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Pancouver is a multilingual Vancouver media outlet focusing on underrepresented artistic communities. Check us out at https://pancouver.ca/ to find stories that nobody else is covering.

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Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 17h

We really recommend Brishkay Ahmed's stirring documentary, In the Room, if you get a chance to see it. The final screening at VIFF is at 3 p.m. today. Here's a Pancouver article about the film, which features five courageous Afghan-born women. pancouver.ca/viff-2025-br...

VIFF 2025: Brishkay Ahmed breaks through binary representation of Afghan women with honest conversations In the Room - Pancouver

Ahmed makes brilliant use of imagery, Afghan music and old movie scenes, file footage, photos, and close-ups.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 1d

VIFF 2025: Saikai Paradise offers an affecting look at small-town seaside life in Nagasaki Prefecture. @viffest.bsky.social World premiere is at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday (October 9) on the Granville Island Stage. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-sa...

VIFF 2025: Saikai Paradise offers an affecting look at small-town seaside life in Nagasaki Prefecture - Pancouver

Japanese director Keiko Tsuruoka has returned to the Vancouver International Film Festival with another quietly pensive film.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 2d

New @pancouver.bsky.social: VIFF 2025: “Tears Burn to Ash” depicts diaspora’s distance from ancestral homeland. It will be shown at 3:30 pm on Wed. (Oct. 8) at International Village 7 as part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 5. pancouver.ca/viff-2025-te...

VIFF 2025: "Tears Burn to Ash" depicts diaspora's distance from ancestral homeland - Pancouver

Veena Yamano plays a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian in her 20s who lands in Tokyo in "Tears Burn to Ash".

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 2d

New @pancouver.bsky.social: @capilanou.bsky.social prof Hande Gürses reviews It Was Just an Accident, which won Palme d'Or at Cannes. Its final @viffest.bsky.social screening is at 2:45 pm Thurs. (Oct. 9) at Vancouver Playhouse. pancouver.ca/encounters-w...

Encounters with Evil: A review of It Was Just an Accident - Pancouver

Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for It Was Just an Accident.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 2d

VIFF 2025: The Things You Kill director Alireza Khatami shares thoughts on Persian poetry, racism, and symbolism of the “father” in interview with @nuralsumbultepe.bsky.social. @viffest.bsky.social. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-th...

VIFF 2025: The Things You Kill director Alireza Khatami shares thoughts on Persian poetry, racism, and symbolism of the "father" - Pancouver

In a wide-ranging interview with Nural Sümbültepe, Khatami also speaks about how he plays with versions of himself in the film.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 3d

Alvin Erasga Tolentino uplifts voices of Indigenous women through Eternal Gestures. World premiere is at Scotiabank Dance Centre on Thursday (Oct. 9) and Friday (Oct. 10). Learn more in @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/alvin-erasga...

Alvin Erasga Tolentino uplifts voices of Indigenous women through Eternal Gestures - Pancouver

The founder of Co.ERASGA will perform solo works by Margaret Grenier, Starr Muranko, and Michelle Olson at the Scotiabank Dance Centre.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 4d

Vancouver director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in “chin (ripe)”. It's part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 4: Um, womanhood at 6:30 pm Monday (October 6) and 3:15 pm Tuesday (October 7) at International Village 7 pancouver.ca/viff-2025-di...

VIFF 2025: Director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in "chin (ripe)" - Pancouver

Her new 19-minute short, “chin (ripe)” , revolves around a young, rural Vietnamese woman played by Hayley Ngọc Mai.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 5d

VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi. @viffest.bsky.social. World premiere is tonight at Vancouver Playhouse. Check out @pancouver.bsky.social review here: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-sk...

VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi - Pancouver

If you’re planning to visit a theatre to watch Akashi, make sure you bring some hankies.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 6d

VIFF 2025: Vancouver director Kent Donguines reconnects to Filipino heritage by directing Treasure of the Rice Terraces. It will premiere @viffest.bsky.social on Sunday (Oct. 5) and Monday (Oct. 6) with filmmakers in attendance. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-di...

VIFF 2025: Kent Donguines reconnects to Filipino heritage by directing Treasure of the Rice Terraces - Pancouver

Donguines travelled 10,000 kilometres to make his uplifting documentary, which will premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 7d

VIFF 2025: Canada’s Hong Kong diaspora is seen in Finch & Midland. Its world premiere is @viffest.bsky.social
on Sunday (October 5) followed by another screening on Monday (October 6). Ready becky tu's perspective on the film in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/finch-and-mi...

VIFF 2025: Canada's Hong Kong diaspora is seen in Finch & Midland - Pancouver

VIFF 2025 presents the world premiere of Finch & Midland, a film that captures the loneliness and resilience of Hong Kong diaspora in Canada.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 9d

VIFF 2025: Factory documents human cost of globalization in a Chinese manufacturing plant @viffest.bsky.social. Learn more about this unusual film @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-fa...

VIFF 2025: Factory documents human cost of globalization in a Chinese manufacturing plant - Pancouver

Director Zhou Hao captures the rhythms of working in a large electronics factory in Wuhan.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 9d

VIFF 2025: Nadir Sarıbacak’s compelling performance carries Gazelle from start to finish. Turkish film aficionado Nural Sümbültepe reviews this film for @pancouver.bsky.social. @viffest.bsky.social pancouver.ca/viff-2025-na...

