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SUMMARY:Belén
DESCRIPTION:Tucumán\, Argentina\, 2014; a young woman is admitted to a hospital with severe abdominal pain\, unaware she is pregnant. She wakes up handcuffed to a gurney and surrounded by police. She is accused of having self-induced an abortion and\, after two years in detention\, is sentenced to eight years in prison for aggravated homicide. A female lawyer from Tucumán will fight for her freedom with the support of thousands of women and organizations\, who unite to change the course of history. \nContent warning: miscarriage/abortion
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/belen/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T200000
DTSTAMP:20260912T194611Z
CREATED:20260910T014103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T194611Z
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SUMMARY:Cyanotype Workshop
DESCRIPTION:An interactive\, hands-on workshop where members of the community can gather in the creation of their very own cyanotype pieces. The workshop will fully guide each participant through the process of building their piece\, while also allowing them to make their own artistic choices and reflect their personal identity.  \nLed by Ximena Baeza\, Marcela Echevarría\, Dana Elizondo\, and Soléne Pango.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/cyanotype-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T220000
DTSTAMP:20260910T014335Z
CREATED:20260908T194348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T014335Z
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SUMMARY:Linaldo Sans Trio
DESCRIPTION:Bassist\, composer and producer from Brazil\, Linaldo Sans has been in the music scene for over twenty years\, and since 2019 is based in Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music with specialization in electric bass guitar\, and also arrangement and composition extension courses. \nIn Brazil\, he had an opportunity to study and work with renowned musicians and artists such as Alberto Luccas\, Victor Alcantara\, Julio Cesar Figueiredo\, and Bob Wyatt. In 2018 was selected to intensive composition classes with Celso Mojola after his arrangements and compositions were analysed by the internationally noted composer. \nAmid recordings and shows across Canada\, he also had performed at TD Canada Jazz Festival\, Tofi no Jazz Festival\, Tallinn Music Week\, CBC Road to the Junos beyond many other festivals. He has collaborations with several touring artists across Canada and America\, and with local artists such as Sadé Awele\, Coco Jafro\, Lussilia\, Myles Bigelow\, and Serengeti. \nOwner of an authentic versatility and approach\, he has brought in his performances the flavour of Brazilian music with a mix of jazz\, soul and funk\, showing a few of his musical influences.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/linaldo-sans-trio/
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T220000
DTSTAMP:20260910T194946Z
CREATED:20260717T150043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T194946Z
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SUMMARY:The Blue Trail
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Gabriel Mascaro\nBrazil\n2025 \n”A magical escape from exile to freedom” The Hollywood Reporter \nTereza\, 77\, has lived her whole life in a small industrialised town in the Amazon\, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to “enjoy” their final years\, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth. Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate. Instead\, she embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfil one last wish before her freedom is taken away – a decision that will change her destiny forever. \nWorld Premiere\, Berlin Film Festival 2025 \n \n     
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/the-blue-trail/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T160000
DTSTAMP:20260911T183750Z
CREATED:20260717T173150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183750Z
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SUMMARY:Comparsa
DESCRIPTION:Dirs\, Vickie Curtis and Doug Anderson\nGuatemala\, USA\n2025 \nFrom the shadows of a Guatemalan barrio scared into silence\, sisters Lesli and Lupe lead a luminous rebellion—unleashing joy\, art\, and radical truth in an epic fight for survival. \nComparsa fully immerses audiences in the intense world of Ciudad Peronia\, Guatemala\, where sisters Lesli and Lupe use art to inspire local youth and heal deep wounds. After 41 girls are killed in a State-run “Safe Home” and the government refuses to act\, the sisters respond with a community comparsa—an exuberant street performance featuring towering puppets\, fi re-breathing stilt walkers\, and thundering drums. With brave vulnerability\, they expose a system that permits and commits violence against women\, and they open up about surviving violence in their own home. \nTheir youth movement takes to the streets\, confronting corruption and reclaiming public space for women and girls. Rooting their eff orts in joy and community care\, they fi nd healing along the way. Built on a 17-year relationship between the subjects and the fi lm team\, Comparsa off ers a stirring portrait of sisterhood\, peacebuilding\, and the transformational power of art.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/comparsa/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T175000
DTSTAMP:20260910T183514Z
CREATED:20260717T150028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T183514Z
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SUMMARY:Belén
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Dolores Fonzi\nArgentina\n2025 \nBELEN is the second feature film directed by renowned actress Dolores Fonzi. BELEN had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and was selected as Argentina’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. \nTucumán\, Argentina\, 2014; a young woman is admitted to a hospital with severe abdominal pain\, unaware she is pregnant. She wakes up handcuffed to a gurney and surrounded by police. She is accused of having self-induced an abortion and\, after two years in detention\, is sentenced to eight years in prison for aggravated homicide. A female lawyer from Tucumán will fight for her freedom with the support of thousands of women and organizations\, who unite to change the course of history. \nContent warning: miscarriage/abortion
