Monday, September 29, 2008

VIFF 2008: VIFF: Guests In Vancouver Sept. 29-Oct. 5...

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VIFF 2008 GUESTS:
MONDAY SEPT 29 - SUNDAY OCT 5

**Dragons & Tigers Award Nominees

PERFECT LIFE
Emily Tang Director Sept 28 -Oct 3
Keuna Chow Producer Sept 28 -Oct 3

Oct 1, 9:30pm, Vancity
Oct 2, 1:15pm, Vancity

KAZA-ANA
Nobuteru Uchida Director Sept 28 - Oct 4
Shimmon Akaho Actor Sept 28 - Oct 4
Shinichi Nabeyama Actor Sept 28 - Oct 4

Sept 29, 7:00pm Vancity
Sept 30, 1:15pm Vancity

MIME-MIME
Yukiko Sode Director Sept 28 - Oct 3

Sept 30, 9:45pm Vancity
Oct 1, 3:45am, Vancity

THE "THANK YOU" GIRLS (GBLT)
James Hohl Producer Sept 30 - Oct 4

Oct 1, 7pm Vancity
Oct 2, 3:45pm Vancity

LUCKY 7
Sun Koh Director Sept 27 - Oct 6

Sept 28, 7:15pm, Vancity
Sept 29, 3:45pm, Vancity

SYNCHINA BLUE
Won-Tae Seo Director Sept 29 - Oct 4

Sept 30, 7:30pm Vancity
Oct 1, 1:15pm Vancity

**Asian Films

THE LONAWANA CHRONICLES
Yifan Li Director/Producer Sept 27 - Oct 7

Sept 28, 6:00pm Granville 7 #5
Sept 30, 12:15pm Granville 7 #1
Oct 6, 12:00pm Granville 7 #5

HIGH NOON
Heiward Mak Director Sept 27 - Oct 2

Sept 28, 9:30pm, Granville 7 #1
Sept 29, 3:00pm, Granville 7 #1

MURAKAMI KENII TRILOAV
Kenii Murakami Director Sept 29 - Oct 3

Sept 30, 7:00pm Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 1, 10:45am Vancity

UNCONSCIOUS (short)
Yusuke Nakajima Director Sept 27 - Oct 5

Sept 29, 7:00pm, Vancity
Sept 30, 1:15PM, Vancity

ALTAR
Ilarde Rico Director Sept 28 - Oct 3

Sept 29, 9:00pm, Pacific Cinematheque
Sept 30, 10:45am, Vancity

SEOUL FARTHER THAN HEAVEN (short)
Hyung-Min Jun Director Sept 28 - Oct 2

Sept 29, 1:30pm, Granville 7 #2
Oct 1, 6:45pm, Granville 7 #2
Oct 5, 3:00pm, Granville 7 #5

TROPICAL MANILA
Sang-Woo Lee Director Sept 25 - Oct 6

Sept 27, 1:30pm, Pacific Cinematheque
Sept 28, 7:00pm, Pacific Cinematheque

GRANDMA AND WRESTLING (short)
Hyung Sup Lim Director Sept 29 - Oct 7

Sept 29, 9:30pm, Pacific Cinematheque
Sept 30, 10:45am, Vancity

HANSEL AND GRETEL
Phil-Shung Yim Director Sept 29 - Oct 4

Oct 2, 6:30pm, Granville 7 #7
Oct 3, 1:30pm Granville 7 #2

Shelly Kraicer VIFF Chinese Film Programmer Sept 26 - Oct 3
Tony Rayns Dragon & Tigers Programmer Sept 26 - Oct 3
Shozo Ichiyama Dragon & Tigers Juror Sept 27 - Oct 3
Pe-nek Ratanaruang Dragon & Tigers Juror Sept 26 - Oct 4
Elisabeth Lequeret Dragon & Tigers Juror Sept 27 - Oct 4

**Canadian Images Films

THE ISLANDS PROJECT
Michael Stadtlander Director and subject to Sept 30

Sept 30 4:30pm Gr2
Oct 7, 4:30pm Pacific Cinematheque

EN PLEIN COEUR
Stéphane Géhami Director to Sept 30
Julie Deslauriers Actress to Oct 1

