Eva Nová
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 – 7:30pm
Slovakia 2015. Dir: Marko Škop. 106 min. Blu-ray Disc
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Rene Weideman
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Writer-director Marko Škop’s intimate psychological drama won a prestigious International Critics Prize at TIFF this year. Emília Vášáryová plays the titular Eva, a discredited, once-famous actress well into her 60s, recently released from her third stint in rehab for alcoholism, and desperate to make amends with the now-adult son she abandoned in infancy to the care of her sister.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 – 7:30pm
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 – 7:30pm
The iconic Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil won the Best Actor award at Cannes for his role as Charlie, an aging indigenous man determined to maintain his culture and autonomy in white-dominated society.
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Saskia Gubbels’s compassionate documentary portrays the experiences of four patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy.
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Luce (Mélanie Doutey) and Ulysse (Jalil Lespert) are a contented young couple, very much in love and excitedly awaiting the birth of their first child. When baby Rose arrives, Luce is distraught to discover she feels no love for the newborn — only fear and growing anxiety…
CO-DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE! ? A thought-provoking and visually-stunning documentary that explores the potential of five powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, ayahuasca, and cannabis) as psychotherapeutic medicines.
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Premiered in both the Forum and Generation sections of the Berlin IFF, this worthy addition to the coming-of-age genre is the assured, poetic feature debut of New Zealand-raised, Denmark-based writer-director Borgman.
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! This intimate documentary from Dutch filmmaker Ingeborg Jansen focuses on a Youth Mental Heath Centre in Rotterdam