VIFF 2014 Films
by vortexcubes | created - 13 Sep 2014 | updated - 20 Oct 2014 | PublicThis list is incomplete and only roughly 1/3 done.
Missing
And That's Remarkable | 1 min | Canada | 2014
Anmado | 3 mins | South Korea | 2014
Bernie Custis: A Star is Born | 4 mins | Canada | 2014
A Bhadralok's Adventure | 5 mins | India | 2014
Bullet Mouth | 1 min | Canada | 2014
Casacasacasa | 6 mins | Mexico | 2014
Cicles | 1 min | Brazil | 2014
Clutter | 1 min | USA | 2014
A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo) | 94 mins | China/France | 2014
A Different Drummer: Celebrating Eccentrics | 87 mins | Canada | 2014
Don't Hate on Love | 1 min | Canada | 2014
Eddie | 4 mins | Canada | 2014
Faded Frames | 4 mins | Canada | 2014
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1. 130919: A Portrait of Marina Abramovic (2013)
7 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
This one-take, 3-D film majestically documents legendary performance artist Marina Abramovic, capturing the breadth of space in infinite detail: the life of an artist, her keen sense of ... See full summary »
Director: Matthu Placek | Star: Marina Abramovic
Votes: 9
2. 1987 (2014)
105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1987, Ricardo is 17. That summer, he has a busy schedule: lose his virginity, find a way to get into bars, have a car, spend time with friends.
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Jean-Carl Boucher, Sandrine Bisson, Claudio Colangelo, Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle
Votes: 1,596
3. 24 Days (2014)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because he's Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin, Sylvie Testud
Votes: 731
English Title: 24 Days
4. 3e page après le soleil (2014)
6 min | Animation, Short
Prolific filmmaker Theodore Ushev's latest work is an intriguing act of creative liberation. Ushev tore up the pages of an animation festival's catalogue and covered its images and words ... See full summary »
Director: Theodore Ushev
Votes: 31
5. 40 Candles (2014)
8 min | Short, Comedy
A child learns the difference between growing up and growing old.
Director: Sophie Jarvis | Stars: Georgia Beaty, Andrew Gillingham, Stevie Jackson, Jeremy Leroux
6. 52 Tuesdays (2013)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
Director: Sophie Hyde | Stars: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sam Althuizen, Imogen Archer, Del Herbert-Jane
Votes: 1,539
7. 6-minute Mom (2014)
6 min | Short, Drama
When the person supposed to be closest to you is nothing more than a stranger.
Director: Chris Shimojima | Stars: Jennifer Cové, Ginger Grace, Jenny Murray, Steven Weiss
Part of Can You Relate?
8. Above Us All (2014)
99 min | Drama, Family
When Shay, a young Australian girl, loses her mother, she and her father Koen leave for his home country Belgium. There, Shay finds herself struggling with the new environment and the loss of her mother.
Director: Eugenie Jansen | Stars: Maarten Baes, Pearl Davern, Gaetano Debyser, Christian Delplace
Votes: 38
9. Absolution (IV) (2014)
11 min | Short, Drama, War
On his first visit to the local Laundromat, a man has a fateful chance encounter with his wife, five years after she walked out. A powerful two hander about guilt, regrets and maybe even a chance at forgiveness.
Director: Dean Butler | Stars: Gemma Cavoli, Jessica Colgan-Toohey, Melody Rom, Dalip Sondhi
10. The Acting Teacher (2014)
10 min | Short, Comedy
A mockumentary that satirizes the world of acting classes. Steven Warfield is an acting 'guru' leading two young actors through a scene from 'Streetcar Named Desire'.
Director: Aaron Craven | Stars: Aaron Craven, Andrea Brooks, Darren Matheson, Guy Christie
11. Advanced Style (2014)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging.
Director: Lina Plioplyte | Stars: Iris Apfel, Joyce Carpati, Ari Cohen, Lynn Dell
Votes: 1,029 | Gross: $0.01M
12. All the Pain In the World (2014)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
London. Christmas time. A man is desperately trying to save the life of a minuscule fish, but the situation spirals out of control. Based on the short story 'All the pain in the world' by Michele Mari
Director: Tommaso Pitta | Stars: Peter Faulkner, Cornelius Clarke, Philippa George, Matt Mason
Votes: 23
13. All the Time in the World (2014)
87 min | Documentary, Adventure, Family
A documentary that chronicles life's natural unfolding when a family tries to live by the seasons instead of by the clock.
