time, they tell stories “that seem to vibrate with erotic passions inflamed by the presence of death.”

—New Yorker

CAST Lello Arena, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini, Flavio Parenti, Vittoria Puccini, Michele Riondino PROD Donatella Palermo, Luigi Musini Select Filmography (Paolo Taviani) Padre Padrone; The Night of the Shooting Stars; Fiorile; (Vittorio Taviani) Padre Padrone; The Night of the Shooting Stars; Fiorile

Episodic Series

INDUSTRY

cinema of our time

Wed, Sep 30 Sat, Oct 3 Mon, Oct 5

There’s been an explosion of opportunities for seasoned and emerging content creators on cable and online platforms. This series brings the small screen to the big screen and offers a sneak peek at upcoming season premieres.

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Blood and Water Breakthrough Entertainment, Canada, 2015, 44 min.

THU, OCT 1

7:00 PM

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The one thing Josephine (“Jo”) Bradley believes about herself is that she’s a good cop. Suddenly, the body of Charles Xie, the reformed junkie son of a prominent billionaire, is found ritualistically buried. Charles’s case get assigned to Jo on one of the worst days of her life following a cancer diagnosis and a difficult decision about treatment. Given this news, she is forced to put her personal issues aside when she goes head-to-head with the tyrannical and powerful patriarch, Li-Rong Xie. Risking her career, Jo will tear the Xie family apart and reveal long held secrets in order to solve the murder of their youngest son.

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CANADIAN SHORTS

WIND THROUGH A TREE

CANADIAN SHORTS

Blood Is Thicker

Canadian Living

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 101 MIN.

Tue, Sep 29 Tue, Oct 6

9:30 PM 5:30 PM

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 101 MIN.

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Balmoral Hotel WAYNE WAPEEMUKWA, British Columbia, 2014, 10 MIN.

ELLE-MÁIJÁ TAILFEATHERS, British Columbia, 2014, 14 MIN.

The life story of a First Nations sex worker is conveyed via a ragged daytime dance through Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Lewis FANTAVIOUS FRITZ, Ontario, 2015, 20 MIN.

An exploration of the complex relationship between a father and daughter, employing animation, re-enactments and archival photos.

A missing cat observes fleeting moments of human life in a suburban neighbourhood and takes up with a woman nearing her end.

Winter Hymns

AMANDA STRONG, BRACKEN HANUSE CORLETT, British Columbia, 2015, 8 MIN.

DUSTY MANCINELLI, Ontario, 2015, 16 MIN.

Mia’

Joshua’s dull afternoon is upended when his volatile older brother shepherds him through the countryside in search of adventure.

An Indigenous artist’s graffiti comes to life, spawning an odd transformation while revealing the ravages of industrial violence.

Wind Through a Tree

Ocean Falls

SETH SMITH, CANADA, Nova Scotia, 2015, 10 MIN.

In this poetic home movie, an unrelated family of four eccentrics are connected by themes of loneliness and isolation.

Nephew DAVID FINDLAY, British Columbia, 2015, 17 MIN.

After having seen his estranged uncle on the bus for the first time in years, Eric weighs the merits and risks of reaching out.

My Enemy, My Brother ANN SHIN, Ontario/ British Columbia, 2015, 18 MIN.

After a fateful confrontation during the IranIraq War, two former enemies meet again by sheer chance in Vancouver.

Golden Teachers HARRY CEPKA, Ontario, 2015, 10 MIN.

Rebecca visits her hippie mother. They dance and it’s mortifying. Rebecca visits her rapper brother. They do drugs and it’s ecstatic.

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THEODORE USHEV, Québec, 2015, 2 MIN.

Rebel

These programmes showcase both established and emerging artists who push short-form storytelling to its limits.

Sun, Sep 27 Sun, Oct 4

Blood Manifesto Animated with the director’s own blood, this is a violent poem about ideals worth shedding blood for. Or not.

short films

THE DOLLHOUSE

Maurice FRANÇOIS JAROS, Québec, 2014, 14 MIN.

Maurice made a list: pick a date, retire, sell the car, see old friends and empty the garage.

Then, die with dignity.

RYAN ERMACORA, JESSICA JOHNSON, British Columbia, 2015, 14 MIN.

A lyrical study of an all-but-abandoned company town that withered and died the moment its resources had been plundered.

The Dollhouse CHAD GALLOWAY, HEATHER BENNING, British Columbia, 2014, 8 MIN.

For decades, The Dollhouse stood in a frozen field just off of a prairie highway. Then, a match was lit and it was lost forever.

May We Sleep Soundly DENIS CÔTÉ, Québec, 2015, 14 MIN.

Winter has come and a strange silence has taken up residence. An unseen figure investigates, finding everyone in an uncannily deep sleep.

The Canoe ALEX BALKAM, Nova Scotia, 2015, 8 MIN.

When her camping trip is ruined by a storm, a woman takes refuge in an empty summer home and finds what she’s been looking for.

World Famous Gopher Hole Museum CHELSEA MCMULLAN, DOUGLAS NAYLER, Alberta/ Ontario, 2015, 19 MIN.

An Alberta farm town wishes to be frozen in time, much like the taxidermied gophers in its lone tourist attraction.

CANADIAN SHORTS

CANADIAN SHORTS

CANADIAN SHORTS

international SHORTS

WAVE

bLUE THUNDER

she stoops to conquuer

1 in 5

Partners in Crime

Sound & Image

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 95 MIN.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 100 MIN.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 85 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Thu, Oct 8

9:15 PM 4:30 PM

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Wed, Sep 30 Wed, Oct 7

9:15 PM 4:30 PM

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Mon, Sep 28 Mon, Oct 5

9:15 PM 4:30 PM

Boxing

Big Brother

Blue-Eyed Blonde

GRAYSON MOORE, AIDAN SHIPLEY, Ontario, 2015, 13 MIN.

LUCAS HRUBIZNA, British Columbia, 2015, 16 MIN.

PASCAL PLANTE, Québec, 2015, 17 MIN.

Tensions mount at a women’s beginner boxing class when Sheila must contend with a classmate’s oppressive concern.

A Christian rocker-turned-youth-pastor follows his favourite youth-group member to college in order to monitor his moral integrity.

Wave

4 Quarters

JASMIN MOZAFFARI, Ontario, 2015, 16 MIN.

ASHLEY MCKENZIE, Nova Scotia, 2015, 13 MIN.

Suddenly hit with a devastating loss, a restless young man struggles to deal with the first stages of grief.

An overworked student is entangled in a wicked problem when trying to nurse a fledgling friendship with a troubled young drug addict.

Lifeguard DEVAN SCOTT, WILL ROSS, British Columbia, 2015, 9 MIN.

Over the course of two days, a lifeguard stationed at English Bay undergoes an existential crisis.

Crazy House AARON MIRKIN, Ontario, 2015, 20 MIN.

While housesitting for the parents of a friend who committed suicide, Beckett finds the world reflecting his inner turmoil.

If I Was God CORDELL BARKER, Québec, 2015, 9 MIN.

Would god-like powers have solved your childhood problems? This stop-motion memoir suggests that they certainly might’ve helped.

Big O JENNA HAMBROOK, British Columbia, 2015, 9 MIN.

The only thing standing between Micky and her first orgasm are some misguided ideas about healthy female sexuality.

Never Steady, Never Still KATHLEEN HEPBURN, British Columbia, 2015, 19 MIN.

Overwhelmed by past mistakes, a young man returns home and finds solace in the strength of his recently widowed mother.

Star EMILIE MANNERING, Québec, 2015, 15 MIN.

Accompanying teen brothers in their daily routine of complicity and intimidation, Star tackles themes of identity and friendship.

My Favourite Season LIZ CAIRNS, British Columbia, 2015, 14 MIN.

After starting Grade 7 with an “F,” Nell looks to find solace in pancakes. She and Angie just need one last ingredient.

Interview With a Free Man NICOLAS LÉVESQUE, quebec, 2015, 9 MIN.

Three men are interviewed for a job that might offer them a new start in life. Their answers grow increasingly revealing.

The Orchard DARCY VAN POELGEEST, British Columbia, 2015, 16 MIN.

An ex-cop finds himself in a life-altering dilemma when his old partner rounds him up to take care of some unfinished business.

Blue Thunder JEAN-MARC E. ROY, PHILIPPE DAVID GAGNÉ, Québec, 2015, 17 MIN.

Directionless and homeless after a breakup, a sawmill worker pulls out his wrestling unitard and climbs back into the ring.

Reel Youth Film Festival TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 82 MIN.

VCT VCT

When a Quebecois mother enters her fouryear-old daughter in a Florida beauty pageant, a game of cat-and-mouse commences.

The Muses of Salome MIREK HAMET, Québec, 2015, 15 MIN.

In this reinterpretation of the myth, Salome composes a piece of electroacoustic music centred on the sound of the male orgasm.

Thu, Oct 1 Sun, Oct 4

12:30 PM 9:00 PM

Once again VIFF is proud to partner with The Reel Youth Film Festival, a compelling and humorous collection of international youth-made shorts. Chosen by a youthselection team from 700+ submissions from 20 countries, the festival shows us the world through fresh eyes. Whether an Indian psychological thriller, a Georgian music video about love and diversity, or an Australian romantic comedy about insects, laughing and learning are guaranteed.

Calendar Girls

The films in this showcase are:

LISA BIRKE, Ontario, 2014, 4 MIN.

Priorities

A humorous spectacle reveals the fallacy of the selfie while restoring the humanness of the stripped-down “calendar girl.”

IN08 CINE

Out Again Invisible People The Emotional Dimensions of the James River

At the Beach JEREMY PETER ALLEN, Québec, 2015, 8 MIN.

It’s not easy to brave the gaze of others at the beach when your body still bears the traces of a tragic event.

5 Euro It Hit Upon the Roof A Dirty Secret

Dysmorphia

Underrated

KATHERINE GRUBB, British Columbia, 2015, 5 MIN.

An animated depiction of the experiences of dealing with a body dysmorphic disorder, disordered eating and scoliosis.

A Life of Your Choosing Missing Useless

The Sleepwalker

Charlie

THEODORE USHEV, Québec, 2015, 4 MIN.

The Second Right Off Main Street

A surrealist journey, inspired by poetry and set to Balkan beats, that evokes fantastic dreams and passionate nights.

Lovebites 1 in 5

Penny’s For Tea

Silly Sheep

SOPHIE JARVIS, Kane Stewart, British Columbia, CANADA, 2014, 6 MIN.

Faye’s Life Advice

A tea-time get-together between old friends reveals the seedy indiscretions within the group.

Love on Wheels

Rock the Box

Short FILMS

Coping Mechanisms

Pink Elephant Coarse language

KATHERINE MONK, British Columbia, 2015, 10 MIN.

A portrait of DJ Rhiannon, a rising star who’s one of a handful of female DJs who’ve “made it” in an industry controlled by men.

She Stoops To Conquer ZACHARY RUSSELL, Ontario, 2015, 16 MIN.

After bombing with a new character, an aspiring comedian encounters the real-life version of the man she’s been playing.

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You

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international SHORTS

international SHORTS

INJURY tIME

The Train

Great Performances TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 104 MIN.

Sat, Oct 3 Wed, Oct 7

9:00 PM 1:00 PM

IN09 IN08

This program of shorts highlights stellar acting and demonstrates how vital this is to the success of a film as a whole, whether a two-hander or an ensemble piece.

Almost not Beautiful SARAH JEAN KRUCHOWSKI, USA, 2015, 13 MIN.

Two estranged sisters are reunited at their childhood home, where the gulf between them, simmering resentments and long lost bonds emerge.

Cherry Cake JAINE GREEN, UNITED KINGDOM, 2015, 15 MIN.

When elderly Ingrid offers old friend Gavin some cherry cake in exchange for his help with the yard work, it’s only one of the delights on the table.

The Formula KATHRIN FREY, SWITZERLAND, 2015, 15 MIN.

An exemplary employee in an old Swiss archive starts responding to all orders with, “I would prefer not to.” Melville’s famous phrase has fatal consequences.

Harvey’s Dream ALEXANDER VON HOFMANN, AUSTRALIA, 2014, 10 MIN.

As his wife prepares brunch on a Saturday morning, Harvey slumps into his chair and tells her about an eerie and frightening dream he had.

Injury Time JACK SHERIDAN, AUSTRALIA, 2014, 13 MIN.

In a must-win situation a soccer team’s manager struggles to win the game on his own terms.

The Moor GEORGE KYRTSIS, USA, 2014, 16 MIN.

The fading star of a resident acting company desperately clings to the past when the theatre owner considers renting out the place.

Operator CAROLINE BARTLEET, UNITED KINGDOM, 2015, 6 MIN.

An emergency-services operator fields a call from a desperate young mother whose house is on fire.

Soap CHRISTOPHER BROWN, UNITED KINGDOM, 2015, 16 MIN.

When Sami breaks into a house, he is confronted by Sophia, who lures him into her bathtub—where things get even more surreal.

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In the Dark Reaches of the Soul TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 99 MIN.

Fri, Oct 2 Tue, Oct 6

6:15 PM 4:00 PM

IN08 IN08

A program of beautiful, haunting and often disturbing short films.

The Aquarium JACOBIE GRAY, AUSTRALIA, 2015, 14 MIN.

A young girl, ignored by her volatile, separated parents, does increasingly desperate things to earn money for a school trip to the aquarium.

Cheerful Blues for the Dead Man J.M. QUEVEDO GONZÁLEZ, CUBA, 2014, 11 MIN.

Retired police profiler Ricardo passes his days mired in boredom, which is manifested in an ambiguous morality and a dark secret fetish.

Drift FELIPE PRADO, BRAZIL/USA, 2014, 15 MIN.

Daniel and his reckless high-society teen friends celebrate his birthday to excess, and of course bad things happen.

The Error BRANDO DE SICA, ITALY, 2014, 10 MIN.

A trip to Romania is like a trip back in time for a stylish Italian woman, who seems out of place in what has become a poor and impoverished country.

In the Still of the Night ERICH STEINER, AUSTRIA, 2014, 14 MIN.

In this beautiful and disturbing period piece, a family faces a dramatic decision on a night that will be remembered always.

Interior. Family GERARD QUINTO, ESTEVE SOLER, DAVID TORRAS, SPAIN, 2015, 9 MIN.

A young man, awoken by his parents, is suddenly confronted by a highly disturbing litany of confessions from them that call into question his very existence.

Through the Breaking Glass IVAN MENA-TINOCO, SPAIN, 2014, 15 MIN.

Alice, now a woman, awakes in a magical land with no idea how she got there, and her very life is at stake if she cannot escape.

The Train ASHER GRODMAN, USA, 2014, 11 MIN.

A meeting with a Holocaust survivor (Eli Wallach, in his last performance) teaches a selfinvolved young man that life can change in a moment.

international SHORTS

international SHORTS

Adolescence

Solo Finale

Love, Pain and the Whole What Defines Reality?

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 106 MIN. Damn Thing Wed, Sep 30 6:45 PM Thu, Oct 1 Mon, Oct 5

6:00 PM 1:00 PM

IN08 IN08

Adolescence

Sun, Oct 4

3:45 PM

IN08 IN08

Birthday CHRIS KING, USA, 2015, 13 MIN.

After years of familiarity, could one small act and phrase rekindle a love’s lost romance?

When a Marine returns from combat severely wounded, he and his young wife face imposing changes to their lives.

Behold

Deformity Prays For Radiation

JAVIER BLANCO, ARGENTINA, 2015, 4 MIN.

MARK SARGENT, MAYA TSAMBROU, GREECE, 2014, 9 MIN.

A vegetable merchant with a bullhorn. Two women on a bench. The intersection of life’s frustrations and melancholic comedy.

Coffee To Go PATRICIA FONT, SPAIN, 2015, 13 MIN.

An innocent stop at a coffee bar goes sideways after an unexpected encounter with an old flame.

Last Base ASLAK DANBOLT, NORWAY/UNITED KINGDOM, 2014, 15 MIN.

Two base-jumpers discover how far they are willing to go to honour the memory of a close friend.

Little Bear DAIRE GLYNN, GER DUFFY, IRELAND, 2015, 12 MIN.

The joy a son feels when playing with his father. The pride a father takes in playing with his son. Oh that those times might never end.

Mine TRILBY GLOVER, AUSTRALIA/USA, 2015, 7 MIN.

Sebastian’s reflections on the transcendent love he feels for his wife, Clara, encompass infatuation through possessiveness.

Scrabble

NATHAN HERTZ, USA, 2015, 13 MIN.

A poetic folk tale of two scientists sampling deformities around Chernobyl, guided by the spirits of an irradiated forest.

Gloria LUIS HERNÁNDEZ DE LA PEÑA, MEXICO, 2015, 17 MIN.

A day in the life of José María, a bus driver/ drag-queen-performer/family man utterly comfortable in the contradictory worlds he lives in.

In My Shoes MAT GOVONI, MONIQUE SCHAFTER, AUSTRALIA, 2014, 7 MIN.

What’s it like growing up transgender? Five transgendered young people talk about what life has been like for them.

Debris

Shorts with Features Atlantis Ben Russell’s deliciously visual “documentary” portrait of the lost island of Atlantis, a Utopia that has never/forever existed beneath our too-mortal feet...

• Screens with: The Royal Road p. 88

• Screens with: The Pass System p. 47

JOHN BOLTON, CANADA, 2015, 15 MIN.

Looking Out TRISTAN ARTIN, AUSTRALIA, 2014, 10 MIN.

Delinquent teenager Donnie ends up back in a detention facility, caught in a perennial cycle of conflict he seems unable to break.

The Man From the Council

CRISTIAN SULSER, SWITZERLAND, 2014, 12 MIN.

BARNABY SOUTHCOMBE, UNITED KINGDOM, 2014, 9 MIN.

As an older couple in a dull, routine relationship play a game of scrabble, the words they spell out seem to imply hidden desires.

A hit-man sees his day go from bad to worse when his principles are tested by a kid, an uncooperative housewife and a nosy neighbour.

Setting Them Straight

Red Nuts

KALEB MCKENNA, AUSTRALIA, 2015, 6 MIN.

JACKSON MULLANE, AUSTRALIA, 2014, 7 MIN.

Having been nurtured and accepted as a gay man by his parents, Joshua finds the courage to confess that he’s actually not...

What would you do if you were a man in an unhappy marriage who inadvertently discovered you had two weeks to live?

Stutterer

Solo Finale

BENJAMIN CLEARY, UK/IRELAND, 2015, 13 MIN.

INGO PUTZE, GERMANY, 2015, 9 MIN.

For a lonely man, an online relationship has helped him mask his cruel speech impediment.

A woman and a man meet in an abandoned opera house, where they embark on a magical pas de deux between time and space.

Treading Water

Trench

LIZ CARDENAS FRANKE, USA, 2015, 15 MIN.

NATHAN HUNT, AUSTRALIA/USA, 2015, 10 MIN.

Following the untimely passing of her mother, a middle-aged woman struggles to cope with caring for her elderly father.

An Australian and a Turkish soldier encounter one another between the Turkish trenches during WW1.

MARKUS EICHENBERGER, SPAIN, 2015, 4 MIN.

Two siblings endure the impact a residential school has on their relationship with themselves, one another and nature itself.

Debris

A beautiful experimental tribute to the filmmaker’s grandmother and to her people, who’ve survived the trials of history and remained strong.

Mystic Jungfraujoch

TREVOR MACK, MATTHEW TAYLOR BLAIS, CANADA, 2015, 15 MIN.

JOSHUA ERKMAN, USA, 2015, 11 MIN.

KEVIN PAPATIE, CANADA, 2014, 5 MIN.

• Screens with: The Pass System p. 47

Clouds of Autumn

In the Night A new worker’s first night of mortuary pickup turns into more than he bargained for.

Kokom

BEN RUSSELL, MALTA/USA, 2015, 23 MIN.

Markus Eichenberger received permission to stay at the Jungfraujoch station high in the Swiss Alps, usually off limits to tourists, and recorded a time-lapse view from the top of Europe, shot over 48 hours. Breathtaking!

Short FILMS

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 106 MIN.

SHORTS

• Screens with: Jumbo Wild p. 87

An “intertidal artist” ambitiously crafts a memorial out of the marine debris from Fukushima that washes ashore in Tofino.

• Screens with: Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World p. 45

The Exquisite Corpus PETER TSCHERKASSKY, AUSTRIA, 2015, 19 MIN.

A mid-60s sex film is deconstructed to the point of annihilation in Peter Tscherkassky’s riveting—and wholly analog—elegy for the decline of celluloid.

Night Without Distance LOIS PATIÑO, PORTUGAL/SPAIN, 2015, 23 MIN.

An abstracted landscape portrait of smugglers on the border of Portugal and Galicia.

• Screens with: Topophilia p. 89

A Riot NATHAN SILVER, USA, 2015, 4 MIN.

The birth of a filmmaker.

• Screens with: Slackjaw p. 64

• Screens with: Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship p. 93

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Dragons &Tigers THE CINEMaS OF EAST ASIA

Taiwan

Dragons & Tigers

The Assassin Nie Yinniang

Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan, 2015, 105 min.

WED, SEP 30 MON, OCT 5

6:30 PM CENT 2:00 PM IN10

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s exquisitely beautiful swordplay fantasy is both an instant classic and a profound work of art. Trained assassin Nie Yinniang (superstar Shu Qi) is compelled by her master to assassinate her childhood sweetheart, Governor Tian Ji’an (Chang Chen), but her assignment becomes increasingly morally ambiguous. Bursts of swordplay; soul-infused landscapes; the silence of philosophy. Wuxia cinema distilled to its essence. SHELLY KRAICER Best Director, Cannes 15 CAST Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Sheu Fang-yi, Zhou Yun PROD Hou Hsiao-hsien, Liao Ching-song Select Filmography City of Sadness; Flowers of Shanghai; The Flight of the Red Balloon

SOUTH KOREA

VIETNAM

Alice in Earnestland

Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories

Seongsilhan Nara ui Alice AHN GOOC JIN, SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 90 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Thu, Oct 1

For over 25 years, VIFF has presented one of the world’s largest and most adventurous collections of East Asian cinema. This tradition continues with another inspired selection of films.

9:30 PM 4:00 PM

Cha Và Con Và

IN10 IN10

North American Premiere. The funniest and most disquieting Korean black comedy in a decade, Ahn’s debut feature is a Candide for our times. Soonam may not be the sharpest pin in the cushion, but she tries to do the right thing, she really does. So why does everything keep going wrong around her? Boneshaking farce meets political satire in a film with wildly exciting visuals and even wilder action. Tony Rayns Best Korean Feature, Jeonju 15 CAST Lee Jeonghyun, Lee Haeyoung, Myung Kaynam PROD Korean Academy of Film Arts

PHAN DANG DI, VIETNAM/FRANCE/NETHERLANDS/ GERMANY, 2015, 102 MIN.

Thu, Sep 24 Mon, Oct 5

9:00 PM CINE 1:00 PM CINE

As Freudians will guess from the title, Phan’s stunning film has a lot to do with patriarchy and the penis. When Vietnam’s government offered cash incentives to fathers to undergo vasectomies, they didn’t expect that unmarried, fun-loving kids would sign up, just for pocket money. Student slacker Vu resists his father’s order to get married, but down which deviant paths will life take him? Tony Rayns CAST Do Thi Hai Yen, Le Long Hong PROD Tre Thi Bich Ngoc, Claire Lajoumar Select Filmography Bi, Don’t Be Afraid

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CHINA

SOUTH KOREA

CHINA

Cemetery of Splendour

The Chinese Mayor

The Classified File

Kaili Blues

Rak Ti Khonkaen

Datong

Gokbi Soosa

Lubian yecan

APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL, THAILAND/UK/ GERMANY/FRANCE/MALAYSIA, 2015, 121 MIN.

ZHOU HAO, CHINA, 2015, 86 MIN.

KWAK KYUNGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 108 MIN.

Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

9:30 PM 4:00 PM

IN10 IN10

Somewhere in Isan, in Thailand’s Deep Northeast, an ancient royal cemetery is being disturbed by developers. Nearby a school pressed into service as an army hospital houses soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness. What’s the connection? Apichatpong’s inimitable mix of dream, fact and speculative fiction teases out the answer, with some steely political implications. Very different in tone and style from Uncle Boonmee, but no less haunting. Tony Rayns CAST Jenjira Pongpas Widner, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi, Tawatchai Buawat PROD Apichatpong Weerasethaku, Keith Griffiths, Simon Field, Charles de Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans Geißendörfer Select Filmography Tropical Malady; Syndromes and a Century; Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

CHINA

Preceded by Perfect Conjugal Bliss and Goodbye Utopia p. 79

Fri, Oct 2 Tue, Oct 6

7:15 PM CINE 4:15 PM PLAY

Canadian Premiere. You’ve never seen Chinese officials like this. Geng Yanbo, the outlandishly charismatic mayor of Datong, has granted amazing access to documentarian Zhou Hao, who shoots an insider’s portrait of one way to wield power in China. Charming, brutal, wheedling and commanding, Geng is bent on transforming his dusty provincial capital into a tourist showpiece. His subjects/ citizens acclaim his rule or get out of his way.

