1. Art and Diseño

DEC 8, 2014 - JAN 29, 2015
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
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2:30 Vancouver – A
Progressive City!
*4:30 Everything
Will Be
6:30+8:45 Force
Majeure
4:15 Everything
Will Be
6:30 Force Majeure
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4:30 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
*7:00 In the Land of
the Head-Hunters
4:30 Antarctica:
RENTAL
A Year on Ice
6:30 Force Majeure
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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4:45 Force Majeure
6:30+8:45 Force
Majeure
1:00 Just Eat It - A 1:30 Just Eat It - A
Food Waste Story Food Waste Story
6:30 Force Majeure 6:30 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
PRIVATE RENTAL
8:20 Force Majeure
10:35 The Babadook
3:00 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
4:45 Force Majeure
*7:10 Just Eat It - A
Food Waste Story
10:15 The Babadook
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11
12
13
RENTAL
6:30 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
8:20 Force Majeure
11:00am+6:30 1,000
Times Good Night
8:45 The
Overnighters
10:40 The Babadook
2:10+8:15 1,000
Times Good Night
4:30 The
Overnighters
6:30 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
10:30 The Babadook
MUSIC MONDAYS: CINEMA SALON:
8:45 Strictly Sacred: *7:30 Touch of Evil
The Story of Girl
Trouble
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MUSIC MONDAYS:
8:45 Mercedes
Sosa: The Voice
of Latin America
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RENTAL
6:30 1,000 Times
Good Night
6:30+8:30 Awake:
The Life of
Yoganada
2:00+6:30 1,000
Times Good Night
4:15+8:45 The
Overnighters
7:00 Una Noche
6:30 Advanced
de Música Cubana: Style
film, music and food 8:00 The Vancouver
Asahi
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11:30+8:35
Advanced Style
1:45 The Vancouver
Asahi
4:50 It’s A
Wonderful Life
6:45 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
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3:00 The Muppet
Christmas Carol
5:00 Advanced
Style
6:30 The Vancouver
Asahi
5:50 Advanced
Style
7:25 The Vancouver
Asahi
5:50 Advanced
Style
7:20 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
2:00 Advanced
Style
3:30 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
CLOSED
2:00 National
Gallery
5:30 The Vancouver
Asahi
8:00 The Grand
Budapest Hotel
12:00 Winds of
Heaven
1:45 The Vancouver
Asahi
4:10 National
Gallery
7:30 Under the Skin
9:30 The Babadook
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12:00 Levitated
Mass
1:45 Advanced
Style
3:15 The Vancouver
Asahi
6:00 The Immigrant
12:00 The New
Rijksmuseum
2:00 Ida
3:45 The
Overnighters
6:00 The Vancouver
Asahi
12:00 National
Gallery
3:20 Tale of the
Princess Kaguya
7:00 Free Film:
Scott Pilgrim vs
the World
JANUARY
1
2
12:00 Hermitage
Revealed
1:45 We Are the
Best!
3:45 Force Majeure
6:20 National
Gallery
12:00 Exhibition on
Screen: Munch 150
1:45 The Vancouver
Asahi
4:15 Antarctica:
A Year on Ice
6:00 Bad Hair
7:50 Tu dors, Nicole
12:00 National
Gallery
4:50 1,000 Times
Good Night
7:00 Tu dors, Nicole
8:45 Bad Hair
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10
2:15 Advanced
Style
MUSIC MONDAYS:
8:30 20,000 Days
on Earth
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3:50 Boyhood
6:50 Mommy
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SHAKESPEARE’S
6:30 Bad Hair
GLOBE ON SCREEN:
2:45 Twelfth Night
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8
3:30 The Vancouver TBA
Asahi
6:15 Tu dors, Nicole IFF:
8:00 The Vancouver 7:15 Marriage
Asahi
Italian Style
9:30 A Five Star Life
IFF:
2:00 Marriage
Italian Style
4:00 Divorce
Italian Style
6:00 Those Happy
Years
8:00 Barolo Boys
14
15
17
IFF:
1:00 A Five Star Life
6:30 Men of the
Cloth
8:15 8 ½
IFF:
6:30 Winter Sleep
6:30 A Five Star Life
8:10 Divorce
Italian Style
6:10 Bad Hair
MUSIC MONDAYS: CINEMA SALON:
8:00 Tu dors, Nicole 8:20 Mamma Mia!
