31st October – Taking place in India. Indira Gandhi got assassinated in 1984 that day, causing riots to erupt. Actually, I didn’t get to see this one. It got replaced at the last minute with
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VIFF (Day 15) almost done…
As the days count down, so do the screenings. One theatre already isn’t screening anything anymore. A bit of slip-up that happened, but anyways… Our Little Sister – Three adult sisters (Sachi, Yoshino, Chika) live together
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VIFF (Day 14) why am I doing this?
14 days of watching movies, balancing my schedule, and writing articles out of my experiences. I can say a little more about today than yesterday at least. Classified File – Based on actual events. In
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VIFF (Day 13) First Time Nearly Late
This happens a fair amount to some people who are heading to an event at VIFF. The main thing is always to go early to the screening as the line can always stretch quite a
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VIFF (Day 12) Gradually Winding Down
Seems as if there’s not much to see nowadays. It’s only a few more days though. These ones were pretty much decided in advance right after leaving work and running errands. Love, Pain and the
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Five More from VIFF
Fire Song – High-school graduate Shane had plans to move out of his small city to Toronto and university. But his sister killed herself, thus making his mother spiral into an uncontrollable depression. Once again,
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