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/belen-2/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Activismo!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T203000
DTSTAMP:20260912T194643Z
CREATED:20260908T194758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T194643Z
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SUMMARY:Piñata Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Come learn how to build your own piñata\, and support our Workshop Lead Diana in the creation of VLAFF’s 24th Anniversary Piñata\, which will be for our Closing Night Party!  \nLed by Diana Chevalier
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/pinata-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T194500
DTSTAMP:20260910T195318Z
CREATED:20260717T194017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T195318Z
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SUMMARY:Local Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:A program of short films by Latin-Canadian filmmakers\, where the views and stories of filmmakers who decided to migrate to this country intermingle. \nExplore this short program here \n \n\n  \n   
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/local-perspectives/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T223000
DTSTAMP:20260909T000252Z
CREATED:20260717T150050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T000252Z
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SUMMARY:Elder Son
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Cecilia Kang\nArgentina\n2025 \nLila\, a young Korean-Argentinean girl\, navigates the contradictions of her identity and tries to find her place in the world. Her father Antonio arrives in Latin America 18 years earlier and decides to bet everything on the promise of a young immigrant’s dream. A family epic that seeks to return to the past in order to reinvent the present. \nWorld Premiere\, Locarno Film Festival 2025 \n\n  \n    
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/elder-son/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T153500
DTSTAMP:20260911T183933Z
CREATED:20260717T150055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183933Z
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SUMMARY:The Reserve
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Pablo Pérez Lombardini \nMexico\n2025 \nWhile most of the inhabitants of Monte Virgen struggle to collect their coffee\, the forest ranger Julia discovers that a group of illegal loggers is destroying the Reserve. Determined to stop them\, she looks for the support of a community that will soon turn its back on her. Alone on her quest\, she will gradually lose the things she loves most except one thing: her dignity. \n”An emotional\, sensitive\, and critical film that questions—among other issues—the abuse of coffee pickers; it stands out for its narrative\, social\, and political effectiveness\, bolstered by a superb soundtrack and non-professional actors\, such as the lead actress herself\, who in a sense plays herself”. Rafael Aviña \nWinner\, Best Mexican Film.\nMorelia Film Festival 2025 \n \n\n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/the-reserve/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Activismo!,New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260911T184051Z
CREATED:20260717T150039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T184051Z
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SUMMARY:Copper
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Nicolás Pereda\nCanada\, Mexico\n2025 \n”Nicolás Pereda is a central figure in a diverse group of Latin-American directors whose innovative approaches to narrative filmmaking over the last 15 years have together defined one of the most exciting trends in world cinema”. \nComing across a body on his way to work in a remote mining town\, Lázaro is regarded with suspicion by the members of his community\, and even of his own family. When lung disease forces him to take time off from the mine\, doubts regarding his true state of health intensify\, stoking rumours about his potential involvement in the crime. Lázaro finds comfort in his aunt\, only a few years older than himself and with whom he develops an increasingly more ambiguous relationship. \n \nTICKETS:\n\n  
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/copper/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T193000
DTSTAMP:20260909T003237Z
CREATED:20260717T150005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T003237Z
UID:33706-1789495200-1789500600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
DESCRIPTION:1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread\, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men\, through a simple glance\, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family\, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not. \n \n     
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/the-mysterious-gaze-of-the-flamingo-2/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Queer Pix: Features + Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T213000
DTSTAMP:20260908T195210Z
CREATED:20260908T195210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T195210Z
UID:35194-1789500600-1789507800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Salseo Van Salsa Dancing Class
DESCRIPTION:Salseo is a queer Latinx-led collective born in February 2024 due to the absence of queer-centered spaces in Vancouver to learn and practice Afro-Latinx social dancing. Inspired by the salsa and cumbia communities in Mexico\, and the open-to-all spirit of cumbia street dancing\, Salseo was created. \nThey aim to build connection and joy through Afro-Latinx dance and community. They offer welcoming\, culturally-rooted\, economically-accessible spaces where everyone can dance freely\, without judgment or financial barriers.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/salseo-van-salsa-dancing-class/