Director: Suzanne Crocker | Stars: Suzanne Crocker, Gerard Parsons
Votes: 161
14. Alleluia (2014)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
Fervidly dark lovesick horror inspired by the real-life criminal duo, the Lonely Hearts Killers.
Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Lola Dueñas, Laurent Lucas, Héléna Noguerra, Édith Le Merdy
Votes: 3,334 | Gross: $0.01M
15. Alphonso (2014)
14 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Alphonso wants to blow himself up. He's tried many times. Today he will not fail. But a winning lottery ticket disrupts his lonely routine.
Director: Erenik Beqiri | Stars: Ami Bejko, Genti Bejko
Part of Amazing Anime.
17. Kamakura (2014)
6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A snow hut in the middle of the rice paddy. Now, let's see what to do, in the space full of whiteness and quietness, until the Spring comes. Until the snow hut melted, and lose shape.
Director: Yoriko Mizushiri
Votes: 20
Part of Amazing Anime.
18. Amazonia (2013)
G | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle.
Director: Thierry Ragobert | Stars: Martin Sheen, Isabelle Drummond, Lúcio Mauro Filho, Maria Jark
Votes: 1,108
19. Art and Craft (2014)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
When one of the most prolific art forgers in US history is finally exposed, he must confront the legacy of his 30-year con.
Directors: Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker | Stars: Mark A. Landis, Lester Sullivan, Irwin Lakov, Matthew Leininger
Votes: 1,797 | Gross: $0.22M
20. Asteroide (2014)
102 min | Drama
Siblings, it is said, are the only people we truly spend our entire lives with. Perhaps that longevity explains the unique and edgy dynamic that brothers and sisters carry through their ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Tobar | Stars: Sophie Alexander-Katz, Arturo Barba, Sofía Espinosa, Ari Brickman
Votes: 42
English Title: Asteroid
21. August Winds (2014)
Unrated | 77 min | Drama
The August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues.
Director: Gabriel Mascaro | Stars: Dandara de Morais, Geová Manoel Dos Santos, Maria Salvino Dos Santos, Cândida Bezerra Galindo
Votes: 619
English Title: August Winds
22. Back Streets (2014)
11 min | Short, Drama, Sport
Back Streets is a dramatic short film that explores the personal life of an ambitious drag racer.
Director: Cameron Macgowan | Stars: Ian Kilburn, Ali Webb, Graeme Black, Steve Turner
Votes: 8
23. Ballet 422 (2014)
PG | 75 min | Documentary, Music, Sport
From first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as emerging choreographer Justin Peck crafts a new work.
Director: Jody Lee Lipes | Stars: Justin Peck, Tiler Peck, Sterling Hyltin, Alisha Heng
Votes: 1,264 | Gross: $0.33M
24. Beautiful Youth (2014)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Natalia and Carlos, both aged 20, are in love and struggling to survive in today's Spain. Their limited resources prevent them from getting ahead as they'd like to. They have no great ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Rosales | Stars: Ingrid García Jonsson, Karlos Sastre, Inma Nieto, Fernando Barona
Votes: 1,316
25. Becoming Bulletproof (2014)
TV-14 | 80 min | Documentary, Western
A group of men and women with disabilities come together to star in a unique new western film in which they have the leading roles.
Director: Michael Barnett | Stars: Vanessa Halby, Peter Halby, Ila Halby, Ajani A.J. Murray
Votes: 146
26. Bedbugs: A Musical Love Story (2014)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Just when flannel-clad Tracy Polokowski thinks her 'Yes' day has come, her hipster boyfriend breaks up with her, she discovers she has bedbugs, and she's ostracized by everyone she knows...... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Kowalchuk | Stars: Shauna Johannesen, Sebastien Archibald, Blu Mankuma, Jacqueline Robbins
Votes: 13
27. Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt (2014)
92 min | Documentary, Musical
The documentary "Before the Last Curtain Falls" tells the story of great love, bitter disappointments and self-doubts - but most of all of courage. The courage to take risks, try something ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Wallner | Stars: Gerrit Becker, Richard Dierick, Vanessa Van Durme, Andrea De Laet
Votes: 96
English Title: Before the Last Curtain Falls
28. Behavior (2014)
108 min | Drama
Aging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and has severe home troubles.
