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.

Canadian Premiere

In a seaside village where a woman’s worth is measured by her marriage prospects, a reclusive fisherwoman living on the margins (Olivia Colman) commissions a mysterious weaver (Peter Dinklage) to craft her the perfect spouse. He delivers exactly that in Alexander Skarsgård: a handsome, impossibly devoted wicker husband whose arrival sends the village’s rigid social order into delicious chaos, further stirred up by the venomous wife (Elizabeth Debicki) of the town’s tailor.

Come for the horny basket-man, stay for the sly commentary on gender roles. Directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson balance absurd comedy with surprising emotional depth, grounding a fantastical premise in something deeply human. Colman can do no wrong, Skarsgård is pitch perfect as the earnest dream husband, and Dinklage plays the artisan with sly gravitas. Warm, witty, and wildly inventive, Wicker casts a comedic spell and builds to a thoroughly satisfying finale.

Friday, October 9
Doors: 8:15 pm | Film: 8:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.

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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.