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20TH CENTURY WOMEN
Mike Mills
Three generations of bohemian women leave an indelible mark on a teenage boy in this coming of age story set in the late 70s in Southern California. Annette Bening is rumoured to have a lock on an Oscar nomination this year, but Greta Gerwig and Billy Crudup may also have shots at Best Supporting nominations.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 7:00 PM Rainbow TheatreSunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Rainbow Theatre -
THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 2
Jean-François Pouliot
Middle age has not dampened the misogynistic horniness of the three brothers from the very popular first film. One has his marriage destroyed due to his extramarital bisexual activities, while his brother quickly moves in on his ex-wife. Hilariously funny classic French farce. Highest grossing Canadian film of the year. Subtitles.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 8:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8Sunday Dec. 4 2016 4:45 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
AN AMERICAN DREAM: THE EDUCATION OF WILLIAM BOWMAN
Ken Finkleman
A wicked satirical comedy aimed at the post-Donald Trump era of American politics. This is Gemini-award winning Ken Finkleman at his most wickedly pointed, taking on American political corruption, the gun lobby, big business influence at the White House and more.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 9:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8Sunday Dec. 4 2016 6:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE
Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta takes an innovative docudrama approach to analyzing the rape culture that exists in India. She specifically workshopped six character backgrounds to depict the infamous rapists of a young woman on a decommissioned bus. Grinding poverty, deep-rooted misogyny and a sense of male entitlement are explored to great effect.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 4:30 PM Rainbow Theatre -
AS YOU ARE
Miles Joris Peyrafitte
A police investigation uncovers a strange friendship between three teenagers in the early 90s who share a love of music, drugs and Kurt Cobain. Premiered at Sundance, the film features great performances and a real feel for its protagonists' realities. An indie gem from a first-time filmmaker of great promise.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 8:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
BEFORE THE STREETS
Chloé Leriche
The moving story of Shawnouk, a young First Nations man who banishes himself into exile after committing a horrible crime during a routine break-in at one of the local summer homes. The first feature film ever shot in the Atikamekw language is an accomplished first film by filmmaker Chloé Leriche.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 8:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Sunday Dec. 4 2016 12:30 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
BEAR WITH US
William J. Stribling
A funny romantic comedy about a lovestruck man who decides to bring his dream girl up to a mountain cabin in order to propose to her after he helps her overcome her almost pathological fear of bears. A real bear shows up and turns his plans upside down.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 6:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Friday Dec. 2 2016 12:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
A BEAUTIFUL DAY
Phedon Papamichael
Gene has followed the same monotonous daily routine since the death of his wife ten years earlier. Today, however, he wakes with a new resolve which changes everything. James Brolin stars in this powerful examination about what happens when a man decides to live his life regardless of consequences.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 2:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
BELOW HER MOUTH
April Mullen
A woman who is engaged to be married succumbs to the lesbian advances of an attractive roofer, and her life is turned upside down with newfound desire. A very adult film with the rare distinction of having been made by an all-female crew. April Mullen directs.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 PM Rainbow TheatreSunday Dec. 4 2016 10:15 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
THE BIG CRUNCH
Dusty Mancinelli