Director: Ernesto Daranas | Stars: Alina Rodríguez, Yuliet Cruz, Armando Miguel Gómez, Miriel Cejas
Votes: 1,609
English Title: Behavior
29. Beloved Sisters (2014)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, Romance
The 18th century literary genius Friedrich Schiller falls in love with the sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld. After a passionate summer together in a menage a trois, jealousy and rivalry endanger their union.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Claudia Messner
Votes: 1,598 | Gross: $0.05M
English Title: Beloved Sisters
30. Bengal Light (2014)
11 min | Short, Drama
Antilles, 1994 On the eve of the arrival of foreign military forces on the island where they grew up, members of a peaceful group kidnap a soldier in order to find information that could ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Godin | Stars: Edigh Charles, Annie Darisse-Desbiens, Eve Duranceau, Rose-Maïté Erkoreka
Votes: 8
English Title: Bengal Light
31. Bison (2015)
12 min | Short, Drama
A meditative and mysterious dramatic film, BISON ultimately explores the violent legacy of colonialism in a contemporary context. The film is anchored by thematic concerns around implicit ... See full summary »
Director: Kevan Funk | Stars: Tyler Burrows, James Michel, Dylan Playfair, Kurt Max Runte
32. Les papillons noirs (2014)
15 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Twenty-year old Cleo is taken by her boyfriend to meet a healer, when she unexcpectingly enters a journey she could not have foreseen.
Director: Antoine Blanche | Stars: Jérémie Loiseau, Florence Monge, Patrick Seminor, Mascha Sweeney
Votes: 9
33. Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.
Director: Yi'nan Diao | Stars: Fan Liao, Gwei Lun-Mei, Xuebing Wang, Jingchun Wang
Votes: 9,571
34. Black Fly (2014)
88 min | Thriller
A troubled teenager and his older brother reconnect, setting off a powder keg of buried secrets, paranoia and murder. Inspired by true events.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Matthew MacCaull, Dakota Daulby, Christie Burke, Peter Benson
Votes: 588
35. Blind Massage (2014)
114 min | Drama
A drama centered around the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.
Director: Ye Lou | Stars: Xiaodong Guo, Hao Qin, Lei Zhang, Ting Mei
Votes: 1,593
36. Bloody Knuckles (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
A comic book artist upsets a crime lord, cuts off the young man's hand. Will criminality win? Not if the hand, now alive, teams up with his former body and a gay superhero to exact revenge! A bloody, crude, gory and in-your-face comedy.
Director: Matt O'Mahoney | Stars: Adam Boys, Kasey Ryne Mazak, Krista Magnusson, Gabrielle Giraud
Votes: 320
37. The Blue Marble (2014)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The blue marble is a fictional story based on the reality of child soldiers. A young girl and the other students of her village school are brutally kidnapped by rebels and sent to training ... See full summary »
Director: Co Hoedeman | Stars: Koumba Ball, Moussa Koné, Michel Mpambara, Syntiche Nsona Nkiesa
English Title: The Blue Marble
38. The Boy and the World (2013)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father.
Director: Alê Abreu | Stars: Vinicius Garcia, Marco Aurélio Campos, Lu Horta, Felipe Zilse
Votes: 7,599 | Gross: $0.13M
Portuguese Title: O menino e o mundo
39. The Boy from Geita (2014)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Adam, a young Tanzanian boy persecuted because of his albinism, finds a kindred spirit in Peter, a Canadian man with the same condition. Together they embark on an unlikely journey that transcends cultures and continents.
Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Peter Ash, Adam Robert
Votes: 57
40. Boychoir (2014)
103 min | Drama, Music
After his single mother dies, a young boy with an excellent voice is sent to a prestigious choir school and has trouble adapting to the culture of the school.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McHale
Votes: 7,371
41. Sale gueule (2014)
17 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Loik, a disfigured sailor, is posted to a remote lighthouse with Morlaix, a tyrannical head keeper. But soon, the two men find themselves besieged by a strange storm.
