Film Festival
No Other Land takes a haunting look at the horrors of Israeli occupation
February 24, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. No Other Land had been on my watch list since the day I heard about it. The lack of distribution for this film has been frustrating, as there aren’t many theatres that want to show it, and the film is not on any major streaming sites. This highlights how important it is to have films like this available for anyone to see. I had the privilege of watching the documentary at the Middle East and North Africa film festival on January 30. No Other Land tells the story of a…
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Tezeta, a dive into Ethiopia’s music scene and its Armenian influences
February 21, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mention of genocide. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) film festival, held at the VIFF centre, has had an expansive catalogue of unique films and documentaries which capture stories from these…
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The everlasting power of community in It Takes A Village
December 3, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The Vancouver Asian Film Festival was memorable, bringing community members together through a collective love of storytelling. The power of community is sometimes overlooked for stigmatized communities like East Hastings. It Takes A Village: An…
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Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement — establishing a cultural voice
November 26, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of internment camps. The Vancouver Asian Film Festival premiered brilliant films and documentaries this year. One that stood out was Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, which tracks the life of third-generation…
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Ninan Auassat platforms the self-told stories of Indigenous youth
October 30, 2024By: Abigail Streifel, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of genocide, racism, and suicide. Filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin wants us all to learn from Indigenous children and young adults. Her documentary, Ninan Auassat: We, The Children, premiered at the Vancouver International Film…
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MENA Film Festival is a cinematic journey of Middle East and North African narratives
January 23, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of war and genocide. The awaited 2024 Middle Eastern and North Africa (MENA) Film Festival is set to captivate audiences from January 27–February 1 at the VIFF Centre. The fifth annual selection…
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Red Carpet Chats: VAFF showcases outstanding Asian talent for the 27th year
November 22, 2023By: C Icart, Humour Editor The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) just wrapped up its 27th edition. VAFF aims to showcase and support films from Asian Canadians and Asian diasporic communities. This year, audiences were spoiled with options, as the…
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Director Tunku Mona Riza and VAFF bring a true rain town to Vancouver
November 16, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer With a seemingly endless supply of rain, many people refer to our city as Raincouver — but there’s another place across the globe that has claimed the title of “Rain Town.” Taiping, Malaysia, is endearingly…
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Four films to watch at this year’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival
May 13, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer It’s that time of the year again school is out for summer and the DOXA film festival is back! DOXA is a “Vancouver based non-profit charitable society” which prides itself on showcasing independent films. Many…
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Five films at the Vancouver International Film Festival that you don’t want to miss
September 22, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate My fellow cinephiles, brace yourselves, because the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is back with quite possibly their best selection of films yet. Showcasing over 200 feature and narrative films, VIFF brings to light the…
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