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Learn more about Tyee Presents. The Vancouver International Film Festival is back again, running from Sep. 26 to Oct.
6 in its 43rd edition. With over 140 feature films and 80 shorts from 72 countries, as well as the unique performances of VIFF Live and VIFF Talks , festival programmers have curated a dazzling array of visionary and entertaining cinema that showcases the best of Canadian and International filmmaking. One of the highlights of VIFF is the Insights series.
Featuring 12 powerful documentaries, Insights allows you to explore stories that change the way we see the world. Immerse yourself in the secret world of Brazil’s illegal hot-air balloonists in Balomania , a thrilling, guerilla-style documentary from a filmmaker who spent over a decade earning the trust of these baloeiros who risk their lives for their art. Or embed yourself in the Alps in Living with Wolves , which studies the politics surrounding wolf life in western Europe — the spirited advocacy for the animals, and the often harsh forces pitted against t.