2024 Vancouver International Film Festival
2024 Canadian film festival
Opening film | Ari's Theme by Nathan Drillot and Jeff Lee Petry |
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Closing film | Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard |
Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Founded | 1958 |
Festival date | September 26 - October 6, 2024 |
Website | VIFF |
Vancouver International Film Festival | |
44th |
The 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 43rd event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, will be held from September 26 to October 6, 2024.[1] The first five films in the program were announced on August 8, 2024,[2] with the full program released on August 28.[3]
The festival will open with the documentary film Ari's Theme, and will close with the film Emilia Pérez.[4] Overall, the festival will screen 150 feature films and 81 shorts.[5]
Films
Galas and special presentations
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | |
Anora | Sean Baker | United States | |
Ari's Theme | Nathan Drillot, Jeff Lee Petry | Canada | |
Bird | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
Can I Get a Witness? | Ann Marie Fleming | Canada | |
Conclave | Edward Berger | United States, United Kingdom | |
Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | France | |
The End | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, United Kingdom | |
The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nålen | Magnus von Horn | Denmark, Poland, Sweden |
I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | Walter Salles | Brazil, France |
My Favourite Cake | Keyk-e mahboob-e man | Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Iran, France, Sweden, Germany |
Nightbitch | Marielle Heller | United States | |
The Piano Lesson | Malcolm Washington | United States | |
Rumours | Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada, Germany | |
The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, France, Germany | |
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal | Mike Downie | Canada |
Showcase
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Black Dog | 狗阵 | Guan Hu | China |
Blue Sun Palace | Constance Tsang | United States | |
Caught by the Tides | 风流一代 | Jia Zhangke | China |
Dahomey | Mati Diop | France, Senegal, Benin | |
A Different Man | Aaron Schimberg | United States | |
Dying | Sterben | Matthias Glasner | Germany |
Flow | Straume | Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia, France, Belgium |
Gloria! | Margherita Vicario | Italy, Switzerland | |
Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China | |
Happyend | Neo Sora | Japan, United States | |
Matt and Mara | Kazik Radwanski | Canada | |
No Other Land | Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway | |
Paying for It | Sook-Yin Lee | Canada | |
Secret Mall Apartment | Jeremy Workman | United States | |
Sharp Corner | Jason Buxton | Canada, Ireland | |
Shepherds | Berger | Sophie Deraspe | Canada |
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Johan Grimonprez | Belgium, France, Netherlands | |
A Traveler's Needs | Yeohaengjaui pilyo | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
Universal Language | Une langue universelle | Matthew Rankin | Canada |
Panorama
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Angela's Shadow | Jules Arita Koostachin | Canada | |
Armand | Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel | Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden | |
Black Tea | Abderrahmane Sissako | France, Mauritania, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Ivory Coast | |
Brief History of a Family | 家庭简史 | Lin Jianjie | China, France, Denmark, Qatar |
Carnival Is Over | Os Enforcados | Fernando Coimbra | Brazil, Portugal |
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point | Tyler Taormina | United States | |
Eephus | Carson Lund | France, United States | |
Fly Me to the Moon | Greg Berlanti | United States | |
Ghost Trail | Les Fantômes | Jonathan Millet | France, Germany, Belgium |
Hakki | Hikmet Kerem Özcan | Turkey | |
Holy Cow | Vingt dieux! | Louise Courvoisier | France |
House of the Seasons | Jangson | Oh Jung-min | South Korea |
Julie Keeps Quiet | Leonardo van Dijl | Belgium, Sweden | |
Living in Two Worlds | Bokuga Ikiteru, Futatsu no Sekai | Mipo O | Japan |