Director: Alain Fournier | Stars: Louis Philippe Dandenault, Marcel Sabourin, Rossif Sutherland
Votes: 23
English Title: Broken Face
42. Broken Palace (2014)
6 min | Documentary, Short, History
A documentary about the rapidly-disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed walls.
Director: Ross Munro | Stars: Kristen Brown, Simon Webb
Votes: 11
43. Burnt Grass (2014)
12 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a couple discovers a strange phenomenon in their backyard that duplicates organic life, their relationship takes unexpected turns after one of them makes a copy of themselves.
Director: Ray Wong | Stars: Christopher Jacot, Alex Paxton-Beesley
Votes: 179
44. Business As Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit (2014)
10 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A plane is ready to start. A nervous hand counts the pearls of a prayer bead. An Arab is on board and the last free seat is situated beside him. When Eva enters the plane and refuses to ... See full summary »
Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki | Stars: Tayfun Bademsoy, Christian Berkel, Esther Schweins, Lior Kudrjawizki
Votes: 12
Business As Usual - The Prophet's on Board
45. Buzzard (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Paranoia forces small-time scam artist Marty to flee his hometown and hide out in a dangerous Detroit. With nothing but a pocket full of bogus checks, his Power Glove, and a bad temper, the horror metal slacker lashes out.
Director: Joel Potrykus | Stars: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Teri Ann Nelson, Jason Roth
Votes: 2,291 | Gross: $0.01M
46. Bye Bye Blues (1989)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Romance, Music
Story about a WWII wife & mother who joins a local dance band to provide for family while husband at war. Romantic involvement with one of the band members make her decisions difficult when... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Rebecca Jenkins, Luke Reilly, Michael Ontkean, Chad Krowchuk
Votes: 318 | Gross: $0.16M
47. Cartoonists: Footsoldiers of Democracy? (2014)
106 min | Documentary
12 lovable lunatics, capturing the comic and tragic in all four corners of the earth: cartoonists who risk their lives to defend democracy, with a smile on their faces and a pencil as their only weapon.
Director: Stéphanie Valloatto | Stars: Plantu, Mikhail Zlatkovsky, Damien Glez, Michel Kichka
Votes: 130
Cartoonists: Foot Soldiers of Democracy
48. Casa Grande (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Exploring issues of class privilege among Rio's decadent elite, Casa Grande depicts a teenage boy's struggle to escape his overprotective parents as they covertly spiral into bankruptcy.
Director: Fellipe Barbosa | Stars: Marcello Novaes, Suzana Pires, Thales Cavalcanti, Clarissa Pinheiro
Votes: 3,106
49. Cathedrals of Culture (2014)
165 min | Documentary
Six directors tackle the question "If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" by capturing iconic buildings with narration from the perspective of the buildings.
Directors: Karim Aïnouz, Michael Glawogger, Michael Madsen, Margreth Olin, Robert Redford, Wim Wenders | Stars: Meret Becker, Gennadi Vengerov, Benedicte C. Westin, Jonas Salk
Votes: 294
50. Le Challat de Tunis (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery
Tunisia, before the revolution. A man on a motorbike, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of Tunis slashing women's buttocks. They call him The Challat, aka "The Blade", and the mere ... See full summary »
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Mohamed Slim Bouchiha, Jallel Dridi, Moufida Dridi, Narimène Saidane
Votes: 183
Challat of Tunis
51. Chamber Drama (2014)
11 min | Short, Drama
Megan, a stubborn teenage girl with hypersensitive hearing, attempts to prove herself to her supervisor on the last day of her internship in an acoustics laboratory.
