Movies
Country: Canada
Dark Match (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for an exclusive screening of writer-director Lowell Dean‘s (WOLFCOP) wrestling horror comedy, DARK MATCH. Set in the 1980’s the follows a small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a
Hard Core Logo
Join us for a screening of one of the most acclaimed Canadian films ever made, Bruce McDonald‘s HARD CORE LOGO. Based on the novel by Michael Turner, director Mcdonald plays “himself” – a filmmaker following the cult punk-rock bank Hard Core Logo as they embark on a harrowing, last-gasp reunion
The Last Video Store (Directors in Attendance for Q&A!)
In this love letter to the era of the video store, Nyla brings in a collection of films to quite possibly the last video store on earth only to discover she has the legendary ‘cursed tape’. A film that holds the power to connect the real world to the dimension
The Babadook (10th Anniversary Screening)
The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween classics continues with a 10th Anniversary screening of Jennifer Kent’s critically acclaimed (not to mention terrifying) take on every parent’s worst nightmare, THE BABADOOK. Released in 2014, the Australian indie horror film struck an immediate nerve among genre lovers, and in the decade since
Frankie Freako
The legendary indie Canadian production company collective Astron-6 made waves across this country (and beyond) thanks to its impressive roster of retro, 80s-centric titles that include fan-favourites like MANBORG, FATHER’S DAY, and THE EDITOR. Though the collective is no more, founding member Steven Kostanski has continued making films that evoke
An Unfinished Journey (With Post-Screening Panel & Q&A)
Forced to flee their country after the Taliban take-over in 2021, four Afghan women leaders struggle to keep the world’s attention on the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, while coming to terms with what it means to have their power usurped and two decades of progress dismantled. From their distant exile-countries
Longlegs
Writer-director Oz Perkins‘ LONGLEGS has easily emerged as “the” horror movie of 2024; in addition to thrilling audiences thanks to the filmmaker’s commitment to the genre and bravura performances from Maika Monore and Nicolas Cage, the Vancouver-shot film has become the highest grossing independent film of the year.
The Vancouver Badass Film Festival: The Stickman’s Hollow
Badass 10 is coming live to the Rio – The Tenth Annual International Vancouver Badass Film Festival and Script Competition goes live at East Vancouver’s historic Rio Theatre for a pre-Halloween live experience you can’t download and the indie film community event of the horror season! It’s the genre film
The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man: OFF-VIFF 2025
Utopia Films, Stoopid Co and the Rio Theatre presents the second annual OFF-VIFF – a platform for the underground. Featuring the North American Premiere of JAMES, the royal return of KING BABY, the Vancouver Premiere of STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR, and a screening of the soon-to-be Canadian cult-classic, THE
VIFF 2024: Rumours
World leaders assemble in Germany for their annual G7 summit tasked with drafting a provisional statement on the current (unspecified) crisis. Isolated from the media in a remote gazebo, they slowly set to work, distracted only by the personal anguish of Canada’s PM (Roy Dupuis), a handsome man beset with