*7:00 The Straight
Story
11
12
IFF:
2:45 Boccaccio ‘70
6:30 A Five Star Life
8:10 The Mafia Only
Kills in Summer
SHAKESPEARE’S
IFF:
GLOBE ON SCREEN: 6:30 The Fifth
10:00am TheTempest Wheel
8:45 TBA
IFF:
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13
6:30 Song of Napoli
8:30 L’eclisse
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20
SHAKESPEARE’S
2:30 Winter Sleep 6:30 Winter Sleep
GLOBE ON SCREEN: 6:15 Showrunners:
3:00 The Tempest The Art of Running
a TV Show
16
*2:00 Dancing
in the Dark
5:10 Winter Sleep
8:45 Showrunners:
The Art of Running
a TV Show
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23
RENTAL
6:30 Winter Sleep
12:00 Winter Sleep TFF:
9:30 Documentary
Programme: My
Child + Taskafa
TFF:
8:45 Coming Soon 12:15 Short Films
2:00 Whisper if I
Forget
4:45 Singing Women
7:15 Consequences
9:30 Sivas
MUSIC MONDAYS:
8:30 All That Jazz
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TFF:
2:45 Turkish Passport
4:45 Mold
7:00 Thou Gild’st
the Even
9:15 The Butterfly’s
Dream
6:30 Winter Sleep
RENTAL
TBA
6:30 Winter Sleep
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL’S YEAR-ROUND SHOWCASE
OF FESTIVAL-STYLE FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TICKETS & INFO: WWW.VIFF.ORG
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THE VANCOUVER ASAHI
DIRECTOR Ishi Yuya, Japan, 2014, 130 min, Classified: PG.
Once upon a time in Vancouver, there was a baseball team called the Asahi, This was in
the 1930s, when the city had a small Japantown on the downtown wharves, and the
team was formed by the Canadian-born kids of immigrants. Smaller, and weaker, than
the Caucasian teams, they struggled at first - but then they figured out a smarter way to
win... Like a Fred Herzog exhibition brought to life, this is a lavish historical piece, a more
philosophical type of sports movie than we’re used to in N America, but something that
we can recognize as part and parcel of our own cultural heritage.
Fri. Dec 19, 8:00pm
Sat. Dec 20, 1:45pm
Sun. Dec 21, 6:30pm
Mon. Dec 22, 7:25pm
Fri. Dec 26, 5:30pm
Sat. Dec 27, 1:45pm
Mon. Dec 29, 3:15pm
Tue. Dec 30, 6:00pm
Fri. Jan 2, 1:45pm
Tue. Jan 6, 3:30am
Thu. Jan 8, 8:00pm
JUST EAT IT - A FOOD WASTE STORY
DIRECTOR Grant Baldwin, Canada, 2014, 75 min, Classified: G.
Join us for a screening of this VIFF double prize-winning documentary followed by a
panel discussion on food waste and other issues raised in the movie featuring producer
Jen Rustemeyer, Glenda Morn from the Food Bank, Surindra Sugrim from Quest Food
Exchange and Louise Schwarz from Recycling Alternatives (Saturday only).
Winner: VIFF, #mustseebc award; VIFF Impact Award
Thu. Dec 4, 1:00pm
Fri. Dec 5, 1:30pm
Sat. Dec 6, 7:10pm
ART ON FILM
BEST OF 2014
TURKISH FILM FESTIVAL (TFF)
ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL (IFF)
MUSIC MONDAYS
CINEMA SALON
ADVANCED STYLE
DIRECTOR Lina Plioplyte, USA, 2014, 72 min.
Street style photographer Ari Seth Cohen and director Lina Plioplyte dive into the personal lives
of New York City’s most fashionable women over 60. In an industry obsessed with youth, these
older women dispel conventional ideas about beauty and aging and prove that with age comes
grace, confidence, boldness, flair and new, unimagined opportunities for fame and fortune.
Fri. Dec 19, 6:30pm
Sat. Dec 20, 11:30am, 8:35pm
Sun. Dec 21, 5:00pm
Mon. Dec 22, 5:50pm
Tue. Dec 23, 5:50pm
Wed. Dec 24, 2:00pm
Mon. Dec 29, 1:45pm
Thu. Jan 1, 2:15pm
Sat. Jan 3, 3:20pm
$7 MUSIC MONDAYS
IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD-HUNTERS
SPECIAL CENTENNIAL SCREENING
TOUCH OF EVIL
DIRECTOR Orson Welles, USA, 1958, 112 min.
Introduced by Gregory K. Dreicer, Museum of Vancouver
DIRECTOR Edward S Curtis, Canada/USA, 1914, 65 min.
VIFF Vancity Theatre and the Cinematheque join together
this weekend to celebrate the centenary of a cinema landmark. In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature
film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made
in Canada. A portrait of the Kwakwaka’wakw (formerly
Kwakiutl) people of northern Vancouver Island and the
central coast, it was directed by Edward S. Curtis.
