VIFF 2018 Wish List
by sarahyim | created - 02 Nov 2018 | updated - 02 Nov 2018 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Kona fer í stríð (2018)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Román Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson
Votes: 11,310 | Gross: $0.85M
2. Science Fair (I) (2018)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to win the international science fair. Only one can be named "Best in Fair."
Directors: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster | Stars: Jack Andraka, Anjali Chadha, Serena McCalla
Votes: 677 | Gross: $0.28M
3. Splinters (2018)
94 min | Drama
After the death of her father, a young woman must come to terms with her strained relationship with her mother.
Director: Thom Fitzgerald | Stars: Simon Mutabazi, Shelley Thompson, Sofia Banzhaf, Bailey Maughan
Votes: 47
4. Putin's Witnesses (2018)
102 min | Documentary
A rare glimpse at the young Putin and the vast political machine that brought him to power.
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Vladimir Putin, Tony Blair, Anatoliy Chubays, Mikhail Gorbachev
Votes: 1,507
5. Spice It Up (2018)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
A film student struggles to complete her thesis project.
Directors: Lev Lewis, Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas | Stars: Jennifer Hardy CK, Shivali Barot, Samantha Cole, Déjah Dixon-Green
Votes: 74
6. Under the Silver Lake (2018)
R | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez
Votes: 51,419 | Gross: $0.05M
7. The Lost City of the Monkey God (2018)
100 min | Documentary
The search follows explorer Steve Elkins and a team of archaeologists, anthropologists, scientists and filmmakers in this true-life adventure, to search one of the last unexplored places on Earth for a lost Maya city.
Director: Bill Benenson | Stars: Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, Ron Blom, Maritza Carbajal, Anna Cohen
Votes: 55
8. Fausto (2018)
70 min | Documentary
On the Oaxacan coast of Mexico, rumblings of previous times are never far from the surface. Tales of shapeshifting, telepathy and dealings with the Devil are embedded in the colonization ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Bussmann | Stars: Victor Pueyo, Fernando Renjifo, Ziad Chakaroun, Alberto Núñez
Votes: 180
9. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,530 | Gross: $3.31M
10. Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018)
87 min | Documentary
Filmmakers travel to six continents and 20 countries to document the impact humans have made on the planet.
Directors: Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, Nicholas de Pencier | Stars: Youssef Suleiman Mohammed, Alicia Vikander
Votes: 2,060
11. Becoming Astrid (2018)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Alba August, Maria Bonnevie, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen
Votes: 7,356 | Gross: $0.12M
12. The Far Shore (2018)
104 min | Drama
Andre has died under mysterious circumstances leaving behind his wife and two daughters who must now learn to grow together or risk being swept apart forever.
Director: David Uloth | Stars: Emilie Bierre, Réal Bossé, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Estelle Fournier
Votes: 254
13. Microhabitat (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Whiskey and cigarettes, the only ways of keeping her dignity in this city.
Director: Jeon Go-Woon | Stars: Esom, Ahn Jae-hong, Jae-Hyun Choi, Choi Deok-moon
Votes: 3,059
14. The Favourite (2018)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 233,826 | Gross: $34.37M
15. Colette (I) (2018)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
Director: Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh
Votes: 26,441 | Gross: $5.14M
16. Jiang hu er nü (2018)
Not Rated | 136 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Zheng Xu, Casper Liang
Votes: 10,622 | Gross: $0.42M
17. Seder-Masochism (2018)
Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Loosely following a traditional Passover Seder, events from the Book of Exodus are retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus, and the director's own father. But there's another ... See full summary »
Director: Nina Paley | Stars: Barry Gray, Hiram Paley, Nina Paley
Votes: 328
18. The Silence of Others (2018)
96 min | Documentary
The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo | Stars: María Martín, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, José María Galante
Votes: 2,369 | Gross: $0.07M
19. Jane (II) (2017)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.
Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jane Goodall, Hugo Van Lawick, Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick
Votes: 5,668 | Gross: $1.72M
20. The Running Actress (2017)
71 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Moon So-ri | Stars: Sung Byoung-sook, Joon-Hwan Jang, Seong Jeong-seon, Lee Jung-hyun
Votes: 208
21. Nome di donna (2018)
98 min | Drama
A single mother faces a culture of sexual harassment at her new workplace.
