The 5th annual Vancouver International Black Film Festival (#VIBFF25) returns in person and online to amplify Black voices. Founded by the Fabienne Colas Foundation and co-presented by Global BC, VIBFF is pleased to announce its official hybrid program and events lineup, running December 5 to 9, 2025. #VIBFF25 is proudly
Join us Saturday, December 13th at 7pm for a lineup of the city's best South Asian & Southeast Asian stand-up comedians to raise money for Indo-Caribbean short film, Rising Tide. Featuring comedians including Amar Singh, Ariane Anindita, Bobin Monga, Rahat Saini & more! ABOUT THE FILM: Rising Tide is an
SPACE, a disability arts nonprofit, is putting on a first-ever celebration of stuttering art at the Beaumont! Experience an incredible evening of music, stories, and film, and help us create a Vancouver that listens better to all voices. Featuring: MUSIC FROM LUKE WYLAND - musician who stutters and curator of
Entering its 21st year, the Gender Equity in Media Festival (GEMFest), formerly Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), showcases an impressive line-up of short and feature-length films (narrative, documentary, experimental and animation) by established and emerging women and gender diverse filmmakers from around the world.
The world may be racing forward, but 90-year-old Agatha Bock is rooted in another rhythm that is grounded in heirloom seeds, esoteric rituals, and the meditative magic of living deliberately. Agatha’s Almanac is the latest immersive work from acclaimed multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Amalie Atkins, whose poetic sensibility elevates this
To mark National Canadian Film Day, Alliance Française Vancouver invites you to a free screening of the film Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), a historical drama directed by Zacharias Kunuk. A not-to-be-missed moment in cinema, part of the celebration celebration of Canadian cinema and cultural diversity. Launched in 2014, National Canadian Film
Synopsis = Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist originally from Martinique, has just been appointed head of the psychiatric ward at the Blida Psychiatric Hospital in Algeria. His methods stand in stark contrast to those of other doctors in the context of colonial rule. A biopic set against the backdrop of
Esteemed novelist Joseph Boyden, acclaimed film director Michelle Latimer and former University of Saskatchewan professor Carrie Bourassa have all made front-page news in recent years for the same reason: each is alleged to have been a “pretendian.” The term “pretendian” has come to refer to someone who claims distant Indigenous
Grieving the loss of her husband, Céline must travel to Armenia to finalize the legal paperwork of his death. She finds out that Arto, despite years of marriage, had secretly changed his identity. As she slowly discovers and forgives, she rehabilitates a ghost she learns to love again. - In
In this engrossing documentary, presented for Asian Heritage Month, director Jennifer Chiu reaches into her family’s history to explore the Hakka community — a people, a language, and a culture. Thought to hail from northern China, the Hakka settled in the south of the country, where they were known as
Attend The Show, our annual exhibition featuring more than 400 new works from graduating artists, designers and creative thinkers from the class of 2026! Join us in celebrating the first class of ECU’s second century at The Show 2026. Graduates across Fine Arts, Media Arts and Design are coming together
How can national housing research be translated into local, livable reality? Join UBC Connects at Robson Square for a screening of Thinking Beyond the Market, a film by Dr. Brian Doucet that uncovers “hiding in plain sight” housing solutions across Canada. From non-market developments in Kitchener to Indigenous-led projects in