VIWFF 2020 Features Official Selection
March 3-8, 2020
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- DirectorLina WangStarsTajigul HeilmeierYasan KamisuKuramu KasimuWhen Isa is not at school or working on his parents' farmyard, he spends carefree days with his friends - until the outside world starts forcing him to say one goodbye after another.
- DirectorNicole DorseyStarsElla BallentineLuke BilykOlivia ScrivenThe seemingly-separate lives of an anxious, disillusioned teen girl and a troubled, alienated man converge fatefully in this haunting exploration of womanhood, isolation, and toxic masculinity set in 1980s Newfoundland.
- DirectorPei-Ju HsiehStarsSamantha Shu-Chin KoYao-Jen ChangJia-Yin TsaiThis follows a woman who strikes up eclectic friendships with a deliveryman and a cross-dressing student.
- DirectorHeather YoungStarsAndria EdwardsShan MacDonaldWhen an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna decides to take the dog home to fill the emptiness she feels, Donna begins to take home more and more animals and she is soon in over her head.
- DirectorMarie ClementsStarsTantoo CardinalLink BakerMichelle ThrushAfter a Gwich'in-Canadian soldier is captured by the Taliban, he finds himself reflecting on the death of his cousin.
- DirectorJovanka VuckovicStarsMadison IsemanPaloma KwiatkowskiMunro ChambersIn an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.
- DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsSara Luna ZoricLazar DragojevicErnad PrnjavoracOn the edge of adulthood, Alma leaves her mother's home in the Netherlands and travels to her native Bosnia to visit the father she's never met. But from the start, nothing goes as planned.
- DirectorValeria SelingerStarsDarío GrandinettiMiguel Ángel SoláFederico LissLaura is only eight years old, but she knows that to survive you have to keep quiet. She shares her days with her mother and the other activists in a house where the clandestine printing of the Evita Montonera is hidden.
- DirectorOlivia LuengasWhen they discover that something isn't right in her head, Liliana and her family seek to understand her emotional instability and frequent hospitalizations after suicide attempts. Facing a possible relapse and unable to institutionalize her, they resort to treatment at home.
- DirectorPamela B. GreenStarsJodie FosterAlice GuyPamela B. GreenPamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.
- DirectorKerry DavidStarsTrang NguyenHong HoangJohan MaraisOne filmmaker's journey to understand the complex world of wildlife trafficking through the unique lens of the women fighting on the frontlines and risking all to protect these endangered animals. .
- DirectorNicole VögeleMr. Kuo and his wife Mrs. Lin cook for the city's sleepless. They work all night and sleep during the day, like many others in buzzing Taipei. Until one morning, riding back from the market, Mr. Kuo takes a different exit on the highway.
- DirectorAlexandra WestmeierA prestigious but never-completed Soviet nuclear power station in Crimea now stands in ruins, but several outsiders have found their salvation in this desolate place.
- DirectorCheryl HornerEddie AxleyStarsRebecca BoldrickChance the RapperJaclyn CorinFollow the high school's students and families who became fierce leaders of a national movement for gun reform following the shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
- DirectorDoreen ManuelStarsBill MussellDoreen ManuelStewart PhillipUnceded Chiefs traces the historic early activism of BC First Nations Leaders who in the late 1960's unified in a battle against the Canadian government to reject Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau's proposed 1969 White Paper Policy. Director Doreen Manuel skilfully weaves a story of resilience and determination through interviews and archival audio with the people who lived the battle and the children of the Chiefs who had dedicated their lives to the leadership and survival of their Aboriginal title and rights.