Director: Jeffrey Zablotny | Stars: Alex Loubert, Colin Price, Cassandra Williams
Votes: 8
52. The Chaperone (2013)
13 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The Chaperone tells the true, previously untold story of a lone school teacher who fought off an entire motorcycle gang while chaperoning a middle school dance in a church basement in 1970s... See full summary »
Director: Fraser Munden | Stars: Ralph Whims, Stefan Czernatowicz, Fraser Munden, Chris McMahon
Votes: 90
53. Charlie's Country (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Drama
Displeased with the intervention of whitefella laws, Charlie takes off to live the old way and sets off a chain reaction of enlightening difficulties.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford, Lizzie Durrurrnga
Votes: 2,794
54. Class Enemy (2013)
112 min | Drama
Relations between the students and the new teacher of German are extremely tense. When one female student commits suicide, her schoolmates blame the teacher for her death. An awareness that... See full summary »
Director: Rok Bicek | Stars: Igor Samobor, Natasa Barbara Gracner, Tjasa Zeleznik, Masa Derganc
Votes: 2,285
Razredni sovražnik
55. Clean Me (2014)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
A man enters an ex-convict rehab center. Everyone there has lots of cleaning to do.
Director: Sangwoo Kang | Stars: Taeyoung Kang, Chanki Min
56. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
R | 124 min | Drama
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 31,205 | Gross: $1.81M
Sils Maria
57. Clownwise (2013)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
At the beginning of their careers Oskar, Max and Viktor created a superstar clown trio called The Busters. Their clownery personified little islands of freedom in the midst of a motionless ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Taus | Stars: Didier Flamand, Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus, Kati Outinen
Votes: 199
Klauni
58. Come to My Voice (2014)
105 min | Drama
This is the story of two women on opposite ends of a life-time, a very young, curious Jiyan and her life-weary but resistant grandmother Berfe, in order to save the person who links them to each other.
Director: Hüseyin Karabey | Stars: Tuncay Akdemir, Selim Bulut, Sabahettin DAG, Feride Gezer
Votes: 374
Were Dengê Min
59. Coming Home (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recognizes him.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Daoming Chen, Huiwen Zhang, Tao Guo
Votes: 6,687 | Gross: $0.38M
Gui lai
60. Concerning Violence (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The most daring moments in the struggle for liberation from colonial rule.
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Lauryn Hill, Kati Outinen, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Gaetano Pagano
Votes: 795
61. Corbo (2014)
119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A teenage Québecer in the 1960s evolves from pro-independence activist to radical terrorist, in this gripping chronicle of the origins of the FLQ in the decade preceding the 1970 October Crisis.
Director: Mathieu Denis | Stars: Anthony Therrien, Antoine L'Écuyer, Karelle Tremblay, Tony Nardi
Votes: 522
62. Corn Island (2014)
100 min | Drama, War
The river creates and the river destroys in an eternal cycle that even man can't escape.
Director: George Ovashvili | Stars: Ilyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili, Irakli Samushia, Tamer Levent
Votes: 4,648
Simindis kundzuli
63. Cowboy Ben (2014)
9 min | Short, Drama
A man on the edge and with nothing left to lose meet his best childhood friend in a bar in London. While they talking it becomes clear that he has an angry attitude against people he blames for his failure.
Directors: Scott Rawsthorne, Jon Shaikh | Stars: Shaun Dooley, Ramon Tikaram, Lindsey Campbell, Frederick Schmidt
Votes: 36
64. The Creation of Meaning (2014)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
The film is set in the Tuscan Alps, where the Germans massacred hundreds of civilians during WWII, and follows the daily life of Pacifico, a shepherd, exploring the transient nature of ... See full summary »
Director: Simone Rapisarda Casanova | Stars: Alexander Auf Der Heyde, Benjamin Auf Der Heyde, Siria Battelli, Diego Bonuccelli
Votes: 43
The Creation of Meaning
65. Sobre la marxa (2013)
77 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A man who created a jungle next to the highway, building with his bare hands beautiful and unbelievable works of engineering in the forest. This is also the story of how he ended up burning... See full summary »
Director: Jordi Morató | Stars: Josep Pijiula, Evo Pujiula, Jordi Morató
Votes: 93
66. The Cut (2014)
15 min | Short, Drama, Family
When Fannie offers her father to cut his hair, he accepts. Alain knows that his daughter will do it carefully and thoroughly, as usual. But an outside incident change their plans and ... See full summary »
Director: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | Stars: Milya Corbeil Gauvreau, Alain Houle
Votes: 64
The Cut
67. Cutaway (2014)
7 min | Short, Drama
An affecting tale of personal tragedy is told entirely through close-ups of a construction worker's hands.