People’s defender or oppressor? You decide.

Shelly Kraicer

Special Jury Prize, World Documentary, Sundance 15

Wed, Sep 30 Sat, Oct 3 Wed, Oct 7

1:30 PM 9:30 PM 11:15 AM

IN10 IN10 IN10

International Premiere. Kwak’s magnificent thriller recreates a Busan kidnapping case from 1978, a time of student protests against fascistic government—and of rampant police corruption. The month-long search for a missing schoolgirl brings seen-it-all cop Gilyoung into conflict with rival sections of the force, and into an uneasy alliance with a psychic. Important truths about Korean society are unearthed along the way, but the suspense is killing. Tony Rayns CAST Kim Yoonseok, Yoo Haejin, Song Yeongchang Select Filmography Friend; Mutt Boy; Typhoon

PROD Zhao Qi, Michelle Ho

Preceded by What Happened In Past Dragon Year p. 79

Sun, Sep 27 Wed, Sep 30

9:15 PM 3:45 PM

IN08 IN08

North American Premiere. This remarkable debut, set in mystical Guizhou province, follows country doctor Chen Sheng on a road trip to find his abandoned young nephew Weiwei. But time flows mysteriously in this poetic work, perhaps even in reverse. A grown-up Weiwei appears on a broken bike in a picturesque riverside town, where beautiful tour guide Yangyang draws Chen towards a moving rendezvous with his past lost love.

Chinese lyric poetry becomes radiantly impressionistic cinema. Shelly Kraicer Best Emerging Director; Cinema of the Present, Locarno 15 CAST Chen Yongzhong, Xie Lixun, Yu Shixie, Guo Yue PROD Wang Zijian, Shan Zuolong, Li Zhaoyu

SOUTH KOREA

SOUTH KOREA

BI GAN, CHINA, 2015, 110 MIN.

SOUTH KOREA

Li Wen at East Lake

Love and…

A Matter of Interpretation A Midsummer’s Fantasia

Li Wen manyou Donghu

Pilleum Sidae Sarang

Kkumboda Haemong

Hanyeorum ui Fantasia

LUO LI, CHINA/CANADA, 2015, 117 MIN.

ZHANG LU, SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 70 MIN.

LEE KWANGKUK, SOUTH KOREA, 2014, 99 MIN.

JANG KUNJAE, SOUTH KOREA/JAPAN, 2014, 96 MIN.

Preceded by Octopus p. 79

Preceded by Greed: Ghost Light p. 79

Fri, Sep 25 Tue, Oct 6

6:00 PM VCT 1:30 PM CINE

Gracefully fusing documentary and fiction, Canadian-Chinese Luo Li crafts a provocative portrait of his hometown, Wuhan, where a scenic lake is threatened, and a policeman with a flair for painting patrols for dragons and subversive storytellers. Li creates a liminal space enveloping fact, fiction, myth and politics. Ever so gently, but charged with a precise, wise vision, a portrait emerges of a China full of contradictions, overloaded with imperilled beauty. Shelly Kraicer CAST Li Wen, Zuo Yan, Xiao Tie, Wu Feng PROD Luo Li Select Filmography I Went To the Zoo the Other Day; Rivers and My Father; Emperor Visits the Hell

Sun, Sep 27 Tue, Sep 29

6:30 PM CINE 1:30 PM CINE

Dragons & Tigers

THAILAND

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Sep 28

12:30 PM CINE 6:00 PM CINE

World Premiere. Chinese-Korean director Zhang Lu doesn’t do mainstream entertainments, but this four-chapter conundrum is funny/sad in a way that’s actively seductive. Studded with top Korean stars—and featuring a Chinese translation of Borges, a Memories of Murder clip and much else—it looks at love and madness, acting and being, presence and absence. A high-protein menu, but Zhang’s touch is unfailingly light and witty. Tony Rayns

Canadian Premiere. The smartest of all the graduates from Hong Sangsoo’s school of hard knocks, Lee Kwangkuk runs rings around both linear storytelling and Freudian dream-interpretation in his delicious new feature. An actress storms out of a play when nobody shows up to see it but soon finds herself tangled up with a mysterious cop— while trying to dump her boyfriend. Ineffably droll and consistently surprising, this is a comic experience like no other. Tony Rayns

CAST Ahn Songki, Moon Sori, Park Haeil PROD Leila Jo

CAST Shin Dongmi, Yu Junsang, Kim Kanghyun PROD Lee Kwangkuk, James Do

Select Filmography Chongqing; Tang Poetry; Grain in Ear

Select Filmography Romance Joe; Hard to Say

Sun, Oct 4 Tue, Oct 6

8:45 PM 2:00 PM

IN08 IN10

Dragons & Tigers Award-winner Jang Kunjae returns with a made-in-Japan movie which is the indie hit of the year in Korea. It’s a film of two halves (one in colour, one in monochrome) about a Korean director and his woman translator visiting the town of Gojo to see if it’s worth making a movie there. Their encounters with locals spark the ‘fantasia’ of the second half, in which everything and everyone is transformed. Intensely felt and very touching. Tony Rayns CAST Kim Saebyuk, Iwase Ryo, Lim Hyungkook PROD Jang Kunjae, Kawase Naomi Select Filmography Eighteen; Sleepless Night

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OUR HONG KONG

MY HONG KONG

Where East meets West Our city is a fusion of East and West. Now, youngsters, both Chinese and Western are embracing one of the oldest performing arts: Cantonese Opera. A packed calendar of diverse cultural activities and events showcases our creative, cosmopolitan and innovative spirit.

This is OUR HONG KONG. Why not make it yours?

“With a French father and Chinese mother, I live the cultures of East and West. I am fascinated by the art and theatre of Cantonese Opera – not just its rich heritage but also the makeup, costumes and drama.”

Chloe Ng Brossard Student of Cantonese Opera

More OURHONGKONG stories at www.brandhk.gov.hk To find out more about Hong Kong’s many advantages, please contact: Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Toronto Tel: (416) 924-5544 E-mail: info@hketotoronto.gov.hk

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CHINA

TAIWAN

PHILIPPINES

Mountains May Depart

Mr. Zhang Believes

Murmur of the Hearts

My Life with a King

Shan He Gu Ren

Chi

Nian nian

Ari

JIA ZHANGKE, CHINA/JAPAN/FRANCE, 2015, 131 MIN.

QIU JIONGJIONG, CHINA, 2015, 135 MIN.

SYLVIA CHANG, TAIWAN/HONG KONG, 2015, 119 MIN.

Sun, Oct 4 Thu, Oct 8

1:15 PM IN10 9:00 PM CENT

Wed, Sep 30 Mon, Oct 5

1:00 PM CINE 8:30 PM CINE

Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4 Wed, Oct 7

1:00 PM PLAY 8:30 PM IN09 4:15 PM IN10

Jia returns to his own roots (disco dancing to the Pet Shop Boys!) in his masterly vision of China’s past, present and future. We start in 1999, with Shanxi belle Tao torn between two rival boyfriends. She opts for the more ambitious of the two, gets married and has a son... only to end up divorced and alone in 2014. Ten years later, in 2025, her son is a dislocated émigré in Australia. The heart of the film is a question: what lasts and what’s all too easily lost? Tony Rayns

North American Premiere. Artist Qiu Jiongjiong’s brilliant fiction-documentary hybrid takes the story of Zhang Xianchi, a so-called “rightist” persecuted for his beliefs in 1960s China, and turns it into something extraordinary: filmed theatre-historical fantasy-social realist drama. Using stunning black-andwhite photography, Zhang’s shocking story comes to life with first person testimony and vivid surreal tableaux. This is controversial political cinema and essential viewing. Shelly

CAST Zhao Tao, Sylvia Chang, Zhang Yi, Liang Jindong PROD Ren Zhonglun, Jia Jangke, Nathanaël Karmitz, Liu Shiyu, Shozo Ichiyama

Kraicer

Mei (Isabella Leong) is a painter in love with a struggling boxer (Joseph Chang). She lost track of her brother Nan (Lawrence Ko), a tour guide, after their mother (Angelica Lee) took her away from home on Taiwan’s Green Island as a child. Actress/superstar/producer/ director Sylvia Chang’s sophisticated, elegiac time-shifting intergenerational family drama is a beautifully shot and emotionally powerful film suffused with longing, nostalgia and hope. Shelly Kraicer

CAST Cai Yifan, Jimmy Zhang, Ma Xiao’ou PROD Qiu Jiongjiong, Kong Lihong

CAST Isabella Leong, Lawrence Ko, Joseph Chang, Angelica Lee PROD Patricia Cheng

Select Filmography Portrait of Mr. Huang; Madame; My Mother’s Rhapsody

Select Filmography 10+10

Select Filmography Xiao Wu; Still Life; A Touch of Sin

JAPAN

JAPAN

JAPAN

CARLO ENCISCO CATU, PHILIPPINES, 2015, 90 MIN.

Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

CAST Ronwaldo Martin, Francesco Guinto, Cecile Yamal, Chloe Carpio PROD Carlo Mendoza, Ferdinand Lapuz

SOUTH KOREA

Our Little Sister

Oyster Factory

The Piper

Isanatori

Umimachi Diary

Kaki Kouba

Son-nim

FUJIKAWA FUMITO, JAPAN, 2015, 91 MIN.

KORE-EDA HIROKAZU, JAPAN, 2015, 128 MIN.

SODA KAZUHIRO, JAPAN/USA, 2015, 146 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Sun, Sep 27

4:30 PM IN10 9:00 PM CINE

International Premiere. Shot in Miyoshi and nearby Hiroshima, Fujikawa’s exquisitely crafted debut feature is a kind of coming-ofage story. It centres on junior-high-schooler Yuta’s summer: when not searching for fossils of ancient whales and shellfish, he has to cope with a friend moving away, his mother taking a new partner and his grandfather dying. The non-pro cast is great, and so is the integration of documentary elements, but the real star is Fujikawa himself, a master in the making. Tony Rayns

Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

8:45 PM CENT 1:30 PM PLAY

When their long-estranged father dies, three grown-up sisters impulsively invite the halfsister they’ve never known (she’s the daughter of the father’s second wife) to move into their large house in Kamakura. Kore-eda’s most female-centric film, adapted from a famous manga by Yoshida Akimi, is less about sisterly bonds than about familial tensions, rivalries and what it takes to overcome them.

Sensitive, emotionally acute and, of course, beautiful. Tony Rayns CAST Ayase Haruka, Nagasawa Masami, Kaho, Hirose Suzu PROD Matsuzaki Kaoru, Taguchi Hijiri

Wed, Sep 30 Fri, Oct 2

IN08 IN08

Canadian Premiere. Some key Filipino movies are rooted in Pampangan culture, and Catu’s debut feature is a unique quest for the core of Pampanga’s identity and the Kapampangan language. Hapless college student Jaypee is sent off to find the reigning “king” of Kapampangan poetry, Francisco Guinto, and persuade him to join a tribute to famous alumni of his college. But the old man is a handful: cranky, sexist and a little too fond of a drink. Gently comic, and culturally eyeopening. Tony Rayns

The Name of the Whale Preceded By Omura Plant Specimens p. 79

11:00 AM 7:00 PM

Dragons & Tigers

CHINA

KIM GWANGTAE, SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 108 MIN.

8:00 PM CINE 4:15 PM CINE

North American Premiere. The sixth of Soda’s excellent “Observational” documentaries shows us everything there is to know about catching, shucking and selling oysters, but its interest goes beyond molluscs.

Despite a recent influx of fishermen from Fukushima (refugees from the tsunami), the small oyster factories on the coast north of Okayama are in decline—largely because the next generation doesn’t want to run them.

The solution: import labour from China.

Soda’s focus gradually shifts from oysters to Sino-Japanese relations. Tony Rayns

Sun, Sep 27 Tue, Sep 29

12:30 PM CINE 8:30 PM IN09

International Premiere. Making a splash with his debut feature, Kim Gwangtae has transposed the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” story to a Korean mountain village in the early 1950s, the time of the Korean War. This piper is a charming peddler with a bad leg, trudging in search of treatment for his tubercular son.

Their brief stay in a village plagued by rats uncovers some very guilty secrets: astonishing spectacle meets dark allegory. Tony Rayns CAST Ryu Seungryong, Lee Sungmin, Chun Woohee, Lee Joon PROD Jeong Taesong

PROD Kashiwagi Kyoko Select Filmography Election; Peace; Theater

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HONG KONG

Japan

Reflection

Port of Call

Matsubayashi Yoju, Japan, 2015, 92 min.

PHILIP YUNG, HONG KONG, 2015, 122 MIN.

Sun, Sep 27 Mon, Sep 28

9:30 PM 11:15 AM

IN10 IN10

Shot by the inimitable Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love) and featuring an exceptional performance from newcomer Jessie Li as a teen prostitute, Philip Yung’s noirish tale of an eccentric cop (Aaron Kwok) trying to understand the motives of a stone-cold killer is definitely not for the faint-of-heart. “Blending social commentary with police procedural... [this] is an absorbing and at times grisly portrayal of modern Chinese society and adolescent apathy...”—Screen CAST Aaron Kwok, Elaine Jin, Jessie Li, Michael Ning, Patrick Tam PROD Julia Chu Select Filmography Glamourous Youth; May We Chat?

WARNING: Disturbing content

SOUTH KOREA

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, OCT 5

9:15 PM CINE 3:30 PM CINE

While he was presenting his Horses of Fukushima here last year, Matsubayashi shot some images of Vancouver--and he’s fed them into this extraordinary wordless documentary. Shot in 17 cities across the globe, this uses only reflected images--seen in glass, mirrors, puddles and so on--to sketch a critique of a world gone wrong. It’s poetic, affectionate and cynical in equal measure.

Playing with an ace selection of animé shorts.

Tony Rayns

PROD Matsubayashi Yoju Select Filmography Flowers and Troops; Fukushima; The Horses of Fukushima

SOUTH KOREA

Right Now, Wrong Then

The Royal Tailor

Jigeummeun Matgo Geuddaeneun Leullida

Sang ui Weon

HONG SANGSOO, SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 121 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Sep 28

6:30 PM 4:30 PM

IN08 VCT

What’s right, what’s wrong in relationships, especially when you’re married and edging towards an act of adultery? Hong’s scintillating new film offers two antithetical versions of events over two days and one night in Suwon, a town near Seoul. A man arrives a day early for an appointment and kills time flirting with a painter and her friends. The situation makes for another wry comedy of manners, laced with heavy drinking and regrets. Tony Rayns

LEE WONSUK, SOUTH KOREA, 2014, 127 MIN.

Mon, Oct 5 Thu, Oct 8

10:45 AM 6:45 PM

IN09 IN10

The term “costume drama” takes on a whole new meaning in Lee Wonsuk’s sumptuous period melodrama, which centres on the rivalry between the official tailor to the king’s court and a handsome young upstart with new ideas and techniques. Their conflict plays out amid a welter of fabrics, passions and protocols, with several top stars adding dramatic weight. The attention to the details of tailoring is awesome. Tony Rayns

Golden Leopard, Best actor, locarno 15

CAST Han Seukgyu, Ko Soo, Park Shinhye, Yoo Yeonsook PROD Kim Sujin, Yun Inbeom

CAST Jung Jaeyoung, Kim Minhee, Yu Junsang PROD Kim Kyounghee

Select Filmography How to Use Guys with Secret Tips

Select Filmography The Day a Pig Fell into the Well; In Another Country; Hill of Freedom

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Preceded by seven shorts p. 79

PHILIPPINES

TAIWAN

CHINA

Siti

Tandem

Thanatos, Drunk

Tharlo

EDDIE CAHYONO, INDONESIA, 2014, 88 MIN.

KING PALISOC, PHILIPPINES, 2015, 82 MIN.

Zui Sheng Meng Si

Ta luo

Sun, Sep 27 Wed, Oct 7

10:30 AM IN09 9:00 PM CINE

Fri, Sep 25 Sat, Sep 26

1:30 PM CINE 6:00 PM CINE

The spirit of neo-realism lives in Eddie Cahyono’s beautiful debut feature, a film about a woman in an impossible situation. When her fisherman husband is paralyzed in an accident, Siti becomes the family’s only breadwinner, selling snacks on the beach by day and her body in a karaoke bar by night. And her customers include a well-meaning cop...

The film boasts fine performances, resonant monochrome imagery and piercing moral questions. Tony Rayns

“Tandem” is Pinoy slang for the robbers (or worse) who work in pairs on the streets of Manila, one snatching bags, the other driving the getaway motorbike. Palisoc’s confident debut combines true-crime realism with noir-ish social commentary. Roman and his volatile kid brother Rex are a team, scraping by on earnings from petty crime, but their complicated love lives and the temptations of a major heist bring their world crashing down.

CAST Sekar Sari, Bintang Timur, Haydar Saliz, Titi Dibyo PROD Ifa Isfansyah

CAST Nico Antonio, JM de Guzman, Rochelle Pangilinan, Elora Espano PROD Alemberg Ang, Ferdinand Lapuz, Josabeth Alonso

Tony Rayns

PEMA TSEDEN, CHINA, 2015, 123 MIN.

CHANG TSO-CHI, TAIWAN, 2015, 107 MIN.

Wed, Oct 7 Thu, Oct 8

6:45 PM 11:30 AM

IN08 IN10

SOUTH KOREA

North American Premiere. Renowned Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden returns to VIFF with his stirring new feature about a shepherd named Tharlo. In town to procure a proper ID card, Tharlo has his hair washed by seductive hairdresser Yangtso and is instantly smitten.

She urges him to trade his pastoral life for contemporary urban pleasures: smoking, drinking, singing karaoke. A passionate love story with darker stirrings, set amidst a Tibet in tension between tradition and modernity.

CAST Lee Hong-Chi, Chen Jen-Shuo, Huang ShangHo, Lu Hsueh-Feng, Wang Ching-Ting, Chang Ning PROD Kao Wen-Hung

CAST Shide Nyima, Yangshik Tso, Tashi, Jinpa PROD Zhang Xianmin, Wu Leilei, Wang Xuebo

Yanji

Zinnia Flower

Koibito-tachi

PARK KIYONG, SOUTH KOREA, 2015, 100 MIN.

Bai ri gaobie

Wed, Sep 30 Fri, Oct 2

9:00 PM 10:30 AM

IN09 IN09

North American Premiere. Hashiguchi has likely given more pleasure to VIFF audiences over the years than any other Japanese director, and this is his crowning achievement to date: three interwoven tales of individuals learning to cope when love slips through their fingers. The protagonists are a bereaved bridge-repairman, an unhappy housewife with creative ambitions and an elite gay lawyer. Wildly funny in parts, but the overall tone is worldly and very wise. Tony Rayns CAST Shinohara Atsushi, Narushima Toko, Ikeda Ryo, Mitsuishi Ken, Lily Franky PROD Fukada Seigo, Ono Hitoshi Select Filmography Hush!; All Around Us; Zentai

Wed, Sep 30 Sun, Oct 4

Shelly Kraicer

Select Filmography The Silent Holy Stones; The Search; Old Dog

TAIWAN

Three Stories of Love HASHIGUCHI RYOSUKE, JAPAN, 2015, 140 MIN.

9:00 PM IN08 1:00 PM CINE

North American Premiere. On the fringes of Taipei, Rat, who’s dating a mute prostitute, holes up with both his brother Shanghe, who dances in gay bars, and their friend Shuo, a successful gigolo, who also happens to be sleeping with Shanghe’s cousin... Using a deck consisting only of wild cards, Chang Tso-Chi deals out a succession of surprises in a drama that leads us through the city’s nightclubs and alleyways, and sets the brothers on a collision course with a gangster hellbent on revenge.

Select Filmography Darkness & Light; The Best of Times; A Time in Quchi

JAPAN

Tue, Sep 29 Thu, Oct 1

Dragons & Tigers

INDONESIA

7:00 PM VCT 1:30 PM CINE

International Premiere. Park Kiyong’s new documentary is a companion-piece to his Garibong (VIFF 2013), which looked at Chinese-Korean immigrants in Seoul. This time he’s in Yanji, the booming Chinese city closest to the North Korean border, looking at its almost hallucinatory mix of Chinese and Korean foods, trades and cultures. As before, he goes beyond sociology to some very human insights. Tony Rayns PROD Park Kiyong Select Filmography Motel Cactus; Camel(s); Moving

FOLLOW US

TOM LIN, TAIWAN, 2015, 97 MIN.

Preceded by 32 + 4 p. 79

Tue, Oct 6 Wed, Oct 7

9:00 PM 3:45 PM

IN08 IN08

North American Premiere. Mourning begets tenderness, maturity and surprising passion in this sophisticated Taiwanese drama of loss and rebirth. Ming (Hong Kong-Canadian star Karena Lam) and Yuwei (Taiwanese rocker Stone) each lost a spouse and each finds a pathway, through despair and denial, to something close to a revelation. Tom Lin’s beautifully crafted images and tender, attentive camera bathe the film in lovely muted colours, where sadness can suddenly yield to quiet rapture. Shelly Kraicer

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CAST Karena Lam, Stone, Brian Chang, Nana Lee PROD Liu Weijan Select Filmography Parachute Kids; Winds of September; Starry Starry Night

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JAPAN

Short films MORNING

NEONoir Ozu made gangster movies with a noir flavour back in the 1930s, so dark-toned crime films are nothing new in Japan. But this year’s disparate examples are fine enough to merit a small celebration.

Tony Rayns

100 Yen Love Hyaku-en no Koi TAKE MASAHARU, JAPAN, 2015, 114 MIN.

Preceded by Morning and News p. 79

Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

9:45 PM 4:15 PM

IN10 IN10

The fraught and very possibly doomed romance between a dumpy 32-year-old woman and a failing boxer gives 100 Yen Love its storyline, but the film’s focus is on its unlikely heroine, a chronic underachiever who finally discovers something worth getting out of bed for. Take’s command of image and mood couldn’t be better; Ando Sakura is stupendous in the lead. Tony Rayns Best Japanese Feature, Tokyo 14 CAST Ando Sakura, Arai Hirofumi, Inagawa Miyoko PROD Sato Gen, Hiratai Yuji, Kano Yoshinori Select Filmography Café Seoul; Mongolian Baseball; Unsung Hero

Dragons & Tigers Shorts 32 + 4

Master Blaster

Chan Hon Chun, Hong Kong, 2014, 32 min.

KABUKI SAWAKO, JAPAN, 2015, 4 MIN.

In this prize-winning experimental essay film, a HKer interrogates her estranged parents with acuity, compassion and formal daring. (sk)

A nonstop girls’ animation in which the fantasy of a girl who wants to be eaten expands without limit. By the director of Anal Juice (VIFF 2014). (TR)

• Screens with: Zinnia Flower

• Screens with: Reflection

Am I Dreaming of Others, or are Others Dreaming of Me?

Morning (Asa) + News

ARIKAWA SHIGEO, NETHERLANDS/JAPAN, 2015, 11 MIN.

Two brand new shorts by Beat Takeshi, made for his current TV show. He stars himself in the faux-sentimental Morning; he wrote and directed the sardonic News. (TR)

This dream exists in the borders between self and others, life and death, present and future. (TR) • Screens with: Reflection

HIRABAYASHI ISAMU, JAPAN, 2015, 25 MIN.

Nagusame no Toki TOYAMA MITSUO, JAPAN, 2014, 8 MIN.

An enormous death for an enormous grasshopper requires an enormous prayer. (TR) JAPAN

• Screens with: Love and…

Dark Mixer

Omura Plant Specimens SUDO NATSUMI, JAPAN, 2015, 19 MIN.

Made from 20 loops used in an installation.

Dark, indeed. (TR) Grand Prix, Holland Animation 15

Perfect Conjugal Bliss

Goodbye Utopia

ZHONG SU, CHINA, 2014, 6 MIN.

Gonin Saga

Rolling

Zaijian wutuobang

ISHII TAKASHI, JAPAN, 2015, 130 MIN.

TOMINAGA MASANORI, JAPAN, 2015, 93 MIN.

Nine animated black and white screens show Chinese (or are they non-Chinese) utopias? Or are they dystopias? (SK)

International Premiere. Ishii’s Gonin (VIFF 1995) set the standard for neo-noir gangster movies. Gonin Saga brings the story up to date, first by showing what happened next, then by having some of the sons of the original mavericks mount another raid on the Goseikai—again provoking violent reprisals.

