North Van Arts International Film Series

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North Van Arts

The North Van Arts International Film Series is presented by North Van Arts in cooperation with the Toronto International Film Festival. Throughout the year a series of TIFF selections are screened at Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas for special one-night-only viewings. Established in 2003, the film series acts as a platform for unique cinematic experience, spotlighting quality Canadian, independent and foreign films. 

Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas  | Jan 16 - Mar 13, 2019 | 7:00pm

North Van Arts is pleased to present feature films from Canada and around the world:

PUZZLE | USA | JANUARY 16

Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

Director: Marc TurtletaubCast: Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David DenmanYear: 2018Runtime: 103 minuteCountry: USALanguage: English

WHAT THEY HAD | USA | JANUARY 30

At the urging of her brother, a woman returns to Chicago to visit her father and mother — the latter now suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Director: Elizabeth ChomkoCast: Hilary Swank, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga, Michael Shannon, Josh LucasYear: 2018Runtime: 101 minuteCountry: USALanguage: English

EDGE OF THE KNIFE | CAN | FEBRUARY 13

Edge of the Knife is a feature length Haida language film about pride, tragedy, and penance. Adiits’ii, the lead character in the film, is mentally and physically pushed to the brink of survival and becomes Gaagiixiid/Gaagiid – the Haida Wildman. The Gaagiixiid is one of Haida’s most popular stories, sustained over the years though song and performance. This project is a community initiative with strong support from the Haida people as well as from the Council of the Haida Nation.

Director: Helen Haig-Brown, Gwaai EdenshawYear: 2018Runtime: 105 minuteCountry: CanadaLanguage: Haida with EST

BEAUTIFUL BOY | USA | FEBRUARY 27

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boychronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

Director: Felix van GroeningenCast: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura TierneyYear: 2018Runtime: 120 minuteCountry: USALanguage: English

COLD WAR | PL/FR/UK | MARCH 13

An epic, visually arresting love story spanning borders and decades by master filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski, director of the Academy Award–winning Ida, Cold War employs a luminous black-and-white palette and is beautifully and deliberately composed, the fluidity of its roving camerawork washing over you like a dream. Set during the eponymous state of geopolitical tension following World War II, Cold Waris a portrait of the complex relationship between two doomed lovers and their country.

Director: Pawel PawlikowskiCast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys SzycYear: 2018Runtime: 84 minutesCountry: Poland, France, UKLanguage: Polish, French, German, Croatian, Italian, Russian