Director: Kazik Radwanski | Stars: Tanya Casole-Gouveia, Caitlin McIntosh, Becky E. Shrimpton
Votes: 57
68. A Dangerous Game (II) (2014)
Unrated | 102 min | Documentary
This sequel to You've Been Trumped (2011) investigates how land developers like Donald Trump use golf as an excuse to build huge luxurious resorts at the expense of the locals and their ecosystem, and abuse natural resources.
Director: Anthony Baxter | Stars: Anthony Baxter, Michael Forbes, Donald Trump, Molly Forbes
Votes: 205
69. David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes (2013)
7 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The sexy story of the iconic British artist David Hockney, who is adamant about living life in the now.
Director: Lucy Walker | Star: David Hockney
Votes: 24
70. Day 40 (2014)
R | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In this animated retelling of the Noah's Ark story, various unholy activities fill the great ship, as the animals discover the darker side of their nature.
Director: Sol Friedman
Votes: 69
71. Dead Hearts (2014)
17 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A young mortician will give his heart away to find true love.
Director: Stephen W. Martin | Stars: Don McCorkindale, Valin Shinyei, Dalila Bela, Duncan Templeton
Votes: 260
72. The Decent One (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A documentary that uses a cache of letters, diaries and documents to reveal the life of SS-leader Heinrich Himmler.
Director: Vanessa Lapa | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Sophie Rois, Antonia Moretti, Lotte Ledl
Votes: 719
The Decent One
73. Difret (2014)
Unrated | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage.
Director: Zeresenay Mehari | Stars: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Abel Abebe, Shitaye Abraha
Votes: 1,377 | Gross: $0.04M
74. Dirty Singles (2014)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
A close-knit circle of Toronto friends, shaken by the break-up of their favorite couple, are forced over a winter to finally grow up.
Director: Alex Pugsley | Stars: Alex Paxton-Beesley, Paul Campbell, Matthew Edison, Lauren Ash
Votes: 87
75. Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku (2014)
124 min | Comedy
One of the handyman duo finds himself in a jam when he ends up being the caretaker of the other's daughter, and gets caught up in the dealings of a mysterious cult.
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Eita Nagayama, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kengo Kôra, Yôko Maki
Votes: 257
VIFF English Title: Disconcerto Japanese Title: Mahoro Eki-mae Kyosokyoku
76. Dominguinhos (2014)
79 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The feature documentary Dominguinhos is about the life and the work of one of the great masters of Brazilian music, interspersing archival images and concerts passages, plus exclusive gigs with artists in his remarkable career.
Directors: Mariana Aydar, Joaquim Castro, Eduardo Nazarian | Stars: Luiz Alves, Anastácia, Nana Caymmi, Gal Costa
Votes: 86
77. Dorsal (2014)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A 9-year old girl brings home a homeless man she believes to be the reincarnation of her recently flushed goldfish.
Director: Aidan Shipley | Stars: Peyton Kennedy, Jonathan Goad, Christine Horne
Votes: 12
78. The Dossier (2014)
128 min | Documentary, History
A Tibetan woman writer's activities and her secret dossier.
Director: Rikun Zhu | Stars: Woseser Tsering, Lixiong Wang, Tsering Woeser
Votes: 8
Dang'an
79. Eclissi (2014)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
While waiting for the bus, a man hears strange sounds coming from some boxes across the street. He decides to investigate.
Director: Tygh Runyan | Star: Tygh Runyan
80. The Editor (2014)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A film editor gets embroiled in a string of murders.
Directors: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy | Stars: Paz de la Huerta, Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney
Votes: 3,356
81. Elephant Song (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan, Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Nadon
Votes: 5,087
82. Emo the Musical (2014)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
When Ethan, an Emo kid who hates almost everything, falls in love with Trinity, a good Christian girl with a passion for life and her Lord Jesus Christ, will they be able to live happily ever after?
Director: Neil Triffett | Stars: Harry Borland, Kristen Cunningham, Zak Marrinan, Charlotte Nicdao
Votes: 114
83. Everything Will Be (2014)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
As dawn breaks and most of the city still sleeps, the long-time merchants of Vancouver's Chinatown are hard at work. They haul out their produce stands and set up their makeshift vendor ... See full summary »
Director: Julia Kwan | Stars: Wai Chee Lo, Ms. Kwan, Daniel Lee, Leun Cheung Lai
Votes: 31
84. Exit (2014)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Featuring an award winning central performance by Chen Shiang-Chyi, the film focuses on a Taiwanese woman struggling with middle age and early-onset menopause, balancing her repressed desire against conforming to social expectations.