Love Lies | 我談的那場戀愛 | Ho Miu Ki | Hong Kong |
Marco, the Invented Truth | Marco, la verdad inventada | Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño | Spain |
Measures for a Funeral | Sofia Bohdanowicz | Canada | |
Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie | France, Spain, Portugal |
Most People Die on Sundays | Los domingos mueren más personas | Iair Said | Argentina, Italy, Spain |
The Mother and the Bear | Johnny Ma | Canada, Chile | |
My Late Summer | Nakon ljeta | Danis Tanović | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia |
The New Year That Never Came | Anul Nou care n-a fost | Bogdan Mureşanu | Romania |
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland | |
Pierce | Cì xīn qiè gŭ | Nelicia Low | Singapore, Taiwan, Poland |
Reinas | Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland, Peru | |
Rosinante | Baran Gündüzalp | Turkey | |
Samia | Yasemin Şamdereli | Italy, Germany, Belgium | |
Sex | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway | |
Sleeping with a Tiger | Mit einem Tiger schlafen | Anja Salomonowitz | Austria |
Solids by the Seashore | ทะเลของฉัน มีคลื่นเล็กน้อยถึงปานกลาง | Patiparn Boontarig | Thailand |
Souleymane's Story | L'histoire de Souleymane | Boris Lojkine | France |
The Sparrow in the Chimney | Der Spatz im Kamin | Ramon Zürcher | Switzerland |
Super Happy Forever | Kohei Igarashi | Japan, France | |
To a Land Unknown | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine | |
Under the Volcano | Pod wulkanem | Damian Kocur | Poland |
When We Lost to the Germans | Toen we van de Duitsers verloren | Guido van Driel | Netherlands |
Who by Fire | Comme le feu | Philippe Lesage | Canada |
Vanguard
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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78 Days | 78 dana | Emilija Gašić | Serbia |
Familiar Touch | Sarah Friedland | United States | |
Hanami | Denise Fernandes | Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde | |
I Saw Three Black Lights | Yo vi tres luces negras | Santiago Lozano Álvarez | Colombia, Mexico, France, Germany |
Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others | Man, Maryam, Bacheha va 26 Nafare Digar | Farshad Hashemi | Iran, Germany |
Red Path | Les Enfants rouges | Lotfi Achour | Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland |
Shambhala | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal, France, Norway, Turkey, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States. Qatar | |
Toxic | Akiplėša | Saulė Bliuvaitė | Lithuania |
Northern Lights
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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7 Beats per Minute | Yuqi Kang | Canada | |
Bonjour Tristesse | Durga Chew-Bose | Canada, Germany | |
Cat's Cry | Sanja Živković | Canada, Serbia, Croatia | |
Cherub | Devin Shears | Canada | |
The Heirloom | Ben Petrie | Canada | |
Inedia | Liz Cairns | Canada | |
Living Together | Cohabiter | Halima Elkhatabi | Canada |
Lucky Star | Gillian McKercher | Canada | |
Mama | Inay | Thea Loo | Canada |
Mongrels | Jerome Yoo | Canada | |
Preface to a History | Devan Scott, Willa Harlow Ross | Canada | |
Seeds | Kaniehtiio Horn | Canada | |
Shook | Amar Wala | Canada | |
The Stand | Christopher Auchter | Canada | |
There, There | Heather Young | Canada | |
Village Keeper | Karen Chapman | Canada |
Insights
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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At Averroès & Rosa Parks | Averroès & Rosa Parks | Nicolas Philibert | France |
Balomania | Sissel Morell Dargis | Denmark, Spain | |
Blink | Edmund Stenson, Daniel Roher | United States, Canada | |
The Chef and the Daruma | Mads K. Baekkevold | Canada | |
Curl Power | Josephine Anderson | Canada | |
Democracy Noir | Connie Field | United States, Denmark | |
Fish War | Jeff Ostenson, Charles Atkinson, Skylar Wagner | United States | |
Living with Wolves | Vivre avec les loups | Jean-Michel Bertrand | France |
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children | Ninan Auassat: Nous, les enfants | Kim O'Bomsawin | Canada |
Searching for Amani | Nicole Gormley, Debra Aroko | United States, Kenya | |
The Thinking Game | Greg Kohs | United States | |
Unlikely Allies | Anthony Pedone | United States |
Spectrum
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Apple Cider Vinegar | Sofie Benoot | Belgium, Netherlands | |
