Vancouver Film Festival to show best in Canadian film
Vancouver Film Festival to show best in Canadian film
The Vancouver Film Festival showcases some of the best films from around the world, but this year, event organizers are shifting the festival's goals toward focusing on Canadian films.
That's no more apparent than with the opening night's film, "Barney's Vision," which is based off the novel of the same name by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. The film, starring Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman, has earned rave reviews in its limited screenings thus far.
Of the other 359 films screening at the festival this year, over a quarter are Canadian. Highlights include "Mammalian," a documentary about a 2,000-kilometer Arctic canoe trip and "Score: A Hockey Musical."
Now in its 29th year, the event has grown into one of the largest in Canada, according to festival organizer Alan Franey.
"Bringing non-Hollywood cinema to Vancouver is critical because many of these culturally and artistically important films will not be shown at our commercial movie theaters," he told the Vancouver Sun.
In the international arena, the festival will include a "Dragons and Tigers" genre featuring films from East Asia. This includes "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives," which won the prestigious Palme D'Or at Cannes this year.
Film fans on British Columbia vacations should be sure to check out the festival, which kicks off September 30th.
Posted on Friday, Sep 10, 2010 by Justin Marlowe
