Throughout the year, the Vancouver International Film Festival’s team of programmers travel the globe in search of the very best in world cinema, attending the better-known festivals such as Sundance in January, Berlin in February, Hong Kong and South by Southwest in March, Tribeca in April, Cannes in May, Seattle in late May through mid-June, as well as the myriad smaller but still prestigious film festivals in Rotterdam, Edinburgh, London, Locarno and the Czech Republic, among many, many other Festivals.
In late September of each year for 16 days, world cinema arrives on our shores, providing a window on the world, screenings scheduled once, twice or three times at VIFF, the vast majority of films never to be seen in our cinemas ever again. Either you see that very special, award-winning Turkish or Iranian, Japanese or Romanian, Chilean or Ugandan film as part of the annual Vancouver International Film Festival, or you will have missed out.
And what of those very special, award-winning films you’ll want to place on your VIFF 2015 screening schedule.