Grand Theft Hamlet | Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane | United Kingdom | |
The In Between | Robie Flores | United States | |
It's Not Me | C'est pas moi | Leos Carax | France |
Listen to the Voices | Kouté Vwa | Maxime Jean-Baptiste | Guyana, Belgium, France |
Pepe | Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Germany, France, Namibia | |
Real | Adele Tulli | Italy, France | |
Realm of Satan | Scott Cummings | United States | |
smiles and kisses you | Bryan Carberry | United States | |
The Universe in a Grain of Sand | Mark A. Levinson | United States |
Portraits
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Disco's Revenge | Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara | Canada | |
Draw Me Egypt: Doaa El-Adl, a Stroke of Freedom | Nada Riyadh | Belgium, France, Luxembourg | |
Googoosh: Made of Fire | Niloufar Taghizadeh | Germany | |
John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger | David Bickerstaff | United Kingdom | |
Luther: Never Too Much | Dawn Porter | United States | |
Modernism, Inc. | Jason Cohn | United States | |
Pol Pot Dancing | Enrique Sánchez Lansch | Germany, Norway | |
So Surreal: Behind the Masks | Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson | Canada | |
A Stranger Quest | Andrea Gatopoulos | Italy, United States, Canada | |
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | |
Uncropped | D.W. Young | United States | |
Viva Niki: The Spirit of Niki de Saint Phalle | タロット・ガーデンへの道 | Michiko Matsumoto | Japan |
Leading Lights
Guest curator: Zarrar Kahn.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Big City | Mahanagar | Satyajit Ray | India |
Hyenas | Hyènes | Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Elio Petri | Italy |
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts | Marlina Si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak | Mouly Surya | Indonesia |
Focus: Once, There Is a City
Guest curators: Kika Memeh, Ogheneofegor Obuwoma.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Coconut Head Generation | Alain Kassanda | France, Nigeria | |
Eyimofe | Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri | Nigeria | |
Félicité | Alain Gomis | Senegal | |
Ouaga Girls | Theresa Traore Dahlberg | Sweden, Burkina Faso, France, Qatar | |
Rafiki | Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya | |
Tooth for Tooth | Dent pour dent | Ottis Ba | Senegal, Belgium, France, Rwanda |
Altered States
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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40 Acres | R. T. Thorne | Canada | |
Dream Team | Lev Kalman, Whitney Horn | United States | |
Else | Thibault Emin | France, Belgium | |
Fréwaka | Aislinn Clarke | Ireland | |
Presence | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
Párvulos | Párvulos: Hijos Del Apocalipsis | Isaac Ezban | Mexico |
Rita | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala | |
Rock Bottom | María Trénor | Spain, Poland | |
She Loved Blossoms More | Yannis Veslemes | Greece, France | |
Timestalker | Alice Lowe | United Kingdom |
Short Forum
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
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Almost the Dust | Casi el polvo | Léa Soler | Mexico |
Beeps | Kirk Johnson | United States | |
The Boys and the Donkey | 少年与驴 | Tsering Yangjyab | China |
Bright White Light | Henna Välkky, Eesu Lehtola | Finland | |
Candle | Chandelle | Jérémi Roy | Canada |
Chuff Chuff Chuff | 轟隆轟隆轟隆 | Chao Koi Wang | Taiwan |
Colors Under the Streetlights | Yoshimi Joya | Japan | |
Creatures of Light | Criaturas de la Luz | Sylvie Weber | Mexico |
Culture Shock | Barry Bilinsky | Canada | |
Dadá | Dependências | Luisa Arraes | Brazil |
Dark Matter | Leo Berkeley | Australia | |
Darker | Matazi Weathers | United States | |
The Death of James | Sam Chou | Canada | |
Dokra Keu Bojhey Na | Sneha Das, Monjima Mullick | India | |
Delta Dawn | Asia Youngman | Canada | |
Discoteque | Masashi Yamamoto | United States | |
The Egg | Dzun | Vahan Grigoryan | Armenia |
The Everlasting Pea | Su Rynard | Canada | |
Explosions Near the Museum | Vybukhy bilia muzeiu | Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk | Ukraine |
Fishmonger | Neil Ferron | United States | |
Gate 3 to 14 | مدخل ٣ إلى ١٤ | Karen Abou Jaoudeh | Lebanon |
Grizzly Bear Country | Mave Ky | Canada | |