Bill Cranmer, Andy Everson, Owen Underhill and Colin Browne
in attendance.
Sun. Dec 7, 7:00pm
DIRECTOR David Lynch, USA, 1999, 112 min
Introduced by Dawna Friesen, Global News.
Tue. Jan 6, 7:00pm
MERCEDES SOSA:
THE VOICE OF LATIN AMERICA
DIRECTOR Rodrigo H. Vila, Argentina, 2013, 93 min.
Mon. Dec 8, 8:45pm
PURPLE RAIN:
30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
THE STRAIGHT STORY
DIRECTOR Albert Magnoli, USA, 1984, 111 min.
Mon. Dec 15, 8:45pm
1,000 TIMES GOOD NIGHT
DIRECTOR Erik Poppe, Norway, Ireland, Sweden, 2013, 117 min.
Juliette Binoche delivers another luminous performance in this probing drama about a conflicted photographer torn between the high risk work she believes in and
the responsibility her husband (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) insists she has to stay safe for the sake of their children.
Fri. Dec 12, 11:00am, 6:30pm
Sat. Dec 13, 2:10pm, 8:15pm
Mon. Dec 15, 6:30pm
Wed. Dec 17, 2:00pm, 6:30pm
Sat. Jan 3, 4:50pm
* GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE
Subject to change
HOLIDAY FAVOURITES
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE
DIRECTOR Anthony Powell, New Zealand, 2013, 91 min.
Fifteen years and nine Antarctic winters in the making, Powell’s film gives a glimpse
into what it is like to spend a full year living and working in the harshest place on the
planet, presenting a never-before-seen insider’s view of the frozen south. It’s dazzling
throughout, but never more so than in long, endless nights of the Antarctic winter,
when the sun never rises, time stands still, and the aurora australis puts on a private
show of heavenly dimensions.
Fri. Dec 5, 6:30pm
Sat. Dec 6, 3:00pm
Sun. Dec 7, 4:30pm
Mon. Dec 8, 4:30pm
Thu. Dec 11, 6:30pm
Sat. Dec 13, 6:30pm
Sat. Dec 20, 6:45pm
Tue. Dec 23, 7:20pm
Wed. Dec 24, 3:30pm
Fri. Jan 2, 4:15pm
CINEMA SALON
Tue. Dec 2, 7:30pm
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8:45 Purple Rain:
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DIRECTORS Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, UK, 2014, 95 min.
Mon. Dec 29, 8:30pm
UNA NOCHE DE MÚSICA CUBANA:
FILM, MUSIC AND FOOD
FREE FILM: SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
DIRECTOR Frank Capra, USA, 1946, 130 min, Classified: G (all ages).
Sat. Dec 20, 4:15pm
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
1992, 85 min, Classified: G (all ages).
Sun. Dec 21, 3:00pm
DIRECTOR Edgar Wright, USA, Canada, 2010, 113 min.
Chosen by VIFF Vancity Theatre members, this year’s
New Year’s Eve event movie is Wright’s anti-blockbuster, a hipster’s comic book adaptation chock full of great
gags and inventive fun. When under-employed Scott
Pilgrim (the cutely anxious Michael Cera) takes up with
a cool American girl, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth
Winstead), he must fight it out with her seven exes.
Wed. Dec 31, 7:00pm
Join us for a night of scorching music, film, mojitos and
traditional Cuban food. The evening will begin with a
special screening of the classic Cuban documentary
We Are the Music (Nosotros La Musica), a vivid panorama
of the island’s music and dance legends from the early
1960s, featuring the likes of Ignacio Villa, Celeste Mendoza, Ana Glorai, Charanga Francesa and many more.
Made in 1964 by Rogelio Paris, the film can be considered the unofficial father of Buena Vista Social Club.
After the screening, join us in the atrium for Cuban food, live music from
Afro-Cuban Dimensions and of course every opportunity to dance!
Tickets $15 include film, music and food - mojitos extra.
Thu. Dec 18, 7:00pm
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MAMMA MIA!
DIRECTOR Phyllida Lloyd, GB/USA/Germany, 2008, 108 min.
Mon. Jan 5, 8:20pm
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To see films at the Vancity Theatre, you must—with a
few exceptions—be age 19 or older and be a member
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THE BABADOOK
DIRECTOR Jennifer Kent, Australia, 2014, 93 min.
The most impressive debut feature of the year also happens to be the scariest. This tale of an anguished single
mom (an incredible performance from Essie Davies), her
monstrous six-year-old, and the storybook bogeyman who
terrorizes their home is guaranteed to chill you to the bone.
