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PuSh 2020: Free Admission
UK performer Ursula Martinez literally bares all in this funny show about building and breaking walls. Read more
Radovan Dranga
PuSh 2020: Cuckoo
The recent history of South Korea, as told by rice cookers. Read more
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PuSh 2020: An Interview with Ursula Martinez
UK performer Ursula Martinez shares thoughts on what inspires her and on provocation and rebellion in the arts. Read more
VIFF 2019: Krabi, 2562
Experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers collaborates with Anocha Suwichakornpong on this very weird project set in a Thai coastal city. Read more
VIFF 2019: Raf
An oddball introvert is transformed through an intense relationship with a charismatic but manipulative friend. Read more
Jon Snyder
VIFF 2019: Pop-Up Magazine
The 'live magazine' show brought stories of a cow on the loose in Alaska, energy healers in Arizona, an uncle who was a disco star in the Philippines, and the secret joy of the televised car chase. Read more
VIFF 2019: Water Over Glass
Jason Zumpano, a Vancouver musician and composer, creates dreamy vintage-inspired music as inspiration for four filmmakers in this collaborative work. Read more
From the short film Interbeing, included in the program MODES1
VIFF 2019: MODES 1
A collection of experimental short films encourages immersion in image and sound. Read more
VIFF 2019: Varda by Agnès
In her final film, French filmmaker Agnès Varda explains her approach to art and creativity with attention to detail and joy. Read more
VIFF 2019: Marghe and Her Mother
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf has a new film, made in Italy, and it is utterly original and makes a long-lasting impression. Read more
VIFF 2019: Nomad - In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Werner Herzog memorializes Bruce Chatwin, in a fantastic film. “I will follow a similar erratic quest for wild characters, strange dreamers and big ideas about the nature of human existence.” Read more
VIFF 2019: Neutra - Survival Through Design
A modernist architect gets his due in this stylish documentary. Read more
VIFF 2019: Fourteen
A woman watches the decline of an old friend over the period of a decade in this experiment in low-key realism. Read more
VIFF 2019: MS Slavic 7
A young woman investigates correspondence between two poets in the mid twentieth-century: her great-grandmother and the Nobel prize nominee Józef Wittlin. Read more
VIFF 2019: Cranks
An artsy ode to weirdos and the city of Winnipeg, inspired by a notorious call-in radio show. Read more
VIFF 2019: L.A. Tea Time
French-Canadian filmmaker Sophie Bédard Marcotte's documentary takes us on a road trip to Los Angeles in search of artistic direction. Read more
VIFF Live—Beyond the Screen
The traditional cinematic experience is expanding to include live scoring, narrated documentaries and multimedia shows. Thoughts on new directions in storytelling and VIFF Live highlights from programmer Ken Tsui. Read more
photo: Manuel Vason
PuSh Festival 2019: Race Cards
A provocative art installation invites viewers to think about questions of race: in their lives, in the arts and in the wider world. Read more
PuSh Festival 2019: Marginal Consort
A legendary Japanese improvisational quartet creates sounds both mesmerizing and unexpected. Read more
PuSh Festival 2019: 100 Keyboards
A deep, immersive sound collage develops over an hour and a half, produced by toy keyboards. Read more
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