The Vancouver International Film Festival returns for their 45th year this October 1-11 for another curated season celebrating the best in independent, Canadian, documentary, and international shorts and features.

In 2016, compelling experimentalists Xiu Xiu released and toured the surprisingly successful album Plays the Music of Twin Peaks — with the blessings of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti. Out of respect and deference to the beloved series and its creators, the band decided to put the concert to rest in 2018; however, following the passing of David Lynch in 2025, Xiu Xiu began receiving requests to revive their interpretation of this iconic music once more. In response, the group decided to dive deeper than ever into Lynch’s nocturnal world.

ERASERHEAD XIU XIU is new a live concert and accompanying film that uses field recordings, homemade instruments, organ, modular synths, vocals, flashlights, electrical interference, and elements of musique concrete to express the bizarre emotionality, conflicted sexuality, and relentless darkness of Lynch’s most singular of midnight masterpieces. The original sound design and score by Alan Spelt and Lynch serve as guide wires for Xiu Xiu’s sonic expansion, allowing the group to express how they have been affected both as viewers and musicians. ERASERHEAD XIU XIU is an explosive tribute to a cinematic masterwork and an epitaph to an idol that’s as intense, odd, and curious as you’d want it to be.

Tuesday, October 6
Doors 8:00 pm | Film 8:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.

Tickets HERE

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VIFF thanks the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations for their continued stewardship of the unceded and occupied land on which our work takes place. As an organization founded and predominantly directed by settlers and immigrants, we understand our responsibility to seek out and build authentic relationships with Indigenous communities, and to allow this ongoing dialogue to influence our practices. As part of this process, we remain committed to collaborating with and supporting Indigenous artists, filmmakers, curators, and audiences.