2025 Vancouver International Film Festival

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2025 Vancouver International Film Festival
Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Founded1958
Festival dateOctober 2 - October 12, 2024
Website VIFF
Vancouver International Film Festival

The 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 44th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, will be held from October 2 to 12, 2025. [1]

Contents

The first batch of film announcements were released on August 6, alongside the announcement of the Arts Club Theatre Company's Granville Island Stage and the Alliance Française as new screening venues. [1] The full program was announced on August 27. [2]

Films

Galas and special presentations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
After the Hunt Luca Guadagnino Italy, United States
Christy David Michôd United States
Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch United States, Ireland, France
Franz Agnieszka Holland Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, France, Turkey
It Was Just an Accident یک تصادف ساده Jafar Panahi Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach United Kingdom, United States
Kokuho Lee Sang-il Japan
Köln 75 Ido FlukPoland, Germany, Belgium
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt United States
Mile End Kicks Chandler Levack Canada
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Matt Johnson Canada
No Other Choice Eojjeol suga eopda Park Chan-wook South Korea
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater France
Palestine 36 Annemarie Jacir Palestine, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
A Private Life Vie Privée Rebecca Zlotowski France
Rental Family Hikari United States
The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Sentimental Value Affeksjonsverdi Joachim Trier Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom
Sirāt Oliver Laxe France, Spain
Steal Away Clement Virgo Canada, Belgium
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson United States
Young Mothers Jeunes mères Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Belgium, France

Showcase

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Arco Ugo BienvenuFrance
Blue Moon Richard Linklater United States, Ireland
The Blue Trail O Último Azul Gabriel Mascaro Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands
Calle Malaga Maryam Touzani Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium
Case 137 Dossier 137 Dominik Moll France
Father Otec Tereza Nvotová Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
La grazia Paolo Sorrentino Italy
In the RoomBrishkay AhmedCanada
Left-Handed Girl 左撇子女孩 Shih-Ching Tsou Taiwan, France, United States, United Kingdom
The Little Sister La Petite Dernière Hafsia Herzi France, Germany
Living the Land 生息之地Huo MengChina
The Love That Remains Ástin Sem Eftir Er Hlynur Pálmason Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France
Lovely Day Mille secrets mille dangers Philippe Falardeau Canada
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold Germany
Orphan Árva László Nemes Hungary, France, Germany, United Kingdom
Orwell: 2+2=5 Raoul Peck United States, France
Pillion Harry Lighton United Kingdom
Renoir ルノワール Chie Hayakawa Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Qatar
Resurrection 狂野时代 Bi Gan China, France
Romería Carla Simón Spain, Belgium, Germany
Silent Friend Ildikó Enyedi Germany, France, Hungary
Sound of Falling In Die Sonne Schauen Mascha Schilinski Germany
Two Prosecutors Два прокурора Sergei Loznitsa France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania
Tuner Daniel Roher United States
What Does That Nature Say to You Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Wrong Husband Uiksaringitara Zacharias Kunuk Canada
Youngblood Hubert Davis Canada

