Vancouver International Film Festival September 26 to October 11, 2013

A fall fixture on the international film festival calendar, VIFF is a microcosm of its home city: cosmopolitan, innovative, friendly, culturally complex and very accessible.

Critically acclaimed as “an unspoiled celebration of world cinema,” VIFF presents approximately 575 screenings of 340+ films from over 70 countries. An international team of expert programmers view hundreds of films and travel to some of the biggest festival to bring Vancouver the best of cinema from around the world.

VIFF is internationally renowned by filmmakers and fans as an event that succeeds in connecting filmmakers with large, attentive and eager audiences.

With exceptional, entertaining and diverse programming, numerous guest filmmakers hosting lively post-screening discussions and accessible special events, VIFF is truly a film-lovers festival!

“Folks used to tell me that heaven’s someplace up north, too, but until I find a friendlier, more vibrantly programmed film festival than Vancouver’s, I’m sticking with the assumption that those two venues go confused.”

— Chuck Stephens, LA Weekly