Director: Hsiang Chienn | Stars: Shiang-chyi Chen, Ming-hsiang Tung, Ming-Hua Pai, An-Shun Yu
Votes: 265
Hui guang zoumingqu
85. An Eye for Beauty (2014)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama
Luc, an architect and married man from Quebec, begins an extramarital affair with Lindsay while on a business trip to Toronto.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Éric Bruneau, Mélanie Thierry, Melanie Merkosky, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 1,570
An Eye for Beauty
86. The Face of an Angel (2014)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Ava Acres, Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale, Anjella Mackintosh
Votes: 5,229
87. Faith Connections (2013)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A Sadhu who renounced the society, adopts a baby renounced by society.
Director: Pan Nalin | Stars: Bhole Baba, Hatha Yogi Baba, Pant Shirt Baba, Baby Bajrangi
Votes: 178
88. Fall (I) (2014)
TV-MA | 82 min | Drama
In Niagara Falls, Father Sam is forced to examine his past behavior when he receives a letter from a man accusing him of sexual misconduct 40 years earlier.
Director: Terrance Odette | Stars: Michael Murphy, Annabelle McGregor, Fran Walsh, Joel Bissonnette
Votes: 66
90. Field of Dogs (2014)
101 min | Drama, Fantasy
A promising professor of literature who survives a horrible car accident finds peace in sleep, where he can live a parallel life immersed in a dream-like dimension populated by strange visions and Dantean allegorical imagery.
Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Michael Tatarek, Elzbieta Okupska, Jacenty Jedrusik, Jan Wartak
Votes: 430
Field of Dogs
91. Finding Fela (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Fela Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti
Votes: 848
92. Fish & Cat (2013)
134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant.
Director: Shahram Mokri | Stars: Babak Karimi, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Siavash Cheraghi Pour, Mohammad Berahmani
Votes: 2,879
Mahi va gorbeh
93. Flore (2014)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Flore, a painter with Alzheimer's, cannot speak, walk, eat or smile after treatment. Her doctors want to move her to a "secure" facility. But Flore's children remove her from the institution and bring her home to Corsica instead.
Director: Jean-Albert Lièvre
Votes: 23
Flore, route de la Mer
94. Flowing Stories (2014)
97 min | Documentary
As the Ho Chung village in the New Territories prepares for village festivities, we are shown the life and times of an 80-year-old matriarch whose extended family reveals how, in the '50s ... See full summary »
Director: Tsui-shan Jessey Tsang
Votes: 18
95. Food Chains (2014)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
There is so much interest in food these days yet there is almost no interest in the hands that pick that food. In the US, farm labor has always been one of the most difficult and poorly ... See full summary »
Director: Sanjay Rawal | Stars: Eve Ensler, Barry Estabrook, Dolores Huerta, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 392
96. The Fool (II) (2014)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
Director: Yuriy Bykov | Stars: Artyom Bystrov, Natalya Surkova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Boris Nevzorov
Votes: 16,414
The Fool
97. Force Majeure (2014)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren
Votes: 67,094 | Gross: $1.36M
Turist
98. Foxcatcher (2014)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 149,230 | Gross: $12.10M
99. Free Fall (2014)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman falls out of the window of an apartment house. On her way back, she witnesses seven stories, one on each floor.
Director: György Pálfi | Stars: Piroska Molnár, Miklós Benedek, Tamás Jordán, Ferenc Lakos
Votes: 1,339
Szabadesés
100. The Furthest End Awaits (2014)
118 min | Drama
Misaki returns to the hometown of her father, after he is reported to be dead. There she opens a coffee shop on the isolated beach. A relationship with her neighbour Eriko and her children evolves.
Director: Hsiu-Chiung Chiang | Stars: Hiromi Nagasaku, Nozomi Sasaki, Hiyori Sakurada, Asami Usuda
Votes: 301
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