The 45th Vancouver International Film Festival runs Oct. 1 to 11 with 160 films, filmmaker talks and live music programming built around the theme “reworlding.”
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The Vancouver International Film Festival returns for its 45th edition from Oct. 1 to 11 with 160 films, filmmaker conversations and live music programming.
Organizers say this year’s festival will continue to emphasize emerging talent, as well as Canadian and Indigenous filmmakers. The Focus program is dedicated to New German Cinema.
The BC Spotlight program includes Seventeen, a documentary directed by Justin Ducharme about Rick Hansen and his Man in Motion World Tour, and Tangles, an animated adaptation of Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel.
VIFF Live returns under the theme “reworlding,” which organizers say explores how visuals and sounds move between the worlds they are made in and the worlds they may help create. The lineup includes TAKKUUK with Tarrak + Silla, which combines infrared cinematography with a score rooted in Indigenous futurism, and the North American premiere of 23 Seconds to Eternity from British electronic duo the KLF, with a CHXMERAS performance opening that screening.
Titles highlighted by organizers include A Long Winter, directed by Andrew Haigh; Afterpiece, directed by Keane T.K. Wong; and Coward, Lukas Dhont’s First World War-set followup to Close.
Other films singled out include Nina Roza, directed by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles and described as Canada’s official submission for the forthcoming 2027 Oscars for Best International Feature Film, and Relax Open Your Eyes, David Ehrenreich’s documentary about cryonics.
Organizers say Nina Roza drew attention at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. Festival information, including tickets and passes, is available through VIFF’s website.
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