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'I Saw Three Black Lights' filmmaker Santiago Lozano on ritual as resistance in Colombia
Season 3 Episode 21
In Santiago Lozano's 'I Saw Three Black Lights,' a wise old shaman embarks on a final journey into the Colombian jungle to settle a spiritual debt an…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Filmmaker Sanja Zivkovic on motherhood, the broken system of adoption, and seeing a story from all points of view in 'Cat's Cry'
Season 3 Episode 20
'Cat's Cry' filmmaker Sanja Zivkovic sits down with VIFF Festival Programmer & Program Lead, Sonja Baksa, to talk about her global career spanning al…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
'Save My Soul' filmmaker Kam Fai Leung on loneliness and our primal desire to be loved
Season 3 Episode 19
When a mute young man seeks to escape into the wilderness, he quickly realizes he's not suited to survive on his own. To adapt, the young man begins …
7 months, 1 week ago
Director Devin Shears on his first feature, and the fascination with fatness in "Cherub"
Season 3 Episode 18
Harvey is a lonely, overweight man who discovers new self-esteem when he submits a photo to Cherub, a gay magazine “For big men and their admirers.” …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Kerr Holden wrestles with athleticism, performance, and metal in 'Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist'
Season 3 Episode 17
In 'Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist,' Director Kerr Holden (she/her) follows BC-based wrestler, Judas Icarus, following his arduous road to recovery af…
8 months, 1 week ago
'Balomania' filmmaker Sissel Morell Dargis on the beauty behind Brazil's baloeiros, and getting your start in documentary filmmaking
Season 3 Episode 16
Hot air ballooning has been illegal in São Paulo, Brazil since the 1990's. Intrigued by this underworld of guerilla artists, who risk their lives, an…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
'78 Days' filmmaker Emilija Gašić on docufiction and telling personal history through found footage
Season 3 Episode 15
Filmmaker Emilija Gašić joins VIFF’s Vanguard series programmer Sonja Baksa to discuss 78 Days, a found-footage film that won the Vanguard Award at V…
9 months, 1 week ago
Vancouver filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming explores mortality and imagines a future without waste with 'Can I Get a Witness?'
Season 3 Episode 14
In this episode of the VIFF Podcast, program manager and senior programmer PoChu AuYeung sits down with acclaimed Canadian animator and filmmaker Ann…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Veteran Documentarian Connie Field Exposes Democracy’s Fragility in 'Democracy Noir'
Season 3 Episode 13
In this episode of the VIFF Podcast, programmer Alan Franey interviews American filmmaker Connie Field about her documentary feature Democracy Noir, …
10 months ago
'Uncommon Ground' filmmaker Faith Sparrow-Crawford on ancestral connections and Musqueam Storytelling
Season 3 Episode 12
Musqueam filmmaker Faith Sparrow-Crawford joins VIFF short programmer Casey Wei to talk about Uncommon Ground, her haunting sci-fi short set in 2171.…
10 months, 2 weeks ago