It’s all kinda complicated (check the original on DVD as prep!), but all the acts of treachery and betrayal cohere into an ultra-hard-boiled vision of “yakuza DNA”. Tony Rayns CAST Higashide Masahiro, Kiritani Kenta, Ando Masanobu, Sato Koichi Select Filmography A Night in the Nude; Gonin; Flower and Snake

DING SHIWEI, CHINA, 2014, 8 MIN.

Preceded by Kim p. 79

Sat, Sep 26 Sun, Sep 27

8:30 PM CINE 3:15 PM CINE

North American Premiere. The tone is broadly comic, but Tominaga’s edgy thriller flirts with some serious themes: voyeurism, showbiz chicanery, violent crime. A scummy ex-teacher disgraced ten years ago for secret filming in the girls’ locker room runs into one of his ex-pupils, now a wet-towel deliveryman. Next thing they’re sexual rivals and caught up in a blackmail scam. Indecently entertaining. Tony Rayns CAST Miura Takahiko, Yanagi Erisa, Kawase Yota PROD Miyamae Yasushi

Chizu never knew her late granddad, but learns more than she expected from his collection of pressed plants. (TR) • Screens with: The Name of the Whale

• Screens with: Reflection

9:15 PM PLAY 12:30 PM IN09

Miss Sumida is acting in a TV ad for an impoverished company and a demonic boss.

But what’s wrong with the octopus? (TR)

• Screens with: Reflection

IWASAKI HIROTOSHI, JAPAN, 2015, 5 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Wed, Sep 30

• Screens with: 100 Yen Love

Octopus

The Console

JAPAN

BEAT TAKESHI, JAPAN, 2015, 4 MIN. + 5 min.

Dragons & Tigers

Nippon

• Screens with: The Chinese Mayor

All of contemporary China in one continuous animated frieze, where spacemen, hamburgers and city ruins float freely together. (SK) • Screens with: The Chinese Mayor

A Place to Name

Greed: Ghost Light

SAKAGAMI ATARU, JAPAN, 2015, 5 MIN.

KIM NAKYUNG, KOREA, 2015, 24 MIN.

What happens to young marrieds when they let in a generous dokkaebi ghost? (TR) • Screens with: A Matter of Interpretation

“Straw monsters” attack an abandoned Japanese house. (TR) Grand Prix, Image Forum 15.

• Screens with: Reflection

I Can’t Breathe

Veil

KIHATA SAYAKA, JAPAN, 2015, 6 MIN.

Water projects and externalises what is happening in the mind of a young boy. (TR) Award for Excellence, Image Forum 15.

• Screens with: Reflection

MIZUSHIRI YORIKO, JAPAN, 2015, 6 MIN.

Two people meet on a kyogen stage, in an ophthalmology clinic and at a sushi counter.

By the director of Futon and Show Hut. (TR) • Screens with: Reflection

Kim Fuzokeru nja Aeyo

What Happened In Past Dragon Year

Shimizu Shumpei, Japan, 2014, 40 min.

SUN XUN, CHINA, 2014, 10 MIN.

Kim is a Zainichi (Korean-Japanese) who hates Zainichi, an ex-boxer, a southpaw.

And he’s heavily in debt. (TR)

Animated dragons tangle, musicians endure poultry projectiles in the Great Hall of the People and a wise owl knows all. (SK)

• Screens with: Rolling

• Screens with: Kaili Blues Buy tickets and read full film descriptions at viff.org

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spotlight on france VIFF honours the rich cinematic culture that continues to flourish in France by highlighting the nation’s finest big-screen offerings.

FRANCE

FRANCE

The Anarchists

Anton Chekhov—1890

Les Anarchistes

RENÉ FÉRET, FRANCE/RUSSIA, 2015, 96 MIN.

ELIE WAJEMAN, FRANCE, 2015, 101 MIN.

Sun, Sep 27 Sat, Oct 3

9:30 PM 1:30 PM

CENT SFU

North American Premiere. Two of France’s greatest young stars—Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)—are at the centre of Elie Wajeman’s exhilarating drama. A cop (Rahim) in Belle Époque Paris insinuates himself into an anarchist cell, only to find his loyalty wavering when he falls for the sensual Judith (Exarchopoulos)... “A vastly entertaining police-infiltration thriller that uses fin-de-siècle radicalism as an exquisitely atmospheric backdrop...”—Guardian CAST Tahar Rahim, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Swann Arlaud, Guillaume Gouix, Karim Leklou, Sarah Le Picard PROD Lola Gans Select Filmography Aliyah

FRANCE

Maryland ALICE WINOCOUR, FRANCE/BELGIUM, 2015, 100 MIN.

9:30 PM CENT 1:00 PM IN09

In Alice Winocour’s taut, beautifully controlled drama, an Afghanistan veteran prone to panic attacks (Rust and Bone’s Matthias Schoenaerts, indelible) is hired to protect a wealthy businessman’s wife (Diane Kruger) and child at their luxurious coastal estate.

Are the dangers he detects real or are they just PTSD symptoms caused by his wartime experiences? “A pulsing, sexy thriller...

Schoenaerts at this point should be certified as a genuine movie star.”—Vanity Fair CAST Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Percy Kemp PROD Émile Tisné, Isabelle Madelaine Select Filmography Augustine Consulat général de France à Vancouver

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Date : 20/05/09

3:00 PM CENT 6:45 PM PLAY

International Premiere. This assured, astute biopic from the late René Féret actually winds its way through an entire formative decade for the physician-turned-playwright (Nicolas Giraud) as he discovers his voice and purpose, and intrigues us at every turn. “This can be credited not only to Féret’s precise writing and direction but also to the strength of Giraud as a performer, as he manages to project his character’s emotions with just a look or the tiniest of facial movements.”

—Hollywood Reporter

CAST Nicolas Giraud, Lolita Chammah, Robinson Stevenin, Jacques Bonnaffe, Jenna Thiam, Brontis Jodorowsky PROD Rene Feret, Fabienne Feret Select Filmography The Story of Paul; The Place of Another; Madame Solario

FRANCE

Disorder Thu, Oct 1 Tue, Oct 6

Fri, Sep 25 Thu, Oct 8

In the Shadow of Women L’ ombre des femmes PHILIPPE GARREL, FRANCE/SWITZERLAND, 2015, 73 MIN.

Sun, Oct 4 Mon, Oct 5

6:45 PM 12:15 PM

SFU VCT

Male narcissism and infidelity are analyzed in veteran Philippe Garrel’s gorgeously shot (in 35mm!) B&W drama about a married documentary filmmaker (Stanislas Merhar) who falls for a younger woman... “The currents of desire, jealousy and resentment that flow through a relationship over time receive an exquisite close-up from director Garrel in [this] tightly focused romantic drama that exudes... the lucid craftsmanship of a filmmaker in full command of the medium.”—Variety CAST Clotilde Courau, Stanislas Merhar, Lena Paugam PROD Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt Select Filmography The Virgin’s Bed; J’entends plus la guitare; Regular Lovers

FRANCE

FRANCE

FRANCE

The Last Hammer Blow

The Measure of a Man

My Friend Victoria

My Golden Days

Le Dernier coup de marteau

La Loi du marché

Mon amie Victoria

Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse

ALIX DELAPORTE, FRANCE, 2014, 83 MIN.

STÉPHANE BRIZÉ, FRANCE, 2015, 93 MIN.

JEAN-PAUL CIVEYRAC, FRANCE, 2014, 95 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Sun, Sep 27

7:00 PM IN10 5:00 PM VCT

Sun, Oct 4 Tue, Oct 6

1:00 PM PLAY 6:45 PM PLAY

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Canadian Premiere. The zero-sum game that is the “law of the market” (the French title)— wherein if one wants a job another must be let go—lies at the heart of Stéphane Brizé’s profoundly humanist drama. Vincent Lindon is superb as an unemployed mechanic whose new job in security at a big-box supermarket forces him to make decisions that go against everything he believes in... “A powerfully affecting social drama... Lindon [gives] a veritable master class in understated humanism.”—Variety

Best Young Actor (Paul), Venice 14

Best Actor (Lindon), Cannes 15

CAST Romain Paul, Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Candela Peña, Farida Rahouadj, Farid Benali PROD Hélène Cases

CAST Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory, Xavier Mathieu PROD Christophe Rossignon, Philip Boëffard

Select Filmography Angel & Tony

Select Filmography Not Here To Be Loved; Between Adults; Mademoiselle Chambon

Canadian Premiere. Alix Delaporte’s quietly affecting drama gives us 14-year-old Victor (a captivating Romain Paul) who lives in a trailer outside Montpellier with his very ill mother (Clotilde Hesme). Preparing him for life after she’s gone, she puts him in touch with the father he’s never known—an imposing orchestra conductor who’s just arrived in town to perform Mahler’s Sixth Symphony... “An intimate drama in which words play second fiddle to situations and images.”—Hollywood

FRANCE

Thu, Oct 1 Sat, Oct 3

ARNAUD DESPLECHIN, FRANCE, 2015, 123 MIN.

6:15 PM IN09 12:45 PM IN09

6:30 PM SFU 3:30 PM IN09

Canadian Premiere. Based on a short story by Doris Lessing, Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s subtle, emotionally resonant drama about class and race looks at the life of the titular character (Guslagie Malanda, a revelation) in her roles as lover, mother and black woman in modern Paris. When the orphaned Victoria, age 8, is invited into a well-to-do (white) artsy couple’s bourgeois home, her view of the good life sets in motion a chain of events that will reverberate into her adulthood...

CANADIAN Premiere. An emotionally piercing youthful romance between the adolescents Paul (Quentin Dolmaire, terrific) and Esther (Lou Roy-Lecollinet), told in flashback from the adult Paul’s (Mathieu Amalric) perspective, Arnaud Desplechin’s (A Christmas Tale) supremely intelligent drama is visual storytelling at its finest. “Rich and intensely personal... A roving, restless tale, [it features] some of the most fluid, emotionally resonant filmmaking of Desplechin’s career...”—Variety

CAST Guslagie Malanda, Nadia Moussa, Catherine Mouchet, Pascal Greggory, Alexis Loret, Pierre Andrau PROD Philippe Martin

Prix SACD, Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 15

Select Filmography Les solitaires; All the Fine Promises; Young Girls in Black

FRANCE

FRANCE

Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

CAST Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric, Dinara Drukarova, Cécile Garcia-Fogel PROD Pascal Caucheteux Select Filmography La sentinelle; Kings & Queen; A Christmas Tale

FRANCE

Portrait of the Artist

Standing Tall

Vincent

We Did It on a Song

Le Dos rouge

La Tête haute

Vincent n’a pas d’ecailles

Chante ton bac d’abord

ANTOINE BARRAUD, FRANCE, 2015, 127 MIN.

EMMANUELLE BERCOT, FRANCE, 2015, 120 MIN.

THOMAS SALVADOR, FRANCE, 2014, 77 MIN.

DAVID ANDRÉ, FRANCE, 2014, 82 MIN.

Fri, Oct 2 Sat, Oct 3

1:00 PM 6:00 PM

CINE CINE

A filmmaker (played by director Bertrand Bonello) in search of the definitive image of “the monstrous” forms the backbone of Antoine Barraud’s fascinating mélange, one part drama, one part art history lesson, one part homage to past cinematic masters Buñuel and Hitchcock. Jeanne Balibar and Géraldine Pailhaus (playing the same art historian) accompany our intrepid director through a tour of some of Paris’ most quixotic museums.

The effect is “spellbinding.”—ArtForum

Sun, Sep 27 Sun, Oct 4

1:00 PM SFU 9:00 PM PLAY

North American Premiere. Catherine Deneuve, as a concerned judge dealing with delinquent youth, and newcomer Rod Paradot as Malony, the teen offender she counsels, are the twin poles in Emmanuelle Bercot’s sobering drama that traces ten turbulent years in Malony’s life. As Malony is shuffled from agency to agency, “Bercot studiously avoids the sort of catharsis-oriented pop psychology the genre so often peddles... [while] taking a page from the Dardenne brothers’ brand of social realism...”—Variety

CAST Bertrand Bonello, Jeanne Balibar, Géraldine Pailhas, Joana Preiss, Pascal Greggory, Sigrid Bouaziz PROD Vincent Wang, Cédric Walter, Antoine Barraud

CAST Rod Paradot, Catherine Deneuve, Sara Forestier, Benoît Magimel PROD Francois Kraus, Denis Pineau-Valencienne

Select Filmography Danièle Gould; La forêt des songes; Les gouffres

Select Filmography Clément; Backstage; On My Way

Fri, Sep 25 Thu, Oct 8

7:00 PM SFU 1:40 PM IN09

Every time Vincent dives into a lake, the introvert transforms into something uncanny, leaping like a dolphin and brandishing superhuman strength. If there were a villain to vanquish, he’d be a superhero. Instead, he’s left to wrestle with the very relatable fear of falling victim to persecution. “So persuasively does debut director-actor Thomas Salvador immerse the viewer in his imaginative world that it seduces entirely, in a silent comedy kind of way...”—Hollywood Reporter CAST Thomas Salvador, Vimala Pons, Youssef Hajdi, Nicolas Jaillet, Nina Meurisse PROD Julie Salvador

Mon, Oct 5 Wed, Oct 7

7:00 PM 1:15 PM

VCT SFU

Canadian Premiere. Documentarian David André follows five teenagers from depressed Boulogne-sur-Mer throughout their final year at school, with the life-determining “baccalauréat” exams awaiting them at the end.

Their lives, dreams and ambitions are captured in poetic visuals, in songs that the teenagers themselves provide, and in a captivating mélange of anger, humour, frustration and boredom... “Glee meets To Be and To Have...

A touching film, [this] hybrid French docudrama-musical comedy... deserves extra credit for trying to pull off something new.”

spotlight on france

FRANCE

—Hollywood Reporter

PROD Emmanuel François Coarse & sexual language; drug use

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USA

SWITZERLAND

Above and Below

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

NICOLAS STEINER, SWITZERLAND/GERMANY, 2015, 120 MIN.

MARC SILVER, USA, 2015, 98 MIN.

Wed, Sep 30 Fri, Oct 2

6:30 PM 10:45 AM

IN09 IN08

Mon, Oct 5 Tue, Oct 6

6:00 PM 2:30 PM

IN08 VCT

Canadian Premiere. One of the most acclaimed documentaries of the year, Marc Silver’s profound and deeply human investigation of the death of Jordan Davis—an innocent black teen who stopped, with friends, at a convenience store and was shot dead by white man Michael Dunn three-and-a-half minutes later—takes uncommon care to reveal the truth with all the nuance that patient, intelligent filmmaking can produce. The effect is unforgettable and, needless to say, tragically timely.

Nicolas Steiner’s intrepid documentary tracks down five Americans who’ve moved off the grid. Taking refuge in tunnels and bunkers, they’re living like they’re in a post-apocalyptic world. Were there personal cataclysms that drove them to this? Steiner reveals key details about his subjects and their motivations—including those of an army vet who now wanders the desert in a spacesuit—with a patience that rivals the technical prowess on display in this visually stunning film. “Intriguing and absorbing... There is a certain poetry to these unusual lives.”—Screen

Special Jury Prize (Social Impact), Sundance 15

PROD Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler, Helge Albers

PROD Minette Nelson, Carolyn Hepburn

Select Filmography Battle of the Queens

Select Filmography The Leech and the Earthworm; Who Is Dayani Cristal?

NETHERLANDS

nonfiction features VIFF unveils another series of acclaimed documentary and essay films that expand the form’s possibilities and invite us to view the world in different lights.

USA

Alice Cares

All Eyes and Ears

Ik ben Alice

VANESSA HOPE, USA/CHINA, 2015, 90 MIN.

SANDER BURGER, NETHERLANDS, 2015, 76 MIN.

Sun, Sep 27 Sat, Oct 3

11:00 AM 6:30 PM

SFU IN08

North American Premiere. Science and sentiment power Sander Burger’s documentary about how technology is preparing for the western world’s demographic sea change.

With the number of seniors spiking and traditional ideas of family fracturing, who will be there to lend the aged an ear and lift their spirits? One possible solution is Alice, who’s friendly, attentive and patient as she provides companionship and conversation for three elderly, isolated women. It just so happens that she’s also a robot. “As unassumingly delightful as its eponymous, diminutive ‘carerobot.’”—Hollywood Reporter PROD Janneke Doolaard Select Filmography The Panman: Rhythm of the Palms; Hunting & Sons

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6:45 PM 1:30 PM

IN08 IN08

International Premiere. Jon Huntsman, Jr., US ambassador to China from 2009-2011, his adopted Chinese-American daughter Gracie, and blind Chinese activist and selftaught lawyer Chen Guangcheng are the very human faces of Vanessa Hope’s penetrating examination of US-China relations. Hope ambitiously ties their stories together as she delineates the issues of security, financial imbalances and human rights that are at the core of the current relationship between the two nations. That she does so with skill and humanity makes this not only a timely film but one that is essential viewing.

PROD Vanessa Hope, Ted Hope, Geralyn Dreyfous, Carlton Evans

FRANCE

USA

Among the Believers

Banking Nature

HEMAL TRIVEDI, MOHAMMED ALI NAQVI, PAKISTAN, 2015, 84 MIN.

Nature, le nouvel Eldorado de la finance

Sat, Oct 3 Mon, Oct 5

6:15 PM 1:30 PM

IN09 IN09

Canadian Premiere. The struggle for power between radical Muslim fundamentalists and secular forces in Pakistan is a core issue of our time, one that Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s documentary explores with urgency, intelligence and finesse. At the centre is an interview with smiling fanatical cleric Maulana Aziz, leader of the Red Mosque, which counts 10,000 students in madrassas all over the country. It is he and his fellow Taliban that secular activists and government forces are up against... “This must-see documentary... chills to the bone.”—Variety PROD Jonathan Goodman Levitt, Hemal Trivedi

USA

DENIS DELESTRAC, SANDRINE FEYDEL, FRANCE, 2014, 90 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Wed, Oct 7

1:30 PM 8:30 PM

SFU SFU

USA

Brand: A Second Coming Tue, Sep 29 Wed, Sep 30

6:15 PM PLAY 1:30 PM PLAY

Do pollinating bees have a market value?

Can we put a price on the Amazon Rainforest? These are not hypothetical questions, as Denis Delestrac and Sandrine Feydal’s clear-eyed and rigorously researched investigation shows. Under the guise of protecting nature, banks and multinationals—with the blessing of the UN, Europe and many NGOs—are mounting new financial markets that exploit “environmental protection” as a moneymaking enterprise. This occasionally chilling documentary makes explicit just how the financial world does indeed see nature as the new Eldorado...

Canadian Premiere. Having butted heads with would-be rock ‘n’ roll messiahs (Dig!) and full-blown cult leaders (Join Us), Ondi Timoner now takes on Russell Brand, a pop culture figure who often seems more egoand-contradictions than flesh-and-blood. As seen in this comprehensive and fascinating profile, he’s played the celebrity game like he wrote the rulebook and yet seems to have emerged as a born revolutionary. “The antics, the vulgarity, the hilarity and the howls for attention aren’t anywhere near as arresting as [the] revelation of Brand’s own deep-seated humanity.”—Screen

PROD Jean-Pierre Devorsine

FEATURING Russell Brand PROD Ondi Timoner

Select Filmography (Denis Delestrac) Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space; Sand Wars; (Sandrine Feydel) Oceans of Plastic

Select Filmography Dig!; We Live in Public; Cool It

USA

UK

Dark Horse

Deep Time

LOUISE OSMOND, UK, 2015, 86 MIN.

NOAH HUTTON, USA, 2015, 89 MIN.

SFU IN09

Canadian Premiere. In the wake of Fukushima, debate over whether we were safeguarded against similar nuclear disasters was conspicuous by its absence. Peter Galison and Robb Moss’ documentary is certainly a conversation starter. Pulling back the curtain on weapons manufacturing and nuclearwaste disposal, it reveals a New Mexican desert that isn’t so much a final resting place for radioactive materials as a ticking time bomb. Skilfully incorporating animation, this explosive investigative documentary speculates at how future generations will contend with the fallout from our sins.

PROD Peter Galison, Robb Moss Select Filmography (Robb Moss) The Same River Twice; Secrecy

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Sep 28 Tue, Oct 6

1:30 PM IN09 6:00 PM IN09 1:15 PM CENT

Louise Osmond’s uplifting documentary tells an underdog tale for the ages. Determined to crash the “sport of kings,” 23 Welsh workingclass friends invest everything in a thoroughbred foal, vaulting it from a squalid paddock in a depressed town to the winner’s circle at Wales’ most prestigious horse races. It’s funny, it’s moving, it has a great soundtrack and visual style. “Unforgettable... A shuddering, but delicately handled, exploration of that most basic human desire: to leave a mark and to forge a legacy.”—Telegraph Audience Award, World Documentary, Sundance 15 PROD Judith Dawson Select Filmography Deep Water; What the Green Movement Got Wrong; Six Million Dollar Conman

Thu, Oct 1 Fri, Oct 2

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Oct 5 Thu, Oct 8

9:30 PM 4:30 PM 11:00 AM

IN10 IN10 SFU

Canadian Premiere. Winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for writing on cuisine, Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold is a beloved and imminently quotable cultural icon in that city. Laura Gabbert’s entertaining profile gives equal weight to the man and his métier. More than any other, Gold has done the legwork to uncover the different culinary wonder spots throughout the city’s vast, largely immigrant suburbs and environs, and then done his best to contextualize his experiences. In so doing, he has turned the restaurant review into serious—and seriously fun—cultural criticism.

FEATURING Jonathan Gold PROD Laura Gabbert, Holly Becker Select Filmography Sunset Story; No Impact Man: The Documentary

USA

PETER GALISON, ROBB MOSS, USA, 2015, 81 MIN.

9:00 PM 10:45 AM

LAURA GABBERT, USA, 2015, 89 MIN.

ONDI TIMONER, USA, 2015, 105 MIN.

Containment Wed, Sep 30 Sun, Oct 4

City of Gold

10:45 AM 9:30 PM

SFU VCT

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon DOUGLAS TIROLA, USA, 2015, 92 MIN.

International Premiere. The immense oil boom that has gone on in North Dakota for the past six years and how that boom has affected local landowners, state officials and the Indigenous Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation serve as the entry points for Noah Hutton’s artful big-picture investigation of climate, time and our planet’s geologic record.

Hutton has cited Michael Madsen’s eerie nuclear-waste documentary Into Eternity (VIFF 10) as a major influence and that is in evidence here in the careful attention paid to uncanny visuals and an urgent, otherworldly score.

Douglas Tirola’s documentary whisks us back to the 70s when a couple of overachieving college smartasses made good. In fact, to hear Judd Apatow tell it, “They became all of modern comedy.” Fueled by weed and indignation, they transformed a counterculture magazine into an empire and launched the careers of John Belushi, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray and dozens of other luminaries.

“Punch-drunk and very much alive... generous and briskly entertaining...”—Variety

PROD Noah Hutton, Jesse Miller, Sara’o Bery

PROD Susan Bedusa, Douglas Tirola

Select Filmography Crude Independence; More to Live For

Select Filmography A Reason to Believe; All In: The Poker Movie; Hey Bartender

Thu, Sep 24 Sun, Sep 27

8:45 PM RIO 4:15 PM SFU

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GERMANY

Ever the Land SARAH GROHNERT, NEW ZEALAND, 2015, 93 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Sat, Oct 3

6:15 PM 11:00 AM

SFU SFU

NEW ZEALAND

UK

From Scotland with Love Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The A Flickering Truth VIRGINIA HEATH, UK, 2014, 75 MIN. PIETRA BRETTKELLY, NEW ZEALAND/AFGHANISTAN, Man Behind the Swiss 2015, 91 MIN. Sun, Sep 27 6:00 PM IN09 Leaks Thu, Sep 24 6:30 PM CINE Tue, Sep 29 3:45 PM PLAY BEN LEWIS, GERMANY, 2015, 85 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28

10:30 AM

IN09

North American Premiere. Unearthing a treasure trove of archival footage, Virginia Heath’s montage film offers a kaleidoscopic tour of mid-20th century Scotland. As we glimpse evocative vignettes of labour and leisure, protests and parades, strife and revelry, we enter a world seemingly conjured from the realms of fantasy rather than reels of found footage. And playing throughout are King Creosote’s lush chamber pop songs, which lend a captivating sense of lore to every scene and heighten the film’s intimacy. “An immersive, moving and, at times, truly magical window on the past...”—Guardian

International Premiere. It’s a scenario familiar to Canadians: oppressed indigenous people fighting to assert their rights. On this occasion, the setting is New Zealand’s Te Urewera forest region. The players? A fiercely independent Tuhoi tribe negotiating a settlement from the Crown while constructing an architectural gem of a community centre through sustainable methods. This confluence of honoured tradition and progressive environmentalism begets a stirring depiction of indigenous pride and architectural and diplomatic ingenuity Directed with finesse and sensitivity by Sarah Grohnert.

