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The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF)been celebrating bicycles through art, film and music over the last 24 years. BFF spanned the world in over 100 cities worldwide to an audience of over one million people. BFF Vancouver presents two short film programs: Adventure shorts and Urban Bike shorts. These short films appeal to a wide audience … Read more

The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF)been celebrating bicycles through art, film and music over the last 24 years. BFF spanned the world in over 100 cities worldwide to an audience of over one million people. BFF Vancouver presents two short film programs: Adventure shorts and Urban Bike shorts. These short films appeal to a wide audience … Read more

The Vancouver International Film Festival returns to the Rio Theatre April 21-23 with The Best of VIMFF! Curated from the past year of Festivals, this is the definitive tick list of climbing films. Epic lines and dreamy views celebrate community, history, and tenacity. Tuesday, April 23 Doors 6:30 pm | Event 7:30 pm View Show … Read more

The Vancouver International Film Festival returns to the Rio Theatre April 21-23 with The Best of VIMFF! If bike films had a playlist, this would be it. Drop in on the highlights from the past three Festivals, including ten outstanding films. Sunday, April 21 Doors 6:30 pm | Event 7:30 pm *Start time subject to … Read more

The Vancouver International Film Festival returns to the Rio Theatre April 21-23 with The Best of VIMFF! Seven beautiful BC films celebrate the diversity of its landscape and its people. With a special presentation by hiking guidebook author Taryn Eyton. Monday, April 22 Doors 6:30 pm | Event 7:30 pm View Show Details and Purchase … Read more

The Best of Dream Big Productions Templeton Secondary’s Afterschool Film Program Join us for the world premiere of this year’s batch of Templeton Secondary’s Afterschool Film Program films. We’ve got a genre-bending mix of funny, scary, poignant, and as always, weird as heck! This night is the absolute highlight of our year and proclaimed by … Read more

The Best of DreamBig Productions  2023 Templeton Secondary’s Award Winning Film Program Tuesday, June 13 Doors 6:00 | Event 6:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time. Advance tickets SOLD OUT! | $20 at the door (Rush seating may be available at showtime. Subject to availability. First come, first served. ) Please note: … Read more

Enjoy a night of stand up and strange news, as Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes bring their strange news podcast BANANAS direct to you! Kurt will do some stand up, then the Banana boys will take the stage for a live taping of their podcast. It will be very silly. “The weird news podcast you … Read more

The quintessential comic’s comic, Andy Kindler (Bob’s Burgers, Tosh. O) hosts the popular “Alternative Show” for two nights of alternative comedy anarchy at The Rio Theatre. Off-the-wall and totally unpredictable, audiences won’t know what to expect. The only guarantee is that Andy will bring the house down with an all-star lineup of alt-comedy favourites for … Read more

It’s The Allusionist podcast’s tenth birthday! Celebrate with host Helen Zaltzman and house band Martin Austwick at a special performance of the new live show, Souvenirs, about friendship breakups, fonts, and the history of ass. Because it’s a birthday party, BYO party hat.  The Allusionist is a podcast about language: how and why we humans use it … Read more