Movies
VIFF 2021: The Beta Test
In the post-Weinstein era, the fragile Hollywood ecosystem of predatory talent agencies and investors is a house of cards teetering on collapse. Jordan Hines (Jim Cummings), an ambitious but struggling agent trying to preserve his way of life, receives an anonymous invitation to a no-strings sexual encounter. Obsessed with uncovering
Don’t Say Its Name (BC Premiere! Featuring Director Q&A)
This small, snow-covered Indigenous community is about to see an upturn. Mining company WEC has just made an agreement for drilling on this tribal land, and it’s looking like everyone will benefit – except the land itself. Local activist Kharis Redwater is one of those protesting the deal when
Teton Gravity Research (TGR) Presents: Mountain Revelations
Teton Gravity Research‘s (TGR) new snowboard film MOUNTAIN REVELATIONS follows three professional snowboarders – Jeremy Jones, Ryan Hudson, and Rafael Pease – on a human-powered 10-day mission in a remote corner of the Chugach Mountain Range in Alaska. As they explore epic lines on the steep and unforgiving
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: 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: 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
Summertime
Director Carlos López Estrada (BLINDSPOTTING) is back with SUMMERTIME, an ensemble piece following the intersecting stories of 27 youth spoken word poets over a single day in Los Angeles. The director’s ground-breaking vision began at a poetry showcase where performers from across the City of Angels recited fearlessly personal texts about
No Ordinary Man: The Billy Tipton Documentary
NO ORDINARY MAN is an in-depth look at the life of musician and trans culture icon Billy Tipton. Complicated, beautiful and historically unrivaled, this groundbreaking film shows what is possible when a community collaborates to honor the legacy of an unlikely hero. American jazz musician Billy Tipton developed a reputable
Fallen Angels (2020 Restoration)
Lost souls reach out for human connection amidst the glimmering night world of Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai’s hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Originally conceived as a segment of CHUNGKING EXRESS, only to spin off on its own woozy axis, this hyper-cool head rush plays like the dark, moody flip side
Destroy All Monsters
The original Godzilla team of director Ishiro Honda, special-effects supervisor Eiji Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube reunited for this kaiju extravaganza, which features no fewer than eleven monsters. Set in the remote future of 1999, when the people of Earth have achieved world peace by confining destructive creatures to Monsterland