1) The Vancouver International Film Festival
VIFF continues to “expand the frame” by offering one of the most accessible film festivals in North America. Their multi-experiential events include some of the best cinema from around the world in addition to talks, panels, events and entertainment.
Sept. 28 to Oct. 13
Various Locations
viff.org
2) A Digital Exploration of Vancouver’s Past
In an ambitious undertaking, the staff at the City of Vancouver Archives has digitized nearly 7,000 black-and-white 35mm negatives of heritage houses that were taken in 1978 and 1986. See just how much Vancouver has changed by exploring the new collection online.
See story here
3) A Celebration of Electronic and Visual Art
New Forms Festival is part of a larger, international, electronic music festival movement that aims to explore the ever-changing worlds of music, film and technology-based performance art. This is a fantastic opportunity to discover what’s at the cutting edge of electronic music from within Vancouver’s most interesting venues and performance spaces.
Sept. 28 to 30
Various locations
newformsmediasociety.org
4) Shut Up and Say Something
Internationally acclaimed spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan gives a poignant and powerful voice to those relegated to the margins: the bullied, awkward and visibly different. In the entrancing new documentary, Shut Up and Say Something, Melanie Wood captures Koyczan’s deeply personal journey to finally meet his estranged father. The result is his most important poem yet. See it this week at VIFF.
Oct. 4, 6:15 p.m.
Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton St.)
goviff.org/ShutUpandSaySomething
5) Local Indie Rock Legends
Celebrated indie-rock super group the New Pornographers will grace the stage of the legendary Commodore Ballroom in support of their latest release, Whiteout Conditions. Come early to catch an opening set from Toronto’s Born Ruffians.
Sept. 29
thenewpornographers.com