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T221000
DTSTAMP:20260911T183224Z
CREATED:20260717T150033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183224Z
UID:33380-1789504200-1789510200@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:La Salsa Vive
DESCRIPTION:Dir Juan Carvajal\nColombia\, USA\n2025 \n”A brave\, sensitive\, and necessary attempt to reclaim the living memory of salsa……A sincere and devoted love letter to a music that pulses through the veins of millions”. André Didyme-Dôme ROLLING STONE \nA vibrant journey through a genre born of Afro-Cuban rhythms—mambo\, guaracha\, guaguancó—fused with the drive of New York jazz\, and one that found its second homeland in Cali\, Colombia. With historical rigor\, the film traces the musical voyage back and forth between Havana\, New York\, and Cali\, showing how salsa became a shared language across cultures. It then dives into daily life in Cali\, portraying dancers\, collectors\, young enthusiasts\, and veteran masters who keep the tradition alive in cabarets\, competitions\, and on the streets. Featuring testimonies from icons such as Rubén Blades\, Henry Fiol\, and Willie Rosario\, it celebrates the popular resilience of a genre that remains identity\, passion\, and community. \nTICKETS: \n \n   
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/la-salsa-vive/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films,Highlights
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T153000
DTSTAMP:20260910T202351Z
CREATED:20260717T150033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T202351Z
UID:34132-1789567200-1789572600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Light Memories
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Misha Vallejo\nEcuador\n2025 \nMisha\, a documentary photographer\, uses his grandfather’s camera to recreate a family album\, bridging the gap to a man he never met. Exploring absent father figures\, he reclaims spaces once denied to his family. Through his lens\, secrets and violence surface\, yet memory’s fluidity offers a chance for redemption. \nWorld Premier: IDFA Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival\, 2025 \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/light-memories/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T170000
DTSTAMP:20260910T194826Z
CREATED:20260725T022535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T194826Z
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SUMMARY:The Blue Trail
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Gabriel Mascaro\nBrazil\n2025 \n”A magical escape from exile to freedom” Hollywood Reporter \nTereza\, 77\, has lived her whole life in a small industrialised town in the Amazon\, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to “enjoy” their final years\, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth. Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate. Instead\, she embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfil one last wish before her freedom is taken away – a decision that will change her destiny forever. \nWorld Premiere\, Berlin Film Festival 2025 \n \n\n  \n     
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/the-blue-trail-2/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T193000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190332Z
CREATED:20260717T150058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190332Z
UID:33835-1789581600-1789587000@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Emerging Experimental
DESCRIPTION:The eclectic selection of films in this program highlights a number of exciting local filmmakers unafraid to portray modern life in inventive and innovative ways. Siblings reconnect in dreamy old playgrounds\, digital surveillance and philosophical inquiry collide\, a sleepless night at home becomes an explorative site of border and water politics. Across approaches and textures\, these works transform everyday spaces into places of uncertain intimacy and discovery. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/emerging-experimental/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T220000
DTSTAMP:20260910T171643Z
CREATED:20260717T150012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T171643Z
UID:33376-1789590600-1789596000@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:PARA VIVIR: The Implacable Times of Pablo Milanés
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Fabien Pisani\nCuba\, Mexico\n2025 \nA deeply personal portrait of Cuban music icon Pablo Milanés\, captured in self-imposed exile during his final years. \nMilanés\, co-founder of the Nueva Trova movement with Silvio Rodríguez\, was a major voice in Cuba’s revolutionary cultural movement. This film\, directed by his adopted son Fabien Pisani\, combines interviews with musical luminaries such as Serrat\, Chico Buarque\, Harry Belafonte and Fito Páez\, alongside intimate moments of Milanés in his final years\, looking frail and reflecting on the fading Cuban Utopia. It’s a striking cinematic portrait of the artist. As memories of the past surface\, so does the broad disillusionment of the singer and his peers\, a generation of artists who were once devoted to the Revolution but who now question its legacy.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/para-vivir-the-implacable-times-of-pablo-milanes/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T152000
DTSTAMP:20260817T171731Z
CREATED:20260717T150043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T171731Z
UID:33731-1789653600-1789658400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Chronicle of a City
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Nadine Gomez\nQuebec\, Mexico\n2025\nFilmmaker in attendance! \nA patchwork of millions of lives\, urban spaces are not only streets and concrete. They are where our dreams and deepest worries unfold. Chronicle of a City drifts and strolls through time and chance encounters\, moving between fantasy and reality\, echoing the intimate and ghostly voices of our metropolises\, reminding us that we inhabit The City as much as it inhabits us. This roaming essay is a visual and sonic meditation that invites us to see urban life as a web of sensations that move through us and draw us closer to one another\, even in the midst of solitude. \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/chronicle-of-a-city/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T170000
