Wednesday, December 18, 2024 6:30 pm
Yohji, a retired professor with a mysterious past, is diagnosed with dementia, his son Takashi is forced to reconcile not only with his father’s newly intensified illness, but also with the
nuances of their fractured relationship.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:00pm
Inspired by the concept of an “autistic camera,” The Stimming Pool is a brilliant exercise in collaborative filmmaking in which the lived experiences of several neurodiverse artists reign supreme. A film curator of a B‑movie film club shares his fascination with underground horror with an engaged audience; a woman takes an eye-tracking biomarker test; a worker tries to settle into a busy office full of overwhelming background noises; Post-screening discussion with Javier Herrera and Kenzie Curby, both neurodiverse individuals and advocates.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 7:00pm
Vancouver Premiere. Weaving together expert analysis by sociologists and philosophers with testimonials from everyday workers worldwide, After Work explores the existential and material paradoxes of modern work culture.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 7:00 pm
The Hearing explores the hidden world of asylum hearings—the process that millions of refugees worldwide experience when applying for citizenship in a new country. Through carefully crafted reenactments by real-life asylum seekers and employees of the State Secretariat for Migration in Switzerland, director Lisa Gerig vividly portrays the emotional stakes of these life-changing encounters
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024 7:00pm
Floating on the Seine River in the heart of Paris, the Adamant is a therapeutic day centre whose distinct architectural form—resembling that of a wooden spaceship-turned-barge—defies the clinical setting. Developed in collaboration with staff and persons living with mental illness, the centre opened in July 2010 and operates as part of the Esquirol psychiatric service of the Saint-Maurice hospital network.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 7:00pm
In 1999, when Nisha Platzer was 11 years old, her older brother Josh died by suicide. Twenty years later, the Vancouver-based artist traces the past using the art of analogue filmmaking in her debut feature documentary, back home. Through contemplative narration and fragmentary film sequences, Nisha documents her efforts to reconnect with the memory of her deceased brother.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 7:00 pm
USA 2023 Brittany Snow
Vancouver Premiere! The night after leaving a treatment recovery centre for an eating disorder and suicide attempt, Riley (Courtney Eaton, Yellowjackets) finds herself bored at a karaoke bar. There she meets Ethan (Thomas Mann), a charming friend of a friend. The two twentysomethings hit it off, entwining themselves in a years-long “situationship” that teeters between friendship and romance. Post-screening discussion with Maude Henri-Bhargava, RD, and Lauren Jennings, MOT.
Wednesday March 20, 2024 7:00pm
Gabor Maté, physician and author of best-selling books In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and When the Body Says No, is one of Canada’s most celebrated intellectuals. Known for his work on addiction, trauma, and harm reduction, in Physician, Heal Thyself Maté offers a rare glimpse into his personal life…Maté’s reflections remind us that healing, emotional growth, and self-acceptance are a continual process, even for those who have achieved outward success. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Gabor Maté and director Asher Penn.
Wednesday February 21, 2024 7:00 pm
Oscar-nominated director Maite Alberdi builds on her impressive oeuvre with The Eternal Memory, her most celebrated work to date. Filmed over several years, Alberdi’s tender portrait captures couple Augusto Góngora and Paulina Urrutia as they cope with the progression of Augusto’s Alzheimer’s disease. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Benjamin Bryce and Dr. Elisabeth Drance.