After learning the universe will one day collapse, 12-year-old August suffers an existential crisis which sends him into a deep depression. Everything changes for August when he is accidentally electrocuted and the resulting cosmic experience unearths his unknown magical powers, taking him on an extraordinary adventure of self-discovery in this lively comedy.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 2:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
BOMBING
Gloria Mercer
Slacker comedian Sophie is forced to change her plans when her estranged daughter is unexpectedly thrust back into her life. While they both struggle to adjust to the new situation, Sophie must come to terms with the fact that she's in over her head. An honest portrait of modern day parenthood and its challenges.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
THE SQUEALING GAME
Steve Kerr
A Quebec man's online dating service for married cheaters is threatened when he is attracted to a sociopathic dominatrix who has her own issues against the site. Not only his business, but his own marriage are at stake. Subtitled.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 10:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
CHOKESLAM
Robert Cuffley
A very unusual romantic comedy/wrestling movie, featuring Amanda Crew as the lifelong object of desire for a nerdy deli clerk that she is about to become reacquainted with on the occasion of their tenth high school reunion. She is dubbed the “Lindsay Lohan of the wrestling world” and she has a temper.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 8:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Friday Dec. 2 2016 1:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
THE CYCLOTRON
Olivier Asselin
A unique Canadian film that tries to evoke the WWII romantic dramas of the Casablanca era, while dealing with conceptually trippy sci-fi concepts of time travel and nuclear fission. A train rushing to Switzerland has on board a German scientist that may have the formula for a nuclear bomb well before the Americans. Western Premiere
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 6:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Sunday Dec. 4 2016 5:15 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
THE DEATH (AND LIFE) OF CARL NAARDLINGER
Katherine Schlemmer
A very original comedy about a double Doppelganger. Police come to the door looking for a man with the same oddball name as our hero, only to discover that the man has a brother who is his identical twin.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 7:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
THE DOOR
Reem Morsi
In this touching and unique portrayal of the refugee experience, a Syrian family moves to Canada after suffering a tragic loss. While eight-year-old Hashem and his grandmother attempt to reconcile their grief together, the father's repressed trauma haunts him and his family in unexpected ways they can't escape.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 2:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
DRIFTER
Olivia Lindgren
After narrowly surviving a hanging, a bounty hunter named Ruth embarks on a long road of vengeance against the deadly Jackson Whitmore. In this action-filled Western, Ruth is both fueled and blinded by her rage—until she learns the true cost of revenge.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
FREE FIRE
Ben Wheatley
Winner of the People's Choice Award for this year's Midnight Madness selections at TIFF, this darkly funny and very violent movie directed by Ben Wheatley (HIGH-RISE) is about an IRA gun deal that goes tremendously wrong, starring Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy and Armie Hammer.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 9:30 PM Rainbow TheatreFriday Dec. 2 2016 1:00 PM Rainbow TheatreSunday Dec. 4 2016 10:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
GOD'S ACRE
Kelton Stepanowich
Lorne Cardinal stars in this unsettling and visually striking drama of a man determined to protect his land at all costs. As water levels slowly rise in a frighteningly realistic future, the man must choose to abandon everything he knows or give in to the incoming tide.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 12:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
THE GOODNIGHT KISS
Laura Adkin
Amy and Brandon have just finished what appears to be a very successful first date. As they kiss, their entire relationship unfolds—the ups, the downs, and everything in between. THE GOODNIGHT KISS delivers a surprising twist which begs the question: would you still start a relationship if you knew how it would end?
