Next up from the Panorama Stream are the films from Latin America, the UK, and USA. These films are part of our popular Contemporary World Cinema series and a great display of the festival’s committed to bringing visions from all around the world to its audience… Continue reading
Next up from the Panorama stream are the films from Eastern Europe, India, the Middle East, and Africa. There is a huge array of countries, cultures and concerns within this group of films, and together they speak to the richness and diversity that the festival offers to audiences… Continue reading
Our Panorama stream includes 11 Special Presentations- films from some of the world’s boldest storytellers, garnering annual Oscar attention as well as major festival awards. Each of these films will showcase on the huge screen of The Centre for the Performing Arts during the festival… Continue reading
It’s officially festival month and we only have a few streams left to announce for VIFF 2017! The most recent was our Panorama stream- made up of the Contemporary World Cinema, Spotlight on France, and Documentaries series. Since there are 89 films total in these series, we’ve split them up into five subcategories. First up is From France to Finland- a Spotlight on France and films from Western Europe and Scandinavia. Continue reading
Throughout February, Vancity Theatre will be marking Black History Month with a series of specially curated films; including the powerful documentary King: A Filmed Record; From Montgomery to Memphis, the sexy/sweet animated film Chico and Rita, the beautiful Through a Lens Darkly followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, 1960 Academy Award Winning … Continue reading
VTFF’s commitment to showcase the best of contemporary Turkish Cinema is reflected in its film selection – featuring internationally acclaimed, award-winning films straight from Cannes and Venice to popular mainstream favorites fresh out of the Turkish box office. Screening January 25th, Turkey’s most expensive film production to date, and Turkey’s Oscar submission in 2013, The Butterfly’s … Continue reading