Panorama

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
As the Water FlowsCui HuZhuo BianChina
Bidad Soheil Beiraghi Iran
Blood Lines Gail Maurice Canada
Brand New LandscapeMiharashi SedaiYuiga DanzukaJapan
Broken Voices SbormistrOndřej ProvazníkCzech Republic
The Condor DaughterLa Hija CóndorÁlvaro Olmos TorricoBolivia, Peru, Uruguay
Fantasy KuklaSlovenia, North Macedonia
Human Resource Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Thailand
Hysteria Mehmet Akif BüyükatalayGermany
The Ice Tower La tour de glace Lucile Hadžihalilović France, Germany, Italy
Idiotka Natasya PopovUnited States
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein United States
The IvyHiedra Ana Cristina Barragán Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain
Kontinental '25 Radu Jude Romania, Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg
Last Night in TaipeiCheng-Chui KuoTaiwan, France
The Last One for the Road Le città di pianuraFrancesco SossaiItaly, Germany
Late Shift Heldin Petra Volpe Switzerland, Germany
Lucky Lu 幸福之路 Lloyd Lee Choi Canada, United States
MA - Cry of Silence The Maw NaingMyanmar, South Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) Joel Alfonso VargasUnited States
Meadowlarks Tasha Hubbard Canada
The Message El mensaje Iván Fund Argentina, Spain
Middle Life Pavan Moondi Canada
My Father's SonBi Ru Fu ZiQiu ShengChina, France
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo La misteriosa mirada del flamencoDiego CéspedesChile, France
Peak Everything Amour Apocalypse Anne Émond Canada
A Poet Un poeta Simón Mesa Soto Colombia
The President's Cake مملكة القصبHasan HadiIraq, Qatar, United States
Saikai ParadiseSaikai RakuenKeiko TsuruokaJapan
The Scout Paula González-NasserUnited States
Skin of YouthỒn ào tuổi trẻAsh MayfairVietnam, Singapore, Japan
Solomamma Janicke Askevold Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland
TapeBizhan TongHong Kong, United Kingdom
The Things You Kill Alireza Khatami Canada, France, Poland, Turkey
Train Dreams Clint BentleyUnited States

Spotlight on Korea

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
3670Park Joon HoSouth Korea
Edhi Alice: TakeKim IlrhanSouth Korea
No Other Choice Eojjeol suga eopda Park Chan-wook South Korea
The NonsenseLee Je-huiSouth Korea
SavonBinuLee Jun SupSouth Korea
Sua's HomeKaerieoreul kkeuneun sonyeoYun SimkyoungSouth Korea
What Does That Nature Say to You Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Winter LightGyeourui BitCho Hyun-suhSouth Korea
WranglerHunryeonsaSeo Eun-sunSouth Korea

Vanguard

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The BoraSardbadMohammad EsmaeiliIran
Dance of the LivingLa LuchaJosé AlayónSpain, Colombia
EelHé mánChu Chun-TengTaiwan
Gazelle Nadir Saribacak, Samy PioneerUnited States, Turkey
God Will Not Help Bog Neće Pomoći Hana Jušić Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia
Little Trouble Girls Kaj ti je deklicaUrška DjukićSlovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia
Thus Spoke the WindMaria RigelArmenia
Wind, Talk to Me Vetre, pričaj sa mnomStefan DjordjevicSerbia, Slovenia, Croatia

Northern Lights

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
100 Sunset Kunsang KyirongCanada
AkashiMayumi YoshidaCanada
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari Canada, Hungary
Clan of the Painted LadyJennifer ChiuCanada
Finch and MidlandTimothy YeungCanada, Hong Kong
Follies Folichonneries Éric K. Boulianne Canada
Hemela Pirouz Nemati Canada, Iran
Modern Whore Nicole Bazuin Canada
Nesting Peau à peau Chloé Cinq-Mars Canada
Nika and Madison Eva Thomas Canada
Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants Bryce Hodgson Canada
The Track Ryan Sidhoo Canada, Bosnia
Treasure of the Rice TerracesKent DonguinesCanada, Philippines
A Welcome DistractionBrian Daniel JohnsonCanada

Insights

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Cover-Up Laura Poitras, Mark ObenhausUnited States
Everest DarkJereme WattCanada
FactoryGong ChangHao ZhouChina
Free Leonard PeltierJesse Short Bull, David France United States
How to Build a Library Maia Lekow, Christopher KingUnited States
I DiedLi ChamAna Ts’uyebMexico
Landmarks Nuestra tierra Lucrecia Martel Argentina, United States, Mexico, France, Denmark, Netherlands
Life After Reid Davenport United States
Marriage Cops Shashwati Talukdar, Cheryl HessIndia, United States
Remaining NativePaige BethmannUnited States
SeedsBrittany ShyneUnited States
The Shadow ScholarsEloise KingUnited Kingdom
Shifting Baselines Julien Élie Canada
Walls – Akinni InukSofie Rørdam, Nina Paninnguaq SkydsbjergGreenland
With Hasan in Gaza مع حسن في غزّة Kamal Aljafari Palestine, Germany, Switzerland, France, Qatar