Friday Dec. 2 2016 12:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
David Ray
A brilliant astrophysicist lectures at a local university about chaos theory, even as his own family comically unravels in ways that defy scientific logic. There is a hilarious interview scene on drugs that is laugh-out-loud. A truly original BC based comedy for people with brains, or what's left of them.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 3:30 PM Maury Young Arts CentreSunday Dec. 4 2016 7:45 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
HALEY
Corey Sevier
When an unseen force invades and begins abducting residents from a military-controlled compound, a father and daughter attempt an escape. Years later, the father traverses the desolate planet alone, his emotional upheaval after his daughter's disappearance mirrored in the unrelenting landscape.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 2:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
HOCKEY NIGHT
Paul Shapiro
The first fully restored theatrical print of the classic 1984 family film about a young girl who fights to become the first female goalie on her local hockey team. A beloved classic with Megan Follows and Rick Moranis, suitable for viewing with the whole family. World Premiere of restored theatrical print.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 3:15 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8Sunday Dec. 4 2016 3:30 PM Rainbow Theatre -
HOODS
Maja Aro
A modern day steampunk interpretation of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fable. After kind young Scarlet finds her Gram's freshly murdered body on a routine visit to bring Gram's groceries, she embarks on a quest for justice against the big bad Frederick Wolfe.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 AM Maury Young Arts CentreSunday Dec. 4 2016 4:30 PM Garfinkels -
A HUNDRED STREETS
Jim O'Hanlon
The story of three people's lives, who live within a three block radius of each other in downtown London. One is a street drug dealer, one a woman separated from her rugby playing superstar husband and the other a taxi driver about to have his life turned around. Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton star.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 11:00 AM Rainbow Theatre -
HUNTING PIGNUT
Martine Blue
A young teenager (winningly played by BC based Taylor Hickson) runs away from home to join the street bums that her late Dad used to hang around. Drugs and sexual assault are unfortunately sure to follow. An original coming of age story from first-time Newfoundland filmmaker Martine Blue.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 7:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 8:15 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT'S KILLING THEM
Joel McCarthy
A pitch-black comedy about Vivian, a lonely serial killer whose three loves are math, accounting, and killing people. Everything changes when she meets the handsome Alex—now Vivian has a new lease on life… and a new reason to commit her gruesome acts.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 AM Maury Young Arts Centre -
I'M READY
Noah Cohen
A young man solicits the services of a boutique assisted-death company. A simple and stark visual style accompanies this dystopian vision of assisted suicide.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
IT'S NOT MY FAULT AND I DON'T CARE ANYWAY
Chris Craddock
Alan Thicke surprises as a self-help guru who refuses to pay ransom when his promiscuous daughter is kidnapped by a drug gang. Her saviour comes in the unlikely form of a 300 pound African-Canadian heroin addict, winningly played by Quinton Aaron. An offbeat comedy.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 5:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8Sunday Dec. 4 2016 2:45 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
KISS AND CRY
Sean Cisterna
The true story of 18 year-old Olympic figure skating aspirant and pop singer, Carley Allison, and her inspiring battle against a rare form of melanoma. Her singing of the national anthem at a Maple Leafs hockey game became a YouTube sensation. Played by real-life best friend and Degrassi regular, Sarah Fisher.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 3:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Saturday Dec. 3 2016 12:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
LA LA LAND
Damien Chazelle
This year's rumoured favourite for the Best Picture Oscar and winner of the People's Choice award at TIFF is an old-style romantic musical featuring heart-swooning performances by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Plus, there's an opening song and dance number on an LA freeway that you won't soon forget.
Wednesday Nov. 30 2016 6:30 PM Rainbow TheatreWednesday Nov. 30 2016 9:30 PM Rainbow Theatre -
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER
Aaron Harvey
A comfortably numb late middle-aged guy in a passionless marriage falls for a beautiful new neighbour, but he suspects she is being physically abused by her husband. Character actor William Fichtner, whom you will recognize immediately from hundreds of tv and movie appearances, shines in one of his first lead roles.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 2:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
LET US END WITH IT TOO
Caisha Lea Thompson
LET US END WITH IT TOO is a thoughtful exploration of a dying relationship told in four vignettes. When Sarah realizes that she may be falling out of love with her partner Jessica, she withdraws into herself in order to confront and interpret her emotions before she acts on the potentially destructive thought.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