Fri. Dec 5, 10:35pm
Sat. Dec 6, 10:15pm
Fri. Dec 12, 10:40pm
Sat. Dec 13, 10:30pm
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DIRECTORS Paola Di Florio. Lisa Leeman, 2014, 87 min.
Yogananda was the Hindu Swami who brought yoga and
meditation to the West in the 1920s. Paramahansa Yogananda authored the spiritual classic “Autobiography of a
Yogi,” which has sold millions of copies worldwide and is
a go-to book for seekers, philosophers and yoga enthusiasts today. This unconventional documentary has won
critical plaudits everywhere it has screened.
“Gentle sitar music, languorous camerawork and soothing
narration... This could be a good movie to do yoga by.”
—The New York Times
Tue. Dec 16, 6:30pm, 8:30pm
BAD HAIR PELO MALO
DIRECTOR Mariana Rondon, 2013, 93 min.
A sharp, compassionate, tender and piercing tale of a
nine year old fighing to tame his stubbornly curly hair
and, he hopes, win the love and affection of his overburdened mom. From this seemingly trivial tale Venezuelan filmmaker Mariana Rondon fashions a memorable movie about sex identity, mothers and sons, love
and disappointment. Winner: Best Film, San Sebastian
Film Festival. 100% Fresh, Rotten Tomatoes
Fri. Jan 2, 6:00pm
Sat. Jan 3, 8:45pm
Sun. Jan 4, 6:10pm
Mon. Jan 5, 6:30pm
ALL THAT JAZZ
DIRECTOR Bob Fosse, USA, 1979, 123 min.
Mon. Jan 19, 8:30pm
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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
DIRECTOR Wes Anderson, USA, 2014, 100 min, 14A.
A dazzling winter’s tale from an unusually energized
Wes Anderson, this is an all-star mittel-European carousel of rampaging passions, class and transgression.
Fri. Dec 26, 8:00pm
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UNDER THE SKIN
DIRECTOR Jonathan Glazer, GB, 2014, 108 min, 19+.
The most radical, underground movie to creep into the
mainstream in some time, Jonathan Glazer’s first since
Birth might have been called “The Woman Who Fell to
Earth”. That woman is Scarlett Johansson, simultaneously deglamourized and highly sexualized. She picks
up random men and destroys them.
Sat. Dec 27, 7:30pm
WE ARE THE BEST!
DIRECTOR Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013, 102 min, PG.
Lukas Moodysson (Together; Show Me Love) adapts
his wife Coco’s graphic novel about three 13-year-old
girls growing up in early ‘80s Stockholm and forming
their own punk band - the best band in the world!
Sun. Dec 28, 1:45pm
DIRECTOR Ruben Ostland, Sweden, 2014, 120 min.
One of the most popular movies at this year’s VIFF, this
is both an acute psychological study and a deadpan
comedy of manners, a portrait of a family riven by the
father’s instinctive act of cowardice in the face of an
avalanche during a skiing holiday. For all his attempts
to pretend that nothing has happened, everything has
changed. But what to do about it?
Mon. Dec 1, 6:30pm
Tue. Dec 2, 4:45pm
Wed. Dec 3, 6:30pm, 8:45pm
Thu. Dec 4, 6:30pm
Fri. Dec 5, 8:20pm
Sat. Dec 6, 4:45pm
Mon. Dec 8, 6:30pm
Thu. Dec 11, 8:20pm
Sun. Dec 28, 3:45pm
THE IMMIGRANT
DIRECTOR James Gray, USA, 2014, 120 min.
Arguably the most underrated US movie of the year,
the latest from James Gray (Two Lovers) is a romantic
epic set in New York in the 1920s. Marion Cotillard is
superb as the Polish woman torn between Joaquin
Phoenix’s dubious fixer, Bruno, and his cousin, an illusionist (Jeremy Renner).
Mon. Dec 29, 6:00pm
TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
DIRECTOR Isao Takahata, Japan, 2014, 137 min, PG.
A gem of a film for all ages from Studio Ghibli’s other
master, Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies). In this
captivating 10,000 year fable, a woodcutter discovers a magical child in a bamboo stalk. The girl grows
quickly, transforming into a young woman of such
grace and beauty it seems her life is charmed...
Wed. Dec 31, 3:20pm
Now in its second year, the Vancouver Italian Film
Festival invites you to luxuriate in the glories of
Italian Cinema, past and present. Presented in association with the Italian Cultural Centre, the Italian Consulate, Instituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto
and VIFF Vancity Theatre, we’re pleased to present
a feast of comedy, drama, documentary and art
film classics along with a special photo exhibition
devoted to the legendary Sophia Loren.