Spectrum

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Agatha's Almanac Amalie Atkins Canada
AlwaysDeming ChenUnited States, France, Taiwan, China
Ancestral Visions of the Future Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese France, Lesotho, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph United States
Edhi Alice: TakeKim IlrhanSouth Korea
Fiume o morte! Igor BezinovićCroatia, Italy, Slovenia
The Great North Jenn Nkiru United Kingdom
Khartoum Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Philip CoxSudan, United Kingdom, Germany, Qatar
Memory of Princess MumbiDaniel HauserKenya, Switzerland
WTO/99Ian BellUnited States
Your Touch Makes Others Invisible Rajee Samarasinghe Sri Lanka, United States

Portraits

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Are We Good?Steven FeinartzUnited States
The Art of AdventureAlison ReidCanada
Assembly Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons United States
CaravaggioDavid Bickerstaff, Phil Grabsky United Kingdom
The Essence of EvaMalcolm Willis, Alex FeganIreland
Half Moon: Kinan Azmeh Frank Scheffer Netherlands
I Want It All: Hildegard KnefIch will alles. Hildegard KnefLuzia SchmidGermany
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks United States
The Painted Life of E.J. HughesJenn StromCanada
Particle Danceryushi no danceHiromoto OkaJapan
La Salsa ViveJuan CarvajalColombia, United States
Sun Ra: Do the ImpossibleChristine TurnerUnited States

Leading Lights

Guest curator: Matthew Rankin.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Divine Intervention يد إلهية Elia Suleiman France, Germany, Morocco, Palestine
Lights in the Dusk Laitakaupungin valot Aki Kaurismäki Finland, Germany, France
A Moment of Innocence Nūn o Goldūn Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran, France
News from Home Chantal Akerman France, Belgium

Focus: Edges of Belonging

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Bad Girl Varsha BharathIndia
CycleMaheshSuhel BanerjeeIndia
Hidden TremorsBhoothalamP.G. SreekanthIndia
I Am RevathiNjaan RevathiP. AbhijithIndia
Secrets of a Mountain SerpentNidhi SaxenaIndia

Altered States

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Dead Lover Grace Glowicki Canada
Death Does Not Exist La mort n'existe pas Félix Dufour-Laperrière Canada, France
Deathstalker Steven Kostanski United States, Canada
Dracula Radu Jude Romania, Austria, Luxembourg, Brazil
Foreigner Ava Maria SafaiCanada
Fucktoys Annapurna SriramUnited States
Honey Bunch Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli Canada
Night Stage Ato Noturno Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher Brazil
OBEX Albert Birney United States
Our Hero, Balthazar Oscar BoysonUnited States
The Plague Charlie BolingerUnited States, Romania
A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะRatchapoom BoonbunchachokeThailand, France, Singapore, Germany