LION
Garth Davis
A moving true story of a young boy who was separated from his family at the age of five and adopted by a Tasmanian couple. Twenty-five years later, he is haunted by the need to rediscover his lost family roots. Runner up for the People's Choice Award at TIFF and a sure-fire Oscar contender. Stars Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel and Rooney Mara.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 6:30 PM Rainbow TheatreSaturday Dec. 3 2016 1:30 PM Rainbow Theatre -
LOST SOLACE
Chris Scheuerman
A lifelong psychopath has his life turned inside out when he ingests a designer drug at a nightclub and suddenly develops empathy and a moral conscience. A slick new thriller in the style of LIMITLESS from director Chris Scheuerman, shot in Vancouver.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 8:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Sunday Dec. 4 2016 6:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
LOVESICK
Tyson Caron
The year's funniest Canadian romantic comedy. Jacob Tierney plays Dash, a 33 year old slacker who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend (Jessica Paré), and who is now engaged to a sleazeball (Jay Baruchel). His attempt to disrupt their wedding is a comic classic of deep public humiliation.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 7:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 7:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON
Nicole Garcia
Marion Cotillard is mesmerizing in her role as a small-town girl who refuses to accept a loveless marriage and is treated as having a mental illness because she dares to hold out hope for true love, which she finds in the form of a young injured veteran. Subtitled.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 3:00 PM Rainbow TheatreFriday Dec. 2 2016 10:30 AM Rainbow Theatre -
THE MAN ON THE STAIRS
Kristopher King
After losing his wife, Kirk is haunted by recurring nightmares of a sinister man in this suspenseful thriller. Seeking the advice of his two friends, Kirk learns about the legend of the Memory Thief, an ominous figure who steals memories while you dream.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
MENORCA
John Barnard
The story of a truly bad Mom, who leaves her child for a life of drugs and sex, hitching her way to a job at a strip-club. Is it acceptable to question one's life choices in such a dramatic way when the outcome so affects your estranged son?
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 5:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8Sunday Dec. 4 2016 3:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
MIDDLE MAN
Ned Crowley
A hilariously dark satire about a talentless would-be stand-up comic who becomes an overnight sensation when he starts talking about the serial killings he thinks he may have committed. How do you sustain a career if you need a constant flow of new cadavers to maintain your inspiration?
Friday Dec. 2 2016 10:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8Sunday Dec. 4 2016 12:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
MISS SLOANE
John Madden
Rumour is that Jessica Chastain may be Oscar-bound for her role as a brilliant and ruthless lobbyist who refuses to concede any battle. Director John Madden is best known for Oscar winner SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE and the BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL movies.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 6:30 PM Rainbow TheatreFriday Dec. 2 2016 3:30 PM Rainbow TheatreSunday Dec. 4 2016 10:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
MUTANTS
Alexandre Dostie
As a teenager just trying to make it through the summer of 1996, Keven begins baseball season with an accident that gives him a truly hideous black eye. What follows is a crash course in sex, sports, and scandal—taught by a hilariously unconventional coach—which deconstructs typical coming-of-age story conventions.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 AM Maury Young Arts Centre -
NIGHT DANCING
Barney Cokeliss
Every night Bob is mesmerized by a woman dancing in the street outside his window, and every morning he struggles to make sense of this persistent vision. Is the woman real, or a manifestation of his yearning for something more soulful than his mundane existence?
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 2:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
RAW*
David I. Strasser
The first film to be shot on BC's Salt Spring Island tells the inspirational story of a delinquent seventeen year-old, well on his way to a possible life of drug addiction, who gets sentenced by the courts to work on an organic farm run by his uncle.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 6:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Saturday Dec. 3 2016 12:30 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
RED MILE
Justin McConnell
A viscerally exciting thriller about a druggie who panics and takes off when he wakes up to find that the woman he had partied with the previous night has OD'd. Presented in real time, so that the film appears to have been shot in one continuous take.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 6:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Saturday Dec. 3 2016 11:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
SAMEDI CINEMA
Mamadou Dia
In a small town in northern Senegal, two resourceful young cinephiles hatch a plan to earn enough cash to see a movie at their local cinema before it closes down for good. The bonds of friendship are put to the test in this scrappy tale of youthful determination.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 2:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
