VIFF 2020 Wishlist (Virtual Cinema)
Vancouver International Film Festival 2020
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- DirectorKaren LamStarsValerie TianElfina LukIngrid NilsonAn ex-convict's psychokinetic abilities lead to an uncanny transformation.Altered States | True North | BC Spotlight | ALT
Best Director, Best Cinematography, Leo 20 - DirectorTitus HeckelStarsMarlon KazadiAleks PaunovicAdrian HolmesAn abused and bullied boy discovers and befriends a criminal chained inside an abandoned warehouse, but after a violent betrayal the abused becomes the abuser, putting both their lives in peril.True North | BC Spotlight
- DirectorJessie AnthonyParya LotfiazarStarsJustin RainLauren HillViolet RainJon, a young First Nations man, is struggling to overcome addiction and avoid the multiple warrants out on him. But he has several strong women in his corner: his girlfriend, his sister, his mother, and his unborn daughter are all hoping that he can master his demons.True North | BC Spotlight
- DirectorJennifer AbbottStarsJessa Abbott BalintTahlea Abbott BalintSarah BaikieFilmmaker Jennifer Abbott explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of the climate crisis and the relationship between grief and hope in times of personal and planetary change.True North | BC Spotlight
- DirectorLoretta ToddStarsGrace DoveAdam BeachTina LamemanIn an effort to turn her life around, a young indigenous woman returns to her hometown and discovers how dysfunctional her family has become.Galas | True North | BC Spotlight
- DirectorPablo Diaz CrutzenStijn DeconinckRobin SmitAt the peak of the first COVID wave, young friends Pablo and Robin spent night and day in the Erasmus University Hospital documenting the stories behind the numbers. They won't leave until the virus is under control.Impact | VIFF Impact
- DirectorJennifer AbbottJoel BakanStarsAnjali AppaduraiChris BarrettHeidi BoghosianExposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.True North | Special Presentations
- DirectorDeirdre FishelStarsJanee HarteauErin GraboskyNekima Levy-PoundsDocumentary follows the stories of the women police officers in Minneapolis who try to reform the department and restore trust in the community after a high-profile police shooting forces its first female chief to resign.VIFF Impact | Impact
- DirectorUrsula LiangStarsLesley SteeleOn a fall day in 2014, Peter Liang, a Chinese American police officer, shot and killed an innocent, unarmed black man named Akai Gurley. Unfolding in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project, the shooting inflamed the residents of New York City and thrust two marginalized communities together into the uneven criminal justice system. Gurley's death sparked cries of police brutality and a raging, anguished debate about racial bias in criminal prosecution of law enforcement officers.Insights | Impact
- DirectorCho Kyung-hunStarsMoon Nam-sookYe-ji comes across mysterious water that enables her to lose weight and reshape her appearance. She finds her life is more in danger the more she desires to be beautiful.Gateway
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsLinda ManzDennis HopperSharon FarrellA young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.Special Presentations | Contemporary World Cinema | Panorama
- DirectorBrandon CronenbergStarsAndrea RiseboroughChristopher AbbottJennifer Jason LeighAn agent works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies - ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients.Special Presentations | Altered States | ALT
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFélix LefebvreBenjamin VoisinPhilippine VelgeWhen 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.Special Presentations | Contemporary World Cinema | Panorama
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsPaula BeerFranz RogowskiMaryam ZareeUndine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.Special Presentations | Contemporary World Cinema | Panorama
Silver Bear (Best Actress), Berlin 20 - DirectorFrancis LeeStarsKate WinsletSaoirse RonanGemma Jones1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.Special Presentations | Panorama
- DirectorGarrett BradleyStarsSibil Fox RichardsonRobert G. RichardsonMahlik RichardsonFox Rich fights for the release of her husband, Rob, who is serving a 60-year sentence in prison.Insights | Impact
Best Director, US Documentary Competition, Sundance 20 - DirectorLawrence Michael LevineStarsAubrey PlazaChristopher AbbottSarah GadonA filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.Contemporary World Cinema | Panorama
- DirectorJohannes LehmuskallioMarkku LehmuskallioStarsNiklas GroundstroemYuri MikhailovichAnna MomdeIndigenous cultures in the Arctic Circle .Impact | Insights
- DirectorTracey DeerStarsKiawentiioRainbow DickersonViolah BeauvaisBased on true events, Tracey Deer's debut feature chronicles the 78-day standoff between two Mohawk communities and government forces in 1990 Quebec.True North
- DirectorKim O'BomsawinStarsJoséphine BaconAdam BouhouhouWhen elders leave us, a link to the past vanishes along with them. Innu writer Joséphine Bacon exemplifies a generation that is bearing witness to a time that will soon have passed away. With charm and diplomacy, she leads a charge against the loss of a language, a culture, and its traditions. On the trail of Papakassik, the master of the caribou, Call Me Human proposes a foray into a people's multi-millennial history in company with a woman of great spirit who has devoted her life to passing on her knowledge and that of her ancestors.True North
- DirectorBarbora ChalupováVít KlusákStarsSabina DlouháAnezka PithartováTereza TezkáTwo documentarians exploring the world of online sexual abuse of children succeed in turning an experiment into an act of social intervention.Impact | VIFF Impact
- DirectorDon HardyStarsSean PennCécile AccilienAnderson CooperAfter a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010 aid workers from around the world went to help, including actor and filmmaker Sean Penn.VIFF Impact | Impact
- DirectorPatrick SammonBennett SingerStarsHarry AdamsonGary AlinderIrving Bieber"Cured" takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBT equality: the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. Combining eyewitness testimony with newly unearthed archival footage, the film reveals how a small group of impassioned activists achieved this unexpected victory.Impact | VIFF Impact
- DirectorAli RayStarsDíana BermudezDelving deeper than any film has done before, engaging with world-renowned Kahlo experts, exploring how great an artist she was, discover the real Frida Kahlo.Music/Art/Design | M/A/D
- StarsStéphane LerougeAlexandre DesplatJean-Paul RappeneauMusic/Art/Design | M/A/D