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VIFF 2019

5 Best Movies to Check Out

Posted on September 17, 2019 by ashleyluk • Leave a comment

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FOR SAMA Director Waad al-Kateab: “This film is the only weapon I have against the regime.”⠀ ⠀ ⠀ “In 2011, as protests against the Assad regime broke out across Syria, economics student Waad al-Kateab grabbed her phone and started filming. For the next five years, al-Kateab would document her surroundings almost constantly — including as destruction took hold in rebel-held Aleppo, her home.” Frontline ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Waad al-Kateab’s powerful award winning film opens tonight at #VancityTheatre and screens until October 24th. @forsamafilm #ForSama #film #vancity #vancouver #movies

Every year during #VIFF we get to welcome some wonderful and talented guests from around the world and in our own backyard to share their films through Q&A’s with Vancouver audiences. It is all the more special when we get to sit down with the creators and let them tell their stories and filmmaking journeys to us in a more intimate setting. ⠀ This year we were lucky to interview a number of special guests throughout the festival. Here are a few of them:⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Peter Nelson, “The Pollinators”⠀ Ying Wang, “The World Is Bright”⠀ Julia Ivanova, “My Dads, My Moms and Me”⠀ Ali Jaberansari, “Tehran: City of Love”⠀ Maryam Najafi, “Tehran: City of Love”⠀ ⠀ Watch the full interviews on our VIFF Vimeo channel. @pollinatorsfilm @ying_0_wang @theworldisbrightfilm @tehrancityoflovefilm @ali.jaberansari @maryamnajafi777 📷 Carlos M Bonmati

Hannah Pearl Utt directs, co-writes and stars alongside Judith Light and Alec Baldwin in her new film.⠀ ⠀ “I started acting when I was 8 years old. Around my sophomore year of college at NYU, I started wondering if that was the thing I was going to dedicate my life to,” Utt says. “I started writing because I wanted to be in charge of the stories I was telling. I wrote a short film that I acted in and had some else direct; I did that once and then was talking to a friend asking if she could recommend a director for my next film, someone who would do exactly what I wanted them to do. She said, ‘I don’t think that would be fun for anybody; I think you want to direct it.’ I did, and that was it.”⠀ ⠀ 🎬 Catch Hannah in what has been described as "Equal parts madcap comedy, adult coming-of-age story, and poignant drama,” BEFORE YOU KNOW IT at #VancityTheatre October 18 - 23. ⠀ ⠀ 🎟 Link in profile for tickets. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #vancouver #film #vancity #vancouverevents #vancitynow @beforeyouknowitmovie @judithlight @alecbaldwininsta #beforeyouknowitmovie

CLOSING GALA HIGHLIGHTS: We wrapped up our 16-day celebration of film last Friday with our Gala, screening and party, and we already can’t wait for next year! . . Here’s a special shout out and congratulations to all of our wonderful and talented #VIFF Award Winners! . . Notable wins include these Audience Awards: 🏆 PARASITE - Super Channel’s People’s Choice Award 🏆 COUP 53 - Most Popular International Documentary 🏆RED SNOW - Most Popular Canadian Feature 🏆 HAIDA MODERN - Most Popular Canadian Documentary . . Link in bio for the full list of #VIFF2019 Award Winners. @redsnowfilm @coup53movie @parasitemovie

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