Unlock serious savings at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival with VIFF+ memberships

Save up to 30 percent on festival packs and passes—and get exclusive access to festival tickets 24 hours before they go on sale to the general public

Join VIFF+ and unlock exclusive access to Vancouver International Film Festival tickets 24 hours before anyone else.

Memberships come with significant perks: VIFF+ members save 15 percent on festival ticket packs and passes, while VIFF+ Premium members save 30 percent.

The 45th edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival takes place from October 1 to 11—but VIFF+ isn’t just for the festival. Members can save big all year round at the VIFF Centre with free tickets, invites to members-only screenings and events, popcorn vouchers, and discounts on concession purchases.

Folks who join before August 1 will save $5 on a VIFF+ or VIFF+ Premium membership.

Learn more about all the offers and become a member now by visiting the VIFF Centre.

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Vancouver Latin American Film Festival kicks off with A Loose End on September 10

Writer-director Daniel Hendler’s feature blends elements of noir and comedy to tell the tale of a mild-mannered cop on the run from corrupt colleagues

Film reviews: Powerful documentaries and dimsum pleasures at Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Saving Etting Street looks at an inspiring building project in Baltimore; “Egg Yolk Custard Bun (奶黃包)” features full-bodied food performances; and What Will I Become takes a moving look behind the statistics of trans suicide

Film reviews: Social satire abounds at Visions Ouest and Alliance Française summer screen series

François.e helps a cynical screenwriter see the world through trans eyes; The Electric Kiss revels in 1920s-era comedy; and The Party’s Over creates a biting critique under the southern French sun

Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut to open Vancouver International Film Festival, while Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine to close it

Amid today’s full programming announcement of more than 160 features, DEVO icon Mark Mothersbaugh is added to VIFF Live lineup

Vancouver Latin American Film Festival presents bold, boundary-pushing cinema, September 10 to 20

Lineup opens with cop-on-the-run comedy A Loose End and closes with Vainilla, renowned Mexican actor Mayra Hermosillo’s directorial debut

Vancouver Queer Film Festival unveils 2026 program, slated for September event

Compelling shorts, strong documentaries, and features such as Apolo and Gugu’s World bring forward local and international voices

Summer series of new French-language films kicks off at Alliance Française Vancouver, August 19 and 20

Visions Ouest Productions and the Alliance present true-life sports comedy Le Rêve américain and compelling walking documentary Á pied, with English subtitles

The Dude and many iconic others abide at VIFF Centre’s 90s, Baby!, to August 31

Retro summer series continues with the cult hit The Big Lebowski, a rare big-screen look at the risk-taking Run Lola Run, and more

Laura Crema pays tribute to Jazz on a Summer’s Day star, August 9 at VIFF Live

Local singer puts her own improvisational spice on classic songs in ode to Anita O’Day’s iconic performance in the acclaimed, 1959 Newport Jazz Festival documentary

Maiku Hama trilogy still buzzes with ’90s-era wit, corruption, and cool at The Cinematheque

Hayashi Kaizo’s hard-boiled trio moves from cheerful spoof to disturbing violence in a distinctly Japanese play on old Mickey Spillane stories

At The Cinematheque’s Film Noir 2026, Niagara’s Marilyn Monroe conjures a full-colour femme fatale

Set on the edge of Horseshoe Falls, the stunningly shot crime thriller with the dangerous femme fatale deserves a new look on the big screen

Vancouver Latin American Film Festival unveils program of more than 70 films for event September 10 to 20

Highlights include Argentinian-Uruguayan opener A Loose End, and guest filmmakers Oscar Ruiz Navia and Mayra Hermosillo

VIFF Live announces 2026 program of film screenings, immersive concerts, and “reworlding”

The series includes appearances by Canadian and international artists, including throat-singing duo Silla, composer Kelly Moran, and experimental rock act Xiu Xiu

Unlock serious savings at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival with VIFF+ memberships

Save up to 30 percent on festival packs and passes—and get exclusive access to festival tickets 24 hours before they go on sale to the general public

Local theatre artists’ project King Arthur’s Night culminates in a buoyant new film that blurs documentary and fantasy

Now streaming on Knowledge.ca, John Bolton–helmed movie stars Niall McNeil, Marcus Youssef, Veda Hille, Nathan Kay, and more, in a mix of artists with and without Down syndrome

Canada Day Animation Jamboree celebrates National Film Board classics, at the Rio Theatre July 1

Oscar-winning Vancouver animator David Fine curates some of his favourite shorts, plus his own Animal Behaviour and Bob’s Birthday

Screenings at The Cinematheque and VIFF Centre bring past and future into focus on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

Ranging from 1970s-era experiments in animation to an urgently current documentary, the offerings delve into the meaning of community and the power of place names

Women outwit Iran’s ban on watching World Cup in Offside, at Deckchair Cinema, June 25

Screened outdoors at Cates Deck, outside The Polygon Gallery, Jafar Panahi’s guerrilla-style 2006 comedy captures the mood of World Cup fever

Deckchair Cinema returns to The Polygon Gallery's waterfront Cates Deck this summer, starting June 25

This year’s series features al fresco screenings of top-tier sports films, from Shaolin Soccer to A League of Their Own

B.C. filmmakers create grassroots vision of liberation and risk with phantasmagoric feature Lucid

Amid small miracles, and also tragedies, Deanna Milligan and Ramsey Fendall conjured analogue, ’90s-era strangeness by adopting the spirit of a community art project

Hear the Orpheum’s original Wurlitzer accompanying The Lodger on May 25

The theatre’s organ was installed in 1927—the same year Alfred Hitchcock released his first thriller, about a Jack the Ripper–esque killer

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Unlock serious savings at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival with VIFF+ memberships

Save up to 30 percent on festival packs and passes—and get exclusive access to festival tickets 24 hours before they go on sale to the general public

Join VIFF+ and unlock exclusive access to Vancouver International Film Festival tickets 24 hours before anyone else.

Memberships come with significant perks: VIFF+ members save 15 percent on festival ticket packs and passes, while VIFF+ Premium members save 30 percent.

Folks who join before August 1 will save $5 on a VIFF+ or VIFF+ Premium membership.

Learn more about all the offers and become a member now by visiting the VIFF Centre.

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