North American Premiere. IT technician Hervé Falciani left his job at a Swiss branch of HSBC in 2008, taking with him a hard-drive containing a database of 130,000 bank accounts held by citizens from 180 countries.

Ben Lewis’ comprehensive investigation explores in detail the fallout from Falciani’s actions, particularly the very slow progress being made by tax authorities in various countries to recoup the billions hidden in secret accounts...

While film preservation isn’t a foreign concept on these shores, devoted efforts here pale in comparison to the outright heroism displayed by the three brave Afghan cinephiles profiled in Pietra Brettkelly’s inspiring documentary.

Having risked their lives to hide an 8,000hour film archive from the Taliban regime, they now seek to restore it and reacquaint their countrymen with past monarchs, invasions and bygone days when Afghan women wore miniskirts. They’re not just striving to save a century’s worth of celluloid but also their nation’s history and culture.

PROD Alexander Behse

PROD Bettina Walter

PROD Pietra Brettkelly

PROD Grant Keir

Select Filmography Hammer & Tickle; The Great Contemporary Art Bubble; Google and the World Brain

Select Filmography Beauty Will Save the World; The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

Select Filmography Songs from the Golden City

10:30 AM IN08 6:30 PM CINE

USA

UK

Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey ADAM PENNY, MARTA GYÖRGY-KESSLER, UK, 2014, 91 MIN.

Thu, Sep 24 Sat, Sep 26

Thu, Oct 1 Thu, Oct 8

6:30 PM 11:00 AM

SFU SFU

Canadian Premiere. In the late 60s, India experienced a Western invasion as outsiders flooded over the border in hopes of finding enlightenment. The Beatles may’ve been the highest profile pilgrims, but Hannah Nydahl, a young Danish woman, was ultimately the most influential. She and her husband were the first westerners to study under His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and then spread his teachings abroad. Part biography, part adventure film, Adam Penny and Marta György-Kessler’s documentary celebrates a true pioneer. “Visually, the film is a pleasure...”—Village Voice FEATURING Esther Fallon, Villads Vestergaard EXEC PROD Peter Penny, Jon Ayres, Adam Penny, Marta György-Kessler

UK

FRANCE

Homme Less

Hurricane

THOMAS WIRTHENSOHN, USA/AUSTRIA, 2014, 83 MIN.

ANDY BYATT, UK/FRANCE, 2014, 82 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Sun, Oct 4 Wed, Oct 7

11:00 AM IN08 6:30 PM CENT 11:00 AM SFU

By day, Mark Reay enjoys an enviable life as a New York fashion freelancer, snapping photos, visiting fashion houses and using upscale eateries as makeshift offices. At night, he retreats to a rooftop where he lives under a tarp. This photographer-actor is a wellcoifed embodiment of contradictions: classy but destitute; talented but unlucky at life.

However, rather than simply trying to pay the rent, he doggedly chases the dream. Thomas Wirthensohn’s documentary “is an adventure… and an often beautiful portrait of [New York’s] promise and cruelty.”—Village Voice Grand Jury Award, DOC NYC 14 PROD Karol Martesko-Fenster, Wolfgang Ramml

Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

Ice and the Sky La Glace et le ciel

12:30 PM CENT 7:00 PM IN10

North American Premiere. Beginning its journey as an ominous sandstorm in Senegal, then heading west across the Pacific to toss enormous ships and waves topsy-turvy before finally crashing into the jungles of the Caribbean, Hurricane Lucy is our home for 82 minutes, and it is a truly awesome, scary and incredible place. Lizards, bats, frogs, horses, homeless men, rivers, ocean reefs, the US Gulf coast... all bend before Lucy’s immense power. Andy Byatt (Blue Planet) teamed up with NASA to create this genuinely thrilling and immersive experience that must be seen on the big screen!

Select Filmography Earth; Blue Planet

LUC JACQUET, FRANCE, 2015, 89 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Tue, Sep 29

6:15 PM IN09 12:30 PM CENT

non-fiction features

NEW ZEALAND

North American Premiere. Luc Jacquet (the Oscar-winning March of the Penguins) returns to the Antarctic to trace the fascinating life and groundbreaking work of French glaciologist Claude Lorius, now 83. Lorius discovered that, by drilling into ice and extracting cores from enormous depths, effectively travelling back through time, one could show the link between man-made greenhouse gases and climate change... “Jacquet’s film is... a call to arms to the environmental movement destabilised and buffeted by the denial industry...

A powerful testament, and one that ought to have a considerable impact.”—Guardian PROD Richard Grandpierre Select Filmography March of the Penguins; The Fox & the Child; Once Upon a Forest

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USA

CANADA

USA

CANADA

In Transit

Jumbo Wild

Meru

The Messenger

ALBERT MAYSLES, LYNN TRUE, NELSON WALKER, DAVID USUI, BEN WU, USA, 2015, 76 MIN.

NICK WAGGONER, CANADA, 2015, 52 MIN.

JIMMY CHIN, E. CHAI VASARHELYI, USA, 2014, 92 MIN.

SU RYNARD, CANADA/FRANCE, 2015, 90 MIN.

Mon, Oct 5 Wed, Oct 7 Thu, Oct 8

10:30 AM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM

IN08 IN10 IN10

Canadian Premiere. Intimate, revealing, philosophical, spiced with dollops of whimsy— these are qualities associated with the work of the late, legendary documentarian Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens), and his final film (co-directed with Lynn True, Nelson Walker, David Usui and Ben Wu) has them in spades. On a three-day train trip from Chicago to Seattle, the team—through encounters with other passengers—captures a snapshot of American life. “Lovely... A folk odyssey through northern landscapes that proves a fitting farewell to an American ethnographer.”—Variety

Preceded By Mystic Jungfraujoch p. 71

Thu, Oct 8 Fri, Oct 9

6:15 PM 11:00 AM

SFU SFU

World Premiere. Nick Waggoner’s gorgeous, gripping documentary captures a decades-long struggle over the future of Jumbo Valley, deep within the raw, rugged Purcell range of B.C.’s Columbia Mountains.

Exploring a tug-of-war between a proposed (and long-delayed) $450-million ski resort near Invermere versus community members, conservationists and the Ktunaxa Nation and Shuswap Indian Band who are determined to see Jumbo kept wild, Waggoner’s film documents the fierce ideological battle surrounding how we value land.

PROD Laura Yale, Zac Ramras

PROD Lynn True, Nelson Walker

Sat, Sep 26 Tue, Sep 29

3:45 PM CENT 9:00 PM RIO

Sun, Oct 4 Tue, Oct 6

6:30 PM CINE 1:15 PM IN08

The best climbing film ever? This exhilarating, immersive documentary showcases three extraordinary climbers’ efforts to be the first to scale the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru, the Himalayas’ most daunting challenge. Directors Jimmy Chin, a top climber, and E. Chai Vasarhelyi, a celebrated documentarian, detail the perils of this 1,500-foot wall of sheer, smooth granite and delve into the psyches of these daredevils. Jon Krakauer is among those who provide context. “A visceral study of willpower and mental strength.”—Indiewire

In recent years, Su Rynard noticed that birds she used to see—grosbeaks, flycatchers, barn swallows—were nowhere to be found.

Indeed, songbirds are rapidly disappearing and their absence is a message to us all. Humans share an ageless bond with birds and their songs: in ancient times, we looked to bird’s flight patterns and listened to their melodies to predict the future. Today, the birds once again have something to tell us. “The Messenger hums with the kind of restless energy that’s all too rare for an ecodoc.”—POV Magazine

PROD E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Ethridge

PROD Joanne Jackson, Sally Blake, Martin de la Fouchardiere, Su Rynard, Diane Woods

Select Filmography (E. Chai Vasarhelyi) A Normal Life; Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love; Touba

Select Filmography Dream Machine; Kardia

Select Filmography (Albert Maysles) Salesman; Gimme Shelter; Grey Gardens

IRELAND

Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did

PHILLIP WARNELL, UK/BELGIUM/USA, 2014, 71 MIN.

DAVID EVANS, UK, 2015, 92 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Sep 27

8:30 PM 12:30 PM

VCT VCT

Sat, Sep 26 Tue, Sep 29

9:00 PM 11:00 AM

SFU IN10

It seems The Wolfpack doesn’t have the market cornered when it comes to exceedingly strange New York apartment stories. In October 2003, New York City police stormed the top floor of a Harlem high-rise after being alerted that a Bengal tiger and alligator were being kept as pets. A dozen years on, Philip Warnell has taken an inspired approach to exploring this remarkable story, trading the sensationalistic for actual sensations.

Through meticulous reconstructions, we’re immersed in this odd habitat of restless, trapped animals, and filled with awe.

international Premiere. A brilliantly conceived and executed work that is as emotionally affecting as it is intellectually questioning, David Evans’ layered documentary follows two elderly men, both the sons of highranking Nazis responsible for thousands of deaths, on a trip to Poland and Ukraine. Once there, ghosts from the past are unearthed, and profound psychological insights about the ties that bind come to light. “A bracingly rigorous examination of inherited guilt and pain, [this] is an extraordinary documentary...”—Screen

PROD Phillip Warnell, Madeleine Molyneaux

PROD Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey Select Filmography Fever Pitch; Dirt

ITALY

One Million Dubliners

Palio

AOIFE KELLEHER, IRELAND, 2014, 83 MIN.

COSIMA SPENDER, ITALY/UK, 2015, 90 MIN.

Sun, Sep 27 Mon, Sep 28 Tue, Oct 6

4:15 PM IN10 7:00 PM IN10 3:45 PM CENT

Canadian Premiere. Glasnevin Cemetery holds not just the final remains of 1.5-million Dubliners but the infinite stories that are buried along with them. Fortunately, Aoife Kelleher’s documentary has avuncular historian Shane MacThomais to guide us through the sprawling grounds and the colourful pasts of the late luminaries (and unknowns) laid to rest there. MacThomais’ personality suffuses the film, ensuring a tone that’s buoyant rather than funereal as he enlightens us on everything from burial procedures to posthumous celebrity. “Comprehensive and beautifully filmed...”—Irish Times Best Documentary, Galway 14

Thu, Oct 1 Fri, Oct 2

6:30 PM 11:00 AM

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Canadian Premiere. Siena is one of the world’s most picturesque cities and the Palio is its crowning glory. Held twice a summer, this often ruthless bareback horse race brings pageantry and unparalleled intensity to the tight turns of the medieval town’s Piazza del Campo. Cosima Spender’s breathtaking documentary centres on a young upstart intent on making his mark in this cutthroat competition. “A remarkably concise and clear explanation of a complex, ancient tradition...

How can something like this still exist? And how can one film capture it in such elegant detail?”—Vanity Fair

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PROD James Gay-Rees, John Hunt Select Filmography Without Gorky

PROD Rachel Lysaght

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The Pearl Button

Racing Extinction

El botón de nácar

LOUIE PSIHOYOS, USA, 2015, 77 MIN.

PATRICIO GUZMÁN, CHILE/FRANCE/SPAIN, 2015, 82 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Wed, Sep 30

8:30 PM IN09 4:00 PM PLAY

Patricio Guzmán explores the watery Patagonian Archipelago and its meaning in Chilean history—from its use by Chile’s Indigenous peoples to its function as a grave site for Pinochet’s desaparecidos... “Applying the same mix of lyrical nature and space imagery, voice-over narration, archive photos and footage, and interviews [that he used in Nostalgia for the Light], the director crafts another deeply poetic but also committedly, at times even angrily, humanist meditation on buried traces of the past and how they determine our present and future...”—Screen

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Oct 5 Thu, Oct 8

2:30 PM 11:30 AM 6:00 PM

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International Premiere. Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) returns with another enviro-doc that doubles as a top-flight thriller. Racing against the clock to stave off a mass extinction, Psihoyos’ undercover activists infiltrate underground marketplaces trafficking in endangered marine life and immerse us in oceans turning toxic from our energy consumption.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. The call to action couldn’t be more urgent. “A mesmeric entertainment and enlightenment... A chilling call to action to stop ocean poisoning before it results in destruction of the planet.”

—Hollywood Reporter

PROD Renate Sachse

PROD Olivia Ahnemann, Fisher Stevens

Select Filmography The Battle of Chile; Salvador Allende; Nostalgia for the Light

Select Filmography The Cove Theme of animal slaughter

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Requiem for the American Dream

The Royal Road JENNI OLSON, USA, 2015, 65 MIN.

PETER HUTCHISON, KELLY NYKS, JARED P. SCOTT, USA, 2015, 73 MIN.

Tue, Oct 6 Fri, Oct 9

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Canadian Premiere. Noam Chomsky and his unassailable arguments about how economic inequality has become an entrenched part of western life are front and centre in Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks and Jared P. Scott’s superbly reasoned documentary, one part analysis and one part call to arms. The interviews with Chomsky were shot over four years and show that none of the 86-yearold’s fight has gone out of him. “This short, sharp, smart essay-film makes excellent use of Chomsky’s insights...”—Hollywood Reporter FEATURING Noam Chomsky PROD Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott

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Select Filmography (Kelly Nyks) Split: A Divided America; Do the Math; Disruption; (Jared P. Scott) Do the Math; Disruption

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Mon, Oct 5 Fri, Oct 9

9:15 PM 10:00 AM

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International Premiere. Awash in nostalgia, Jenni Olson’s essay film is cinepoetry at its most eloquent and accessible. Assembling immaculately framed images of California’s beguiling landscapes and architecture, Olson lends mesmerising narration that proves both introspective and amusing as she ruminates on colonialism, Hitchcock’s Vertigo, unattainable love and the impermanent beauty of the world we’ve constructed. Lulling and provocative in turns, this is the assured work of a filmmaker exceedingly comfortable in her celluloid skin and yet eager to uncover new veins of expression.

PROD Jenni Olson, Julie Dorf Select Filmography Trailers Schmailers; The Bride of Trailer Camp; The Joy of Life

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Sam Klemke’s Time Machine MATTHEW BATE, AUSTRALIA, 2015, 94 MIN.

8:45 PM 7:00 PM

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What begins in 1977 as “an annual personal summary report” (read: self-recorded video journal) by 19-year-old Sam Klemke evolves into time-lapse display of years slipping away right before our eyes. When Klemke—an early adopter of the self-involvement that’s become prevalent in the Internet era—becomes an overnight YouTube sensation some three decades into his project, director Matthew Bate enters the frame. As he assumes control of Sam’s archive of footage, the question arises: Whose film are we now watching?

“An existential message in a bottle.”—Variety FEATURING Sam Klemke PROD Sophie Hyde, Rebecca Summerton

Steak (R)evolution

A Syrian Love Story

FRANCK RIBIÈRE, FRANCE, 2014, 114 MIN.

SEAN MCALLISTER, UK, 2015, 80 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Oct 5

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Mon, Oct 5 Wed, Oct 7

9:30 PM 2:00 PM

Topophilia PETER BO RAPPMUND, USA, 2015, 64 MIN.

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Canadian Premiere. What makes Angus Angus? What makes Kobe Kobe? Who’s got the world’s best beef? What’s the best way to cook it? Can we feel less guilty about consuming all of it? What’s in the cow’s best interest? Are our interests, the cattle’s and the planet’s sustainability absolutely irreconcilable? We have the questions and Franck Ribière’s Steak (R)evolution has the revealing answers, including how the most humane raising of livestock results in the most delectable steak. “Vegetarians beware—this mouthwatering documentary may just about convert you.”—Hollywood Reporter

Canadian Premiere. A journey both physical and intensely emotional, Sean McAllister’s five-year chronicle tells of the troubled love story between Amer, a Palestinian freedom fighter, and Raghda, a left-wing Syrian activist, who first met as Syrian political prisoners in the mid-90s, married and had four sons.

As McAllister documents their struggles, he too is arrested, forcing the family to flee to Lebanon. He follows. The resulting story displays “heartbreaking candour... [and] furnishes a timely look behind the cover stories on Europe’s immigration drama.”—Hollywood

PROD Vérane Frédiani

Grand Jury Prize, Sheffield 15

Reporter

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Mon, Sep 28 Tue, Sep 29

1:30 PM CINE 7:00 PM VCT

Canadian Premiere. Continuing the visual experimentation with time-lapse photography and landscape that made his Tectonics such a unique and mesmerizing event, Peter Bo Rappmund turns his camera lens on one of the world’s longest crude oil pipelines, the 1,300-kilometre Trans-Alaska Pipeline, stretching from Prudhoe Bay in the north to Valdez in the south. “Astonishing images and rhythms arise, capturing the complex intersections at which industrial and natural sublimes meet, and suggesting a new politics of the petro-image.”—Museum of Modern Art PROD Peter Bo Rappmund

PROD Elhum Shakerifar, Sean McAllister

Select Filmography Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

Select Filmography Psychohydrography; Tectonics

Select Filmography Settlers; The Liberace of Baghdad; The Reluctant Revolutionary

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USA

Very Semi-Serious LEAH WOLCHOK, USA, 2015, 83 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Sep 28 Thu, Oct 8

USA

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UK

The Visit (An Alien Encounter) MICHAEL MADSEN, DENMARK/AUSTRIA/IRELAND, 2014, 90 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Wed, Sep 30

9:00 PM 11:00 AM

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International Premiere. Despite its stellar reporting, short fiction and criticism, there are still many readers who flip directly to The New Yorker’s cartoons. Understanding that impulse completely, Leah Wolchok profiles Bob Mankoff, the cartoon editor who determines what’ll get a laugh. In turn, we’re introduced to the eccentrics who aspire to distill their satire into a single pristine panel.

“A dream come true… A warm and frequently hilarious portrait of the unique men and women who live for that rare moment when their drawings are printed in their business’ holiest book.”—Time Out

In a nonfiction work of tremendous vision, Michael Madsen pre-enacts how an alien invasion might unfold. Rather than wild speculation, this modern equivalent of Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast draws from erudite sources inside the United Nations’ Office for Outer Space Affairs. Despite its factual foundations, Madsen’s film still inspires wonder thanks to an enthralling interview technique that sees its subjects directly addressing the camera, putting us in the place of the otherworldly visitor and leaving us to question humanity’s role in the universe.

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PROD Lise Lense-Møller Select Filmography Celestial Night: A Film on Visibility; Into Eternity; The Average of the Average

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Zonda, folclore Argentino

ALEXANDER DUNN, UK, 2015, 101 MIN.

Sat, Oct 3 Wed, Oct 7

6:30 PM 1:15 PM

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Canadian Premiere. Even if the name means nothing to you, the Roland TR-808 drum machine has played a role in your life. The machine’s dirty bass was the signature sound of the early days of hip-hop and the basis for modern EDM. But don’t take our word for it—Alexander Dunn’s diverse film features testimony from Damon Albarn, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, Diplo, Fatboy Slim, Chris Frantz of Talking Heads, Goldie, Rick Rubin, Bernard Sumner, Phil Collins, Pharrell Williams and others. “A must-see.”—Rolling Stone Dedicated to our dear, departed friend, Peter Culley.

PROD Alex Noyer, Alexander Dunn, Craig Kallman

CARLOS SAURA, SPAIN/FRANCE/ARGENTINA, 2015, 85 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Mon, Oct 5

3:30 PM CENT 6:15 PM CENT

North American Premiere. Carlos Saura’s latest sumptuous documentary plunges us into the heart of traditional Argentine dance and music, via a succession of choreographed tableaux retracing a history rich in métissage.

With a unique approach to its mise en scène, documentary images from different regions of Argentina gracefully mix with awe-inspiring traditional songs, performed by the country’s greatest singers, including a tribute to the much revered Mercedes Sosa. Both poetic and fascinating, Saura’s film conjures the entire history of the country and sets it to the tune of guitars and accordion.

FEATURING Soledad Pastorutti, El Chaqueño Palavecino, Dino Saluzzi, Roxana Amed PROD Marcelo Schapces, Mariana Erijimovich, Alejandro Israel

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USA

USA

A Ballerina’s Tale NELSON GEORGE, USA, 2015, 85 MIN.

Tue, Sep 29 Thu, Oct 1

7:00 PM 1:00 PM

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International Premiere. Some ascents to stardom are meteoric. Others are a gruelling marathon. Ballerina Misty Copeland learned early on that not everything comes easily for a teen prodigy. Especially when you’re African-American and racial homogeny is part of ballet’s exclusivity. Nelson George’s inside look at the art and industry of ballet invites us to marvel at Copeland’s courage and grace but question what goes on behind closed curtains. Most importantly, it gives us a real-life heroine to root for with all our hearts. “Inspirational doesn’t begin to describe it.”—Rolling Stone FEATURING Misty Copeland PROD Leslie Norville Select Filmography Left Unsaid; Finding the Funk No advisory

Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante SUSAN GRAY, USA, 2015, 70 MIN.

Thu, Oct 1 Sun, Oct 4

SFU IN09

Hailing from opposite ends of the Earth, two accomplished acrobats work towards the same goal: to use the art form of circus to instill hope in the youth who languish in the impoverished communities the artists once called home. Nimbly shuttling us between Nunavet and Guinea, Susan Gray’s uplifting documentary invites us to marvel as these men, whose athleticism is only exceeded by their altruism, guide the most marginalized of youth from their first tentative backflips to centre stage at the Vancouver Olympics and Cirque du Soleil.

FEATURING Yamoussa Bangoura, Guillaume Saladin EXEC PROD Bestor Cram, Nicole Guillemet Coarse language

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The Competition ANGEL BORREGO CUBERO, SPAIN/ANDORRA, 2013, 99 MIN.

Mon, Oct 5 Wed, Oct 7

6:30 PM 10:00 AM

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Canadian Premiere. When Andorra—that tiny-yet-wealthy principality high in the Pyrenees—decided it needed a fabulous new art gallery to rival Bilbao’s, invitations went out to the world’s top architects. Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Dominique Perrault were among the heavy-hitters who not only took on the design competition but consented to be part of this warts-and-all film. “A documentary that exposes how ‘starchitects’ really work...

Compulsive viewing.”—Guardian FEATURING Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Dominique Perrault PROD Angel Borrego Cubero

NETHERLANDS

The Dream of Shahrazad Erbarme dich - Matthäus Hockney FRANÇOIS VERSTER, SOUTH AFRICNARTSA /EGYPT/ RANDALL WRIGHT, UK/USA, 2014, 112 MIN. Passion Stories JORDAN/FRANCE/NETHERLANDS, 2014, 107 MIN. Thu, Oct 1 Sun, Oct 4

8:30 PM CINE 3:15 PM PLAY

RAMÓN GIELING, NETHERLANDS, 2015, 99 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Sep 28

11:30 AM 7:00 PM

North American Premiere. Bach’s beautiful St. Matthew’s Passion and how it has profoundly affected the lives of, among others, opera director Peter Sellars, conductor Pieter Jan Leusink, writer Anna Enquist and soprano Olga Zinovieva, are the twin subjects of Ramón Gieling’s stunningly shot and exquisitely choreographed inquiry into “a language beyond understanding.” In an abandoned Amsterdam church, a homeless choir joins Leusink’s orchestra and soloists in a performance sure to raise goosebumps for music-lovers of all persuasions.

PROD Francois Verster, Neil Brandt, Shameela Seedat, Wael Omar

CAST Peter Sellars, Anna Enquist, Pieter Jan Leusink, Emio Greco, Simon Halsey PROD Janneke Doolaard Select Filmography Johan Cruijff - En un momento dado; Tramontana; Memories of a Sad Dawn

UK

UK

Innocence of Memories

Invention

CARMEN COBOS, NETHERLANDS, 2014, 76 MIN.

GRANT GEE, UK/TURKEY, 2015, 90 MIN.

MARK LEWIS, UK/CANADA, 2015, 87 MIN.

1:30 PM 7:00 PM

IN08 VCT

North American Premiere. Rarely have classical music feuds been as acrimonious as the clash between creative heavyweights captured in Carmen Cobos’ riveting documentary. Despite his distaste for symphony orchestras, celebrated avant-garde composer Louis Andriessen is coerced into collaborating with Mariss Jansons and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Andriessen’s piece is characteristically challenging but also extremely personal, ensuring that the imposition of Jansons’ traditional sensibilities is seen as an affront. Will the world premiere leave their reputations in tatters?

