The Vancouver International Film Festival runs through Oct. 13 featuring 342 short and feature-length films from 69 countries (including 11 world premieres, 39 North American premieres and 47 Canadian premieres. Here's 10 worth checking out. For full schedule visit viff.org.
THE GREEN FOG
Winnipeg cineaste Guy Maddin re-imagines Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo in collaboration with brothers Evan and Galen Johnson (The Forbidden Room, Seances). Kronos Quartet performs Jacob Garchik score live at The Centre on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m.
CHAPLIN IN BALI: A JOURNEY TO THE EAST
French filmmaker Raphael Millet recounts the time when Charlie met Bali. Documentary based around 16mm footage shot by Chaplin himself on 1932 visit. Dreamlike, extraordinary.
DRAGONFLY EYES
Beijing filmmaker Xu Bing composes his experimental narrative fiction using only public surveillance footage.
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) bases his coming-of-age tale on André Aciman’s 2007 novel.
HAPPY END
Isabelle Huppert collaborates once again with filmmaker Michael Haneke.
24 FRAMES
Posthumous release from Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) contains 24 segments based on still images.
THE YOUNG KARL MARX
Raoul Peck explores the early days of the friendship between Karl Marx (August Diehl) and Friedrich Engels (Stefan Konarske) as they struggle to establish the Communist Party and complete the Communist Manifesto.
CASTING
Nicolas Wackerbarth does a very Fassbinderian move using the fictional remake of Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant as the starting offpoint for his own look at the acting profession.
THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Sean Baker examines the American condition in this tale that takes place near Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
HONEYGIVER AMONG THE DOGS
North American premiere of film noir entry in the Asian Dragons & Tigers section from Bhutan director Dechen Roder.
