The 28th Vancouver International Film Festival is just around the corner (it starts October 1 and ends October 16). While VIFF doesn't quite get all the pomp and circumstances (meaning Hollywood celebs) as TIFF or the Toronto International Film Festival does but VIFF does offer many of the same high quality films that TIFF often presents such as this year both film festivals are showing The Young Victoria starring Emily Blunt.
This year is no different. Here I like to present 10 films that people should check out at VIFF.
In Part One, I present 5 films that are a must see.
The first film is An Education starring Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson and in her breakthrough role Carey Mulligan. I wrote in a previous blog post that this is one of the films I am looking forward to seeing in the fall and am so glad that it is playing at VIFF.
An Education is the story of a teenage girl's coming-of-age set in 1961 London, a city caught between the drab, post-war 1950s and the glamorous, more liberated decade to come. Jenny (Carey Mulligan) stands on the brink of becoming a woman: a brilliantly witty and attractive 16-year-old whose suburban life is about to be blown apart by the utterly unsuitable 30-something David (Peter Sarsgaard). Urbane and witty, David manages to charm her conservative parents Jack (Alfred Molina) and Marjorie (Cara Seymour). David introduces Jenny to a glittering new world of classical concerts and late-night suppers with his attractive friend and business partner, Danny (Dominic Cooper) and Danny's girlfriend, the beautiful but vacuous Helen (Rosamund Pike). Just as Jenny's family's long-held dream of getting their brilliant daughter into Oxford seems within reach, Jenny is tempted by another kind of life.
You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/2628
The next film on my list is Cooking with Stella, the feature debut of Dilip Mehta, who co-
wrote the film with his sister Deepa Mehta. The film stars Don McKellar and Lisa Ray as Michael and Maya, new parents from Ottawa who arrive in New Delhi where Maya has landed a diplomatic post. There taste of India comes from their cook Stella, a brilliant chef, loyal employee, devout Catholic and a bit of a thief. Director Dilip Mehta will be in attendance.
You can view more about this film on the VIFF website:
http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/3118
Film #3 is The Eclipse not to be confused for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, this Eclipse stars Ciaran Hinds (soon to be Aberforth D
umbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) as a widower who falls for a visiting ghost story writer while enduring some shocking apparitions in a film set in scenic, Cobh, County Cork Ireland.
You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/3413
Number 5 is a Quebecois film called I Remember, a dark satire about two-time Premier Maurice Duplessis and set in the mining city of Abitibi in 1949.
You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/5275
Part 2 are five documentaries that are have to be seen at VIFF and they range in topics from seniors to opera to cooking.
This year is no different. Here I like to present 10 films that people should check out at VIFF.
In Part One, I present 5 films that are a must see.
The first film is An Education starring Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson and in her breakthrough role Carey Mulligan. I wrote in a previous blog post that this is one of the films I am looking forward to seeing in the fall and am so glad that it is playing at VIFF.An Education is the story of a teenage girl's coming-of-age set in 1961 London, a city caught between the drab, post-war 1950s and the glamorous, more liberated decade to come. Jenny (Carey Mulligan) stands on the brink of becoming a woman: a brilliantly witty and attractive 16-year-old whose suburban life is about to be blown apart by the utterly unsuitable 30-something David (Peter Sarsgaard). Urbane and witty, David manages to charm her conservative parents Jack (Alfred Molina) and Marjorie (Cara Seymour). David introduces Jenny to a glittering new world of classical concerts and late-night suppers with his attractive friend and business partner, Danny (Dominic Cooper) and Danny's girlfriend, the beautiful but vacuous Helen (Rosamund Pike). Just as Jenny's family's long-held dream of getting their brilliant daughter into Oxford seems within reach, Jenny is tempted by another kind of life.
You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/2628
The next film on my list is Cooking with Stella, the feature debut of Dilip Mehta, who co-
wrote the film with his sister Deepa Mehta. The film stars Don McKellar and Lisa Ray as Michael and Maya, new parents from Ottawa who arrive in New Delhi where Maya has landed a diplomatic post. There taste of India comes from their cook Stella, a brilliant chef, loyal employee, devout Catholic and a bit of a thief. Director Dilip Mehta will be in attendance.You can view more about this film on the VIFF website:
http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/3118
Film #3 is The Eclipse not to be confused for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, this Eclipse stars Ciaran Hinds (soon to be Aberforth D
umbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) as a widower who falls for a visiting ghost story writer while enduring some shocking apparitions in a film set in scenic, Cobh, County Cork Ireland.You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/3413
The Italian film, Mid-August Lunch, is the number 4 film that you should watch at VIFF. Th
e film is abou an obliging middle-aged son who finds himself catering to a spry but temperamental geriatric foursome including his own mother.
You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/2574
e film is abou an obliging middle-aged son who finds himself catering to a spry but temperamental geriatric foursome including his own mother. You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/2574
Number 5 is a Quebecois film called I Remember, a dark satire about two-time Premier Maurice Duplessis and set in the mining city of Abitibi in 1949.You can view more about this film on the VIFF website: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/5275
Part 2 are five documentaries that are have to be seen at VIFF and they range in topics from seniors to opera to cooking.
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