The Vancouver International Film Festival is ringing in its 30th anniversary this year with the addition of a new theatre, as well as announcing films that have garnered awards on the international festival circuit to its growing lineup.
The historic Vogue Theatre in Vancouver has been renovated and outfitted with new cinema technology to serve as the fest’s screening room and host to red carpet galas and special presentations.
While the top films from have yet to be announced, VIFF is bringing a selection of award-winning world fare to its screens this fall, including A Separation (Iran, Asghar Farhadi), Restoration (Israel, Joseph Madmony), How to Die in Oregon (U.S., Peter D. Richardson), Sleeping Sickness (Germany/France/Netherlands, Ulrich Köhler) and Man Without A Cellphone (Palestine/Israel/France/Belgium, Sameh Zoabi).
Earlier this month, VIFF announced several films across performing, visual and literary arts, such as dance documentary Flamenco, Flamenco from Spain’s Carlos Saura; Patience (After Sebald) by the U.K.’s Grant Gee which explores the work of writer W.G. Sebald; a portrait of singer/activist Miriam Makeba (Finland/Germany, Mika Kaurismäki’s) in Mama Africa; a behind-the-scenes look at author/playwright Alan Bennett in Alan Bennett and The Habit Of Art (U.K., Adam Low); and German director Reinhard Wulf followed a visual artist to Toronto in Mark Lewis: Nowhere Land.
More films will be announced in the coming weeks. For the full list of films announced so far, click here.
The Vancouver International Film Festival runs from Sept. 29 to Oct. 4.