VIFF
Section 01 - VIFF Centre
The film centre's year-round programme runs new releases, docs and repertory favourites across two screens downtown.
Sat Aug 8 · 8:00 pm · VIFF Cinema
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson's neo-noir masterpiece - three LAPD cops collide with the seedy underbelly of 1950s Los Angeles. 138 min.
Sun Aug 2 · 2:00 pm · VIFF Cinema
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh's Palme d'Or winner. When a 27-year-old adopted daughter reaches out to her birth mother, they are both in for a shock. 142 min.
Mon Aug 3 · 7:00 pm · VIFF Cinema
90s Mystery Movie + Trivia Night
The film stays unannounced, but it debuted between 1990 and 2000 and it's not elsewhere in the series. A 90s trivia night and prizes come with your ticket.
Wed Aug 5 · 8:10 pm · Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
Schindler Space Architect
A documentary on R.M. Schindler, the modernist architect who laid the groundwork for California's indoor-outdoor living. 93 min.
Thu Aug 6 · 6:30 pm · VIFF Cinema
Crash
Sex drive, David Cronenberg-style. The car-crash fetishists of his Toronto obsessively seek a fusion of metal and flesh. 100 min.
Thu Aug 6 · 8:45 pm · VIFF Cinema
Trainspotting
Danny Boyle's 1996 sensation, a blistering portrait of Edinburgh heroin addicts that is by turns exhilarating and devastating. 94 min.
Fri Aug 7 · 1:00 pm · VIFF Cinema
A Simple Machine
Nick is cutting costs and swapping four wheels for two to pay off his student debt, on a path with savings he didn't see coming. First Look Fridays. 97 min.
The Cinematheque
Section 02 - The Cinematheque
Western Canada's largest film institute, this week running the Maurice Pialat retrospective and a 2026 film noir strand.
Sat Aug 8 · 6:30 pm
Niagara
Henry Hathaway's Technicolor noir - a honeymooning couple at Niagara Falls and a murder plot, with Marilyn Monroe in her breakout role. 1953 · 90 min.
Sun Aug 2 · 6:30 pm
Under the Sun of Satan
Pialat's Palme d'Or drama of a young parish priest wrestling with faith and sin. France, 1987 · 100 min.
Sun Aug 2 · 8:40 pm
À nos amours
A teenager's rebellion and appetite for love in Pialat's frank study of family and desire. France, 1983 · 102 min.
Mon Aug 3 · 8:30 pm
Police
Gérard Depardieu in Pialat's bruising crime drama of an informer living a dangerous double life. France, 1985 · 113 min.
Wed Aug 5 · 7:00 pm
Van Gogh
The painter's final years, from Arles to Auvers, in Pialat's patient, sprawling portrait. France, 1991 · 158 min.
Fri Aug 7 · 6:30 pm
The Killers
From Hemingway's short story, the definitive film noir tells a hired hit's own story in flashback. USA, 1946 · 105 min.
Sat Aug 8 · 8:50 pm
Mysterious Skin
Gregg Araki's haunting film of two young men whose shared past slowly converges, in a new restoration. USA/Netherlands, 2004 · 105 min.
Underground Art
Section 03 - Underground & indie
DIY galleries, media-art collectives and small venues across the city - the scrappier side of Vancouver's art scene, with something on most nights.
Tue Aug 4 · 6:00 pm · 1965 Main Street
Red Gate Arts Society: Community Open Studio
The long-running DIY arts society opens its studio doors for an evening of works-in-progress, artists in residence and an open wall to draw on. Free, all welcome.
Wed Aug 5 · 7:30 pm · 2625 Kaslo Street
VIVO Media Arts: New Works Screenings
An evening of experimental, archival and DIY moving-image work from local makers at Vancouver's media-arts centre.
Thu Aug 6 · 8:00 pm · 1895 Venables Street
The Cultch - Histrionics: Indie Theatre
A small-cast independent run at the landmark Historic Theatre, part of The Cultch's summer program of new local work.
Fri Aug 7 · 6:00 pm · 2325 Main Street
The Hindenburg: Makers Night Market
Zines, prints, ceramics and small runs from local artists tucked into the back room of this Main Street cafe-bar.
Sat Aug 8 · 12:00 pm · Pot Spot Studio
Boob Mug Workshop
A playful hand-building pottery workshop where you throw and sculpt your own mug in a relaxed studio setting. All materials included.
Sat Aug 8 · 6:00 pm · Gallery 881
Michael de Courcy Photo Show
An opening reception for a new photography show by Michael de Courcy at Gallery 881, with prints on the wall and the artist in the room.
Sat Aug 8 · 9:00 pm · Mount Pleasant Community Garden
Back Alley Cinema
A free outdoor screening tucked into the Mount Pleasant Community Garden - bring a blanket, chairs and something to snack on.
Sat Aug 8 · 9:00 pm · 2321 Main Street
Fox Cabaret: Noise & Neon Art Night
An after-dark blend of live visual projection, local bands and an open gallery wall in the old Fox Theatre's cabaret space.
