I’ve seen a fair amount of content at VIFF this year and most of It was okay. But there was one film that stood out more than most. And it’s this one. It’s a film
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VIFF: UNTIL BRANCHES BEND Mines Rural Angst
It’s quite lonely out there for the whistleblower. The price of doing the right thing often incurs the wrath not only of the perpetrator, but of the very people the whistleblower is sounding the alarm
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Plan 75 shows a new level of pain – VIFF Review
Suicide is the worst way to go. Elderly suicide is a negative thing in itself, even being used in a not-so-good Simpsons episode. As the audience struggled to get seated as this was a popular
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VIFF: UNARCHIVED Sheds Light on BC’s Untold Stories
“The process of silencing makes a lot of noise.” They say history is written by the winners or at the very least, the people in charge. When we visit a museum or read about local
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VIFF: THE MAIDEN Scores One for the Lonely
Whaddya wanna do for the next ten years? I don’t even know what I’m doing tomorrow…. We don’t truly appreciate the carefree days of youth until they’re long gone. For some, these times tragically end
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QUEEN OF CANADA: Three NFB Takes on Queen Elizabeth II
On September 8, 2022, Canada’s longest-reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at the age of 96 after 70 years on the throne. Her passing was something we all knew to be inevitable, yet
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