VIFF 2025: Nadir Sarıbacak's compelling performance carries Gazelle from start to finish - Pancouver

Gazelle revolves around a music teacher compelled to leave his wife and five-year-old daughter in Türkiye to seek asylum in New York.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 10d

The Good Canadian offers a truth-filled wake-up to those feeling complacent about reconciliation. It's on CBC TV at 8 pm and APTN at 9 pm. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/the-good-can...

The Good Canadian offers a truth-filled wake-up to those feeling complacent about reconciliation - Pancouver

Gitxsan child-welfare activist Cindy Blackstock successfully challenged policies that discriminated against on-reserve Indigenous kids.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 11d

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation commemorated at many locations in Metro Vancouver. If you're at home on Tuesday (Sept. 30) evening, there's also a documentary worth watching on APTN, CBC, and CBC Gem. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/national-day...

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation commemorated at many locations in Metro Vancouver - Pancouver

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours children who never returned home, as well as survivors and family members.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 11d

Vancouver Art Gallery names architects for city’s largest cultural infrastructure project in decades. @vanartgallery.bsky.social Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/vancouver-ar...

Vancouver Art Gallery names architects for city's largest cultural infrastructure project in decades - Pancouver

Formline Architecture + Urbanism and KPMB Architects will lead a collaborative process toward a new conceptual gallery design in 2026.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 11d

Open-minded Taiwanese-born parents laid the foundation for Van Lefan’s musical success. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/open-minded-...

Open-minded Taiwanese-born parents laid the foundation for Van Lefan's musical success - Pancouver

The family’s playlists evolved with the decades—Taiwanese folk songs to 1980s pop—always with CDs stacked near the car stereo.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 14d

VIFF 2025 world premiere: Vancouver director Jennifer Chiu's Clan of the Painted Lady tells a Hakka story of multi-generational migration. @viffest.bsky.social It screens on Oct. 6 and 9. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-cl...

VIFF 2025: Clan of the Painted Lady tells a Hakka story of multi-generational migration - Pancouver

The Vancouver International Film Festival will premiere Jennifer Chiu's expansive documentary on Hakka culture and identity.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 14d

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival co-founder and artistic director Rosalie Ancer returns to the stage tonight after a five-year hiatus in Soulfulness at the Vancouver Playhouse. Learn more in this @pancouver.bsky.social article. pancouver.ca/rosario-ance...

Rosario Ancer will perform signature dance at 35th Vancouver International Flamenco Festival - Pancouver

Ancer co-founded the festival with her late husband, Victor Kolstee, back in 1990 at the East Vancouver Cultural Centre.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 14d

Punjabi novel based on painful memories of 1947 religious violence is among finalists for Dhahan Prize. Read @gurpreetradical.bsky.social article about Balbir Parwana's Rauleyan Vele (In the Time of Unrest) @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/punjabi-nove...

Punjabi novel based on painful memories of 1947 religious violence is among finalists for Dhahan Prize - Pancouver

Balbir Parwana's Punjabi novel, Rauleyan Vele (In the Time of Unrest), chronicles the lasting impact of the partition of Punjab.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 16d

iSAFF will show its feature films at Landmark Cinemas Guildford from Thurs. (Sept. 25) to Sunday (September 28) in Surrey. Here is a preview in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/from-have-yo...

From Have You Heard Judi Singh? to We Are Fareem & Karun, iSAFF offers a diversity of stories from Canada to Kashmir - Pancouver

The annual iSAFF lineup demonstrates that there are many communities that trace their roots back to South Asia.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 16d

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden draws on Ming dynasty tradition for gala fundraiser. It's at Floata Restaurant at 6 p.m. on Thursday (September 25). More info @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/dr-sun-yat-s...

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden draws on Ming dynasty tradition for gala fundraiser - Pancouver

The fundraiser will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday (September 25) at Floata Restaurant in Chinatown.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 16d

Playwright and UBC creative writing prof Frances Koncan gives a voice to those silenced by history in Women of the Fur Trade. It opens Touchstone Theatre's 50th season and runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 4 at Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/playwright-f...

Playwright Frances Koncan gives a voice to those silenced by history in Women of the Fur Trade - Pancouver

Koncan chose to do this through three female characters who use 21st-century slang in her satire on survival and cultural inheritance.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 17d

New @pancouver.bsky.social: Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility pancouver.ca/confronting-...

Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility - Pancouver

Residential school denialism, as historian Crystal Gail Fraser has outlined, is an attack on truth.

Pancouver @pancouver.bsky.social · 19d

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival will screen innovative NFB documentary called The Nest at International Village at 5:45 pm. Learn more about how co-directors Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt illuminate hidden feminist histories in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/the-nest-co-...

The Nest co-directors Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt re-embody lost feminist histories entwined with a Winnipeg mansion - Pancouver

The Nest was built by a radical Métis matriarch, Annie Bannatyne, who helped spark the Red River Resistance led by Louis Riel.