In Locust, Liu Wei-chen plays a mute restaurant worker who helps a local street gang collect debts.
Whereas director Fatih Akin’s earlier works relied on fast-paced urban grit, Amrum is marked by a more observational and naturalistic style.
In her poetic short film, Osagie applies her cinematic talents to two Edo tragedies—lost girls and lost artwork.
Each of the major characters in Family Matters is named after a season—Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter—creating a beautiful symmetry.
The first Vancouver Romanian Film Festival will take place at the VIFF Centre this week—and every movie is free!
Dancing Home also conveys the heartache felt by male dancers when their fathers don’t support their artistic passion.
Lyana Patrick’s documentary tells an important story about the impact of industrializaton on Nechako River fish populations.
Directors of ScaredSacred and My American Cousin will be at the VIFF Centre for two of the screenings.
Reyes (seen as a boy) was separated from his mother Elvira for several years as a result of a Canadian immigration policy.
当 Thea Loo 着手制作并执导一部关于加拿大住家看护计画的纪录片时，她心中有两个主要动机。首先，是出于个人原因——希望帮助她的丈夫、摄影师 Jeremiah Reyes，走出忧郁症的阴霾。她想，如果两人能一同完成《Inay（妈妈）》，也许能改善 Reyes 与他曾经担任住家看护的母亲之间的关系。
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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