Soon it’s this time of the year again: From September 25 – October 10, 2014, the Vancouver International Film Festival will screen almost 350 of the world’s finest films from more than 70 different countries. Also some Dutch and Belgian films are part of it. Here’s a small selevtion:
New Boobs
Netherlands, 2013, 68min., directed by Sacha Polak
“The frankness of the title reflects Sacha Polak’s uncommon candour in this reflective, unsentimental and incredibly personal documentary. Having inherited a rare cancer gene, is a preventive mastectomy the answer for Polak? What if it’s all for naught and cancer never appears? Does such a surgery diminish or alter one’s feminity? Nearing the age at which cancer tragically claimed her mother, the filmmaker urgently searches for answers.” VIFF The Complete Guide
Screenings:
Oct 02, 10 pm, The Cinematheque
Oct 06, 2:45 pm, The Cinematheque
Oct 07, 7 pm, Rio Theatre
Out of Reach (Rain Night)
Belgium/Netherlands, 2014, 8 min., directed by Pablo Diartinez
Among the International Shorts: “A poet wanders around Brussels in this stunning collage of animation, graphics and text.” VIFF The Complete Guide
Screenings:
Oct 04, 6:30 pm, International Village #8
Oct 08, 12 pm, The Cinematheque
Above Us All
Netherlands/Belgium, 2014, 99 min., directed by Eugenie Jansen
“A daring formal experience lies at the heart of this exploration of loss. Eugenie Jansen films her own story – a young, half-aboriginal girl copes with being transplanted from Australia to Belgium after her mother’s death – in 50 fps 3D and uses 360-degree pans to evoke time’s inexorable movement. The result is a boundary-pushing drama that is affecting as it is bold in execution.” VIFF The Complete Guide
Screenings:
Oct 04, 7 pm Vancity Theatre
Oct 05, 1:30 pm Vancity Theatre
Get you tickets and enjoy!