SPEECHLESS
Alexis Fortier Gauthier
A man must find the courage to deliver unspeakable news to his girlfriend after she wakes from an accident-induced coma. SPEECHLESS is a sensitive and compelling portrait of the limits of love in confronting loss and grief.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 12:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
THE SECOND TIME AROUND
Leon Marr
In this heart-warming story full of hope, dreams and second chances two seniors meet and discover that it's never too late to fall in love again. Linda Thorson (The Avengers) and Stuart Margolin (The Rockford Files) give touching performances in this love story for the ageless.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 3:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Sunday Dec. 4 2016 12:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
SOULMATES
Darren Borrowman
In this witty comedy of errors two couple go on dates in the same park– centuries apart. Each couple, either in 2016 or in 1722, describes the suitor of their dreams, but the dates end badly when their descriptions suggest that their ideal match is from another era.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
THE SPACE BETWEEN
Amy Jo Johnson
Can a father continue to love his baby child after he discovers that it may not be his? How do you deal with the fact that your wife may have slept with a nerdy college student without telling you, as a way of compensating for your own infertility? An unexpected offbeat comedy/drama considering the subject matter.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 12:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 10:30 AM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
STANDBY
Charlotte Regan
Gary and Jenny share the same cramped "office space" as all beat cops: the front seat of a patrol car. Their evolving relationship is a whirlwind of emotions which stands in often-comedic contrast to the procession of thugs and criminals filling the back seat.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 4:30 PM Garfinkels -
THE SUN AT MIDNIGHT
Kirsten Carthew
Troubled teen Lia escapes from her Grandma in Fort McPherson in the subarctic. Her cross-country trek is not going well until she hooks up with a wise old caribou hunter. Together, they have to fend off a vicious bear attack. A rare film shot in the Northwest Territories.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 5:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Saturday Dec. 3 2016 3:00 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
TIMECODE
Juanjo Giménez
Luna and Diego are parking lot security guards whose isolated lives cross only during shift changes. Their unusual interactions form the basis of this whimsical tale about discovering meaningful connections in a lonely day-to-day routine.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 AM Maury Young Arts Centre -
TRESPASS AGAINST US
Adam Smith
Chad Cutler (Michael Fassbender) is a member of a notorious band of outlaws led by his brutish Dad (Brendan Gleeson). He hopes his children will escape the family lifestyle and reputation, but breaking away from family is not easy, as Gramps is a sociopath who revels in giving his grandchildren criminal life lessons.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 9:30 PM Rainbow TheatreSaturday Dec. 3 2016 10:30 AM Rainbow Theatre -
TRYING
Shauna Johannesen
When it seems like every teenage girl who climbs in the back of a Prius ends up knocked up, Steve and Ellie are sure getting pregnant will be child's play. But as sex becomes increasingly un-sexy, and foreplay becomes more needles than necking, they face the tender, comic trials of 'What to Expect when you're NOT Expecting.'
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 4:30 PM Garfinkels -
LAND OF MINE
Martin Zandvliet
Following World War II, the Danish army used young German prisoners of war to hand defuse thousands of landmines buried along coastal beaches. The POWs are barely out of their teens and the suspense is intense as they attempt to defuse the volatile explosives. This is the Danish entry for this year's Oscars. Subtitled.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 12:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
THE VOID
Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespie
The best gory visual effects of any Canadian movie this year, this horror action is set in a remote rural hospital that is under attack from… inhuman creatures. Recalls the intensity of the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, and features the filmmakers behind the no-budget cult favourite MANBORG. Come if you dare!
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
WILSON CITY
Tomas Masin
A delightful Czech comedy in the style of Milos Forman's MY SWEET LITTLE VILLAGE. After WWI, a small town located in no man's land between Poland and Czechoslovakia, hopes to have itself annexed to Woodrow Wilson's America, and prepares for a visit from the American President.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 12:30 PM Rainbow Theatre -
THE BOY IS WITH US
Heewon Yoon
Seohee returns home one day to find her worst nightmare has come true: her young son Youngmin is missing. One year later, Youngmin returns—but Seohee's relief turns to confusion as she notices inconsistencies which make her question if the boy is really her son. Tension builds and relationships are tested in this suspenseful family drama.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 AM Maury Young Arts Centre