3-ticket packs are only $24.
All films rated 19+.
See viff.org for details.
MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE MATRIMONIO ALL’ITALIANA
DIRECTOR Vittorio De Sica, Italy, 1964, 102 min.
One of the most famous, and funniest, Italian comedies of all time.Marcello Mastroianni co-stars as the irrepressibly carnal
businessman Domenico, who discovers Loren’s Filumena as a young prostitute and keeps her as his mistress and confidante. When he chooses to marry a young cashier instead, Filumena is furious, and resorts to a series of wild and hilarious
ruses to win back his hand.
Opening Night Gala includes film, live music from the Cory Weeds Trio, food, gelato from Bella Gelateria, and a glass of vino Italiano, plus first
look at a new photo exhibition dedicated to the great Sophia Loren ($25). A $30 ticket includes entry to our second film, A Five Star Life.
Fri. Jan 9, 7:15pm
Sat. Jan 10, 2:00pm
DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE
DIVORZIO ALL’ITALIANA
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DIRECTOR Pawel Pawelikowski, Poland/Denmark/France, 2013, 80 min19+.
Polish-born, UK-based filmmaker Pawlikowski (My Summer of Love) returns to his native land for this evocative, resonant art film about a novice nun discovering a
family secret in the 1960s. Beautifully shot in black and
white, this award-winning drama has been compared to
the work of Francois Truffaut and Robert Bresson.
Tue. Dec 30, 2:00pm
BOYHOOD
DIRECTOR Richard Linklater, USA, 2014, 165 min, PG.
A dozen years in the making, Richard Linklater’s masterpiece chronicles the evolution of a boy into a young
man, from six to 18. It is the ultimate coming-of-age
movie, and one of the most audacious cinematic feats
of the decade.
Thu. Jan 1, 3:50pm
THE OVERNIGHTERS
DIRECTOR Jesse Moss, USA, 2014, 100 min, 19+.
The Overnighters evokes Steinbeck (and John Ford)
in its compassionate portrait of economic migrants
flooding into North Dakota fto grasp their slice of
the oil boom. Shunned as interlopers by most, these
newcomers are welcomed into the Concordia Lutheran Church by a remarkable Pastor.
Fri. Dec 12, 8:45pm
Sat. Dec 13, 4:30pm
Wed. Dec 17, 4:15pm, 8:45pm Tue. Dec 30, 3:45pm
MOMMY
DIRECTOR Xavier Dolan, Canada, 2014, 139 min, 14A.
The fifth film from 25-year-old Dolan invites extreme
reactions: it’s the story of a deeply troubled teen, his
tumultuous relationship with his single mom (Anne
Dorval), and the timid part time teacher who agrees
to tutor him (Suzanne Clement). It’s a pulsing, live-wire
movie, kicking and screaming to make itself heard.
Thu. Jan 1, 6:50pm
A FIVE STAR LIFE
VIAGGIO SOLA
DIRECTOR Maria Sole Tognazzi, Italy, 2013, 85 min.
Margherita Buy is compelling as a solitary single
woman in her 40s whose job consists of evaluating
— and roundly criticizing — European five-star hotels and resorts. A sleeper hit in Italy, the film has been
compared to both “Up in the Air” and “Eat Pray Love”
Fri. Jan 9, 9:30pm
Sun. Jan 11, 6:30pm
Wed. Jan 14, 1:00pm
Thu. Jan 15, 6:30pm
BAROLO BOYS
DIRECTORS Paolo Casalis and Tiziano Gaia, Italy, 2014, 64 min.
The fascinating story of Barolo wine and how it exploded
as a world phenomenon. Now one of the most famous
red wines in the world, 30 years ago Barolo was unknown
even in its own production region, the beautiful Langhe,
in northwestern Italy. Barolo’s current success is mainly
due to the courage and initiative of a group of small-scale
wine producers, the so-called Barolo Boys.
Sat. Jan 10, 8:00pm
DIRECTOR Pietro Germi, Italy, 1961, 105 min.
Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs
to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous
and fawning wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca). His solution? Since divorce is illegal, he hatches a plan to lure
his spouse into the arms of another and then murder
her in a justifiable effort to save his honor.
Sat. Jan 10, 4:00pm
Thu. Jan 15, 8:10pm
THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN SUMMER
LA MAFIA UCCIDE SOLO D’ESTATE
DIRECTOR Pif, Italy, 2013, 90 min.
A terrific debut from TV satirist Pif, showing the workings of the Sicilian mafia through the eyes of a young
everyman, Arturo, as he journeys from childhood to
maturity in the Palermo of the 1970s and early 80s.
