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Miroirs No. 3
Following a car crash that kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is physically unhurt but emotionally distraught. A local woman takes her in, but she gradually realizes she's in the midst of an eerie, mysterious family situation.
Image: © Schramm Film A4 Kopie
The Things You Kill
Thirty-something professor Ali leads an apparently stable life. But when his ailing mother dies under ambiguous circumstances, he starts to unravel, resulting in an act that shatters our understanding of his person.
A Tribute to Lee Morgan: Feven Kidane Plays Lee Morgan
Feven Kidane pays tribute to the music and legacy of one of the greatest trumpeters in Jazz history, Lee Morgan. After Feven's set, enjoy Kasper Collin's dazzling film about this tragic icon, I Called Him Morgan.
Song of the Sea
VIFF Kids Club is our monthly family series with films, crafts and more! Doors at 11 am for activities, film at 12. Song of the Sea is an enchanting Irish animated film blending ancient folklore, magic, and a deeply moving family journey, a wonder for all ages.
Spielberg for Beginners
Mar 16 – 21
Savour seven of Spielberg’s hits and family favourites on the big screen this spring break.
Mexico Noir
Mar 26 – Apr 8
Curated by best-selling novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican Gothic), Mexico Noir is an invitation to discover a new shadow world.
These mid-century melodramas echo the American crime films of the 40s and 50s, but with a distinctly Mexican flavour. Dive into Mexico Noir now!
Film Studies: Adaptations
Saturdays, 10:30 am | Feb 21 – Mar 28 | Presented by Patricia Gruben
This series explores five acclaimed literary texts and the very different challenges they posed to filmmakers when being adapted for the screen.
Nickel Boys
Mar 21
To tell the story of two friends serving time at a brutal racist Florida reform school, director RaMell Ross puts us inside their heads. It’s a radical masterstroke in a powerful film, nominated for Best Picture.
Adaptation.
Mar 28
In the final installment of this year’s Film Studies on Adaptation, we look at the 2006 film Adaptation — by Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage in the movie.)
Talking Pictures
Created for film lovers 55+ (but open to anyone), the Talking Pictures series offers films, refreshments and an open invitation to chat about our shared experience of the movie.
Women Talking
Mar 31
Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel is the most compelling movie to come out of the #MeToo movement to date, with stellar performances from Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, and Claire Foy, as Mennonite women confronting a terrible truth.
Queering Cinema
Apr 1 – 29 | Curated by Fay Nass
This year’s Queering Cinema brings together films that inhabit the space where desire collides with displacement, fantasy, power, migration, and risk.
Fucktoys Advance Screening + Annapurna Sriram Q&A
Bold, irreverent, and fiercely queer, Fucktoys plunges into a world where pleasure, performance, and identity collide. This special advance screening comes with a Q&A with filmmaker Annapurna Sriram.
Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca is a tender portrait of intimacy shaped by migration, vulnerability, and the quiet negotiations of belonging. Centered on an undocumented Filipina trans woman living in New York, the film moves with delicate restraint.
African Cinema Now!
A Familial Matter | Mar 3 – Apr 3
In its current installment, African Cinema Now! looks at how films make their way across the globe through the community and international circuits that shape and shift their relationships on a global scale.
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