FEATURING Louis Andriessen, PROD Kees Rijninks

Mariss

Jansons

Sun, Oct 4 Wed, Oct 7

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Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

Mon, Sep 28 Tue, Oct 6 Thu, Oct 8

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North American Premiere. The art and unbridled personality of acclaimed British artist David Hockney are brought to vivid life in Randall Wright’s treatise on the man’s memorable and influential career and personal history. Intimate and insightful, the portrait delves deeply to reveal a charismatic rebel, still searching for new ways of seeing, whose passion for art remains intense, and whose wry sense of humour still shines through. “A wealth of intimate home-movie footage and an affinity with his subject invigorate Wright’s unashamedly affectionate portrait of a British icon.”—Observer FEATURING David Hockney PROD Kate Ogborn, Randall Wright Select Filmography John Le Carré: The Secret Centre; Freud’s Naked Truths; Sister Wendy and the Art of the Gospel

USA

Imperfect Harmony Mon, Sep 28 Sat, Oct 3

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Canadian Premiere. A beautifully realized paean to art and democracy, set in Istanbul, Cairo, Beirut and Alexandria, François Verster’s ambitious, multilayered documentary combines the tale of Shahrazad (and the 1001 stories she tells) with many other stories of the modern Arab world. From the National Youth Orchestra in Istanbul, to a troupe of actors/storytellers in Cairo, to a lone tapestry artist (amongst many others), Verster’s profoundly secular-humanist work skips back and forth through time and space to weave its own striking tapestry about the modernizing force of art.

Select Filmography When the War Is Over; The Mother’s House; Sea Point Days

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UK

Arts & letters

SPAIN

Landfill Harmonic 7:00 PM 1:30 PM

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North American Premiere. Following his Patience (After Sebald), visual essayist Grant Gee turns his lens toward another great writer, Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk, and to Istanbul and the museum—both actual and fictional— that Pamuk created there. Simon Schama describes this Museum of Innocence as “the single most powerfully beautiful, humane and affecting work of contemporary art anywhere in the world”. It has inspired this beguiling film which turns cinema back to its roots in dream, vision, the search for meaning and communal memorialization.

Renowned Canadian film and video installation artist Mark Lewis takes us on a tour of art and architecture that transports us from Toronto to São Paolo to Paris’ Musée du Louvre. Likened to the great city symphony films of the silent era, Lewis’ new work is at once mesmerizingly beautiful, technically awe-inspiring and intellectually challenging.

As the Louvre (which commissioned a series from him that has been on exhibition this past year) put it, Lewis’ work “suggests that film came before cinematographic technology, invented in the eye of the viewer.”

Select Filmography Meeting People Is Easy; Joy Division; Patience (After Sebald)

PROD Eve Gabereau, Gerry Flahive, Anita Lee Select Filmography Two Impossible Films; Disgraced Monuments; Backstory

BRAD ALLGOOD, GRAHAM TOWNSLEY, USA/ PARAGUAY, 2015, 84 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Fri, Oct 2 Sun, Oct 4

3:30 PM 1:30 PM 6:15 PM

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In Latin America’s largest landfill, a garbage picker uncovers the raw materials for makeshift musical instruments. As cellos and violins are fashioned from stray detritus, a group of local children are likewise transformed into the Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura. Reminiscent of VIFF ‘10 standout Waste Land, Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley’s documentary is an inspiring tale of resilience and transcendence. “A secret treasure... A story of the dull throb of existence gleefully recalibrated by the thundering heartbeat of music.”—Austin Chronicle Audience award, 24bps, sxsw 15 PROD Juliana Penaranda-Loftus No advisory

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Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship KIM LONGINOTTO, UK, 2014, 70 MIN.

Preceded By THE EXQUISITE CORPUS p. 71

Thu, Sep 24 Tue, Sep 29 Tue, Oct 6

7:00 PM 1:30 PM 12:30 PM

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Canadian Premiere. Remember the montage of stolen movie kisses the projectionist cuts together in Cinema Paradiso? Kim Longinotto’s glorious valentine to love does something quite similar: it’s an assemblage of flirtation, courtship, weddings and a bit of hanky-panky. Some scenes are familiar but mostly these are forgotten films, or they’re home movies, snippets of old newsreels, orphan sequences lost and found. Artfully entwined and set to Richard Hawley’s luxuriant ballads, they become the most romantic movie you’ll see this year.

USA

UK

Magicarena

Mavis!

ANDREA PRANDSTRALLER, NICCOLÒ BRUNA, ITALY, 2014, 84 MIN.

JESSICA EDWARDS, USA/CANADA, 2015, 81 MIN.

Mon, Sep 28 Thu, Oct 1

2:30 PM 6:30 PM

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Canadian Premiere. Built 2,000 years ago, the majestic Verona amphitheatre—the biggest opera venue in the world—is, indeed, a “magic arena.” Andrea Prandstraller and Niccolò Bruna chronicle the Spanish avantgarde theatre troupe La Fura Dels Baus’ rehearsals and opening night presentation of Verdi’s Aida, staged 100 years after its original performance there, and capture revelatory glimpses of many of the 2,000 workers responsible for this epic undertaking. “A compelling fly-on-the-wall, behindthe-scenes portrait that should prove catnip to opera lovers.”—Hollywood Reporter

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Sep 28

6:30 PM 3:30 PM

RIO IN09

“We’ve come this evening to bring you some joy, happiness, inspiration, and some pos-i-tive vi-brations,” Mavis Staples tells concertgoers at the opening of this irresistible portrait of the irrepressible gospel/soul legend—a vow the movie delivers on. The Staples Singers married gospel and delta blues in the 50s, sang Freedom songs for the civil rights movement in the 60s, and topped the charts with “Respect Yourself” and “I’ll Take You There” in the 70s. Interviewees include Bob Dylan and Jeff Tweedy but it’s Mavis’s huge voice that does the real talking.

PROD Jessica Edwards, Rachel Mills

PROD Agnese Fontana

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live ROGER GRAEF, JAMES ROGAN, UK, 2014, 92 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Fri, Oct 2 Wed, Oct 7

11:45 AM IN10 4:00 PM PLAY 9:15 PM CENT

With reunions now de rigueur, it’s heartening to see beloved troupes mustered for the right reasons. Performing together for the first time in 34 years, Monty Python’s Flying Circus don’t miss an absurdist beat, rediscovering their old idiosyncratic rhythms and legitimately driving each other to hysterics. Their enthusiasm and affection proves infectious, lending Roger Graef and James Rogan’s insightful documentary the sense that we’re amongst old friends. “A lovely reminder of what makes the Pythons so special, both individually and as a team.”—Nerdist FEATURING Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin (with Graham Chapman) PROD Jim Beach, Holly Gilliam, Lindsey Jex

PROD Mark Atkin, Martin Rosenbaum Select Filmography Dream Girls; Divorce Iranian Style; Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go

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AYAT NAJAFI, IRAN/GERMANY/FRANCE, 2014, 93 MIN.

FLORIAN HEINZEN-ZIOB, GEORG HEINZEN, GERMANY, 2015, 95 MIN.

Tue, Sep 29 Sat, Oct 3 Mon, Oct 5

10:30 AM 9:00 PM 4:00 PM

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Before the Islamic Revolution banned solo performances by women, Iran boasted popular female vocalists like Delkash and Googoosh. No longer willing to see women’s voices silenced, musician Sara Najafi aspires to stage a concert in Tehran. Her brother Ayat helms this revealing documentary that details the bureaucratic obstacles and theological arguments that stand between her and such a seemingly simple goal. And while the women’s glorious songs lend the film uplift, it’s Sara’s courageous determination in battling institutional discrimination that truly inspires.

PROD Anne Grange, Gunter Hanfgarn, Rouven Rech, Teresa Renn Select Filmography Football Under Cover

Tue, Sep 29 Thu, Oct 1

10:45 AM 8:45 PM

Paco de Lucía: A Journey IN09 IN09

Canadian Premiere. Like his father before him, Sheikh Rehman has spent a lifetime designing and painting Bollywood film posters for Mumbai’s ancient Alfred Talkies cinema.

His huge banners teem with the energy and action one expects from the films themselves.

But times are changing—the Alfred Talkies’ audience is dwindling and plastic posters are becoming the norm... Florian HeinzenZiob and Georg Heinzen’s alternately vibrant and elegiac film holds focus on the colourful Rehman, an artist who energetically plies his trade even as the only life he has known disappears around him.

Dedicated to our dear, departed friend, Sumit Guha.

PROD Florian Heinzen-Ziob, Georg Heinzen

Paco de Lucia: La Búsqueda FRANCISCO SÁNCHEZ VARELA, SPAIN, 2014, 92 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Mon, Sep 28 Thu, Oct 1

11:15 AM IN09 9:15 PM CINE 10:45 AM IN09

Canadian Premiere. An intimate and gloriously musical chronicle of the life of the late, legendary Andalusian flamenco guitarist, Francisco Sánchez Varela’s captivating documentary features contemporary interviews and ample archival footage of the master in full flight alongside, other flamenco legends José Greco, Sabicas, Niño Ricardo and Bambino Camarón. No doubt due to the fact that he’s de Lucía’s son, Varela also shows us the relaxed and candid side of the great musician and his unparalleled virtuosity, a talent that was cut short when de Lucía died unexpectedly last year.

Best Documentary, Goya Awards 15

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Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story

LISA IMMORDINO VREELAND, USA, 2015, 90 MIN.

N.C. HEIKIN, USA, 2014, 84 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Wed, Sep 30 Fri, Oct 9

4:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:15 PM

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Peggy Guggenheim not only amassed one of the world’s most impressive collections of contemporary art but also rightfully earned a reputation as the consummate bohemian.

In her wildly entertaining follow up to Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, Lisa Immordino Vreeland explores how Guggenheim forsook her bourgeois birthright in favour of crashing international art scenes and discovering the likes of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko in the process. “[With] so many love affairs and ego clashes Art Addict never feels a bit like a history lesson.”—Hollywood Reporter

PROD Stanley Buchthal, David Koh, Dan Braun, Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Mon, Sep 28 Sun, Oct 4

4:30 PM 6:30 PM

IN10 RIO

International Premiere. Not familiar with Frank Morgan? He was Charlie Parker’s protégé and played with Billie Holiday. His father always said that Frank was “the best sax player in the world. But...” That “but” concealed a multitude of sins: bank robbery, larceny, forgery and burglary. Instead of a career, he had a habit. This music documentary includes a high-power tribute concert, fascinating insights into jazz and race in the 50s, musical lore, and interviews with Gary Giddins, Michael Connelly, Ron Carter, Clora Bryant and Delfeayo Marsalis.

PROD James Egan, Su Kim Select Filmography Kimjongilia

VIFF’s High School Program Last year, VIFF welcomed almost 1,200 secondary students to weekday matinee screenings and offered them the chance to experience the very best in contemporary international cinema. In 2015, we’ve selected another set of films that are particularly relevant for today’s youth. Whether it’s a Yemeni teenager’s bid to legally extricate herself from an arranged marriage, a youth orchestra fashioning instruments out of trash or a precious tween dealing with her sister’s eating disorder, these are vibrant stories that resonate with younger audiences and offer exciting glimpses into the same planet/different worlds that we inhabit.

High School Groups: Only $8 per ticket Details at viff.org/festival/series/high-school-outreach

Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante p. 90 Susan Gray, USA

THU, OCT 1

p. 88

mON, OCT 5

11:30 AM

IN10

Theme of animal slaughter

1:30 PM

SFU

Coarse language

The Reel Youth Film Festival p. 69

Select Filmography Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

The Falling

p. 57

various directors, countries

Carol Morley, UK

USA

IRELAND

Racing Extinction Louie Psihoyos, USA

TUE, OCT 6

THU, OCT 1 11:30 AM

IN10

12:30 PM

IN08

Coarse language

Arts & letters

USA

Sexually suggestive scenes

Sleeping Giant

I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced p. 57

Tana Bana PAT MURPHY, IRELAND/INDIA, 2015, 78 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Mon, Sep 28

6:30 PM 1:00 PM

IN08 IN09

International Premiere. While pilgrims flock to Varanasi to bathe in the Ganges, other visitors seek out the world’s finest silk. Having become part of the fabric of this ancient Hindu city over the course of a millennium, a Muslim weaving community now faces epochal change wrought by globalization.

Charting a day in their lives, Pat Murphy’s documentary is an intimate look at an endangered tradition. “While rich with luscious shots of fabrics, dye and crumbling architecture, [the film] remains rigorous in its focus on the aesthetics and economics of this ancient industry.”—Irish Times PROD Rachel Lysaght, Pat Murphy Select Filmography Maeve; Anne Devlin; Nora

The Thoughts That Once We Had THOM ANDERSEN, USA, 2015, 108 MIN.

Fri, Sep 25 Sat, Sep 26

6:15 PM CINE 3:30 PM CINE

Canadian Premiere. Cal Arts film essayist Thom Andersen (Los Angeles Plays Itself) has crafted a film lover’s dream, inspired partly by the cinema theory of the brilliant French philosopher Gilles Deleuze but based mostly on his own lifelong erudite engagement with the history and seductive power of the movies.

Whether zeroing in on lyrical abstraction, ruminating on Nazis, communists and spies, or comparing Maria Montez and Debra Paget’s Orientalist snake dances, this is a gift for anyone who believes in cinema as art, as a form of thought and as a source of great pleasure.

Khadija Al-Salami, Yemen/United Arab Emirates/France

WED, OCT 7

10:30 AM

1:15 PM

SFU

Coarse language

Songs My Brothers Taught Me p. 65 Chloé Zhao, USA

p. 91

Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley, USA/ Paraguay

FRI, OCT 2

wED, SEP 30

IN09

Sexual language; violence

Landfill Harmonic

p. 47

Andrew Cividino, Canada

1:30 PM

SFU

WED, OCT 7

1:30 PM CINE

Rating TBA

No advisory

We Did It on a Song My Skinny Sister

p. 61

WED, OCT 7

Senna Lenken, Sweden/Germany

THU, OCT 8

p. 81

David André, France

1:15 PM

SFU

1:15 PM

SFU

Coarse and sexual language; drug use

Coarse and sexual language

PROD Thom Andersen Select Filmography Red Hollywood; Los Angeles Plays Itself; Reconversão

Also note that we have classified several other films at the festival for viewers under the age 18. Please see the “Youth Under 18 May Attend” category on Page 101 for these titles.

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UK

Aaaaaaaah!

Cop Car

STEVE ORAM, UK, 2015, 79 MIN.

JON WATTS, USA, 2015, 88 MIN.

Fri, Oct 2 Thu, Oct 8

ALTERED STATES

Where international genre films come out to play.

Experience fantastic cinema that defies ready classification.

USA

11:00 PM RIO 4:30 PM CINE

north american Premiere. This deranged debut from Steve Oram (writer-star of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers) is a lo-fi cinema madhouse stocked with proles gone primitive. In a down-at-heel British suburb, the devolution of man is complete, with communication reduced to grunts and threat displays.

Despite the rampant brutishness and ballsto-the-wall partying, love blossoms. Think of this singular, exceedingly strange film as Pink Flamingos-meets-The Tribe if that makes it easier to envision but you still won’t be prepared for what awaits. “A bold new voice in British film is born.”—Hollywood Reporter CAST Steve Oram, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Toyah Willcox, Noah Fielding, Julian Barratt PROD Steve Oram, Andy Starke

11:00 PM RIO 3:30 PM IN09

Preteen power fantasies don’t come any more entertaining than Jon Watts’ Amblinon-adrenaline scenario. Wandering aimlessly, eight-year-old best friends Travis (James Freedson-Jackson) and Harrison (Hays Wellford) happen upon an abandoned police car with the keys dangling from the ignition. What are they to do but take it for a joyride? Unfortunately for them, an extremely dirty cop (a villainous, moustachioed Kevin Bacon) needs what’s stowed in the trunk and sets off in hot pursuit. “There’s something mythic about the story unfolding before us...”—New York Magazine CAST Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim PROD Cody Ryder, Alicia Van Couvering, Sam Bisbee, Andrew Kortschak, Jon Watts Select Filmography Our RoboCop Remake; Clown

ETHIOPIA

NEW ZEALAND

Crumbs

Deathgasm

MIGUEL LLANSÓ, SPAIN/ETHIOPIA/FINLAND, 2015, 68 MIN.

JASON LEI HOWDEN, NEW ZEALAND, 2015, 86 MIN.

Sat, Sep 26 Sat, Oct 3

12:45 PM VCT 9:00 PM RIO

Ethiopia’s otherworldly terrain provides a striking backdrop for Miguel Llanso’s postapocalyptic love story. There’s a faint whiff of The Wizard of Oz to this fairy tale about a diminutive scavenger’s (Daniel Tadesse) quest across a strange land where Michael Jackson’s Dangerous is currency, Michael Jordan shrines are worshiped and a tyrannical overlord dresses as Santa Claus. Add Nazis, a looming spaceship and bowling alleys to the surreal mix and it all assumes the form of a wondrously distorted dream. “A rare and beautiful thing.”—Indiewire Best First Feature, Fantasia 15 CAST Daniel Tadesse, Selam Tesfaye, Tsegaye Abegaz PROD Miguel Llansó, Daniel Taye Workou, Meseret Argaw, Sergio Uguet de Resayre

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Fri, Sep 25 Sun, Sep 27

Sat, Oct 3 Wed, Oct 7

11:00 PM RIO 4:00 PM SFU

Wild, irreverent and delightfully gory, Jason Lei Howden’s Deathgasm follows in the footsteps of Kiwi splatter comedy classics like Dead Alive. Languishing in a backwater, Brodie (Milo Cawthorne) finds salvation when he forms a band with Zakk (James Blake) who shares his love of the devil’s music. Alas, when the metal heads uncover an ancient piece of tablature, they likewise unleash something unholy. Left with no other recourse, they apply corpse paint and orchestrate the most outrageous kill scenes in recent memory. “The party movie of 2015.”

—Bloody Disgusting

CAST Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure PROD Andrew Beattie, Morgan Leigh Stewart, Sarah Howden

USA

GERMANY

UK

The Demolisher

Green Room

Der Nachtmahr

Nina Forever

GABRIEL CARRER, CANADA, 2015, 85 MIN.

JEREMY SAULNIER, USA, 2015, 94 MIN.

AKIZ, GERMANY, 2015, 88 MIN.

CHRIS BLAINE, BEN BLAINE, UK, 2015, 98 MIN.

Mon, Oct 5 Fri, Oct 9

4:00 PM IN08 6:30 PM RIO

Painted in a vibrant neon palette reminiscent of Drive, Hogtown threatens to become a slaughterhouse in Gabriel Carrer’s stylistically bold, psychologically complex revenge film.

After a gang assault leaves his policewoman wife seriously injured, Bruce (Ry Barrett) dons a S.W.A.T. uniform and patrols the streets, intent on taking his pound of flesh. Despite carrying himself like a clenched fist, his grip on reality is slipping and he begins stalking an innocent woman (Jessica Vano). “[It] lives up to its title in its brutal intensity...”—Hollywood Reporter

CAST Ry Barrett, Tianna Nori, Jessica Vano PROD Ry Barrett, Christian Burgess, Andrew Bussey, Martin Buzora, Gabriel Carrer, Duane Frey, Angus McLellan

Fri, Oct 2 Fri, Oct 9

8:45 PM RIO 4:00 PM SFU

Having revitalized the revenge film with the singular Blue Ruin, Jeremy Saulnier returns with a showdown for the ages. After a hardcore band’s anti-Nazi anthem ruffles some white supremacist feathers, they compound their problems by witnessing a grisly crime committed backstage by a skinhead faction (fronted by a wonderfully villainous Patrick Stewart). As roadhouse turns slaughterhouse, Saulnier delivers “a thinking person’s thriller... Visceral and raw...”—Indiewire CAST Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Mark Webber, Kai Lennox, Eric Edelstein, Macon Blair, Patrick Stewart PROD Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Victor Moyers Select Filmography Murder Party; Blue Ruin

Sat, Oct 3 Fri, Oct 9

3:45 PM CINE 8:45 PM RIO

Sat, Sep 26 Tue, Sep 29

11:00 PM RIO 4:00 PM IN08

After a traumatic incident at a raging party, 17-year-old Tina (Carolyn Genzkow) discovers that a grotesque creature is following her like a shadow. Alarmingly, their bond grows increasingly symbiotic. Is this psychosis or living proof that every teenage year is a fresh hell? A title card advises of the health hazards of the stroboscopic visuals found in AKIZ’s EDM-propelled “narcotic-mindf**kmelodrama.” However, nothing warns of the unshakeable disquiet that lingers well after the last beat. “A raucous mashup of It Follows and Basket Case...”—Hollywood Reporter

Holly’s (Abigail Hardingham) suspicions that Rob (Cian Barry) is still haunted by Nina (Fiona O’Shaughnessy), his deceased ex, prove (blood) spot on. Any time they try to have sex, an undead Nina manifests from his bed, naked and bloodied with cutting remarks at the ready. Holly, who’s odder than anyone gives her credit for, tries to include Nina but she’s having none of it. Darkly hilarious and charmingly deranged, Ben and Chris Blaine’s debut amusingly renders the macabre mundane as it examines “what we carry with us.” “Strikingly original…—SCREEN

CAST Carolyn Genzkow, Kim Gordon, Julika Jenkins, Arnd Klawitter, Wilson Gonzalez PROD Amir Hamz, Christian Springer, AKIZ, Simon Rühlemann

CAST Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Elizabeth Elvin, David Troughton PROD Cassandra Sigsgaard

altered states

CANADA

Select Filmography If a Tree Falls; Kill; In the House of Flies

AUSTRALIA

MEXICO

Observance

The Similars

JOSEPH SIMS-DENNETT, AUSTRALIA, 2015, 90 MIN.

Los Parecidos

Thu, Oct 1 Sat, Oct 3

11:00 PM RIO 1:30 PM CINE

Without the close to 900 volunteers who give their time and skills freely to help bring this amazing festival to life, VIFF would not be able to welcome the world of people to explore the world of film. These volunteers build the festival, take the tickets, greet the people, advise, talk, share, and celebrate film. VIFF volunteers do more than give their time, they give their passion.They open the doors that welcome us all to the hundreds of new worlds that roll across our screens.

ISAAC EZBAN, MEXICO, 2015, 89 MIN.

Thu, Oct 8 Fri, Oct 9

8:45 PM RIO 1:30 PM CINE

Holing up in a vacant apartment and surveilling the woman (Stephanie King) across the way is hardly glamourous work but Parker (Lindsay Farris) desperately needs the supposedly “easy money.” As things go bump in the night and Parker’s health, both mental and physical, takes a turn for the worse--oily black vomit rarely bodes well--he’s tormented by hallucinations, memories and dreams.

In turn, Joseph Sims-Dennett ratchets up the Polanski-indebted paranoia until it reaches its breaking point and Parker follows suit. “For sheer ambient dread, it’s aces.”—Indiewire

Canadian Premiere. Good news for those who’ve finally regained their faculties after VIFF 2014’s mind-bending The Incident: Isaac Ezban is back with another audacious product of his Twilight Zone-tinged vision. It’s 1968 and eight strangers have congregated at an isolated bus station, where they fall prey to a strange, transformative phenomenon.

Employing a bombastic score with a conductor’s flair, Ezban once again demonstrates an unwavering commitment to exhilarating highconcept storytelling.

CAST Lindsay Farris, Stephanie King, Brendan Cowell, John Jarratt, Benedict Hardie, Tom O’Sullivan PROD Joseph Sims-Dennett

CAST Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Fernando Becerril, Humberto Busto, Carmen Beato, Santiago Torres PROD Elsa Reyes

Select Filmography Bad Behaviour

Select Filmography The Incident

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Index of Films by Theme & Genre you can find films by subject (or any word) by searching VIFF.org

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Audience Award Winners

Argentina Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante Deep Time Le Dep Embrace of the Serpent Ever the Land Fire Song Fractured Land Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Hadwin’s Judgement Ixcanul Jumbo Wild The Mask from San My Internship In Canada The Pass System The Pearl Button Songs My Brothers Taught Me This Changes Everything

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets Dark Horse Deathgasm Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey James White Landfill Harmonic Meru My Skinny Sister Rams The Second Mother Three Windows and a Hanging Tough Love Umrika

Action, Thrills & Suspense 100 Yen Love 600 Miles The Anarchists The Classified File Cop Car Disorder Gonin Saga Green Room High-Rise Into the Forest Marshland Observance The Similars Victoria

Adventures Outdoors Above and Below Hurricane Ice and the Sky In Transit Meru

Anton Chekhov--1890 Brand: A Second Coming Eadweard Experimenter Frank and the Wondercat Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey Hockney Hurt I Saw the Light Ice and the Sky Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Mavis!

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live Paco de Lucía: A Journey Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Sam Klemke’s Time Machine The Sandwich Nazi Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story A Tale of Three Cities

Black & White is back!

A Dog’s Life Frank and the Wondercat Lost and Beautiful The Messenger Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air Palio Rams

Aferim!