DTSTAMP:20260910T194507Z
CREATED:20260717T150037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T194507Z
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SUMMARY:What Lurks Under the Veil
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to honour our decisions\, and what must we leave behind to move forward? In this program\, we encounter characters who confront the darkness of their desires and contradictions\, situations that push them to their limits and challenge their lives as they know them. Through animation\, horror\, video essay\, and docufiction\, the body becomes a contested territory and what we keep silent emerges from the pores of each story. The silhouette of the right choice blurs in a world plagued by injustice and inequality. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/what-lurks-under-the-veil/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Program2,Shorts in Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T200500
DTSTAMP:20260910T195844Z
CREATED:20260717T150012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T195844Z
UID:33690-1789668000-1789675500@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:A Poet
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Simón Mesa Soto\nColombia\n2025 \nSince its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2025\, A POET has traveled the world receiving awards\, but above all\, applause and laughter. A gem of Colombian cinema\, prepare for an unforgettable journey to a place you never imagined: the poetry circle of Medellín. \nÓscar Restrepo\, the poet of the title\, has been incapable of measuring up to his promising first steps in literature\, and gets by as he can while caring for his mother. Óscar finds a kindred spirit in his student Yurlady\, a young woman whom he sees as a diamond in the rough of poetry.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/a-poet/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Literature,Highlights,International Hits
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T223000
DTSTAMP:20260911T184650Z
CREATED:20260717T150039Z
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UID:33991-1789677000-1789684200@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:In Her Place
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Maite Alberdi\nChile\n2025 \nThis is the debut narrative feature from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Maite Alberdi (Chile)\, Oscar nominated for THE MOLE AGENT and THE ETERNAL MEMORY. \nChile\, 1955. When the popular writer María Carolina Geel kills her lover\, the case captivates Mercedes\, the shy secretary of the judge in charge of the case. After visiting the writer’s apartment\, Mercedes begins to question her life\, identity\, and the role of women in society as she finds an oasis of freedom in that home.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/in-her-place-2/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T153000
DTSTAMP:20260910T193157Z
CREATED:20260717T150058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T193157Z
UID:33714-1789740000-1789745400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Lovers in the Sky
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Fermin de la Serna\nPeru\, Argentina\n2025 \nLovers in the Sky explores the stories of Cristina and La Bonita\, two trans cooks who have spent decades working aboard cargo ships that tirelessly navigate the rivers of the Peruvian Amazon. Facing personal and social pressures\, both women journey through and reinvent themselves within the territory of post-identity.\nCristina seeks to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother\, while La Bonita is driven by her fear of burning forever in hell. \n\n\nWorld Premiere: 65th Krakow Film Festival 2025
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/lovers-in-the-sky/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T173000
DTSTAMP:20260731T185621Z
CREATED:20260717T150050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T185621Z
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SUMMARY:Memories of Underdevelopment
DESCRIPTION:Memories of the Underdevelopment tells the story of Sergio\, an upper-class intellectual who – a year after the Castro-led revolution – decides not to leave the country\, even though his parents and estranged wife have escaped to Miami. Alienated from the major socio-political upheaval that is transforming the reality that surrounds him\, Sergio is a misfit\, caught between a past he half-heartedly attempts to maintain\, and the inevitable changes he cannot or will not embrace. His only income is the compensation he receives following the nationalization of his property. Unable to finish the novel he’s writing\, Sergio spends his time chasing women\, observing the outside world and reflecting on his own life\, trying to understand what is happening to his country and himself.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/memories-of-underdevelopment/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Classics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190150Z
CREATED:20260717T150015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190150Z
UID:33551-1789748100-1789750800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Diary of a Season
DESCRIPTION:To many\, one of the most shocking parts of moving to Canada is the wildly wide range between seasons: the scorching summers\, the showering autumns\, the freezing winters\, the flowering springs. Through a seasonal frame\, the films in this program explore life in Canada in a variety of forms – love\, distance\, depression\, migration by way of fiction\, documentary\, and animation. Together\, they shape a diary of fragmented entries that addresses a life in emotional and climatological transition. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/cls-diary-of-a-season/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T193000