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Cristiana Capotondi, Valerio Binasco, Stefano Scandaletti, Michela Cescon
Votes: 437
22. Dawnland (2018)
86 min | Documentary
A story of stolen children and cultural survival: inside the first truth and reconciliation commission for Native Americans.
Directors: Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip
Votes: 55
23. Skindigenous (2018–2021)
22 min | Documentary
Tattoo is an ancient art not relegated to one continent or one people. The producers travel around the world to seek out and learn how ancient tribal rites are carried into today as part of... See full summary »
Stars: Candy Palmater, Sue Beattie, Whang-Od, Jordon Bennett
Votes: 9
Quiet Killing (2018) directed by Kim O'Bomsawin
24. The New Romantic (2018)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frustrated with the lack of chivalrous guys her own age, a college senior gives up on dating for love to date an older man in exchange for gifts instead.
Director: Carly Stone | Stars: Jessica Barden, Hayley Law, Brett Dier, Camila Mendes
Votes: 2,419
25. Shirkers (2018)
TV-14 | 97 min | Documentary
A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
Director: Sandi Tan | Stars: Jasmine Kin Kia Ng, Philip Cheah, Sophia Siddique Harvey, Sharon Siddique
Votes: 5,674
26. Level 16 (2018)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.
Director: Danishka Esterhazy | Stars: Katie Douglas, Celina Martin, Sara Canning, Peter Outerbridge
Votes: 16,248
27. The Image Book (2018)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Horror
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Dimitri Basil, Jean-Pierre Gos, Anne-Marie Miéville
Votes: 2,996 | Gross: $0.09M
28. Secrets & Lies (2018)
Drama, Romance
Director: Seung-Yub Lee | Stars: Jang Ji-eun, Berlin Lu, Jenna Sarah
The Darling (2018) directed by Lee Seung-Yup
29. Working Woman (2018)
93 min | Drama
Life at work becomes unbearable for Orna. Her boss appreciates and promotes her, while making inappropriate advances. Her husband struggles to keep his new restaurant afloat, and Orna ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Aviad | Stars: Liron Ben-Shlush, Menashe Noy, Oshri Cohen, Corinne Hayat
Votes: 592 | Gross: $0.06M
30. Carmen & Lola (2018)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Two young women come into conflict with the conservatism of their Romani community in Madrid when they fall in love.
Director: Arantxa Echevarría | Stars: Zaira Romero, Rosy Rodríguez, Moreno Borja, Rafaela León
Votes: 3,440
31. Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)
R | 96 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Four expert thieves attempt to steal every famous artwork that is haunting their mutual psychotherapist. A detective attempts to find out who the "Collector" is.
Director: Milorad Krstic | Stars: Iván Kamarás, Csaba Márton, Gabriella Hámori, Matt Devere
Votes: 8,249 | Gross: $0.12M
32. Fugue (2018)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a two-year disappearance, free-spirited Alicja is reunited with her parents, husband and young son despite having no memory of them. A dizzying psychological puzzle. Mesmerizing from the jaw-dropping first frame to the last.
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska | Stars: Gabriela Muskala, Lukasz Simlat, Malgorzata Buczkowska, Piotr Skiba
Votes: 1,160
33. A Private War (2018)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay
Votes: 21,018 | Gross: $1.63M
34. The Devil We Know (2018)
95 min | Documentary
A group of citizens in West Virginia challenges a powerful corporation to be more environmentally responsible.
Directors: Stephanie Soechtig, Jeremy Seifert | Stars: Sue Bailey, Bucky Bailey, Ken Wamsley, Wilbur Tennant
Votes: 1,305
35. Sofia (2018)
85 min | Drama
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy, she finds herself illegally giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital leaves her 24h to provide ... See full summary »
Director: Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi | Stars: Maha Alemi, Lubna Azabal, Sarah Perles, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Votes: 888
36. Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, Music
A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Director: Sophie Huber | Stars: Robert Glasper, Ambrose Akinmusire, Marcus Strickland, Lionel Loueke
Votes: 626
37. Burning (2018)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-Kyung
Votes: 76,424 | Gross: $0.72M
38. Profile (I) (2018)
R | 106 min | Mystery, Thriller
An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State, only to be sucked in by her recruiter.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Valene Kane, Morgan Watkins, Christine Adams, Kate Watson
Votes: 7,018
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