Sept 29, Pacific Cinematheque, 7pm
Sept 30, Pacific Cinematheque 10:45am

SUIVRE CATHERINE
Jeanne Crepeau Director to Oct 1

Sept 29, 4:30 Pacific Cinematheque
Sept 30 9:30pm, Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 7, 11am Vancity

GENERAL IDEA: ART, AIDS AND THE FIN DE SIECLE
Annette Mangaard Producer to Oct 2

Sept 29, 9:45pm Gr1
Oct 1, 3pm Gr1

SHELTERED LIFE
Lori Lozinski (to Tues) and Kryssta Mills Co-producers (local)

Oct 2, 1:30pm Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 8, 3:45 Vancity

PASSAGE
John Walker Director to Oct 6

Oct 3,6pm Gr5
Oct 4, 3:45pm Vancity

FIERCE LIGHT: WHEN SPIRIT MEETS ACTION
Velcrow Ripper Director, and others to Oct 8

Oct 1, 7pm Gr7
Oct 2, 1pm Gr7
Oct 9, 10:30am Gr2

THE MORNING PARTY
Evan Crow Director to Oct 11

Oct 8, 8:30pm Vancity
Oct 9, 4pm Vancity

YELLOW STICKY NOTES
Jeff Chiba Stearns Director to Oct 11

Sept 29, Gr1 9:45pm
Oct 1, Gr1 3pm

GROWING OP
Michael Melski Director Oct 1 - 5

Oct 2, 9pm Gr4
Oct 4, 2pm Gr4

LET HIM BE
Peter McNamee and others Director Oct 1 -5
Sean Clement and Kathleen Munroe Actors Oct 1 - 5
Sarah Bennett Kneebone Actor Oct 2 - 5

Oct 1, 9pm Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 3, 4:30pm, Pacific Cinematheque

NEXT FLOOR
David Miller Consultant Oct 1-6

Oct 3, 7pm Vancity
Oct 5, 3:45 Vancity

FLICKER
Nick Sheehan Director Oct 2-6
Maureen Judge Oct 1-4

Oct 3, 9:30pm Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 4, 12:15 Gr1

THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE
Benoit Pilon Director Oct 2 - 6

Oct 2, 6:20pm Gr4
Oct 4, 10:30am Gr2

OUT IN THE COLD
Sarah Abbott Producer Oct 2 - 7

Screens in MAPS program
Oct 5, 9:45pm Gr1
Oct 6, 3pm Gr1

PAT'S FIRST KISS
Pat Mills Director Oct 3-6

Oct 3, 7pm Vancity
Oct 5, 3:45pm Vancity

PRINCESS MARGARET BLVD
Kazik Radwanski Director and others Oct 5-8

Oct 8, 9:30pm Vancity
Oct 9, 4pm Vancity

DOWN TO THE DIRT
Justin Simms Director Oct 5-9

Oct 6, 6:20pm Gr4
Oct 8, 4:30pm Pacific Cinematheque

**International Films

CAPTAIN ABU RAED (Jordan/USA)
Amin Matalqa Director Sept 28 - 30

Thu. Sep 25, 4:00pm, Granville #2;
Sun. Sep 28, 1:00pm, Ridge;
Mon. Sep 29, 6:30pm, Granville #3

CIRCUS ROSAIRE (USA)
Robyn Bliley Director Sept 26 - 30

Fri. Sep 26, 8:45pm, Granville #5;
Sun. Sep 28, 12:00pm, Granville #5;
Thu. Oct 9, 12:15pm, Granville #1

MOK UP ON MU (USA)
Craig Baldwin Director Sept 28 - Oct 1

Sun. Sep 28, 9:00pm, Granville #5
Mon. Sep 29, 3:00pm, Granville #5

MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH (USA)
Morgan Dews Director Oct 1 - 3

Wed. Oct 1, 7:00pm, Cinémathèque
Fri. Oct 3, 11:00am, Vancity Theatre

ONE WATER (USA)
Sanjeev Chatterjee Director Oct 1 - 4

Oct 1, 7:15 pm, GR1
Oct 3, 12 pm, GR5

LARGO (USA)
Andrew van Baal Director Oct 2 - 5

Oct 3, 9:30 pm, GR2
Oct 4, 4:30 pm, GR2
Oct 9, 11 am, VCT

(more international guests will be announced mid-week)...