Décor From Scotland with Love In the Shadow of Women Lost and Beautiful Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship Love, Theft and Other Entanglements The Movement Mr. Zhang Believes The Project of the Century Siti Tharlo

Animation

Buddhist Interest

Adama The Magic Mountain Racing Extinction

Golden Kingdom Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey

Architecture

Comedy

Animals

The Competition Ever the Land Invention Jumbo Wild Magicarena One Million Dubliners 102

Biography

AAAAAAAAH! Alice in Earnestland Chevalier Cop Car Deathgasm Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead:

The Story of the National Lampoon Hilda Home Care The Lobster Love and…

A Matter of Interpretation My Internship In Canada My Life with a King Nina Forever No Men Beyond This Point A Perfect Day Rolling Sabali The Sandwich Nazi Schneider vs. Bax Slackjaw Three Stories of Love Very Semi-Serious

Crime 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets 600 Miles Accused Alice in Earnestland Beeba Boys Blood and Water Charlotte’s Song The Classified File Cop Car Le Dep Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks Gonin Saga Hadwin’s Judgement Hurt I Promise You Anarchy London Road Love, Theft and Other Entanglements Marshland Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John One Floor Below Port of Call Remember Room Tandem Victoria

Deep Time Containment Deep Time Ice and the Sky Racing Extinction The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

Drama 31st October 45 Years 600 Miles Accused The Anarchists Ayanda and the Mechanic The Boda Boda Thieves Borealis Chronic The Daughter Le Dep Dheepan The Dinner Disorder Eadweard

Embrace of the Serpent Fire Song The Forbidden Room Hyena Road In the Shadow of Women In Your Arms Into the Forest It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong Ivy The Last Hammer Blow Louder Than Bombs Magallanes Men Go to Battle Murmur of the Hearts My Friend Victoria My Good Man’s Gone Nasty Baby O, Brazen Age One Floor Below Our Little Sister Our Loved Ones Rams Remember Room The Royal Tailor Sabali Short Skin Siti The Sound of Trees Sparrows Standing Tall Tandem Thanatos, Drunk Three Windows and a Hanging Tough Love Umrika Ville-Marie Vincent Youth Zinnia Flower

Economics & Globalization All Eyes and Ears Banking Nature The Chinese Mayor Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks Homme Less The Measure of a Man Requiem for the American Dream This Changes Everything

Environment Banking Nature The Chinese Mayor Containment Deep Time Fractured Land Hadwin’s Judgement Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Hurricane Ice and the Sky Jumbo Wild Landfill Harmonic The Messenger Racing Extinction This Changes Everything

Experimental & Avant garde AAAAAAAAH! Arabian Nights Dead Slow Ahead The Forbidden Room Li Wen at East Lake The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers Topophilia

Family Relations Absence Adama Alice Cares Anton Chekhov--1890 Borealis Charlotte’s Song The Daughter Le Dep The Devout The Dinner Fire Song James White The Last Hammer Blow Louder Than Bombs Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John Murmur of the Hearts My Good Man’s Gone Our Little Sister Our Loved Ones The Project of the Century Rams Room Sleeping Giant Songs My Brothers Taught Me The Sound of Trees Sparrows Standing Tall Thanatos, Drunk Thina Sobabili: The Two of Us Ville-Marie

Fantasy, Sci-fi & Horror Charlotte’s Song Containment Cop Car Crumbs Deathgasm High-Rise Into the Forest Der Nachtmahr Nina Forever No Men Beyond This Point The Piper The Similars The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

Film Noir 100 Yen Love Gonin Saga I Promise You Anarchy

Filmmaking A Flickering Truth The Forbidden Room Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own

Words Innocence of Memories Invention Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Love Among the Ruins Original Copy Sam Klemke’s Time Machine The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers The Thoughts That Once We Had Youth

Fine Arts or Theatre Anton Chekhov—1890 The Assassin Breathe Umphefumlo The Competition Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon Eadweard Francofonia Hockney Innocence of Memories Invention The Mask from San Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air Original Copy Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Portrait of the Artist Rainbow Island Tana Bana Very Semi-Serious

Food, Farm & Garden City of Gold Deep Time Steak (R)evolution

The Great Divide 600 Miles Aferim!

Arabian Nights Brand: A Second Coming Chevalier The Dinner A Dog’s Life Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks High-Rise Hilda Ixcanul Landfill Harmonic The Measure of a Man My Friend Victoria Ninth Floor Paulina Requiem for the American Dream The Second Mother Tana Bana This Changes Everything

Index of Films by Theme & Genre Wednesday, May 9

Health, Disabilities & Mortality Borealis Chronic The Devout Home Care Hurt In Your Arms James White My Skinny Sister Sabali

Hidden Pasts, Digital Furures A Flickering Truth The Forbidden Room From Scotland with Love Innocence of Memories Invention Love Among the Ruins Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship Original Copy Sam Klemke’s Time Machine The Thoughts That Once We Had

History 31st October Deep Time Eadweard Embrace of the Serpent Francofonia From Scotland with Love Greenery Will Bloom Again Hurt Magallanes Mountains May Depart Mr. Zhang Believes A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did Ninth Floor One Million Dubliners Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven The Pass System The Pearl Button Pioneer Heroes Racing Extinction Remember The Royal Road The Royal Tailor Son of Saul A Tale of Three Cities The Thoughts That Once We Had Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI Wondrous Boccaccio

Human Rights & Social Justice 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets 31st October All Eyes and Ears Among the Believers The Chinese Mayor The Club

The Dream of Shahrazad Embrace of the Serpent I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Mavis!

Ninth Floor No Land’s Song Paradise The Pass System The Pearl Button Requiem for the American Dream This Changes Everything Three Windows and a Hanging Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI

Immigration Beeba Boys Brooklyn Dheepan Ninth Floor Oyster Factory Port of Call The Sandwich Nazi Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI Umrika Yanji

Islamic World Among the Believers The Dream of Shahrazad A Flickering Truth Mustang Nahid No Land’s Song Paradise A Syrian Love Story

Jewish Interest My Golden Days A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Remember Son of Saul Tikkun

Literary (inc.

Adaptations) Anton Chekhov--1890 Brooklyn Hadwin’s Judgement High-Rise Innocence of Memories My Friend Victoria Room This Changes Everything Very Semi-Serious Wondrous Boccaccio

Music & Arts 808 Argentina A Ballerina’s Tale Breathe Umphefumlo Circus Without Borders:

The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante The Dream of Shahrazad Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories From Scotland with Love I Saw the Light Imperfect Harmony Landfill Harmonic London Road Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship Magicarena Mavis!

No Land’s Song O, Brazen Age One Million Dubliners Paco de Lucía: A Journey Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story

Mystery Accused Chronic The Devout The Falling Into the Forest Portrait of the Artist

On Comedy Brand: A Second Coming Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon Entertainment Monty Python: The Meaning of Live Very Semi-Serious

Politics 31st October All Eyes and Ears Brand: A Second Coming Cemetery of Splendour The Dream of Shahrazad Love, Theft and Other Entanglements Magallanes The Magic Mountain Mr. Zhang Believes My Internship In Canada Oyster Factory

Queer Interest Absence The Amina Profile Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories Fire Song Hockney Nasty Baby The Royal Road The Summer of Sangailé Thanatos, Drunk Ville-Marie

Religion, Spirituality & Myth 31st October The Club The Devout Tikkun

Romance Brooklyn Innocence of Memories It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong Love and…

Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship Mountains May Depart My Golden Days Right Now, Wrong Then Tharlo Three Stories of Love Tough Love

Science & Technology Alice Cares Experimenter Ice and the Sky The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

Sex & Eroticism The Amina Profile Nina Forever No Men Beyond This Point The Sandwich Nazi

Sport 100 Yen Love Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante Dark Horse Jumbo Wild Meru My Skinny Sister Palio

Style in Film The Anarchists Brand: A Second Coming City of Gold The Competition Décor Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon Homme Less Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong Palio Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict The Royal Tailor The Summer of Sangailé Tana Bana Wondrous Boccaccio Youth

VIFF Impact 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets Alice Cares All Eyes and Ears Among the Believers A Ballerina’s Tale Banking Nature Brand: A Second Coming Deep Time A Dog’s Life

Ever the Land Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks Fire Song Fractured Land Hadwin’s Judgement Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Ice and the Sky Jumbo Wild Landfill Harmonic The Messenger Ninth Floor No Land’s Song The Pass System Racing Extinction Requiem for the American Dream Steak (R)evolution This Changes Everything Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI Yanji

War & Espionage Adama A Flickering Truth Francofonia Greenery Will Bloom Again Hyena Road The Magic Mountain Men Go to Battle A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did A Perfect Day Remember Son of Saul A Syrian Love Story Three Windows and a Hanging

Women Directors Accused All Eyes and Ears The Amina Profile Among the Believers Ayanda and the Mechanic Beeba Boys Body Brand: A Second Coming Chevalier City of Gold Dark Horse Le Dep Disorder A Dog’s Life Ever the Land The Falling A Flickering Truth Fractured Land From Scotland with Love Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced Imperfect Harmony Into the Forest It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong The Last Hammer Blow Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship Magicarena

Mavis!

The Messenger Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air Murmur of the Hearts My Skinny Sister Nahid Ninth Floor One Million Dubliners Our Loved Ones Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven Palio Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Pioneer Heroes The Royal Road The Second Mother Songs My Brothers Taught Me Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story Standing Tall The Summer of Sangailé A Tale of Three Cities Tana Bana

Women’s Issues 45 Years The Assassin Body Brooklyn Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante Hilda Home Care I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Into the Forest Ixcanul Murmur of the Hearts Mustang My Friend Victoria My Skinny Sister Nahid No Land’s Song No Men Beyond This Point Paradise Sabali A Syrian Love Story Wednesday, May 9

Youth Under 18 May Attend Adama A Ballerina’s Tale Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante The Falling Fractured Land I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced Landfill Harmonic My Skinny Sister Reel Youth Film Festival Sleeping Giant We Did It on a Song

103

Index of Films by country & REgion This list indicates where a film was produced, financed, where it is set or its subject.

Afghanistan

Canada 85

1 in 5

69

Hyena Road

39

4 Quarters

69

The Magic Mountain

60

The Amina Profile

41

At the Beach

69

Balmoral Hotel

68

Beeba Boys Big Brother Big O

Andorra The Competition

91

Antarctica Ice and the Sky

85

Argentina

Blood Is Thicker

68

Blood Manifesto

68

Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven

47

Partners in Crime

69

The Pass System

47

Penny’s For Tea

69

Rebel

68

Remember

41

Rock the Box

69

Room

33

Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey

85

Sabali

47

In Your Arms

58

Germany

63

Above and Below

82

Arabian Nights

27

Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories

72

Iran

The Boda Boda Thieves

49

Blood Is Thicker

68

73

It Hit Upon the Roof

69

Jafar Panahi’s Taxi

59

My Enemy, My Brother

68

Nahid

61

Blood and Water

Boxing

69

The Movement

61

Brooklyn

23

Paulina

63

Calendar Girls

69

Canadian Living

68

The Canoe

68

Charlie

69

Charlotte’s Song

70

Looking Out

71

Lovebites

69

Mine

71

Mountains May Depart

75

Observance

97

Red Nuts

71

Sam Klemke’s Time Machine

89

Setting Them Straight

71

Trench

71

Austria The Exquisite Corpus 71, 93 Homme Less

85

In the Still of the Night

70

The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

89

Belgium Disorder

80

Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

87

Schneider vs. Bax

63

Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI

47

Bosnia 63

Brazil Absence

48

Drift

Invention

Paulina

The Second Mother

Clouds of Autumn

43

A Dog’s Life

43

The Dollhouse

68

Dysmorphia

69

Eadweard

43

Faye’s Life Advice

69

Fire Song

43

The Forbidden Room

43

Fractured Land

43

Frank and the Wondercat 43

57

63

65

47

Vincent

81

31st October

48

Beeba Boys

27

Meru

87

Original Copy

93

Silly Sheep

69

95

We Did It on a Song

81

Youth

35

Georgia

Denmark

Love on Wheels

69

47

Egypt

69

Décor

The Dream of Shahrazad 91

Cemetery of Splendour

Ethiopia

Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks

85

Francofonia

57

I Promise You Anarchy

58

In Your Arms

58

Mustang

61

Crumbs

This Changes Everything

35

89

51

96

Finland

Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI

47

Underrated

69

France

Useless

69

Absence

48

Ville-Marie

47

Adama

49

Wave

69

The Anarchists

80

Wind Through a Tree

68

Anton Chekhov—1890

80

Winter Hymns

68

Arabian Nights

27

Argentina

90

Crumbs

World Famous Gopher Hole Museum

68

96

My Skinny Sister

61

Der Nachtmahr

97

No Land’s Song

93

Original Copy

93

Paradise

61

59 87

Room

33

Stutterer

71

Tana Bana

95

88

Dheepan

29

The Dream of Shahrazad 91

Disorder

80

Hurricane

Blood and Water

Jumbo Wild

87

The Chinese Mayor

47, 71

73

Goodbye Utopia

73, 79

85

The Dream of Shahrazad 91

Racing Extinction

88

Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks

Reflection

76

85

Francofonia

57

Hurricane

85

Greece

68

One Million Dubliners

45

91

68

My Enemy, My Brother

67

Globetrotting

Blood Is Thicker

71

51

Invention

Iraq

The Lobster

51

72

67

65

Dead Slow Ahead

82

63

Wednesday, May 9

Tough Love

Chronic

The Assassin

Rainbow Island

23

61

All Eyes and Ears

61

51

39

93

Paradise

69

No Land’s Song

Little Bear

Nasty Baby

Into the Forest

77

Brooklyn

The Club

China

64

45

69

Siti

Son of Saul

48

Interview With a Free Man

Indonesia

Ireland

If I Was God

67

71

Absence

The Pearl Button

63

Victoria

39

This Changes Everything 35

Solo Finale

73

Hyena Road

Tana Bana

The Project of the

Century

Cemetery of Splendour

India

Umrika

72

Steak (R)evolution

89

This Changes Everything 35

The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

89

Israel Love, Theft and Other Entanglements

59

Tikkun

65

68

Kaili Blues

73

I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced

57

Behold

71

Italy

Li Wen at East Lake

73

Li Wen at East Lake

73

Ice and the Sky

85

Chevalier

49

The Dinner

51

Lifeguard

69

Mountains May Depart

75

In the Shadow of Women 80

The Lobster

59

The Error

70

Maurice

68

Mr. Zhang Believes

75

Invention

91

Mavis!

93

Oyster Factory

75

Ixcanul

68

The Messenger

87

63

Mia’

68

63

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John

45

Missing

69

57

Home Care

Sparrows

Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories

43

Kokom

49

Rams

Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI

Chile

Hadwin’s Judgement

Iceland

83

68

Hurt

Aferim!

89

64

The Summer of Sangailé 65

Banking Nature

Golden Teachers Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World

Czech Republic

Steak (R)evolution

The Sleepwalker

69

The Devout

63

81

Sleeping Giant

Star

41

The Project of the Century

Son of Saul

Standing Tall

69

47

70

Hungary

81

She Stoops To Conquer

The Sound of Trees

Le Dep

Cheerful Blues for the Dead Man

88

Portrait of the Artist

69

69 97

Cuba

The Pearl Button

The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

Crazy House The Demolisher

63

Rams

69

45, 71

A Perfect Day

47

Sound & Image

Debris

Croatia

The Second Right Off Main Street

69

91

49

The Sandwich Nazi

Coping Mechanisms

70

Burma Golden Kingdom

90 47, 71

May We Sleep Soundly

Bulgaria Aferim!

41

Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante

Lewis

A Perfect Day

63

45

60

33

Paulina

Our Loved Ones

Magallanes

Injury Time

A Tale of Three Cities

69

41

71

93

69

In My Shoes

76

No Land’s Song

68

Borealis

70

75

Port of Call

The Orchard

51

51

Murmur of the Hearts

61

Ocean Falls

Embrace of the Serpent

Harvey’s Dream

60

81

Nasty Baby

69

69

The Daughter

Magallanes

My Golden Days

27

Blue-Eyed Blonde

70

51

45

90

The Aquarium

Embrace of the Serpent

O, Brazen Age

Argentina

Australia

Never Steady, Never Still 69

Colombia

45

69

63

68

No Men Beyond This Point

Blue Thunder

45

71

Nephew

Ninth Floor

Adolescence

The Project of the Century

104

My Internship In Canada 38

A Flickering Truth

59

Guatemala

Perfect Conjugal Bliss 73, 79

The Last Hammer Blow

81

Ixcanul

A Tale of Three Cities

33

The Lobster

59

77

Louder Than Bombs

31

Guinea

The Magic Mountain

60

The Mask from San

60

The Measure of a Man

81

The Messenger

87

Hong Kong

Mountains May Depart

75

32 + 4

Mustang

61

It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

Tharlo

This Changes Everything Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI

The Muses of Salome

69

My Enemy, My Brother

68

My Favourite Season

69

What Happened In Past Dragon Year

My Good Man’s Gone

45

Yanji

35

47 73, 79 77

My Friend Victoria

81

Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante

59

90

Greenery Will Bloom Again

57

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

31

Lost and Beautiful

59

Love Among the Ruins

59

Magicarena

93

87

Palio

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

95

77

Short Skin

64

58

Youth

Wondrous Boccaccio

67 35

Index of Films by country & REgion

Japan 100 Yen Love

79

Am I Dreaming of Others, or are Others Dreaming of Me?

76, 79

The Console

76, 79

Containment

83

Dark Mixer

76, 79

Debris

45, 71

Gonin Saga

79

I Can’t Breathe

76, 79

Kim

79

Master Blaster

76, 79

A Midsummer’s Fantasia

73

Morning

79

Mountains May Depart

75

The Name of the Whale

75

News

79

Octopus

73, 79

Omura Plant Specimens

75, 79

Three Stories of Love Veil Yanji

91

49

Kosovo

69

Three Windows and a Hanging

65

Latvia Priorities

69

Lebanon 91

The Sandwich Nazi

47

A Syrian Love Story

89

Lithuania The Summer of Sangailé

65

Malaysia Cemetery of Splendour

73

Mali The Mask from San

60

Malta Atlantis

85

Netherlands

71, 88

Mexico

49

Alice Cares

82

Am I Dreaming of Others, or are Others Dreaming of Me? Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories

72

65

New Zealand Deathgasm

96

Ever the Land

85

A Flickering Truth

85

Norway Blood Is Thicker

68

Last Base

71

Louder Than Bombs

31

Rebel

68

Pakistan

57

Scrabble

71

Pioneer Heroes

63

Youth

35

63

Slovak Republic Home Care

57

71

Body

Hilda

57

The Magic Mountain

A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did

93

Palio

87

Men Go to Battle

61

33

Meru

87

77

49

Zinnia Flower

77

The Boda Boda Thieves

49

Breathe Umphefumlo

49

Thailand

The Dream of Shahrazad 91

Cemetery of Splendour

73

Thina Sobabili: The Two of Us

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John

45

65

South Korea

Yanji

77

Spain

61

89

Out Again

69

35

Oyster Factory

75

Ukraine

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

95

Deformity Prays For Radiation

A Perfect Day

63

Pink Elephant

69

Racing Extinction

88

I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced

71 87

57

USA 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

82

600 Miles

48

808

90

77

A Ballerina’s Tale

90

Birthday

71

Turkey The Dream of Shahrazad 91 Innocence of Memories

91

Ivy

58

Mustang

61

Uganda The Boda Boda Thieves

49

UK

71, 88

Brand: A Second Coming

83

Brooklyn

23

Charlotte’s Song

41

Chronic

51

Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante

90

City of Gold

83

Containment

83

Cop Car

96

83

45 Years

48

Deep Time

808

Deformity Prays For Radiation

71

90

90

AAAAAAAAH!

96

71

Brand: A Second Coming 83

A Dirty Secret

69

The Competition

91

Cemetery of Splendour

73

Crumbs

96

Cherry Cake

70

Dead Slow Ahead

51

Dark Horse

83

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

83

Interior. Family

70

The Falling

57

Eadweard

43

60

From Scotland with Love 85

Argentina

71, 89

Paco de Lucía: A Journey

93

49

The Pearl Button

88

60

A Perfect Day

63

87

Through the Breaking Glass

70

Hadwin’s Judgement

43

High-Rise

29

Hockney

91

Hurricane

85

Requiem for the American Dream

The Emotional Dimensions of the James River

69

Entertainment

51

Experimenter

57

Innocence of Memories

91

Frank and the Wondercat

43

Invention

91

Golden Kingdom

57

The Lobster

59

Green Room

97

88 64, 71

The Royal Road

88

Sam Klemke’s Time Machine

89

64

Slackjaw

85

A Riot

Atlantis

73, 79

76

Nasty Baby

70

Greed: Ghost Light

76

71

82

Tharlo

The Royal Tailor

Almost not Beautiful

73

Right Now, Wrong Then

45

Stutterer

All Eyes and Ears

The Classified File

70

My Good Man’s Gone

Tibet 72

73

The Moor

82

Alice in Earnestland

A Matter of Interpretation

87

64

Above and Below

Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey

73

Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

70

United Arab Emirates

Thanatos, Drunk

89

Ayanda and the Mechanic

Soap

A Syrian Love Story

75

Night Without Distance

Gloria

59

Mavis!

A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did

72

91

70

41

Murmur of the Hearts

59

Landfill Harmonic

The Amina Profile

The Assassin

58

James White

Operator

Youth

South Africa

69

It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

69

A Syrian Love Story

Taiwan

Invisible People

Love Among the Ruins

63

Syria

Serbia

Marshland

Poland

97

Francofonia

77

51

The Similars

80

75

58

Anton Chekhov—1890

Tandem

Chronic

71, 87

The Project of the Century

87

97

58

Mystic Jungfraujoch

71

In Transit

Nina Forever

80

My Life with a King

48

27

25

In the Night

A Life of Your Choosing

In Your Arms

Coffee To Go

Arabian Nights

85

I Saw the Light

87

In the Shadow of Women

89

82

91

A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did

65

A Syrian Love Story

Philippines

Above and Below

Homme Less

93

61

59

60

Switzerland

87

Hockney

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

The Treasure

75

Magallanes

68

One Floor Below

The Piper

Peru

Nephew

The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers

Love, Theft and Other Entanglements

63

61

70

61

My Skinny Sister

Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

The Formula

73

Paulina

31

71

60

The Movement

91

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

The Man From the Council

The Magic Mountain

A Midsummer’s Fantasia

Landfill Harmonic

Sweden

93

Room

Palestine Territories

Paraguay

29

85

Love and…

83

59

Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship

70

The Error

49

A Perfect Day

63

Dheepan

London Road

Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks

91

The Summer of Sangailé

Romania

Russia

Schneider vs. Bax

61

76, 79

The Lobster 59

600 Miles

I Promise You Anarchy

48

Aferim!

Among the Believers

The Dream of Shahrazad

71, 89

31st October

Mustang

77

Kenya

5 Euro

Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey

Imperfect Harmony

Jordan

The Boda Boda Thieves

Nepal

Accused

27

Qatar

79

77

The Dream of Shahrazad

57

Francofonia 57

76, 79

Myanmar Golden Kingdom

Night Without Distance

Sri Lanka

Punjab

91

76, 79

64

Erbarme dich Matthäus Passion Stories

75

Rolling

Arabian Nights

76

Oyster Factory

The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers

91

75

Reflection

Portugal

The Dream of Shahrazad

Our Little Sister A Place to Name

Morocco

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

65

Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan

Story

95

This Changes Everything 35 The Thoughts That Once We Had

95

Topophilia

89

The Train

70

Treading Water Umrika

71 67

Very Semi-Serious

89

The Visit (An Alien Encounter)

89

Various Great Performances

70

In the Dark Reaches of the Soul

70

Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

71

Reel Youth Film Festival

69

What Defines Reality?

