VANCOUVER, BC (SEPTEMBER 14, 2022) Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is delighted to announce the complete film lineup for Panorama, Northern Lights, and VIFF Short Forum. Panorama presents an array of remarkable narrative films from every corner of the globe; Northern Lights showcases the next wave of Canadian and Indigenous storytellers; and VIFF Short Forum shares the perspectives and approaches that are elevating short-form storytelling in Canada. All films will be presented in-cinema, with a select number of feature films available across BC via VIFF Connect.
“There is nothing quite like cinema to open up a window on a wider world,” says PoChu AuYeung, Program Manager and Senior Programmer. “With our Panorama series, we go far beyond exposing audiences to new places. Through these filmmakers’ eyes, we will travel through time — to both the past (Aftersun) and possible future (Plan 75); we will inhabit lives startlingly different from our own; and we will step inside the very minds of visionary creators, many of whom are first time filmmakers.”
Panorama offers a sweeping selection of contemporary world cinema. The expansive 39-film series includes 12 North American premieres and 13 Canadian premieres, with highlights including: The Forger, the incredible true story of a young man in 1942 Berlin who forges passports for Jewish people to escape Nazi Germany; Like a Fish on the Moon, the first feature film by Dornaz Hajiha that tells an empathetic tale of a family who cracks under the stress of their young son developing mutism; Cannes’ Caméra d’or Special Mention winner Plan 75, which imagines a near-future Japan in which seniors are encouraged to voluntarily euthanize themselves; the omnibus Septet: The Story of Hong Kong, which features tributes to the city by Sammo Hung, Ann Hui, and more; Joyland, a rich tapestry of complex characters that explores the cultural pressures and expectations of gender and tradition; and There There, an ingeniously conceived series of wry conversation pieces by indie auteur Andrew Bujalski.
“One of the responsibilities VIFF takes incredible pride in is inviting Canadian-produced films to sit in dialogue with their international contemporaries,” says Curtis Woloschuk, Director of Programming. “This year’s Northern Lights lineup is as diverse as Canada’s own diaspora — and represents an array of films whose settings stretch from farmlands to metropolitan centres.”
Northern Lights features two world premieres, one North American premiere, and one Canadian premiere. Six of the titles are also BC-produced feature films, including: Anthony Shim’s Riceboy Sleeps, a clear-eyed account of the demands of a single immigrant mother in Vancouver and her son who returns to South Korea in his 20s; Until Branches Bend, a psychological drama about a whistleblower working on an Okanagan peach farm; and Anyox, a portrait of damage wrought by the callousness of colonial ambition as seen through the lens of a once-thriving company town in northwestern BC.
“This year’s Short Forum is arranged according to flows of energy, mood, and spirit that one might expect to experience through watching a feature length film,” says Casey Wei, Short Forum Programmer. “Each short film is imagined as a scene that jumps, fades, or collides into the next, creating a tonal continuity over the course of six powerful programs. Recurring themes of intergenerational passage, representations of the unknowable, and interdisciplinary poetics ripple through a selection of 50 inimitable works categorized under the expansive framework of ‘Canadian’ filmmaking.”
VIFF Short Forum features 19 world premieres, four Canadian premieres, and three North American premieres. Of the 50 Canadian shorts, 16 are by BC filmmakers. World premiere highlights include: Dhulpa by local filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong, which weaves together narrative and documentary elements to tell stories of a Tibetan immigrant community; Rylan Friday’s Terror/Forming, a horror film that follows a young man and his boyfriend as they make a disturbing discovery in his late kokum’s cabin; I Empower as a Mother, a portrait of Massy Arts Society founder Patricia Massy and her life, work, and business, Massy Books; and Kenny Welsh’s The Faraway Place, about a young woman and her father who flee from a violent cult on a mission to eradicate their kind.
Films streamed on VIFF Connect will include a selection of recorded Q&A’s from filmmakers and creators, supported by Creative BC and with Community Broadcast Partner TELUS STORYHIVE.
Single Tickets: $15 / $13 Seniors / $10 Students
Special Presentations: $17
VIFF Connect Tickets: $10
Platinum Pass: $1,000
Festival Pass: $350 / $300 Seniors / $120 Students
Festival 6 Pack: $84 / $72 Seniors / $54 Students
Festival 10 Pack: $135 / $110 Seniors / $80 Students
VIFF Talks and Industry Panel Tickets: $18–$25
VIFF Live Tickets: $18
Signals: Free
More ticket details at viff.org/ticket-info.
To explore VIFF’s complete 2022 programming, visit viff.org.
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