Described by Italian Senate President Pietro Grasso
as the best film on the Mafia ever made.
Sun. Jan 11, 8:10pm
SHOWRUNNERS: THE ART OF RUNNING A TV SHOW
DIRECTOR Des Doyle, Ireland, 2014, 90 min.
The Good Wife. Lost. The Big Bang. Battlestar Galactica. Sons of Anarchy. The Shield. Boardwalk
Empire. Buffy the Vampire. Firefly. These shows and others like them have defined the twenty
first century cultural landscape in a way few movies can compete with. In every case they were
crafted by many hands - a large talent pool of writers and directors - but always there is a showrunner pulling the strings, the producer-artist responsible for the big picture and keeping the
show on the road. Des Doyle’s documentary gives us the inside scoop from some of the best
in the business.
Sat. Jan 17, 8:45pm
Mon. Jan 19, 6:15pm
DANCING IN THE DARK: MICHAEL VAN DEN BOS ON THE
MOVIES’ GREATEST DANCE NUMBERS
DIRECTOR Various, 140 min.
A repeat performance of Michael van den Bos’s legendary movie medley featuring the
greatest dance numbers ever committed to celluloid. Michael will present an exhilarating
waltz through the history of movie musicals, featuring 101 toe-tapping clips (roughly)
and such showbiz legends as Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire, Shirley Temple, Bob Fosse, Eleanor Powell, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisee and Baz Luhrmann. All ages welcome!
Sat. Jan 17, 2:00pm
THE FIFTH WHEEL
L’ULTIMA RUOTA DEL CARRO
DIRECTOR Giovanni Veronesi, Italy, 2013, 113 min.
Giovanni Veronesi’s irresistible romantic comedy journeys through four decades of recent Italian history on the
back of a good-hearted, honest middle-class guy who always finds himself one step behind. Strong musical
themes are enlivened by cult songs from the past, making this a thoroughly enjoyable journey back in time!
Tue. Jan 13, 6:30pm
SONG OF NAPOLI SONG ‘E NAPULE
DIRECTORS Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti, Italy, 2013, 113 min.
Set in modern-day Naples, Song’e Napule (Neapolitan
dialect for “I am from Napoli”) is a hugely entertaining
comedy with an endearing cast that will leave audiences whistling the catchy award-winning tunes with
a silly grin on their face.
“A tuneful, genre parody casting a loving glance on
Naples and its criminal underworld.” —Screen Daily
Mon. Jan 12, 6:30pm
MEN OF THE CLOTH
WINTER SLEEP
DIRECTOR Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 2014, 196 min.
A masterpiece from Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, the Palme d’Or winner at Cannes
last year is a dense, Chekhovian drama about Aydin, a middle-aged hotel owner (a retired actor who fancies himself a man of learning and enlightenment), his considerably
younger wife, his divorced sister, and several of his tenants - all of whom harbour resentments Aydin simply cannot comprehend. ‘A richly engrossing and ravishingly beautiful
magnum opus.” —Justin Chang, Variety
Fri. Jan 16, 6:30pm
Sat. Jan 17, 5:10pm
Sun. Jan 18, 6:30pm
Mon. Jan 19, 2:30pm
Tue. Jan 20, 6:30pm
Thu. Jan 22, 6:30pm
Fri. Jan 23, 12:00pm
Mon. Jan 26, 6:30pm
Thu. Jan 29, 6:30pm
ART ON FILM
TU DORS, NICOLE
DIRECTOR Stephane Lafleur, Canada, 2014, 93 min, PG.
Remember that summer when you were 22, a young adult, but too young to know
the difference? Responsibility was still something your parents talked about. There
was work but nothing you cared about. Same thing with sex. And mostly, that
summer, there was time on your hands. Time to dream, time to think, time to do
nothing much at all... That’s where Nicole is at, in Stephane Lafleur’s droll comedy,
a black and white Canadian gem that captures a moment of transition with easy
poetic grace and just a touch of absurdist genius.
Fri. Jan 2, 7:50pm
Sat. Jan 3, 7:00pm
Sun. Jan 4, 8:00pm
Thu. Jan 8, 6:15pm
DIRECTOR Vicki Vasilopoulos, USA/Italy, 2014, 90 min.
A portrait of Nino Corvato, Checchino Fonticoli and
Joe Centofanti, three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they
navigate their challenging roles in the twilight of
their career. The film unravels the mystery of their
artistry and reveals how their passionate devotion to
their Old World craft is akin to a religion.
Wed. Jan 14, 6:30pm
L’ECLISSE
DIRECTOR Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy, 1962, 126 min.