71

Venezuela Embrace of the Serpent

51

Vietnam Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories 72

Yemen I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced

57

105

INDEX OF FILMS WITH SCREENING TIMES 100 Yen Love p. 79 (Fri, Oct 2, 9:45pm, IN10 + Sun, Oct 4, 4:15pm, IN10) 2’3

Arabian Nights - Volume 3, The Enchanted One

Chronic p. 51 (Mon, Oct 5, 2:30pm, VCT + Thu, Oct 8,

p. 27 (Sun, Sep 27, 10:00 am, VCT + Mon, Oct 5, 9:00 pm, VCT + Thu, Oct 8, 4:20 pm, IN08) 2’5

9:30pm, IN10) 1’32

Argentina p. 90 (Thu, Oct 1, 3:30pm, CENT + Mon, Oct 5,

Circus Without Borders: The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante p. 90 (Thu, Oct 1, 1:30pm, SFU + Sun, Oct 4,

6:15pm, CENT) 1’25

6:40pm, IN09) 1’10

The Assassin p. 72 (Wed, Sep 30, 6:30pm, CENT + Mon, Oct 5, 2:00pm, IN10) 1’45

City of Gold p. 83 (Fri, Sep 25, 9:30pm, IN10 + Mon, Oct

Ayanda and the Mechanic p. 49 (Wed, Sep 30,

The Classified File p. 73 (Wed, Sep 30, 1:30pm, IN10 +

8:30pm, RIO + Sat, Oct 3, 10:45am, IN10) 1’45

Sat, Oct 3, 9:30pm, IN10 + Wed, Oct 7, 11:15am, IN10) 1’48

A Ballerina’s Tale p. 90 (Tue, Sep 29, 7:00pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 1, 1:00pm, IN09) 1’25

The Club p. 51 (Sat, Sep 26, 8:45pm, IN09 + Wed, Oct 7,

Banking Nature p. 83 (Sat, Sep 26, 1:30pm, SFU + Wed, Oct 7, 8:30pm, SFU) 1’30

The Competition p. 91 (Mon, Oct 5, 6:30pm, IN09 + Wed, Oct 7, 10:00am, VCT) 1’39

Beeba Boys p. 27 (Sun, Sep 27, 6:15pm, CENT + Tue, Sep 29, 3:00pm, CENT) 1’43

Containment p. 83 (Wed, Sep 30, 9:00pm, SFU + Sun, Oct 4, 10:45am, IN09) 1’21

Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories p. 72 (Thu, Sep 24, 9:00pm, CINE + Mon, Oct 5, 1:00pm, CINE) 1’42

Cop Car p. 96 (Fri, Sep 25, 11:00pm, RIO + Sun, Sep 27, 3:30pm, IN09) 1’28

3:30pm, IN09) 1’27

Blood and Water (Thu, Oct 1, 7:00pm, VCT) 0’44

Coping Mechanisms p. 69 (Thu, Oct 1, 9:15pm, VCT + Thu, Oct 8, 4:30pm, VCT) 1’35

Accused p. 49 (Fri, Sep 25, 2:00pm, IN10 + Tue, Sep 29, 1:00pm, IN09 + Fri, Oct 2, 7:00pm, IN09) 1’37

Blood Is Thicker p. 68 (Tue, Sep 29, 9:30pm, VCT + Tue, Oct 6, 5:30pm, VCT) 1’41

Adama p. 49 (Sat, Oct 3, 3:00pm, CENT + Tue, Oct 6,

The Boda Boda Thieves p. 49 (Thu, Sep 24, 6:30pm,

6:30pm, RIO) 1’22

RIO + Sat, Sep 26, 1:00pm, IN09) 1’25

Aferim! p. 49 (Wed, Sep 30, 6:30pm, SFU + Thu, Oct 8,

Body p. 49 (Mon, Sep 28, 4:00pm, CINE + Sat, Oct 3,

12:15pm, VCT) 1’48

9:00pm, VCT) 1’30

Alice Cares p. 82 (Sun, Sep 27, 11:00am, SFU + Sat, Oct

Borealis p. 41 (Mon, Sep 28, 8:30pm, IN09 + Wed, Sep 30,

3, 6:30pm, IN08) 1’16

4:00pm, IN10) 1’35

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets p. 82 (Wed, Sep 30, 6:30pm, IN09 + Fri, Oct 2, 10:45am, IN08) 1’38 31st October p. 48 (Tue, Sep 29, 9:00pm, CENT + Wed, Sep 30, 3:00pm, CENT + Thu, Oct 8, 12:30pm, CENT) 1’49

45 Years p. 48 (Fri, Sep 25, 11:00am, SFU + Sat, Oct 3, 12:30pm, CENT + Tue, Oct 6, 6:15pm, CENT) 1’33 600 Miles p. 48 (Fri, Oct 2, 4:45pm, IN09 + Mon, Oct 5, 8:30pm, RIO) 1’25

808 p. 90 (Sat, Oct 3, 6:30pm, RIO + Wed, Oct 7, 1:15pm, IN09) 1’41

AAAAAAAAH! p. 96 (Fri, Oct 2, 11:00pm, RIO + Thu, Oct 8, 4:30pm, CINE) 1’19

Above and Below p. 82 (Mon, Oct 5, 6:00pm, IN08 + Tue, Oct 6, 2:30pm, VCT) 2’0

Absence p. 48 (Thu, Oct 1, 6:15pm, CINE + Sat, Oct 3,

5, 4:30pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 8, 11:00am, SFU) 1’29

1:30pm, PLAY) 1’37

Crumbs p. 96 (Sat, Sep 26, 12:45pm, VCT + Sat, Oct 3, 9:00pm, RIO) 1’8 Dark Horse p. 83 (Fri, Sep 25, 1:30pm, IN09 + Mon, Sep 28, 6:00pm, IN09 + Tue, Oct 6, 1:15pm, CENT) 1’26

The Daughter p. 51 (Fri, Sep 25, 3:45pm, IN09 + Mon, Sep 28, 6:00pm, CENT) 1’36

Dead Slow Ahead p. 51 (Sun, Sep 27, 1:15pm, IN08 + Tue, Sep 29, 7:00pm, CINE) 1’14

Alice in Earnestland p. 72 (Sat, Sep 26, 9:30pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 1, 4:00pm, IN10) 1’30

Brand: A Second Coming p. 83 (Tue, Sep 29, 6:15pm,

All Eyes and Ears p. 82 (Sun, Sep 27, 6:45pm, IN08 +

Breathe Umphefumlo p. 49 (Thu, Oct 1, 11:00am, IN10

Tue, Sep 29, 1:30pm, IN08) 1’30

+ Fri, Oct 2, 6:30pm, PLAY) 1’30

The Amina Profile p. 41 (Mon, Sep 28, 8:45pm, RIO + Wed, Sep 30, 10:30am, IN08) 1’25

Brooklyn p. 23 (Thu, Sep 24, 7:00pm, CENT + Sat, Sep 26, 1:00pm, CENT + Mon, Oct 5, 12:30pm, CENT) 1’45

Among the Believers p. 83 (Sat, Oct 3, 6:15pm, IN09 +

Canadian Living p. 68 (Sun, Sep 27, 9:15pm, VCT + Sun,

Mon, Oct 5, 1:30pm, IN09) 1’24

Oct 4, 4:00pm, VCT) 1’41

The Anarchists p. 80 (Sun, Sep 27, 9:30pm, CENT + Sat,

Cemetery of Splendour p. 73 (Tue, Oct 6, 9:30pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 8, 4:00pm, IN10) 2’1

PLAY + Wed, Sep 30, 1:30pm, PLAY) 1’45

Deathgasm p. 96 (Sat, Oct 3, 11:00pm, RIO + Wed, Oct 7, 4:00pm, SFU) 1’26

Décor p. 51 (Sat, Oct 3, 4:15pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 8, 8:00pm, IN09) 1’59 Deep Time p. 83 (Thu, Oct 1, 10:45am, SFU + Fri, Oct 2, 9:30pm, VCT) 1’29

Oct 3, 1:30pm, SFU) 1’41

The Demolisher p. 97 (Mon, Oct 5, 4:00pm, IN08 + Fri, Oct 9, 6:30pm, RIO) 1’25 Le Dep p. 41 (Tue, Sep 29, 6:30pm, RIO + Fri, Oct 2, 3:30pm, IN08) 1’18

Anton Chekhov—1890 p. 80 (Fri, Sep 25, 3:00pm, CENT + Thu, Oct 8, 6:45pm, PLAY) 1’36

Charlotte’s Song p. 41 (Sat, Sep 26, 9:15pm, VCT + Thu,

Arabian Nights - Volume 1, The Restless One

Chevalier p. 49 (Sun, Oct 4, 11:15am, VCT + Tue, Oct 6,

p. 27 (Fri, Sep 25, 10:00am, VCT + Sun, Oct 4, 6:45pm, VCT + Thu, Oct 8, 10:30am, IN08) 2’5

9:45pm, VCT) 1’39

Oct 1, 3:30pm, SFU) 1’29

The Devout p. 43 (Fri, Oct 2, 9:00pm, IN08 + Sun, Oct 4, 12:45pm, IN08) 1’42

Arabian Nights - Volume 2, The Desolate One p. 27 (Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 am, VCT + Sun, Oct 4, 9:15 pm, VCT + Thu, Oct 8, 1:30 pm, IN08) 2’11 106

Dheepan p. 29 (Tue, Sep 29, 6:15pm, CENT + Fri, Oct 2, 3:00pm, CENT) 1’40

The Chinese Mayor p. 73 (Fri, Oct 2, 7:15pm, CINE + Tue, Oct 6, 4:15pm, PLAY) 1’40

The Dinner p. 51 (Fri, Sep 25, 8:45pm, RIO + Sun, Sep 27, 2:00pm, IN10) 1’32

INDEX OF FILMS WITH SCREENING TIMES Disorder p. 80 (Thu, Oct 1, 9:30pm, CENT + Tue, Oct 6,

Gonin Saga p. 79 (Mon, Sep 28, 9:15pm, PLAY + Wed, Sep 30, 12:30pm, IN09) 2’10

In the Shadow of Women p. 80 (Sun, Oct 4, 6:45pm, SFU + Mon, Oct 5, 12:15pm, VCT) 1’13

A Dog’s Life p. 43 (Tue, Oct 6, 6:45pm, IN08 + Wed, Oct 7, 1:45pm, IN10) 1’7

Great Performances p. 70 (Sat, Oct 3, 9:00pm, IN09 +

In Transit p. 87 (Mon, Oct 5, 10:30am, IN08 + Wed, Oct 7, 7:00pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 8, 2:00pm, IN10) 1’16

The Dream of Shahrazad p. 91 (Thu, Oct 1, 8:30pm,

Green Room p. 97 (Fri, Oct 2, 8:45pm, RIO + Fri, Oct 9, 4:00pm, SFU) 1’34

In Your Arms p. 58 (Fri, Oct 2, 7:30pm, IN10 + Sun, Oct 4,

Greenery Will Bloom Again p. 57 (Tue, Oct 6, 6:30pm,

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words p. 31 (Thu, Oct 8, 6:00pm, CENT + Fri, Oct 9, 1:15pm, PLAY) 1’54

1:00pm, IN09) 1’40

CINE + Sun, Oct 4, 3:15pm, PLAY) 1’47

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon p. 83 (Thu, Sep 24, 8:45pm, RIO + Sun, Sep 27, 4:15pm, SFU) 1’32

Eadweard p. 43 (Fri, Oct 2, 1:30pm, IN09 + Mon, Oct 5, 8:45pm, PLAY) 1’44

Embrace of the Serpent p. 51 (Thu, Oct 1, 9:00pm, SFU

Wed, Oct 7, 1:00pm, IN08) 1’44

CINE + Wed, Oct 7, 12:15pm, VCT) 1’18

Hadwin’s Judgement p. 43 (Thu, Oct 1, 9:00pm, PLAY + Mon, Oct 5, 1:30pm, PLAY) 1’28

Innocence of Memories p. 91 (Sun, Oct 4, 9:30pm,

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World p. 45 (Tue,

Into the Forest p. 39 (Sat, Oct 3, 6:00pm, CENT + Thu, Oct 8, 11:00am, IN09) 1’41

+ Fri, Oct 2, 1:45pm, IN10 + Tue, Oct 6, 1:30pm, PLAY) 2’2

Sep 29, 9:00pm, PLAY + Sat, Oct 3, 1:30pm, PLAY + Fri, Oct 9, 12:00pm, VCT) 1’30

Entertainment p. 51 (Sun, Sep 27, 3:30pm, RIO + Sun,

Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey p. 85 (Thu,

Oct 4, 8:45pm, RIO) 1’42

Sep 24, 6:30pm, SFU + Sat, Sep 26, 11:00am, SFU) 1’31

Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories p. 91

High-Rise p. 29 (Fri, Oct 2, 8:45pm, CENT + Sun, Oct 4,

(Sat, Sep 26, 11:30am, IN10 + Mon, Sep 28, 7:00pm, VCT)

3, 11:00am, SFU) 1’33

Experimenter p. 57 (Thu, Oct 1, 1:30pm, IN10 + Wed, Oct 7, 8:45pm, RIO) 1’48

Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks p. 85 (Thu, Oct 1, 10:30am, IN08 + Thu, Oct 8, 6:30pm, CINE) 1’25

The Falling

p. 57 (Sat, Sep 26, 1:30pm, IN08 + Mon, Oct 5, 8:45pm, IN09 + Tue, Oct 6, 11:30am, IN10) 1’42

Fire Song p. 43 (Thu, Oct 1, 9:00pm, IN08 + Sat, Oct 3, 1:15pm, IN08) 1’25

A Flickering Truth p. 85 (Thu, Sep 24, 6:30pm, CINE + Mon, Sep 28, 10:30am, IN09) 1’31

The Forbidden Room p. 43 (Sun, Sep 27, 9:15pm, SFU + Wed, Sep 30, 3:30pm, SFU) 2’12

Fractured Land p. 43 (Sun, Sep 27, 6:00pm, RIO + Wed, Sep 30, 4:10pm, IN09) 1’20

Francofonia p. 57 (Tue, Oct 6, 9:00pm, PLAY + Thu, Oct 8, 4:30pm, PLAY) 1’27 Frank and the Wondercat p. 43 (Mon, Sep 28, 6:30pm, RIO + Thu, Oct 1, 4:00pm, CINE) 1’7

From Scotland with Love p. 85 (Sun, Sep 27, 6:00pm, IN09 + Tue, Sep 29, 3:45pm, PLAY) 1’15 Golden Kingdom p. 57 (Fri, Sep 25, 3:45pm, CINE + Sun, Sep 27, 11:30am, IN10 + Sat, Oct 3, 7:00pm, IN10) 1’43

CENT + Wed, Oct 7, 3:15pm, CENT) ‘

Invention p. 91 (Fri, Oct 2, 7:00pm, VCT + Sun, Oct 4, 1:30pm, VCT) 1’27 It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong p. 58 (Mon, Sep 28, 2:15pm, IN10 + Wed, Sep 30, 6:30pm, RIO) 1’18

3:30pm, CENT) 1’52

1’39

Ever the Land p. 85 (Thu, Oct 1, 6:15pm, SFU + Sat, Oct

11:00am, SFU) 1’28

Hilda p. 57 (Sun, Sep 27, 11:00am, IN08 + Mon, Oct 5,

Ivy p. 58 (Sat, Sep 26, 4:00pm, IN08 + Sat, Oct 3, 6:15pm, SFU) 1’43

4:15pm, IN09 + Wed, Oct 7, 6:30pm, RIO) 1’28

Ixcanul p. 59 (Sat, Oct 3, 10:30am, IN09 + Tue, Oct 6, Hockney p. 91 (Mon, Sep 28, 1:15pm, PLAY + Tue, Oct 6,

6:00pm, IN09) 1’30

10:00am, VCT + Thu, Oct 8, 8:45pm, SFU) 1’52

Jafar Panahi’s Taxi p. 59 (Thu, Oct 1, 4:15pm, PLAY + Home Care p. 57 (Wed, Oct 7, 6:15pm, SFU + Thu, Oct 8,

Sat, Oct 3, 6:45pm, PLAY) 1’22

3:30pm, SFU) 1’32

Homme Less p. 85 (Mon, Sep 28, 11:00am, IN08 + Sun,

James White p. 59 (Fri, Sep 25, 6:45pm, IN10 + Sat, Sep 26, 11:00am, IN08 + Fri, Oct 9, 1:30pm, SFU) 1’25

Oct 4, 6:30pm, CENT + Wed, Oct 7, 11:00am, SFU) 1’23

Hurricane p. 85 (Fri, Oct 2, 12:30pm, CENT + Sun, Oct 4,

Jumbo Wild p. 87 (Thu, Oct 8, 6:15pm, SFU + Fri, Oct 9, 11:00am, SFU) 0’56

7:00pm, IN10) 1’22

Kaili Blues p. 73 (Sun, Sep 27, 9:15pm, IN08 + Wed, Sep Hurt p. 45 (Wed, Sep 30, 9:30pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 1,

30, 3:45pm, IN08) 2’0

1:30pm, PLAY) 1’24

Landfill Harmonic p. 91 (Sat, Sep 26, 3:30pm, RIO + Fri, Hyena Road p. 39 (Sat, Sep 26, 6:30pm, CENT + Tue, Sep

Oct 2, 1:30pm, SFU + Sun, Oct 4, 6:15pm, PLAY) 1’24

29, 4:15pm, IN10) 2’0

I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced p. 57 (Fri, Sep

The Last Hammer Blow p. 81 (Sat, Sep 26, 7:00pm, IN10 + Sun, Sep 27, 5:00pm, VCT) 1’23

25, 1:30pm, SFU + Sat, Sep 26, 6:00pm, IN09 + Wed, Oct 7, 10:30am, IN09) 1’39

Li Wen at East Lake p. 73 (Fri, Sep 25, 6:00pm, VCT + Tue, Oct 6, 1:30pm, CINE) 1’57

I Promise You Anarchy p. 58 (Fri, Oct 2, 9:30pm, CINE + Thu, Oct 8, 1:30pm, CINE) 1’28

The Lobster p. 59 (Wed, Sep 30, 9:15pm, CENT + Mon, Oct 5, 3:15pm, CENT) 1’58

I Saw the Light p. 25 (Fri, Oct 9, 6:30pm, CENT + Fri, Oct 9, 9:00pm, PLAY) 2’3

London Road p. 59 (Fri, Oct 2, 9:00pm, PLAY + Wed, Oct 7, 4:00pm, PLAY) 1’31

Ice and the Sky p. 85 (Fri, Sep 25, 6:15pm, IN09 + Tue, Sep 29, 12:30pm, CENT) 1’29

Imperfect Harmony p. 91 (Mon, Sep 28, 1:30pm, IN08 + Sat, Oct 3, 7:00pm, VCT) 1’16

Lost and Beautiful p. 59 (Mon, Sep 28, 6:30pm, IN08 + Wed, Sep 30, 10:30am, IN09) 1’27 Louder Than Bombs p. 31 (Mon, Sep 28, 3:15pm, CENT + Fri, Oct 2, 6:00pm, CENT) 1’45

In the Dark Reaches of the Soul p. 70 (Fri, Oct 2, 6:15pm, IN08 + Tue, Oct 6, 4:00pm, IN08) 1’39 107

INDEX OF FILMS WITH SCREENING TIMES

Love Among the Ruins p. 59 (Sat, Sep 26, 2:00pm, IN10 + Sun, Sep 27, 7:00pm, IN10) 1’11

Mountains May Depart p. 75 (Sun, Oct 4, 1:15pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 8, 9:00pm, CENT) 2’11

Observance p. 97 (Thu, Oct 1, 11:00pm, RIO + Sat, Oct 3, 1:30pm, CINE) 1’30

Love and… p. 73 (Sun, Sep 27, 6:30pm, CINE + Tue, Sep 29, 1:30pm, CINE) 1’35

The Movement p. 61 (Wed, Sep 30, 6:15pm, CINE + Fri, Oct 9, 4:00pm, CINE) 1’7

One Floor Below p. 61 (Fri, Sep 25, 12:45pm, IN08 + Sun, Oct 4, 6:45pm, IN08) 1’33

Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship p. 93 (Thu, Sep 24, 7:00pm, VCT + Tue, Sep 29, 1:30pm, PLAY + Tue, Oct 6, 12:30pm, VCT) 1’29

Mr. Zhang Believes p. 75 (Wed, Sep 30, 1:00pm, CINE + Mon, Oct 5, 8:30pm, CINE) 2’15

One Million Dubliners p. 87 (Sun, Sep 27, 4:15pm, IN10 + Mon, Sep 28, 7:00pm, IN10 + Tue, Oct 6, 3:45pm, CENT)

Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing p. 71 (Thu,

1’23

Murmur of the Hearts p. 75 (Fri, Oct 2, 1:00pm, PLAY + Sun, Oct 4, 8:30pm, IN09 + Wed, Oct 7, 4:15pm, IN10) 1’59

Love, Theft and Other Entanglements p. 59 (Fri, Sep 25, 9:15pm, IN08 + Mon, Sep 28, 12:30pm, VCT) 1’33 Magallanes p. 60 (Fri, Oct 2, 9:30pm, SFU + Tue, Oct 6,

Mustang p. 61 (Mon, Sep 28, 9:30pm, IN10 + Wed, Sep 30, 12:15pm, CENT) 1’34

My Friend Victoria p. 81 (Thu, Oct 1, 6:15pm, IN09 + Sat, Oct 3, 12:45pm, IN09) 1’35

3:30pm, IN09) 1’38

The Magic Mountain p. 60 (Sun, Oct 4, 9:00pm, IN10 +

My Golden Days p. 81 (Fri, Oct 2, 6:30pm, SFU + Sun, Oct 4, 3:30pm, IN09) 2’3

My Good Man’s Gone p. 45 (Tue, Sep 29, 6:15pm, IN08 + Sat, Oct 3, 4:00pm, IN08) 1’36

1, 6:30pm, PLAY) 1’24

Marshland p. 60 (Mon, Sep 28, 12:30pm, CENT + Mon,

My Internship In Canada p. 38 (Fri, Sep 25, 6:15pm, CENT + Sun, Sep 27, 12:45pm, IN09) 1’48

Oct 5, 6:00pm, RIO) 1’44

The Mask from San p. 60 (Wed, Sep 30, 4:00pm, CINE + Wed, Oct 7, 6:30pm, CINE) 1’24 A Matter of Interpretation p. 73 (Sat, Sep 26,

My Life with a King p. 75 (Tue, Oct 6, 11:00am, IN08 + Thu, Oct 8, 7:00pm, IN08) 1’30

My Skinny Sister p. 61 (Tue, Oct 6, 7:30pm, IN10 + Thu, Oct 8, 1:15pm, SFU) 1’35

12:30pm, CINE + Mon, Sep 28, 6:00pm, CINE) 2’3

Mavis! p. 93 (Fri, Sep 25, 6:30pm, RIO + Mon, Sep 28,

The Messenger p. 87 (Sun, Oct 4, 6:30pm, CINE + Tue,

A Midsummer’s Fantasia p. 73 (Sun, Oct 4, 8:45pm, IN08 + Tue, Oct 6, 2:00pm, IN10) 1’36 Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

108

IN10) 1’30

The Pass System p. 47 (Wed, Sep 30, 9:45pm, IN08 +

IN10 + Sun, Sep 27, 9:00pm, CINE) 1’50

Nasty Baby p. 61 (Sat, Oct 3, 1:30pm, IN10 + Wed, Oct 7, 8:45pm, PLAY) 1’40

Fri, Oct 2, 1:00pm, IN08) 1’11

Paulina p. 63 (Thu, Oct 1, 8:30pm, RIO + Sun, Oct 4, 1:15pm, SFU) 1’43

A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did p. 87 (Sat, Sep 26, 9:00pm, SFU + Tue, Sep 29, 11:00am, IN10) 1’32

The Pearl Button p. 88 (Fri, Sep 25, 8:30pm, IN09 + Wed, Sep 30, 4:00pm, PLAY) 1’22

Nina Forever p. 97 (Sat, Sep 26, 11:00pm, RIO + Tue, Sep 29, 4:00pm, IN08) 1’38

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict p. 95 (Fri, Sep 25,

Ninth Floor p. 45 (Sat, Sep 26, 6:00pm, RIO + Tue, Sep 29, 1:15pm, IN10) 1’21 No Land’s Song p. 93 (Tue, Sep 29, 10:30am, IN08 + Sat, Oct 3, 9:00pm, PLAY + Mon, Oct 5, 4:00pm, PLAY) 1’33

p. 87 (Fri, Sep 25, 8:30pm, VCT + Sun, Sep 27, 12:30pm, VCT) 1’11

No Men Beyond This Point p. 45 (Sat, Sep 26,

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live p. 93 (Fri, Sep

O, Brazen Age p. 45 (Sun, Sep 27, 7:00pm, VCT + Tue,

25, 11:45am, IN10 + Fri, Oct 2, 4:00pm, PLAY + Wed, Oct 7, 9:15pm, CENT) 1’32

Palio p. 87 (Thu, Oct 1, 6:30pm, IN10 + Fri, Oct 2, 11:00am,

The Name of the Whale p. 75 (Sat, Sep 26, 4:30pm,

(Sat, Sep 26, 6:45pm, VCT + Mon, Sep 28, 3:45pm, IN08) 1’20

Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven p. 47 (Tue, Sep 29, 6:00pm, IN09 + Wed, Sep 30, 11:00am, IN10) 1’11

Partners in Crime p. 69 (Wed, Sep 30, 9:15pm, VCT + Wed, Oct 7, 4:30pm, VCT) 1’40