DTSTAMP:20260910T192516Z
CREATED:20260717T150022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T192516Z
UID:33742-1789754400-1789759800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Newborn
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Alejandro Zuno\nMexico\n2024 \nFeaturing powerful performances by Mayra Hermosillo and Andrés Delgado\, NEWBORN is a poignant exploration of love and identity. \nWhen their first baby is born with both female and male features\, a young couple faces a huge dilemma: while he thinks they should assign a sex surgically to their child as doctors advise\, she gets to know other intersex people and listens to their experiences\, starting to believe that they should let their baby’s body as it is. Their differences go stronger and a decision has to be made\, the most difficult of their life. \n \n   
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/newborn/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Queer Pix: Features + Shorts,Spotlight Mayra Hermosillo
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T213000
DTSTAMP:20260908T195623Z
CREATED:20260908T195623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T195623Z
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SUMMARY:Brendocha
DESCRIPTION:Brendocha is a Peruvian-born DJ/event organizer\, based in Vancouver. They are a co-founder of Club Bebé\, a Queer Latinx collective curating events that highlight queer Latinx talent in Vancouver’s night life. \nBrendocha brings fast-paced and energetic sets that traverse through Latin bass\, baile funk\, merengue\, techno- captivating audiences with her cutting- edge style. She has played in Toronto\, Edmonton\, Montreal\, Lima\, Seattle\, as well as Basscoast Musical Festival and Boiler Room in 2024. She has shared stages with artists such as BCLIP\, Toccororo\, Sukubratz\, Rosa Pistola\, Ms Nina\, DJ G2G\, Isa Gt.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/brendocha/
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T220000
DTSTAMP:20260910T173639Z
CREATED:20260717T173151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T173639Z
UID:33573-1789763400-1789768800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Our Body is an Expanding Star
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Semillites Hernández Velasco & Tania Hernández Velasco\nMexico\n2025 \n”There is no cinema more challenging than that which advocates for taking responsibility for our own bodies… in this sense\, Our Body Is an Expanding Star\, is emblematic.”\nErnesto Diezmartínez\, Letras Libres \nSemillites and Tania\, two queer siblings bound by a powerful friendship\, journey through the brown terrain of their own bodies – lands they once rejected. They traverse landscapes of skin\, dreams and viscera\, crossing into places that pulse with their ancestors’ memory and\, along the way\, encounter a constellation of flowers\, grasshoppers and fossils. Through collage\, animation\, manifesto\, dance and intimacy\, the film moves across scales of body and territory\, reimagining identity beyond Mexico’s colonial narratives. \n\nWorld Premiere\, IDFA Amsterdam 2025\nWinner\, Best Film\, Guanajuato Film Festival 2026\n\nTICKETS:\n \n                      
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/our-body-is-an-expanding-star/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,Queer Pix: Features + Shorts,Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T153000
DTSTAMP:20260910T165020Z
CREATED:20260717T150014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T165020Z
UID:33374-1789826400-1789831800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Fait Vivir
DESCRIPTION:In a lost town in the tropics\, a ruler banned dances\, songs and celebrations. This is how Makondo starts\, a performance created by the GKO Orchestra\, a band of musicians\, dancers and circus actors from different parts of the world. Fait vivir recounts\, through Manuk\, a five-year-old boy\, the legend of this ingenious and unusual group. His imaginative and poetic gaze intertwines the ‘andariego’ record of these artists through different Colombian towns and cities with the “staging” of their show. Likewise\, the fantasy of our narrator allows us to get to know the daily life of its creators and the deep dream that feeds this project that invites freedom and movement.\nScreening followed by a Q&A with director Oscar Ruiz Navia. \nTICKETS:
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/fait-vivir/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films,Highlights,Spotlight on Oscar Ruiz Navia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T180500
DTSTAMP:20260910T170547Z
CREATED:20260717T150006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T170547Z
UID:33577-1789834500-1789841100@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Condor Daughter
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Álvaro Olmos Torrico\nBolivia\, 2025 \nA source of pride for Bolivian cinema\, The Condor Daughter has not only garnered more than 25 international awards\, but in Bolivian cinemas the film became the most watched national film in the last decade\, demonstrating that the local public consumes its own cinema with pride and a genuine connection. \nClara is a young Quechua midwife who sings to soothe the pain of pregnant women. Her mother\, Ana\, a veteran midwife\, sees this gift as a miracle from the gods. Influenced by a friend\, and after a falling out with her mother\, the young woman decides to leave for the city. The community suffers the mysterious death of animals and crops\, and the villagers attribute this punishment to Clara’s departure. Her mother decides to travel to the city and embark on a search to bring her back. \n \n         
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/the-condor-daughter/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Films from Turtle Island & Beyond,Highlights,Vanguardias
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