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When & Where In-person September 10-20, 2026 and online September 21-27, 2026 | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas and other various venues. Reviewer Darren Cordeiro Image credit Odera Ikbowe and Tolu Ayoka Programme and tickets are available at https://outonscreen.com/vqff/programme The Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2026 (VQFF) is just around the corner showcasing this year’s theme “A Seat at the Table” that imagines queer existence as a place of abundance, belonging, and possibility. This year’s programme marks 87 films, inviting audiences into stories of intergenerational and intercultural connection, indigenous sovereignty, self-realization and queer becoming, queer worlds and futures, communities beyond colonialism and the possibility of building ecosystems rather than empires. Blood Lines
Director Gail Maurice | Country Canada, 2025 | Runtime 89 min This Canadian drama unfolds within a Métis reserve in Ontario, where a young lesbian lives in the comfort of her tightly knit community, surrounded by family and friends. The story takes shape when her mother returns after abandoning her at the age of six. At the same time, she meets a city girl who has come to stay on the reserve in hopes of finding her own birth mother after being given up for adoption at birth. Their stories intertwine through the roots of their pasts as they navigate the circumstances of the present and look toward a brighter future, one that may not seem equally welcoming to everyone. Full Review
Test Director Sam McConnell | Country USA, 2026 | Runtime 108 min Eddie, a young and struggling bodybuilder, is fighting tooth and nail to claw his way toward a first-place trophy on the competition stage. His struggle, however, extends far beyond the gym and is woven through every aspect of his life, particularly his relationships with his mother, coach, and ex-girlfriend. Full Review
Black
Burns Fast
Director Sandulela Asanda | Country South Africa, 2025 | Runtime 95 min Reviewer Darren Cordeiro Set in a South African private school for girls, this coming-of-age story follows Luthando as she begins to discover who she truly is during the formative years of adolescence. More than simply a shy, overachieving student, she is a young woman beginning to explore her identity and confront her feelings about her own sexuality, particularly as she finds herself drawn to Ayanda, the new girl at school. Full Review
Paramount
Pictures USA, 2025, Dir. Josh Boone, 116 minutes When and Where Release date for Canada: October 24, 2025 | Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver AVX Reviewer John Anthony Jane Regretting You is a film by Josh Boone adapted from a 2019 novel of the same name by popular fiction writer Colleen Hoover. The film is scheduled for commercial released by Paramount Pictures in Canada on October 24. Full Review
When & Where October 2 – 12, 2025 | The VIFF Centre, The Cinémathèque, International Village, Vancouver Playhouse, Rio Theatre, SFU's Goldcorp Centre, Fifth Avenue Cinema, H.R. MacMillan Centre, Granville Island Stage & Alliance Francaise VIFF AUDIENCE AWARDS Galas
& Special Presentations Showcase Panorama Vanguard Northern
Lights Insights Spectrum Portraits Altered
States Spotlight
on Korea: The New Breed Focus:
Edges of Belonging - Tales of Grit and Grace from India
UK, 2025, dir. Harry Lighton, 107 minutes Dates and Venue October 10 at the Rio & October 12 at Fifth Avenue Cinema
Harry Lighton’s off-the-wall film is a mildly erotic
look into an absurd dominant-submissive relationship between
Ray, a brawny, taciturn biker and Colin, diametrically opposite,
both physically and characteristically.
Germany/Belgium/Poland, 2025, dir. Ido Fluk, 116 minutes Dates and Venue October 11 & October 12 at the Vancouver Playhouse In German with English subtitles and English Before
actually setting out to see Ido Fluk’s engaging film
set in (then) West Germany, one might want to know a little
about Keith Jarrett and why his concerts were such a big deal.
France, 2025, dir. Rebecca Zlotowski, 103 minutes Dates and Venues October 4 at Alliance Francaise, October 7 at Vancouver Playhouse & October 12 at Granville Island Stage In French with English subtitles Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film comes across as a tribute to the Woody Allen style of film-making; in as much that his (best) films often portray neurotic and complex characters who struggle with personal anxiety. This trait allows the viewer to observe the subject with humour. Jodie Foster portrays an American psychoanalyst living and working in Paris whose own mental health might be questionable. While Ms. Foster is on screen for almost the entire duration of the film, this is not one of her best; although, she functions in the role speaking remarkably good French. Norway/France/Denmark/Germany/Sweden/UK, 2025, dir. Joachim Trier, 135 minutes Dates and Venue October 3 & October 8 at the Vancouver Playhouse In English and Norwegian with English subtitles
Joachim Trier’s film is a complex family drama about
an intergenerational, dysfunctional family. More than that
though, it’s a story of forgiveness and redemption.
USA, 2025, dir. Colin Hanks, 113 minutes Dates and Venue October 4 at the Vancouver Playhouse & October 6 at Granville Island Stage Canadian actor and comedian John Candy died of a heart attack on March 4, 1994 on location in Durango, Mexico midway through filming Wagons East. He was only 43. That was more than thirty years ago.
Iran/France/Luxembourg, 2025, dir. Jafar Panahi, 105 minutes Dates and Venues October 2 & October 9 at the Vancouver Playhouse In Persian with English subtitles
A simple single vehicle accident on a dark road on the outskirts
of a large Iranian city leads to a catastrophic conclusion,
that effects not only the driver and the vehicle’s other
occupants, but also a disparate group of denizens.....
USA, 2025, dir. David Michôd, 135 minutes Dates and Venues October10 at the Vancouver Playhouse and October 12 at The Rio Notwithstanding Clint Eastwood’s 2004 film Million Dollar Baby, movies that focus on the sport of female boxing are almost unique. David Michôd’s film is a cinematic biography that chronicles Christine “Christy “ Salters’ abusive relationship with husband and trainer Jim Martin and her career.....
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2026
Vancouver Queer
Film Festival (VQFF)
When
& Where September 12 | Cineplex Odeon International
Village Cinemas
When
& Where September 12 | Cineplex Odeon International
Village Cinemas
When
& Where September 13 | Cineplex Odeon International
Village Cinemas
Köln
75
A
Private Life (Vie Privée)
Sentimental
Value
John
Candy: I Like Me
Christy