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Vancouver Bad Ass Film Festival 2021: Girls With Guts

The new Vancouver women in horror documentary GIRLS WITH GUTS (formerly working title “Vancouver Video Vixens”) by emerging Vancouver filmmaker Becca Kozak (2021, 68 minutes) will introduced by the director, screened and followed by a Gigi Saul Guerrero moderated Q&A with the director and Vancouver-based women horror

Vancouver Bad Ass Film Festival 2021: Funhouse

Canadian premiere of Vancouver writer/director Jason William Lee‘a new epic star studded action-packed horror feature FUNHOUSE (2020, 106 minutes) starring Skarsgard, Guerrero, Benefield, Retamal, and many more with appearances by most of the Vancouver genre film community. Followed by moderated Q&A with the director and attending key cast and crew.

Vancouver Bad Ass Film Festival 2021: Bad Ass Shorts & Awards Show

Badass 7 Shorts & Awards Show Hosted by Gidget Gravedigger & Aleister Crane Featuring Caravan of Creeps Two blocks of newer badass genre shorts with an intermission, memorable performances, and awards. Monday, October 11 Doors 7:30 pm | Show 8:00 pm *Start time

Vancouver Bad Ass Film Festival 2021 (VBAFF)

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Vampyros Lesbos

From the filmmaker whom the Vatican once called, “the most dangerous director in the world.” Jess Franco’s 1971 retelling of the “Dracula’s Guest” story, VAMPYROS LESBOS,  has gained a following over the decades via its erotic flights of surreal imagery, a memorable psychedelic soundtrack, and iconic performance by his muse,

Vampire’s Kiss

“A, B, C, D, E, F, G….” Nicolas Cage (in what many people consider to be his “Cage-iest” performance, which is saying a lot) stars as Peter Loew, a sleazy NYC literary agent, who prowls the bars in the evening looking for some action. One night he hooks

Vampire Hunter D: 40th Anniversary Restoration

Anime Expo Cinema Nights Presents a special 40th Anniversary screening of the cult-classic VAMPIRE HUNTER D. In the year 12,090 AD, technology and the supernatural have overtaken the world, leaving the land desolate and despotic. The remnants of humanity are scattered into small communities and live in fear

Valley Girl (40th Anniversary Screening!)

“That techno-rock you guys listen to is gutless.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, May 12 for a totally awesome 40th Anniversary screening of Martha Coolidge‘s 80’s drenched, coming-of-age romantic comedy about a girl from the valley meeting and dating a punk from the city, VALLEY

VAFF Presents: Double Happiness 25th Anniversary Screening

25 Years later … Watch the film and meet the director, Mina Shum! A landmark film in the history of Asian representation in Canadian cinema, DOUBLE HAPPINESS is celebrated as one of the few North American films of the 1990s to have a primarily Asian cast. Earning seven

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

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