The concluding chapter of Michelangelo Antonioni’s
informal trilogy on contemporary malaise (following
L’avventura and La notte), L’eclisse tells the story of a young
woman (Monica Vitti) who leaves one lover (Francisco
Rabal) and drifts into a relationship with another (Alain
Delon). Antonioni returns to the theme that preoccupied
him the most: the difficulty of connection in an alienating
modern world.
Mon. Jan 12, 8:30pm
THOSE HAPPY YEARS ANNI FELICI
DIRECTOR Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2013, 106 min.
Genuine affection is paired with trenchant reflection in
Daniele Luchetti’s subtle, sharply perceptive and partially autobiographical look back at (what could be) his parents’ marriage. An avant garde artist (Kim Rossi Stuart) is
not above dallying with his frequently nude models, but
expects a more conventional loyalty from his wife (Micaela Ramazzotti). But on a feminist retreat she begins
to have other ideas...
Sat. Jan 10, 6:00pm
BOCCACCIO ‘70
DIRECTORS Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti,
Vittorio De Sica, Italy, 1962, 205 min.
Mario Monicelli (Big Deal on Madonna Street), Federico
Fellini (8 ), Luchino Visconti (The Leopard) and Vittorio
De Sica (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) direct Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider and more
through four stories of unashamed eros. Modeled on
Boccaccio’s Decameron, they are comic moral tales
about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy.
Sun. Jan 11, 2:45pm
8½
DIRECTOR Federico Fellini, Italy, 1963, 138 min.
Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director
whose new project is collapsing around him, along
with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever
made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ (Otto e mezzo) turns one
man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema.
An early working title for 8½ was The Beautiful Confusion, and Fellini’s masterpiece is exactly that.
Wed. Jan 14, 8:15pm
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ON SCREEN
TICKETS $15 ($13 STUDENTS AND SENIORS)
3-FILM PACK ONLY $24
TWELFTH NIGHT
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: MUNCH 150
DIRECTOR Ben Harding, GB, 2013, 90 min.
In 2013, all of Norway celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944), one
of the towering figures of modern art. Munch 150 was
co-hosted by the National Museum and the Munch
Museum, both in Oslo. With 220 paintings on show, it
brought together the greatest number of Munch’s key
works in one place. Harding’s documentary allows us
to view these masterworks with incredible clarity and
detail, and offers expert insight and analysis.
Fri. Jan 2, 12:00pm
NATIONAL GALLERY
DIRECTOR Frederick Wiseman, USA/France, 2014, 181 min.
Welcome to London’s famous National Gallery, as seen
by America’s foremost observational filmmaker, Fred
Wiseman (La Danse; At Berkeley). Wiseman gives us a
guided tour of masterpieces by Turner, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio and Da Vinci, but also shows what’s
going on behind the scenes at one of the world’s premier art institutions.
Fri. Dec 26, 2:00pm
Sat. Dec 27, 4:10pm
Sun. Dec 28, 6:20pm
Wed. Dec 31, 12:00pm
Sat. Jan 3, 12:00pm
WINDS OF HEAVEN
DIRECTOR Michael Ostroff, Canada, 2010, 87 min.
Time to revisit Emily Carr with fresh eyes and renewed enthusiasm in the wake of (amazingly!) the
first UK exhibition of her work, currently showing in
London. The British critics have compared the work
to Van Gogh. “Carr’s landscapes are as exhilarating as
the places they represent,” wrote The Guardian. This
insightful, impressionistic documentary catches her
irrepressible spirit.
Sat. Dec 27, 12:00pm
DIRECTOR Tim Carroll, GB, 2014, 190 min.
Globe artistic director Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry
star in this critically acclaimed and award-winning production of Shakespeare’s comedy of melancholia. An
all-male cast replicate the performance norms of Shakespeare’s time. “Pure comic delight!”
Sun. Jan 4, 2:45pm
THE TEMPEST
DIRECTOR Jeremy Herrin, GB, 2014, 170 min.
Inspired by reports from the first English colonies in the
West Indies and imbued with a spirit of magic and the
supernatural, The Tempest is Shakespeare’s late great masterpiece of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment.
Double Olivier Award-winner and renowned stage and
screen actor Roger Allam returns to the Globe as Prospero.
Mon. Jan 12, 10:00am Sun. Jan 18, 3:00pm
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
DIRECTOR Toby Frow, GB, 2013, 182 min.
Shakespeare’s notorious battle of the sexes gives us one of
theatre’s great screwball double-acts in the shape of Katherina and Petruchio – a couple hell-bent on confusing and
outwitting each other right up to the play’s controversial
conclusion. Director Toby Frow gives us “a riotous mixture
of verbal dexterity and slapstick” in an exhilarating production that delighted audiences at the Globe.
