Let the Festival Begin!
The wait is over! We are excited to share with you the stellar line-up for the 45th Vancouver International Film Festival, October 1 – 11. Over 160 films, 85 shorts, VIFF Live performances, VIFF Talks, and special events will light up the screens and stages across Vancouver. Take a moment, explore the program and get ready to VIFF!
Today's Highlights
New Film Added
NAZA
Oct 10
NAZA is a codeword euphemistically used by Israeli intelligence to indicate the number of civilians it expects will be killed in an airstrike. This chilling documentary exposes the policy and process of state-sanctioned mass killings.
Queen at Sea
Oct 8 & 11
Dir. Lance Hammer
Silver Bear Jury Prize, Berlinale 2026; Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay, Berlinale 2026
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Dao
Oct 8 & 10
Dir. Alain Gomis
“Unlike any regular narrative feature, immersing the viewer in a collective experience that the actors seem to be living out in real time while we watch them.” Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
The Peril at Pincer Point
Oct 8 & 11
Dir. Noah Stratton-Twine, Jake Kuhn
“Brazenly ludicrous but intriguing, [a] beautifully crafted oddity,” Guy Lodge, Variety
The Flight
Oct 8 & 11
Dir. Soran Mardookhi
A film that is both necessary and quietly devastating.
Nitassinan
Oct 8 & 9
Dir. Joséphine Bacon, Kim O’Bomsawin
An intimate testimony to the unbreakable bond the Inno have with the land that sustains them, even in their dreams.
Revolutionaries Never Die
Oct 8 & 10
Dir. Mohanad Yaqubi
“As soon as Revolutionaries Never Die opens it builds an incredibly strong presence […] and quickly absorbs you,” Film Carnage
Ticket Release
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The Difficult Bride
The Difficult Bride follows Zaineen, a young woman preparing for her marriage. Through a blend of feminist social commentary, psychological horror, and surreal imagery, the film explores female desire, fear, and the weight of societal expectations.
Linka Linka
Kangdrun's feature debut depicts a twentysomething filmmaker coming to grips with a shameful act she committed in childhood. Moving between past and present, with each main character played by two actors, this is a provocative and challenging work.
Kikuyu Land
Kikuyu Land follows Mr. Mungai’s struggle to reclaim family land taken during the colonial era. Through personal stories and archival research, the film explores the enduring impact of land dispossession in Kenya.
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Revolutionaries Never Die
Revolutionaries Never Die is Mohanad Yaqubi’s reply to Jocelyne Saab, who passed away before the two could collaborate. Yaqubi's film serves as equal parts tribute, conversation, and partnership with the revolutionary past.
Tender Loving Care
Mike Leigh’s film depicts the lives of Amy and Rosie, best friends and fellow social workers, who care for the dispossessed with all the strength they have. Sometimes it's funny, tragic, and often it's balancing both, this is a work of humble compassion.
Gasmask
Part post-apocalyptic fable, part film essay, Harry Cepka's Gasmask is an enigmatic meditation on memory, ritual, and art. Evoking Chris Marker's La Jetée, it asks what remains of cinema after the world that created it has disappeared.
The Peril at Pincer Point
A hapless sound recordist sails to an island seeking a missing girl and the perfect sound for a monster’s roar, but faces a phantom pirate and giant crabs. Handmade and hilarious, The Peril at Pincer Point revels in the scrappy joy of indie filmmaking.
Fatherland
Nobel laureate Thomas Mann returns to postwar Germany alongside his fiercely loyal daughter Erika. Winner of Best Director at Cannes, Paweł Pawlikowski's drama is a piercing study of complicity, family fractures, and the impossibility of true homecoming.
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Live
Live performances that push the boundaries of traditional film programming, intersecting cinema culture with music, comedy, podcasting, and performance in unique, cinema-infused live shows.
An Evening with Mark Mothersbaugh
Oct 8
Experience a one-night-only live performance with legendary composer and DEVO founder Mark Mothersbaugh, joined by an 11-piece ensemble, celebrating music from The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, A Minecraft Movie, and more.
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