Killer in the Rain: The Vancouver International Film Festival Bérénice Reynaud December 2013 Festival Reports It rained during most of my stay at the latest Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) – a thick, persistent, almost sweet, drizzle that covered the horizon in greyish tones and gave the cityscape an air o...
Tales of Entropy: The 31st Vancouver International Film Festival Bérénice Reynaud November 2012 Festival Reports Monster From the Deep Off the coast of Bangladesh, the tiny island of Banishanta (about 100 by 10 metres) is flat, exposed to the vagaries of the Bay of Bengal, with its treacherous monsoons and cyclones tha...
Conflicting Landscapes: The 30th Vancouver International Film Festival Bérénice Reynaud December 2011 Festival Reports The Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema went to the first digital film of a young Tibetan director, Sonthar Gyal’s Dbus Lam Gyi Nyi Ma (The Sun-Beaten Path), that had already received a Special Mention in...
Pellucid Pique: The 27th Vancouver International Film Festival Jay Kuehner February 2009 Festival Reports 25 September – 10 October 2008 “Radishes are genius...” Such are the first words, uttered by a vivacious grandmother reigning over the kitchen at a family reunion, in Aruitemo, Aruitemo (Still Walkin...
