Women in Film & Television Vancouver is excited to announce the lineup for the 13th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWIFF). Head over to Vancity Theatres from March 6th – 11th for an extraordinary collection of contemporary cinema created by women from around the world including free events all day long on International Women’s Day (March 8th). For information on screenings and festival events visit www.womeninfilm.ca #VIWIFF #IWD
If you can’t wait till March to watch some great films, don’t forget that the 4th annual Vancouver Baddass Film Festival is coming up February 23, 24, 25th at The Rio Theatre! They had a hard time fitting all the Badass films into a one day event so they made it 3 days this year!!
See premieres of the best in new extreme short and feature length cinema from Vancouver and around the world.
Meet indie filmmaking legends old and new.
Enjoy stunning spectacles from the Caravan of Creeps and lively event hosts.
Be inspired by interactive sessions with filmmakers, casts and crew.
#vbaff #filmfestival #vancouver #riotheatre #horrormovies #actionmovies #badass
We have a great lineup of films for this year’s festival! We wanted to have a bit of fun for this year, so most of the films will hopefully make you laugh, but don’t worry we will still be taking you to the darkside. There is a ton of great talent here, and we’d like to share a bit about them so you get as excited as us for SATURDAY AUGUST 26th at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver BC, Canada!!
This is NOT going to be the screening order, we will keep you posted on that at a later date.
Thank you again to all the filmmakers for submitting their work, and putting their art out into the world!!
ALPHAMEM
Run time: 10 min 45sec
Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Jason William Lee, Marc Boily
Starring: Tristan Risk, Jason William Lee, Robert Leaf, Momona Komagata, Brian Johnstone,Natalie Moon, David Aboussafy, Ariel Hansen
Synopsis: In 2033 when much of humanity is equipped with neural implants that allow them to play back their memories in perfect fidelity, one man must fight to fulfill a promise to his dead wife before a solar magnetic pulse wipes out all memory of her forever.
THE BARBER’S CUT
Run time: 11 min 40 Sec
Country of Origin: UK
Director: Mark Brocking
Starring: Lewis Georgeson, Alisa Arnah, David Whitford
Synopsis:Two cut off but living heads wake up in a fridge and manage to escape while trying to avoid a psycho barber.
BUN IN THE OVEN
Run time: 7min 45sec
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Jono Freedrix
Starring: Laren Miller Rogen, Magan Wiles, Mj Rodriguez
Synopsis: Janelle and Sydney are hungry for a baby… but they have zero interest parenting. For them, this is truly a LABOR of LOVE.
BUZz
Run time: 6min 24sec
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Niccolo Bello
Starring: Mark Kelly
Synopsis: No-dialogue dark comedy with a man and a drone.
DON’T F*CK WITH ENGLAND
Run time: 2min 15sec
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Rocket Ear
LA FOLIA
Run time: 13min 5sec
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Adam Grannick
Starring: Tina Motoki, Milan Williams, Tessa Stokes, Gregg DaCosta, Rosanne Rubino, Anna Schon, Yeman Brown, Lynn Berg, Adriel Choo Tung, Tenzing Tsepak, Andrew Reynolds Cooksey, Maria Romano, Michael Simon Hall, Joe Sullivan, Naomi Lewin, Mekhi Lee, Kiyoko Kashiwagi, Calum Reid, Omayra Amaya , Ryann Weir, Diane Chen, Silvana Jakich, Kurt Grube, Matthew Bovee, Jayna Katz, Andrew Dunn, Mona Depena, Jaden Amistad
Synopsis: La Folia is a visual anthology of twenty-four short stories, from the imaginations of over a dozen different people and all inspired by variations on the same ancient melody. The thematic story that links La Folia’s stories begins and ends the film, returning its protagonist full circle, yet changed.
HADA
Run time: 9min
Country of Origin: Spain
Director: Tony Morales
Starring: Eva Isanta, Fernando Boza, Michel Hérraiz, Silvia Casanova
Synopsis: Tonight Hada comes to visit Daniel because her last child tooth as fallen out. What Daniel doesn’t expect is that his worst enemy is the light.
HELL HAUNT
Run time: 12min 10sec
Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Richard Lukacs
Starring: Samantha Lukacs
Synopsis: A deranged stalker turns the sets of an eccentric premiere event into twisted art pieces, using the talent’s flesh and blood.
HOPE
Run time: 11min 44sec
Country of Origin: Norway
Director: Adam A. Losurdo
Starring: Herman L. Opedal, Tonje Brattås
Synopsis: A senseless wandering ghoul roaming through a world of the hunger-less undead and accepting yet resentful humans will soon discover a craving that leaves him completely and utterly without hope.
MONSTERS
Run time: 13min 38sec
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Steve Desmond
Starring: Caitlin Carmichael, Iona Skye, Christopher Wiehl, Joey Luthman
Synopsis: Jenn lives in an underground bunker with her family, protected from the monsters that now ravage the world. This is the day that she goes outside…
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WITCHING HOUR
Run Time: 7 min 43 sec
Country of Origin: UK
Director: Tarvana Garvey
Starring: Tasmin Leona, Roxanne Bordeaux
Synopsis: A spellbinding journey into the mind of an insomniac, as she spends each night haunted by hallucinations from another world.
