Events at: Cineplex International Village

Film: Joyland

ARTIVISM is proud to yet again partner with the 41st Vancouver International Film Festival with a ground breaking, award-winning new film from Pakistan addressing politics of the body as they are strained under expectations of tradition. In Joyland, a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, while […]

Film: Joyland

ARTIVISM is proud to yet again partner with the 41st Vancouver International Film Festival with a ground breaking, award-winning new film from Pakistan addressing politics of the body as they are strained under expectations of tradition. In Joyland, a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, while […]

Lonely Oaks at VIFF

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29 @ 12:45PM THURSDAY OCTOBER 5 @ 8:45PM LONLEY OAKS International Village Cinemas Community Partner the Vancouver International Film Festival presents LONELY OAKS. How far should activism go? The film combines footage which activist/film-student Steffen Meyn shot on a 360-degree helmet camera and interviews with environmentalists occupying a forest. The entire festival runs […]

Draw Me Egypt: Doaa El-Adl, a Stroke of Freedom

Community Partner the Vancouver International Film Festival presents Draw Me Egypt: Doaa El-Adl, a Stroke of Freedom. Doaa el-Adl is one the most prominent of the very few female cartoonists in the Arab world. This film creatively blends documentary, cartoons and animation to bring to life this courageous artist’s thoughts on politics and feminism as she uses […]