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Ninan Auassat platforms the self-told stories of Indigenous youth
October 30, 2024Content 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 Festival (VIFF) and focuses on the lives of individual Indigenous youth. The documentary is invitingly familiar, celebrating the mundane beauty of everyday life, and powerful, addressing the struggles faced by Indigenous Peoples. The film follows children and youth from three different First Nations across Quebec — the Eeyou Istchee Cree, Atikamekw Sipi, and Innu — as they go about their lives, sharing their thoughts and…
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The surreal story of masks and an art movement
October 24, 2024Content warning: mentions of racial discrimination, cultural genocide, and colonization. One of the best documentaries I saw this year was So Surreal: Behind the Masks, which played during the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival. Created by Cree Canadian filmmaker Neil…
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MENA Film Festival is a cinematic journey of Middle East and North African narratives
January 23, 2024Content 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 boasts 42 feature and short…
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Union Street captures Vancouver’s vibrant Black community through history
October 17, 2023Content warning: mentions of systemic racism and displacement. Union Street is a documentary film highlighting Vancouver’s historic Black neighbourhood located in Strathcona. Known colloquially as Hogan’s Alley, it was systemically disrupted and displaced by the City of Vancouver’s construction of…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Black History Month in Vancouver
February 8, 2023Issamba Showcase: A Journey through the depths of African-rooted rhythms When: February 19, 7:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. Where: 1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver Get transfixed by world-famous Malian artist, Mamadou Diabate, and their formation of African instrumentation: Percussion Mania. Percussion Mania is…
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Boy Erased is a brutal film on gay conversion therapy, and straight people need to watch it
November 9, 2018Boy Erased is centred around the story of a young man sent to a gay conversion therapy program. Taking place after his first year of university, Jared Eamons (played by Lucas Hedges), the son of a soon-to-be-Baptist priest (Russell…
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The Vancouver International Film Festival in review
November 4, 2017Sweet Virginia – directed by Jamie M. Dagg Three men play Texas Hold ‘em in a bar after hours. A stone-faced man sits at a booth and demands the early bird special after being told that the bar is closed.…
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Find your silver screen gems at VIFF
September 26, 2017The 36th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) claims they are “expand[ing] the frame” to include more international films, more special presentations and industry talks, and more interdisciplinary events from September 28 to October 13. New this year…
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Erica Fae makes her debut with To Keep the Light
October 31, 2016To Keep the Light is at once simple and beautiful, a film that reflects the history that comes with the rocky and turbulent landscape it depicts. Both a geographical and period piece, the story pushes forward on a contemplative tone…
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VIFF program highlights
September 14, 2015Film fans rejoice. The 34th annual Vancouver International Film Festival has unveiled their full program and will present over 250 films, via 550 public screenings, from 70 countries across the globe. Of the 238 feature films in that count, 32…
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