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I just saw Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! at VIFF 45, and it’s a fascinating, deeply personal soul searching film.A sophisticat...
10/07/2026

I just saw Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! at VIFF 45, and it’s a fascinating, deeply personal soul searching film.

A sophisticated and often introspective character study, the film follows Pedro Pascal’s Alex, a gifted cellist returning to LA and confronting the choices, relationships and emotional baggage he has accumulated over the years. What stayed with me most was the way Gilroy uses music as a language for memory, regret and connection especially to connect scenes and moments. Pascal brings a wonderfully restrained vulnerability to the role, while the film moves between humour, melancholy and moments of suspense.

A thoughtful, beautifully performed film, and a memorable Canadian Premiere at VIFF 45.

Our Mr. Matsura is a beautiful and quietly moving documentary about photography, immigration and the unexpected connecti...
10/05/2026

Our Mr. Matsura is a beautiful and quietly moving documentary about photography, immigration and the unexpected connections one person can make in a community in the Pacific North West. Beth Harrington brings Frank Matsura’s remarkable photographs and life vividly into the present, revealing a photographer whose curiosity, humour and humanity allowed him to see people with unusual intimacy.

It was especially wonderful to see Beth in person at VIFF alongside Alan Franey, the Director Emeritus, introducing the film and taking questions after the screening. A thoughtful, warm and beautifully crafted portrait, and a wonderful reminder of how photographs can preserve not only history, but human connection.

Fjord (2026) is a gripping, quietly unsettling legal thriller that evolves into something far bigger than a simple court...
10/03/2026

Fjord (2026) is a gripping, quietly unsettling legal thriller that evolves into something far bigger than a simple courtroom drama. A Romanian director Cristian Mungiu brings his signature patience and razor-sharp observation of human nature to a story where family dynamics, duty, and justice collide. The real brilliance lies in its ambiguity as there are no neat endings here, and the emotional weight sticks with you long after the credits roll. It’s a compelling, deeply thoughtful film that respects its audience enough to let them sit with the hard questions. I highly recommend this compelling and meticulously crafted film work.

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) is a captivating and deeply human documentary that brings Harlem’s rich social and cul...
10/03/2026

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) is a captivating and deeply human documentary that brings Harlem’s rich social and cultural history to life through the personal stories and memories that shaped this iconic Upper Manhattan neighbourhood. Originally filmed in 1972, the documentary feels intimate rather than overly academic. I particularly loved how it seamlessly weaves personal experiences with the sweeping cultural shifts of the Harlem Renaissance. Thoughtful and beautifully observed, this film leaves you with a profound sense of place, and a genuine desire to learn more.

The 45th Vancouver International Film Festival is officially underway!In front of a packed Vancouver Playhouse, VIFF Exe...
10/02/2026

The 45th Vancouver International Film Festival is officially underway!

In front of a packed Vancouver Playhouse, VIFF Executive Director Kyle Fostner opened the festival with a timely reminder of the importance of film, especially in times like these...to bring us together, challenge us, and help us see the world differently.

The opening film was Eisenberg's The Debut, setting the stage for another exciting festival ahead.

The International Press Academy (IPA) is proud and happy again to be covering this significant milestone in Vancouver’s film culture.

More stories, films and festival moments to come in the days ahead!

Reporting from Vancouver and the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2026 media launch, and there’s plenty to l...
08/27/2026

Reporting from Vancouver and the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2026 media launch, and there’s plenty to look forward to. An exciting lineup of premieres, award-winning films, and filmmakers from around the world.
The festival runs October 1–11, 2026. Vancouver is getting ready for another great celebration of cinema. See you all at the movies!

Eric K. Boulianne’s debut feature, Follies / Folichonneries (2025) turns midlife desire into a playful yet painfully hon...
10/13/2025

Eric K. Boulianne’s debut feature, Follies / Folichonneries (2025) turns midlife desire into a playful yet painfully honest portrait of love on the edge. With sharp writing, self-deprecating humour, and fearless performances from both Boulianne and Catherine Chabot, the film explores the modern minefield of open relationships, where passion, insecurity, and tenderness collide. Both cheeky and compassionate, Follies revives the s*x comedy with intelligence and heart, reminding us that the real adventure in love is learning to listen, not just lust.

In Solomamma (2025), a Norwegian director Janicke Askevold crafts a quietly piercing study of modern motherhood and the ...
10/13/2025

In Solomamma (2025), a Norwegian director Janicke Askevold crafts a quietly piercing study of modern motherhood and the fragile balance between independence and longing. Lisa Loven Kongsli delivers a deeply nuanced performance as Edith, whose search for control unravels into moral uncertainty after she tracks down her s***m donor. With sharp emotional precision and wry humour, Askevold transforms an intimate premise into a universal reflection on connection, truth, and the unseen costs of self-reliance. Subtle, smart, and disarmingly human, Solomamma lingers long after its final frame.

Rebecca Zlotowski’s A Private Life (Vie privée) is a sharply observed and elegantly twisted comic psychodrama that showc...
10/08/2025

Rebecca Zlotowski’s A Private Life (Vie privée) is a sharply observed and elegantly twisted comic psychodrama that showcases superb Jodie Foster in one of her most nuanced performances to date (since it is almost all in French). As Paris-based psychiatrist Lilian Steiner, Foster masterfully navigates the razor’s edge between control and unraveling, embodying a woman whose analytical brilliance crumbles under emotional strain. When a patient’s mysterious overdose hints at foul play, Zlotowski turns the whodunit into a deeper exploration of guilt, perception, and the fragility of reason. Supported by Mathieu Amalric, Luàna Bajrami-Rahmani, Daniel Auteuil, and Virginie Efira, the film hums with intellectual wit and suspenseful energy, a sophisticated blend of satire, mystery, and psychological tension that lingers long after the final frame.

Poland's Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka is a mesmerizing labyrinth, part biopic, part fever dream, that captures the absurd, ...
10/08/2025

Poland's Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka is a mesmerizing labyrinth, part biopic, part fever dream, that captures the absurd, tragic, and eerily prophetic world of Franz Kafka with haunting brilliance. Seamlessly weaving moments from the writer’s life as a German language Jewish Czech born writer and novelist in Prague with vivid dramatizations of his fiction, Holland transforms biography into a cinematic reflection on alienation and bureaucracy. A newcomer, Idan Weiss delivers a spellbinding performance, embodying Kafka’s quiet torment and dark humour in equal measure. At once intellectually dense and visually arresting, Kafka blurs the line between the writer’s nightmares and our modern reality, a world still eerily Kafkaesque. Poland’s Oscar entry, and perhaps Holland’s most daring work in years.

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