Get Thee on the Dance Floor | 님과 함께 디스코 | Hyun Hahn | South Korea |
Hatch | Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh | Canada | |
If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds | Et si le soleil plongeait dans l’océan des nues | Wissam Charaf | France, Lebanon |
Inkwo: For When the Starving Return | Inkwo à la défense des vivants | Amanda Strong | Canada |
Jane's in the Freezer | Caleb Joye | United States | |
Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist | Kerr Holden | Canada | |
Judy's Garden | Evie Metz | United States | |
Julian and the Wind | Connor Jessup | Canada | |
Like a Spiral | Comme une spirale | Lamia Chraibi | Canada |
Losing Your Home | Juste un toit | Emmanuel Rioux | Canada |
Magic Candies | Amedama | Daisuke Nishio | Japan |
Mermaids | Sirènes | Sarah Malléon | Martinique |
Minus Plus Multiply | Chu-Chieh Lee | United Kingdom | |
Morî | Yakup Tekintangaç | Turkey | |
The Moving Garden | O Jardim Em Movimento | Inês Lima | Portugal |
My Dog Is Dead | 私の犬が死んだ | Tasuku Matsunaga, Takehiro Senda | Japan |
The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil | Les Mystérieuses Aventures de Claude Conseil | Marie-Lola Terver, Paul Jousselin | France |
Nemo 1 | Albéric Aurtenèche | Canada | |
Nietzschean Suicide | Khokoushten ba Shewazi Nietzsche | Payam Kurdistani | Iran |
On Plains of Larger River & Woodlands | Miguel de Jesus | Australia, Portugal | |
One Day This Kid | Alexander Farah | Canada | |
Organza's Revenge | Walter Scott | Canada | |
The Painting | Le Tableau | Michèle Lemieux | Canada |
Palestine Islands | Nour Ben Salem, Julien Menanteau | France, Jordan | |
Pena's Special Handling | Penan Erikoiskuljetus | Anssi Kasitonni | Finland |
Retracing Their Steps | Emboîter leurs pas | Manuel Orhy Piron | Canada |
The Return | Enchukunoto | Laissa Malih | Kenya |
Salem on the Road | Salem sur la route | Étienne Galloy | Canada |
Save My Soul | Kam Fai Leung | Hong Kong | |
Sauna Day | Sannapäiv | Anna Hints | Estonia |
Shadow | Kamell Allaway | United States | |
Shoes and Hooves | Cipők és paták | Viktória Traub | Hungary |
Soap Box | Boîte à savon | Jimmy G. Pettigrew | Canada |
Strawberry Shortcake | 草莓蛋糕 | Deborah Devyn Chuang | Taiwan |
Stuffed | Louise Labrousse | France | |
The Sweater | Maziyar Khatam | Canada | |
Tayal Forest Club | 男孩奇幻夜 | Laha Mebow | Taiwan |
Three Birds | Tri ticice | Zarja Menart | Slovenia, Croatia |
Time Space Love | Marie-Louise Gariépy | Canada | |
Time to Dilate | 확장기 | Kim Nayoung | South Korea |
Uncommon Ground | Faith Sparrow-Crawford | Canada | |
We Deserve an Empire | Merecemos Un Imperio | Mauricio Maldonado | Colombia |
When the Wind Rises | Xia Feng Chu | Hung Chen | Taiwan |
The Widow's Son Turns Storyteller | Hasratein Basrat | Shiker Pal | India |
You Can't Get What You Want But You Can Get Me | Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh | Netherlands, Finland | |
Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper | Zanatany, L’empreinte des linceuls esseulés | Hachimiya Ahamada | Belgium, France, Qatar |
Zoe | Rémi St-Michel | Canada |
Modes
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Cavalry | Alina Orlov | Canada, Israel, United States | |
The Diary of a Sky | Lawrence Abu Hamdan | Lebanon | |
Dreams Like Paper Boats | Samuel Suffren | Haiti | |
Flowers | José Cardoso | Ecuador, South Africa | |
Freak | Claire Barnett | United States | |
Grandmamauntsistercat | Zuza Banasinska | Poland | |
Man Number Four | Miranda Pennell | United Kingdom | |
Razeh-del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom, Italy | |
She Stays | Marinthia Gutiérrez | Mexico | |
We Were No Desert | Agustina Comedi, Chiachio & Giannone | Argentina |
References
- ^ Janet Smith, "Vancouver International Film Festival gives small preview of Special Presentations, with Cannes and Berlin award-winners on the roster". Stir, August 8, 2024.
- ^ Vicki Duong, "VIFF announces its special selections for 2024". The Georgia Straight, August 9, 2024.
- ^ Janet Smith, "Vancouver International Film Festival reveals full program, opening with live-accompanied Ari's Theme". Stir, August 28, 2024.
- ^ Dana Gee, "Just announced: Vancouver International Film Festival 2024 lineup". Vancouver Sun, August 28, 2024.
- ^ Vicki Duong, "Vancouver International Film Festival unveils stacked 2024 lineup". The Georgia Straight, August 28, 2024.