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VIFF - Vancouver International Film Festival

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Event Category: BC’s Best Festivals & Events
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The annual Vancouver International Film Festival showcases exceptional cinema in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Our spectacular roster includes some of the best cinema from around the globe, one-of-a-kind live performances, talks, industry sessions, and other unique events celebrating film and film culture.

With over 600 screenings and events each year, VIFF brings together curious audiences and passionate creators to celebrate the art of cinema in all its forms. Whether it’s an indie gem, a thought-provoking doc, or a red-carpet premiere, there’s always something worth discovering at VIFF. The 2025 festival program will be announced on August 27th. Be sure to subscribe to VIFF News to get festival news and program updates.

Looking to see great films all year? Check out the year-round roster of exceptional cinema at the luxurious VIFF Centre.

“Thank you for all you do. Every year, I share with friends and family how blessed we are to have the magic of VIFF in our city.” — VIFF audience member, 2024

“All in all, it was a great year and I’m always grateful to be at and around the festival, nothin’ else like it.”

— VIFF audience member, 2024

“I love attending VIFF every year! Great films & fun culture.” — VIFF audience member, 2023

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Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s-2000 | Chinese Canadian Museum

Chinese Canadian Museum
Vancouver
Date:
May 28, 2025
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July 19, 2026
1.63 km
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Welcome to Dream Factory — where pop stardom, migration, and music history collide. This bold, genre-defining exhibition celebrates the golden age of Cantopop and Mandopop — the iconic sounds that took Asia by storm and sparked a global music revolution. On view from May 28, 2025 at the Chinese Canadian Museum, Dream Factory dives into two unforgettable decades of pop — from idol fandoms Read more...
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Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama | Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
October 3, 2025
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February 22, 2026
0.72 km
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“In looking back, I think the best work I did was of the people.” —Tamio Wakayama Enemy Alien is the first major solo exhibition and retrospective of works by documentary photographer Tamio Wakayama. His career, spanning over fifty years, began with his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States. Wakayama documented many of the social justice movements Read more...
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Jim Lambie: Zobop (Colour-Chrome)

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
October 22, 2025
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October 12, 2026
0.72 km
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Jim Lambie transforms everyday architectural spaces into immersive, energetic experiences through his vibrant vinyl tape installations. These site-specific works are an extension of his acclaimed Zobop series, which uses brightly coloured strips of industrial vinyl tape to contour the architectural space, wrapping its form in optical rhythm and vivid saturation. Lambie is a Glasgow–based artist, DJ and musician. His practice Read more...
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We who have known tides

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
November 7, 2025
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April 12, 2026
0.72 km
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We who have known tides begins from a poetic inquiry that seeks to understand what it means to exist at the edges of the Pacific Ocean. We who have known tides is an examination that unveils the ways in which the ocean and living in proximity to it has shaped the work of Indigenous artists, as well as their relation to territories across Read more...
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OPUS Workshops

Opus Art Supplies – Workshops & Classes
Vancouver
Date:
December 31, 2025
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May 20, 2026
0.7 km
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Our Workshops & Classes listings are a great way to find creative courses offered throughout British Columbia.  opusartsupplies.com/resources/events Resources for the Creative Individual Art Materials, Digital Printing, and Picture Frames Videos, Demonstrations, Workshops, and Community Events Friendly and Knowledgeable Staff Locations across BC plus a National Mail Order Service Opus Art Supplies are available at these BC Locations: Read more...
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First Saturday Open Art Studios

First Saturday Open Art Studios
Vancouver
Date:
January 4, 2026
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December 19, 2026
0.7 km
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First Saturday Open Art Studios is a free, monthly event that began in 2010 and can be found in various locations across the Lower Mainland. Every first Saturday noon to five pm, over 85 individual artists and art collectives open their workshops for you to enjoy! Be inspired by original art or buy your new, favorite piece directly from a local artist. Read more...
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THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARIES | Arts Club Theatre Company

Arts Club Theatre Company
Vancouver
Date:
January 22, 2026
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February 15, 2026
0.87 km
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January 22–February 15, 2026 Granville Island Stage TWO PEOPLE, ONE COTTAGE, FIFTY YEARS Since they got married, Glen and Sandy Golden have celebrated every wedding anniversary by coming to the same cottage for a romantic getaway. This weekend marks a major milestone: 50 years of wedded bliss. Well, mostly bliss…. A week ago, Sandy cancelled their big anniversary party and Read more...
Black History Month

Canada Black History Month

Canada Black History Month
Vancouver
Date:
February 1, 2026
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February 28, 2026
0.7 km
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February is Black History Month Every February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and festivities that honour the legacy of Black people in Canada and their communities. The 2026 theme for Black History Month is:  “30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations — From Nation Builders to Tomorrow’s Visionaries.” This theme celebrates three Read more...
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