Sun. Feb 1, 2:45pm
The first Vancouver Turkish Film Festival (VTFF) is committed to showcasing the best of contemporary Turkish Cinema. Our selection ranges from internationally acclaimed, award-winning films from
Cannes and Venice (Turkish Passport, SIVAS and Mold) to popular mainstream favorites fresh from the
Turkish box office charts (for instance our Opening Night Gala, Coming Soon). We are proud to present
the Vancouver premiere of Turkey’s 2014 Academy Award submission, The Butterfly’s Dream (our Closing Night selection), while the 2012 Cannes Palme d’Or winner for best short film, Silent will head up
a package of three short films (Saturday, 12.45). Two poignant documentaries, the LGBT themed My
Child, and Taskafa, a subtle, insightful film about the streets dogs of Istanbul, are paired on Saturday
morning (both are Canadian premieres).
See viff.org or vtff.ca for up-to-date information on opening gala ticket packages and film classifications.
DOCUMENTARY
PROGRAMME:
MY CHILD + TASKAFA
DIRECTOR Can Candan and Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Turkey, 2013, 128 min.
Sat. Jan 24, 9:30am
HERMITAGE REVEALED
DIRECTOR Margy Kinmonth, GB, 2014, 83 min.
The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is
one of the largest and most visited museums in the
world, holding over 3 million treasures and world
class masterpieces in stunning architectural settings.
To celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2014, Margy Kinmonth’s film reveals the remarkable stories that have
shaped the Hermitage’s 250 year journey from Imperial Palace to State Museum.
Sun. Dec 28, 12:00pm
LEVITATED MASS
DIRECTOR Doug Pray, USA, 2014, 88 min.
Prominently displayed outside the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art (LACMA), land artist Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass gained worldwide recognition during its installation in 2012. Over 10 nights, a 340-ton solid granite boulder crawled through Southern California neighborhoods
on a 294-foot-long, 206-wheeled trailer. Thousands of people came out to watch it travel through their communities.
Mon. Dec 29, 12:00pm
THE NEW RIJKSMUSEUM
DIRECTOR Oeke Hoogendijk, Netherlands, 2013, 90 min.
“‘It’s just a renovation,” quips Rijksmuseum director Wim
Pijbes. “How complicated can it be?” Well, that was in
2006. Seven years later, as the work finally came to completion, he had his answer. This fascinating documentary
(cut down from the original 4 hour version that showed
on Dutch TV and at VIFF two years ago) sheds light on
one of the jewels of the art world, the home to countless
masterpieces by Rembrandt and so many others.
Tue. Dec 30, 12:00pm
SHORT FILMS: SILENT
+ COUNTRY ROAD + UNCLE
SEREF AND HIS SHADOW
DIRECTOR Rezan Yesilbas, Turkey, 2012, 60min.
Sat. Jan 24, 12:45pm
SIVAS (PICTURED)
DIRECTOR Kaan Müjdeci, Turkey/Germany,
2014, 97 min.
Sat. Jan 24, 9:30pm
COMING SOON PEK YAKINDA
DIRECTOR Cem Yilmaz, Turkey, 2014, 139 min.
Fri. Jan 23, 8:45pm
WHISPER IF I FORGET
UNUTURSAM FISILDA
TURKISH PASSPORT
TÜRK PASAPORTU
DIRECTOR Burak Cem Arlıel, Turkey, 2011, 91 min.
Sun. Jan 25, 2:45pm
MOLD KÜF
DIRECTOR Ça an Irmak, Turkey, 2014, 123 min.
Sat. Jan 24, 2:00pm
DIRECTOR Ali Aydın, Turkey, 2012, 94 min.
Sun. Jan 25, 4:45pm
SINGING WOMEN
ARKI SÖYLEYEN KADINLAR
THOU GILD’ST THE EVEN
SEN AYDINLATIRSIN GECEYI
DIRECTOR Reha Erdem, Turkey, 2013, 122 min.
Sat. Jan 24, 4:45pm
DIRECTOR Onur Ünlü, Turkey, 2013, 107 min.
Sun. Jan 25, 7:00pm
CONSEQUENCES SILSILE
THE BUTTERFLY’S DREAM
KELEBE IN RÜYASI
DIRECTOR Ozan Açıktan, Turkey, 2014, 105 min.
Sat. Jan 24, 7:15pm
DIRECTOR Yılmaz Erdo an, Turkey, 2013, 111 min.
Sun. Jan 25, 9:15pm