Short Forum

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Province
The 12 Inch PianistLucas AnselUnited States
Adieu UgaritSamy BenammarCanada
AmbushYassmina KarajahCanada, Jordan
Arguments in Favor of LoveGabriel AbrantesPortugal
BaadaraneSamah El KadiLebanon
Ball Lightning Trina BakerUnited States
Bleat! Ananth SubramaniamMalaysia, Philippines
Bread Will WalkAlex BoyaCanada
Budget ParadiseLaTajh Simmons-WeaverUnited States
Canada in the 12th CenturyJack ParkerCanada
Cocotte Coulombe, FilmmakerCocotte Coulombe, cinéasteCharles-François AsselinCanada
ConfluenceCharlene R. Moore, Oliver Darrius Merrick KingCanada
The Death of the FishEva LusbaronianFrance
DinnerHyejin YooSouth Korea
Extra Life (And Decay)Stéphanie LagardeNetherlands, France
Father Alphonse and the Fight Between Carnival and LentDiana ThorneycroftCanada
The ForeignerWen-Shuo HsuehTaiwan
Four Walls of MemoryJoanna PłatekPoland
The Glass EssaysRiver Yuhao CaoUnited Kingdom, China
Good Luck to You All Cordell Barker Canada
Healer Chelsea McMullan Canada
The HousekeeperSurya BalakrishnanIndia
How to Live TogetherTim NicholasUnited States
In My HandMarja Helander, Liselotte WajstedtNorway
InannaDragos BaditaRomania, Canada
JeffJulia HebnerUnited States
The Light of ImmortalityMikołaj JanikPoland
A Light That Doesn't DimColby BarriosUnited States
The LittlesAndrew DuplessieUnited States, Canada
Living GroundsEmile LavoieCanada
LoynesDorian JespersBelgium
A MetamorphosisLin Htet AungMyanmar
Mother of DawnClara TrevisanBelgium, Brazil, Finland, Portugal
Muljil: DivingYoung Eun Yoo (Yooye)South Korea
My ComradeTathagata GhoshIndia
My Dad is an AstronautBianca Rose CheungCanada
Nine Times BetterLorenzo Follari, Emma DockSweden
No Matter the WeatherFlorence LafondCanada
No One Knows I DisappearedHanxiong BoChina
No Skate!Guil SelaFrance
Not Enough for the Love InsideMarcelo Matos de Oliveira, Wallace NogueiraBrazil
One Duck DownLindsay Aksarniq McIntyreCanada
OriginMarion Chuniaud-LacauCanada, Colombia
Orlo with KarmaKangdrunChina
Our PantheonsRosalie CharrierFrance
Our RoomJaume Claret MuxartSpain
ParadaïzMatea RadicCanada
Paradise HeightsKarl Kai, Robert MentovCanada
Pow!Joseph CliftUnited States
Resistance MeditationSara WylieCanada
ripeSolara Thanh Bình ĐặngCanada
The RiverHerrana AddisuUnited States
RumblePidikwe Caroline Monnet Canada
Ramón Who Speaks to GhostsShervin KermaniCanada
Santa Clara: Birth in Three PhasesArturo Franco, Tono MejutoSpain
Skin on SkinSimon SchneckenburgerGermany
A Soft Touch Heather Young Canada
The SphinxJesse PadveenCanada, United States
Tears Burn to AshNatalie MuraoCanada
Thanks to Meet You!Richard HunterUnited Kingdom
There's a Devil Inside MeKarina Lomelin RipperUnited States
TigerLoren WatersUnited States
To Look, and to Look AgainMonica CheemaCanada
Le Tour De CanadaJohn HollandsCanada
Two People Exchanging SalivaDeux personnes échangeant de la saliveAlexandre Singh, Natalie MusteataFrance, United States
A Very Straight Neck Neo Sora Japan
WASSUPKAYLEEPepi GinsbergFrance, United States
Water GirlSandra DesmazièresFrance, Netherlands, Portugal\
We Were the SceneryChristopher RadcliffUnited States
Wednesdays with GrampsChris Copeland, Justin CopelandUnited States
Weekend OneMykea Fairweather PerryUnited Kingdom
WinkieDaniel DuranleauCanada
Yves and His BonsaïsYves et ses bonsaïsOphelia SpinosaCanada

Modes

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
+10KGala Hernández LópezSpain, France
Abortion PartyJulia MellenSpain
Anatomy of a Lost SoundZuko GaragićBosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, United States
Blind, Into The EyeAtefeh Kheirabadi, Mehrad SepahniaIran, Germany
BOA Alexandre Dostie Canada, France
Daria's Night FlowerMaryam TafakoryIran, United Kingdom, France
Force Times DisplacementAngel WuTaiwan
Goodbye, FishiesJonathan ZhangAustralia
happinessFırat YücelNetherlands, Turkey
It Must Be Because I Decided to LeaveZhuoyun Chen, China, United States
L'minaRanda MaroufiMorocco, France, Italy, Qatar
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished Lesley Loksi ChanCanada
MonumentJeremy DrummondUnited States
RezbotanikPedro Gonçalves Ribeiro, Portugal/Brazil/Spain
Samba InfinitoLeonardo MartinelliBrazil, France
Sixty-Seven MillisecondsFleuryfontaineFrance
The Uniformed Timon OttGermany

References