Oct 6, 1:15pm, IN08) 1’30

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John p. 45

Paco de Lucía: A Journey p. 93 (Fri, Sep 25, 11:15am, IN09 + Mon, Sep 28, 9:15pm, CINE + Thu, Oct 1, 10:45am, IN09) 1’32

Nahid p. 61 (Tue, Oct 6, 4:00pm, CINE + Thu, Oct 8, 9:00pm, PLAY) 1’45

Oct 8, 10:00am, VCT) 1’38

Meru p. 87 (Sat, Sep 26, 3:45pm, CENT + Tue, Sep 29, 9:00pm, RIO) 1’32

Oyster Factory p. 75 (Wed, Sep 30, 8:00pm, CINE + Fri,

Paradise p. 61 (Fri, Sep 25, 3:15pm, VCT + Sun, Sep 27, 8:30pm, IN09) 1’40

+ Tue, Oct 6, 6:45pm, PLAY) 1’33

Men Go to Battle p. 61 (Wed, Oct 7, 7:00pm, VCT + Thu,

Our Loved Ones p. 45 (Wed, Oct 7, 9:15pm, VCT + Fri, Oct 9, 4:45pm, VCT) 1’42

Der Nachtmahr p. 97 (Sat, Oct 3, 3:45pm, CINE + Fri, Oct 9, 8:45pm, RIO) 1’28

3:30pm, IN09) 1’21

The Measure of a Man p. 81 (Sun, Oct 4, 1:00pm, PLAY

Our Little Sister p. 75 (Tue, Oct 6, 8:45pm, CENT + Thu, Oct 8, 1:30pm, PLAY) 2’8

Oct 2, 4:15pm, CINE) 2’26

Wed, Oct 7, 4:15pm, CINE) 1’35

Magicarena p. 93 (Mon, Sep 28, 2:30pm, VCT + Thu, Oct

Original Copy p. 93 (Tue, Sep 29, 10:45am, IN09 + Thu, Oct 1, 8:45pm, IN09) 1’35

Oct 1, 6:00pm, IN08 + Mon, Oct 5, 1:00pm, IN08) 1’46

8:30pm, RIO + Fri, Oct 2, 4:00pm, SFU) 1’20

Sep 29, 4:15pm, CINE) 1’20

4:30pm, SFU + Wed, Sep 30, 6:30pm, PLAY + Fri, Oct 9, 6:15pm, SFU) 1’30

A Perfect Day p. 63 (Sun, Oct 4, 4:00pm, RIO + Wed, Oct 7, 6:15pm, PLAY) 1’45 Pioneer Heroes p. 63 (Mon, Sep 28, 10:00am, VCT + Fri, Oct 2, 6:00pm, RIO + Wed, Oct 7, 3:30pm, IN09) 1’56

The Piper p. 75 (Sun, Sep 27, 12:30pm, CINE + Tue, Sep 29, 8:30pm, IN09) 1’48 Port of Call p. 76 (Sun, Sep 27, 9:30pm, IN10 + Mon, Sep 28, 11:15am, IN10) 2’2

INDEX OF FILMS WITH SCREENING TIMES

Portrait of the Artist p. 81 (Fri, Oct 2, 1:00pm, CINE + Sat, Oct 3, 6:00pm, CINE) 2’7

Siti p. 77 (Sun, Sep 27, 10:30am, IN09 + Wed, Oct 7, 9:00pm, CINE) 1’28

The Thoughts That Once We Had p. 95 (Fri, Sep 25,

The Project of the Century p. 63 (Mon, Oct 5,

The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers p. 64 (Thu, Sep 24,

Three Stories of Love p. 77 (Wed, Sep 30, 9:00pm, IN09 + Fri, Oct 2, 10:30am, IN09) 2’20

10:00am, VCT + Thu, Oct 8, 9:15pm, IN08) 1’40

6:15pm, CINE + Sat, Sep 26, 3:30pm, CINE) 1’48

9:15pm, VCT + Sat, Sep 26, 4:30pm, VCT) 1’38

Racing Extinction p. 88 (Sat, Sep 26, 2:30pm, VCT + Mon, Oct 5, 11:30am, IN10 + Thu, Oct 8, 6:00pm, IN09) 1’17

Slackjaw p. 64 (Sun, Sep 27, 2:45pm, VCT + Mon, Sep 28,

Three Windows and a Hanging p. 65 (Thu, Oct 1, 3:45pm, IN09 + Thu, Oct 8, 7:00pm, VCT) 1’34

9:00pm, IN08) 1’15

Rainbow Island p. 63 (Tue, Oct 6, 10:30am, IN09 + Wed, Oct 7, 9:15pm, IN08) 1’43

Sleeping Giant p. 47 (Sat, Sep 26, 9:00pm, IN08 + Sun,

Tikkun p. 65 (Thu, Sep 24, 9:00pm, SFU + Fri, Sep 25, 12:45pm, VCT + Sun, Oct 4, 1:00pm, IN09) 2’0

Sep 27, 4:00pm, IN08 + Wed, Sep 30, 1:15pm, SFU) 1’30

Rams p. 63 (Fri, Sep 25, 12:30pm, CENT + Thu, Oct 1, 6:15pm, RIO + Sat, Oct 3, 11:00am, IN08) 1’30

Son of Saul p. 64 (Mon, Oct 5, 6:15pm, PLAY + Wed, Oct

Topophilia p. 89 (Mon, Sep 28, 1:30pm, CINE + Tue, Sep 29, 7:00pm, VCT) 1’27

7, 12:30pm, CENT) 1’47

Reel Youth Film Festival p. 69 (Thu, Oct 1, 12:30pm, IN08 + Sun, Oct 4, 9:00pm, CINE) 1’22

Songs My Brothers Taught Me p. 65 (Tue, Oct 6,

Tough Love p. 65 (Fri, Sep 25, 4:30pm, IN10 + Tue, Sep 29, 9:30pm, IN10) 1’29

8:30pm, CINE + Wed, Oct 7, 1:30pm, CINE) 1’38

Reflection p. 76 (Fri, Sep 25, 9:15pm, CINE + Mon, Oct 5, 3:30pm, CINE) 1’32

Sound & Image p. 69 (Mon, Sep 28, 9:15pm, VCT + Mon,

The Treasure p. 65 (Sat, Oct 3, 9:15pm, SFU + Wed, Oct 7, 10:45am, IN08 + Fri, Oct 9, 9:00pm, CINE) 1’29

Oct 5, 4:30pm, VCT) 1’25

Remember p. 41 (Mon, Sep 28, 6:30pm, PLAY + Tue, Sep 29, 3:15pm, IN09) 1’35 Requiem for the American Dream p. 88 (Tue, Oct 6, 8:00pm, VCT + Fri, Oct 9, 2:45pm, VCT) 1’13

Right Now, Wrong Then p. 76 (Fri, Sep 25, 6:30pm, IN08 + Mon, Sep 28, 4:30pm, VCT) 2’1

Rolling p. 79 (Sat, Sep 26, 8:30pm, CINE + Sun, Sep 27, 3:15pm, CINE) 2’13

Room p. 33 (Mon, Sep 28, 8:30pm, CENT + Fri, Oct 2, 5:00pm, IN10) 1’58

The Royal Road p. 88 (Mon, Oct 5, 9:15pm, IN08 + Fri, Oct 9, 10:00am, VCT) 1’28

The Royal Tailor p. 76 (Mon, Oct 5, 10:45am, IN09 + Thu, Oct 8, 6:45pm, IN10) 2’7

Sabali p. 47 (Fri, Oct 2, 9:15pm, IN09 + Sun, Oct 4, 4:00pm, CINE) 1’19

Sam Klemke’s Time Machine p. 89 (Sun, Oct 4, 8:45pm, SFU + Fri, Oct 9, 7:00pm, VCT) 1’34

The Sandwich Nazi p. 47 (Sun, Sep 27, 8:45pm, RIO + Sat, Oct 3, 4:00pm, RIO) 1’12 Schneider vs. Bax p. 63 (Tue, Oct 6, 8:45pm, RIO + Thu, Oct 8, 3:30pm, IN09) 1’36

The Second Mother p. 63 (Thu, Oct 1, 6:00pm, CENT + Tue, Oct 6, 4:15pm, IN10) 1’52

Short Skin p. 64 (Sat, Sep 26, 4:00pm, SFU + Wed, Oct 7, 9:30pm, IN10) 1’26

The Similars p. 97 (Thu, Oct 8, 8:45pm, RIO + Fri, Oct 9, 1:30pm, CINE) 1’29

Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story p. 95 (Mon, Sep 28, 4:30pm, IN10 + Sun, Oct 4, 6:30pm, RIO) 1’24

The Sound of Trees p. 47 (Tue, Sep 29, 9:00pm, CINE +

Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI p. 47 (Wed, Sep 30, 6:45pm, IN10 + Sun, Oct 4, 3:45pm, SFU) 1’35

Umrika p. 67 (Wed, Sep 30, 1:15pm, IN08 + Sat, Oct 3, 4:15pm, PLAY + Mon, Oct 5, 6:45pm, IN10) 1’42

Thu, Oct 1, 3:15pm, IN08) 1’17

Sparrows p. 65 (Sat, Sep 26, 10:30am, IN09 + Sat, Oct 3,

Very Semi-Serious p. 89 (Sat, Sep 26, 6:30pm, SFU + Mon, Sep 28, 4:00pm, PLAY + Thu, Oct 8, 9:15pm, VCT) 1’23

8:45pm, IN08 + Thu, Oct 8, 2:30pm, VCT) 1’39

Standing Tall p. 81 (Sun, Sep 27, 1:00pm, SFU + Sun, Oct

Victoria p. 67 (Sat, Sep 26, 3:15pm, IN09 + Mon, Oct 5, 8:45pm, CENT + Wed, Oct 7, 8:45pm, IN09) 2’18

4, 9:00pm, PLAY) 2’0

Steak (R)evolution p. 89 (Fri, Sep 25, 3:15pm, IN08 +

Ville-Marie p. 47 (Thu, Oct 1, 9:15pm, IN10 + Sun, Oct 4, 10:30am, IN08) 1’41

Mon, Oct 5, 6:00pm, CINE) 1’54

The Summer of Sangailé p. 65 (Sun, Oct 4, 11:00am,

Vincent p. 81 (Fri, Sep 25, 7:00pm, SFU + Thu, Oct 8, 1:40pm, IN09) 1’17

IN10 + Wed, Oct 7, 6:30pm, IN09) 1’28

A Syrian Love Story p. 89 (Mon, Oct 5, 9:30pm, IN10 +

The Visit (An Alien Encounter) p. 89 (Fri, Sep 25, 9:00pm, SFU + Wed, Sep 30, 11:00am, SFU) 1’30

Wed, Oct 7, 2:00pm, VCT) 1’20

A Tale of Three Cities p. 33 (Fri, Sep 25, 9:15pm, CENT

We Did It on a Song p. 81 (Mon, Oct 5, 7:00pm, VCT + Wed, Oct 7, 1:15pm, SFU) 1’22

+ Sun, Sep 27, 3:00pm, CENT) 2’10

Tana Bana p. 95 (Sat, Sep 26, 6:30pm, IN08 + Mon, Sep

Wednesday, May 9 p. 67 (Fri, Oct 2, 11:00am, SFU + Fri, Oct 9, 8:30pm, SFU) 1’42

28, 1:00pm, IN09) 1’18

Tandem p. 77 (Fri, Sep 25, 1:30pm, CINE + Sat, Sep 26,

What Defines Reality? p. 71 (Wed, Sep 30, 6:45pm, IN08 + Sun, Oct 4, 3:45pm, IN08) 1’46

6:00pm, CINE) 1’22

Thanatos, Drunk p. 77 (Wed, Oct 7, 6:45pm, IN08 + Thu,

Wondrous Boccaccio p. 67 (Thu, Oct 1, 12:30pm, CENT + Tue, Oct 6, 8:30pm, IN09) 2’3

Oct 8, 11:30am, IN10) 1’47

Tharlo p. 77 (Tue, Sep 29, 9:00pm, IN08 + Thu, Oct 1,

Yanji p. 77 (Wed, Sep 30, 7:00pm, VCT + Sun, Oct 4, 1:30pm, CINE) 1’40

1:00pm, CINE) 2’3

Thina Sobabili: The Two of Us p. 65 (Sat, Oct 3, 4:00pm, SFU + Thu, Oct 8, 8:30pm, CINE) 1’34

This Changes Everything p. 35 (Wed, Oct 7, 6:15pm,

Youth p. 35 (Wed, Sep 30, 8:45pm, PLAY) 1’58 Zinnia Flower p. 77 (Tue, Oct 6, 9:00pm, IN08 + Wed, Oct 7, 3:45pm, IN08) 2’9

CENT) 1’29 109

INDEX OF DIRECTORS

A

D

Abdalla, Ahmad 51 25 Abraham, Marc Abrahamson, Lenny 33 Ahn Goocjin 72 AKIZ

97 Al-Salami, Khadija 57 59 Alayan, Muayad Ali Mohammad, Massimo 59 Allen, Jeremy Peter 69 Allgood, Brad 91 Almereyda, Michael 57 43 Alvarez-Mesa, Pablo Alverson, Rick 51 Andersen, Thom 95 81 André, David Arikawa Shigeo 76, 79 Artin, Tristan 71 29 Audiard, Jacques

Damian, Anca 60 71 Danbolt, Aslak Davern, Aram 69 Davis, Hannah 69 de Aranoa, Fernando León 63 De Caria, Michael 69 51 De Matteo, Ivano De Sica, Brando 70 Debergh, Ryan 69 del Solar, Salvador 60 Delaporte, Alix 81 Delestrac, Denis 83 Dena, Sina Ataeian 61 Deraspe, Sophie 41 Desplechin, Arnaud 81 Ding Shiwei 73, 79 Done Four Productions 41 Dornford-May, Mark 49 71 Duffy, Ger Dunn, Alexander 90

B Balkam, Alex 68 Bardi, Alhya 69 Bardi, Alyha 69 Barker, Cordell 69 81 Barraud, Antoine Bartleet, Caroline 70 89 Bate, Matthew Bautista, Agaki 69 Bennett, Lewis 47 68 Benning, Heather Bercot, Emmanuelle 81 Bhasin, Pranav 69

73 Bi Gan Birke, Lisa 69 Björkman, Stig 31 Blaine, Ben 97 Blaine, Chris 97 Blais, Matthew Taylor 47, 71 71 Blanco, Javier Blecher, Sara 49 Boileau, Sonia 41 Bolton, John 45, 71 Brettkelly, Pietra 85 Brizé, Stéphane 81 70 Brown, Christopher Bruna, Niccolò 93 Burger, Sander 82 Bustamante, Jayro 59 Byatt, Andy 85

C Cahyono, Eddie Cairns, Liz Cardenas Franke, Liz Carrer, Gabriel Carson, Alexander Castrejon, John Catu, Carlo Encisco Cepka, Harry Chan Hon Chun Chang Tso-Chi Chang, Sylvia Cheung, Mabel Chiarini, Duccio Chin, Jimmy Choquette, Hélène Chu, Greg Citton, Nick Civeyrac, Jean-Paul Cividino, Andrew Cleary, Benjamin Cobos, Carmen Corlett, Bracken Hanuse Côté, Denis Crowley, John Cubero, Angel Borrego 110

77 69 71 97 45 69 75 68 77 77 75 33 64 87 43 69 45 81 47 71 91 68 68 23 91

E Édoin, Guy 47 Edwards, Jessica 93 Egoyan, Atom 41 Eichenberger, Markus 71, 87 Elise 69

Ellis, Phyllis 47 Émond, Anne 45 Erkman, Joshua 71 Ermacora, Ryan 68 Evans, David 87 Ezban, Isaac 97

F Falardeau, Philippe Féret, René Feydel, Sandrine Findlay, David Font, Patricia Fox, Kaya Franco, Michel Frey, Kathrin Fritz, Fantavious Fujikawa Fumito

38 80 83 68 71 69 51 70 68 75

G Gabbert, Laura Gagné, Philippe David Galison, Peter Galloway, Chad Gamze Ergüven, Deniz Garrel, Philippe Garrity, Sean Gaston, Connor Gee, Grant George, Nelson Ghaderi, Teymour Gieling, Ramón Gillis, Damien Glover, Trilby Glynn, Daire Gomes, Miguel González, J.M. Quevedo Govoni, Mat Graef, Roger Gray, Jacobie Gray, Susan Green, Jaine Gregory, Patrick Grodman, Asher Grohnert, Sarah Gross, Paul Grubb, Katherine Guerra, Ciro Gunte, Gage Gunter, Demar

83 69 83 68 61 80 41 43 91 90 69 91 43 71 71 27 70 71 93 70 90 70 69 70 85 39 69 51 69 69

Guzmán, Patricio György-Kessler, Marta

88 85

H Haigh, Andrew 48 Hákonarson, Grímur 63 Hambrook, Jenna 69 69 Hamet, Mirek Hashiguchi Ryosuke 77 Heath, Virginia 85 Heikin, N.C. 95 Heinzen-Ziob, Florian 93 Heinzen, Georg 93 69 Hepburn, Kathleen Herce, Mauro 51 Hernández Cordón, Julio 58 Hernández de la Peña, Luis 71 Hertz, Nathan 71 Hirabayashi Isamu 73, 79 Hong Sangsoo 76 Hope, Vanessa 82 Hopewell, Hunter 69 Horák, Slávek 57 Hou Hsiao-hsien 72 96 Howden, Jason Lei Hrubizna, Lucas 69 Humphries, Nicholas 41 Hunt, Lauren 69 Hunt, Nathan 71 88 Hutchison, Peter Hutton, Noah 83

I Ishii Takashi Iskov, Jonathon Ives, Allison Iwasaki Hirotoshi

79 69 69 76, 79

J Jacquet, Luc Jalilvand, Vahid Jang Kunjae Jaros, François Jarvis, Sophie Jayden Jia Zhangke Johnson, Evan Johnson, Jessica Jones, Adam Garnet Josef

Jude, Radu

85 67 73 68 69 69 75 43 68 43 69 49

K Kabuki Sawako 76, 79 Karaçelik, Tolga 58 Kavaïté, Alanté 65 Keisha

69 Kelleher, Aoife 87 Kiana

69 76, 79 Kihata Sayaka Kim Gwangtae 75 Kim Nakyung 73, 79 Kim, Jenny 69 King, Chris 71 Kore-eda Hirokazu 75 Kruchowski, Sarah Jean 70 Kudryashova, Natalya 63 Kuparashvili, Sandro (a.k.a. William Hemblton) 69 Kurdistan, Art 69 Kwak Kyungtaek 73 Kyrtsis, George 70

L L’Ecuyer, John Lanthimos, Yorgos Larraín, Pablo

59 51

Lawrence, Jordan Lee Kwangkuk Lee Wonsuk Lenken, Senna Lévesque, Nicolas Levin, Miles Lewis, Avi Lewis, Ben Lewis, Mark

Li, Luo Lin, Tom

Llansó, Miguel Llinás, Verónica Longinotto, Kim

69 73 76 61 69 69 35 85 91 73 77 96

Payne, Tai Péloquin, François Penny, Adam Perkins, Brian Phan Dang Di Plante, Pascal Porumboiu, Corneliu Potts, Beth Prado, Felipe Prandstraller, Andrea Psihoyos, Louie Purviškis, Bertrams Pauls Putze, Ingo

93

Q

M Mack, Trevor 47, 71 Mackenzi

69 Mackerricher, Courtney 69 Maddin, Guy 43 Maddysen 69 Madsen, Michael 89 Mancinelli, Dusty 68 Mannering, Emilie 69 Marcello, Pietro 59 Marquez, Michelle 69 Massil, Tony 43 Matsubayashi Yoju 76 Maysles, Albert 87 McAllister, Sean 89 McKenna, Kaleb 71 McKenna, Ryan 47 McKenzie, Ashley 69 McKittrick, Emma 69 McMullan, Chelsea 45, 68 Mehta, Deepa 27 Mena-Tinoco, Ivan 70 Mirkin, Aaron 69 Mitchell, Lincoln 69 Mitre, Santiago 63 Mizushiri Yoriko 76, 79 Mond, Josh 59 Monk, Katherine 69 Moore, Grayson 69 Morley, Carol 57 Moss, Robb 83 Mozaffari, Jasmin 69 Mugisha, Donald 49 Mullane, Jackson 71 Muntean, Radu 61 Murphy, Pat 95 Muylaert, Anna 63

N Nair, Prashant Naishtat, Benjamín Najafi, Ayat Naqvi, Mohammed Ali Nayler, Douglas Nemes, László Nkosi, Ernest Norris, Rufus Nyks, Kelly

67 61 93 83 68 64 65 59 88

O Olmi, Ermanno Olson, Jenni Oram, Steve Osmond, Louise

57 88 96 83

P Palisoc, King Panahandeh, Ida Panahi, Jafar Papatie, Kevin Park Kiyong Paterson, Jordan Patil, Shivaji Lotan Patiño, Lois

77 61 59 47, 71 77 47 48 71, 89

Qiu Jiongjiong Qosja, Isa Quintela, Carlos Quinto, Gerard

69 47 85 57 72 69 65 69 70 93 88 69 71

75 65 63 70

R Raca, Don 69 Rangel, Andrés Clariond 57 Rappmund, Peter Bo 89 Rayher, Fiona 43 Ribière, Franck 89 Rideout, Kyle 43 Ripstein, Gabriel 48 Rivers, Ben 64 Rodríguez, Alberto 60 Rogan, James 93

Ross, Will 69 Rouby, Simon 49 Roy, Jean-Marc E. 69 Rozema, Patricia 39 Rúnarsson, Rúnar 65 Russell, Ben 71, 88 Russell, Zachary 69 Rynard, Su 87

S Sadeghi, Neema 69 Sahlstrøm, Samanou Acheche 58 Sakagami Ataru 76, 79 Salvador, Thomas 81 Sánchez Varela, 93 Francisco Sarasin, Jacques 60 Sargent, Mark 71 Saulnier, Jeremy 97 Saura, Carlos 90 Sawers, Mark 45 Schafter, Monique 71 Schipper, Sebastian 67 Scott, Devan 69 Scott, Jared P. 88 Sheridan, Jack 70 Shienze 69

Shimizu Shumpei 79 Shin, Ann 68 Shipley, Aidan 69 Shum, Mina 45 Silva, Sebastián 61 Silver, Marc 82 Silver, Nathan 64, 71 Sims-Dennett, Joseph 97 Sinai, Khosrow 63 Sivan, Avishai 65 Smith, Seth 68 Snow, Sasha 43 Soda Kazuhiro 75 Sokurov, Alexander 57 Soler, Esteve 70 Sorrentino, Paolo 35 Southcombe, Barnaby 71 Spender, Cosima 87 Steiner, Erich 70 Steiner, Nicolas 82

Stewart, Kane 69 Stone, Simon 51 Strong, Amanda 68 Sudo Natsumi 75, 79 Sulser, Cristian 71 Sun Xun 73, 79 Szumowska, Malgorzata 49

T Tailfeathers, Elle-Máijá 68 Take Masaharu 79 Takeshi, Beat 79 Taviani, Paolo 67 Taviani, Vittorio 67 Tayler, James 49 Teixeira, Chico 48 Timoner, Ondi 83 Ting, Emily 58 Tirola, Douglas 83 Tominaga Masanori 79 Torras, David 70 Townsley, Graham 91 76, 79 Toyama Mitsuo Treitz, Zachary 61 Trier, Joachim 31 Trivedi, Hemal 83 True, Lynn 87 Trytko, Bailee 69 Tsambrou, Maya 71 Tsangari, Athina Rachel 49 Tscherkassky, Peter 71, 93 Tseden, Pema 77

U Ushev, Theodore Usui, David

68, 69 87

V van der Oest, Paula Van Poelgeest, Darcy van Warmerdam, Alex Vasarhelyi, E. Chai Verster, François von Hofmann, Alexander von Praunheim, Rosa Vreeland, Lisa Immordino

49 69 63 87 91 70 65 95

W Waggoner, Nick Wajeman, Elie Walker, Nelson Wapeemukwa, Wayne Warnell, Phillip Watts, Jon Weerasethakul, Apichatpong Weintraub, Zach Werner, Tao Wheatley, Ben Wilkinson, Charles Willard-Stepan, Maya Williams, Alex Winocour, Alice Wirthensohn, Thomas Wolchok, Leah Wright, Randall Wu, Ben

87 80 87 68 87 96 73 64 69 29 45 69 47 80 85 89 91 87

Y Yung, Philip

76

Z Zhang Lu

Zhao, Chloé Zhong Su Zhou Hao

Zilbalodis, Gints Zweig, Alan

73 65 73, 79 73 69 45

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