The 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) kicks off on Thursday August 9th with a 7:00pm screening of Yen Tan’s critically-observed period piece, 1985, at the Vancouver Playhouse. Director Tan’s fifth feature black & white film, 1985 follows Adrian, a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis….
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Ensemble Theatre Company 2018 Summer Festival
The Ensemble Theatre Company has announced the trio of dramas in the 6th Annual Summer Repertory Festival. Taking the stage at the Jericho Arts Centre, Ensemble has programmed a dramatic trio of thrilling, entertaining, and challenging plays. Aaron Sorkin’s military courtroom drama A Few Good Men, Martin McDonagh’s tragic-comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Dark Road, the first play from…
Vancouver Queer Film Festival starts August 10, 2017
Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), the city’s second largest film fest gets under way in one week. Running August 10 to 20, 2017, VQFF brings 11 days of award winning films, talkbacks, performances and parties. The Festival opens at the Vancouver Playhouse with the 2017 Sundance Award-winning film, I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en Otro…
Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film Releases 2017 Line-up
The inaugural Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film is set to take place at The ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge from Friday, March 17 to Sunday, March 19, 2017. “Just as The ACT Arts Centre’s ‘ACT Presents’ performance series is designed to introduce new Canadian and BC talent to our audiences, the ‘Festival of…
VIFF 2016 – Vancouver International Film Festival
It’s time to get studying and make your picks for the flicks you want to catch during the Vancouver Film Festival (VIFF), running September 29 – October 14, 2016. VIFF 2016 debuts a restructured format for the 35th annual festival. The new format “expands the frame” turning VIFF from just a series of screenings into a multi-experiential stream…
Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2015
Next week, get out and find some great films, on August 13th, Vancouver’s second largest film festival gets underway. The Vancouver Queer Film Festival brings films from around the world for 11 days of movies and events happening all around the city. In addition to celebrating the best in independent queer cinema the VQFF aims…
Vancouver International Film Festival 2014
You have just a couple of days to study up and figure out which of the 300 plus films you want to catch at the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival. The 33rd Annual Festival welcomes an array of films from around the world to Vancouver from September 25 until October 10, 2014. The 16 days…