Movies
Rio Grind 2021: Ditched (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
The Rio Theatre‘s Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Saturday, November 27 with writer-director Christopher Donaldson‘s survivor-horror film DITCHED. Shot in Alberta, this love letter to gory, B-movie horror has been making its way across the Canadian festival circuit, with screenings at the Edmonton International Film Festival and Toronto After
Rio Grind Film Festival: After Blue (Dirty Paradise)
The Rio Theatre‘s annual Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Saturday, November 27 with French filmmaker Bernard Mandico‘s AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE), following screenings at festivals around the world including in the fabled Midnight Madness lineup at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno (winner, FIPRESCI Prize), Sitges Fantastic
Rio Grind Film Festival 2021: King Car
The Rio Theatre‘s annual Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Friday, November 26 with Brazilian filmmaker Renata Pinheiro’s sci-fi thriller KING CAR, which has been a hit at festivals around the world including at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest in
The Feast
Set against the backdrop of Wales’ lush mountainside, director Lee Haven Jones‘ Welsh language folk horror fantasy THE FEAST follows an affluent family as they gathers at their lavish home, made of glass and steel. The matriarch is having a dinner party, which includes hosting a local businessman and neighboring
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME is a dazzling, worthy tribute to Vonnegut and a compelling introduction for the uninitiated. The feature documentary — the first of its kind on Vonnegut — is a deep, immersive dive into the author’s upbringing and his creative output. It spans his childhood in Indianapolis,
Pokemon A-Go-Go! The Geekenders Burlesque Movie
GEEKENDERS FANS, WE CHOOSE YOU! From the brilliant mind of The Galaxy Queen of Dreams comes a full-length burlesque movie, featuring your favourite (and socially distanced)Geekendersperformers.
Rio Grind Film Festival 2021: Miracle Valley (Ft. Director/Star Greg Sestero Q&A)
The Rio Theatre‘s Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Friday, November 26 with the Canadian Premiere of best-selling author Greg Sestero‘s (THE DISASTER ARTIST) feature directorial debut, MIRACLE VALLEY. Sestero – who gained worldwide fame as “Mark” in Tommy Wiseau‘s so-bad-it’s-good, pop-culture phenomenon THE ROOM – will be joining us
Rio Grind Film Festival 2021: Shorts!
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, November 25 as we kick off the (almost) annual Rio Grind Film Festival with three (yes, you read that right!) programmed blocks of some of our favourite short film submissions from Vancouver and beyond. Our jury will be selecting some of their
Rio Grind Film Festival 2021: Bingo Hell (Filmmakers in Attendance) FREE Screening & Party
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, November 25 for the Vancouver Premiere of writer-director Gigi Saul Guerrero‘s latest feature film, BINGO HELL. This FREE (yes, you read that right) screening will be kicking off this year’s Rio Grind Film Fest. Filmmakers in attendance for Q&A, and more! RSVPing
For Love (International Children’s Day Screening! Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, November 20 for a special International Children’s Day screening (and Vancouver Theatrical Premiere!) of the documentary FOR LOVE. Filmmakers, including producer/director Matt Smiley and writer producer Mary Teegee, the team behind 2015’s HIGHWAY OF TEARS, and renowned social activist or child