Synopsis: In a surreal world, Lili, a 14-year-old albino, lives alone with her mother Claudie (50) who over-protects her from the outside world. Obsessed with her own appearance; Claudie regularly replaces aging parts of her face, alone in her operating lab, while Lili dreams of Lyesse, her 16 year-old handsome neighbor. But scared by so much love, Lyesse gently pushes her away. Devastated, she decides to operate his heart to understand why he doesn’t love her…
**Trailer is in French, sorry no subtitles, the festival screening will have subtitles***
POOL PARTY MASSACRE
Run time: 1 hour 21min
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Drew Marvick
Starring: Kristin Noel McKusick, Margaux Neme, Destiny Faith Nelson, Crystal Stoney, Jenifer Marvick, Nick Buyer, Mark Justice with LeeAnna Vamp and Alexis Adams
Synopsis: What started out as a relaxing summer day by the pool for a group of high maintenance young socialites quickly becomes a nightmare when an unknown killer begins stalking and murdering them one by one.
READY TO BURST
Run time: 10min 48sec
Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Ariel Hansen
Starring: Lee Shorten, Ariel Hansen, Malcolm Stead, Gigi Saul Guerrero
Synopsis: Kate and Dylan have been dying to have a baby. When they finally find success what follows is Kate’s struggle with the early stages of an unusual pregnancy as it takes a horrific turn.
SYNOPSIS:Three characters from three different epochs are joined by a dream of freedom and a small masterpiece of literature. A mysterious and timeless journey through the aspirations, the sufferings and the “fantasies” of a poet, a young student and a lost child in the woods.
**Trailer is in Italian, sorry no subtitles, the festival screening will have subtitles***
THE ROOM
Run time: 15min 55sec
Country of Origin: Italy
Directors:Silvia Cremaschi and Stefano Etter
Starring: Sara Drago, Gigio Alberti
Synopsis: Making hats has always been Anna’s passion. Something more too: a foothold, a way of escaping her oppressive, repetitive daily routine – that room, shaken by passing trains, that voice with its announcements. Anna has used her creativity like armour, and has survived. But now, the lure of the outside is growing more powerful. And in breaking out of her imprisonment, Anna discovers the truth about the room…
STICK TO YOUR GUN
Run time: 9min 38sec
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Director: Joe Hitchcock
Starring: Jodie Rimmer, Levi Holley
Synopsis: A gun-loving woman aspires to cook breakfast for the man handcuffed to her bed, but first she has to stop a wild chicken from destroying everything.
SYNCHRONOUS
Run time: 13min 39sec
Country of Origin: Columbia
Director: Ricardo Fernández Jiménez
Starring: Juan David Salcedo, Alieth Vargas, Edgar Duran Jr
Synopsis: Hilbert’s consciousness can be in two worlds at the same time. An amazing skill which allows him to help a gangster win fifty-fifty bets. But Hilbert wants out, and it could be the perfect opportunity when he meets Ana. Using split screen, we delve into Hilbert’s double universe–full of strange, exciting visual effects.
VEXED
Run time:12min 49sec
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Marc Cartwright
Starring: Baker Chase Powell, Nosheen Phoenix
Synopsis: A romantic date night goes horribly wrong when a couple questions the validity of horror film plots.
WHO’S WATCHING OLIVER
Run time: 1 hour 27min
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Richie Moore
Starring: Russell Geoffrey, Sara Malakul
Synopsis: Who’s watching Oliver tells the story of a mentally unstable loner lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a life he is desperate to escape comes in the form of the beautiful Sophia with her sweet eccentricity and naivety to the danger she has put herself in.
MONDAY, MAY 1st, there is a very special screening of THE EVIL IN US at THE RIO in Vancouver! This paranoid rabid zombie-thriller was executive produced by David Aboussafy, executive producer of #creepysixfilms / Brivido Giallo’s latest arthouse erotic-giallo The Valley of the Rats (coming soon!) — and the local filmmakers, including Director Jason William Lee will be in attendance for a Q&A hosted by Creepy Six Films’ Vince D’Amato. SHOW STARTS at 9:00 PM on MONDAY! Many thanks to Raven Banner for the limited theatrical release!
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Next week, we’ll be launching a contest with eOne Films for a chance to win tickets to an exclusive pre-screening of Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 in Vancouver on MONDAY, MAY 8th! Keep checking our FACEBOOK PAGE this week for more details!
Women in Film & Television Vancouver is excited to announce the lineup for the 13th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWIFF). Head over to Vancity Theatres from March 6th – 11th for an extraordinary collection of contemporary cinema created by women from around the world including free events all day long on International Women’s Day (March 8th). For information on screenings and festival events visit 
MONDAY, MAY 1st, there is a very special screening of 