The VIFF Centre (formerly the Vancouver International Film Centre and the Vancity Theatre) is a movie theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which houses the 175-seat Vancity Theatre, the 41-seat Studio Theatre, as well as the offices for the Vancouver International Film Festival.[1] Located at 1181 Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver, the theatre can accommodate seminars, live performances, film, video, and multimedia presentations.
The building, designed by Hewitt and Kwasnicky Architects, opened in September 2005 just in time for the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival.[2] In December of that year, the Vancity Theatre formally launched year-round repertory cinema programming.[3] The theatre is sponsored by and named for the Vancity credit union, although prior to the complex's launch the theatre was stuck in a dispute that might have threatened the sponsorship, or even forced VIFF to refund Vancity's entire donation to the project, because it was deemed to be in conflict with the city's official naming rights policy at the time.[4]
Renovations in 2019–20, which were completed in time for the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, added a 41-seat Studio Theatre for smaller audience presentations, a new media lab to present new media and virtual reality projects, an education suite and a video wall in the complex's atrium.[1]
The annual Game Design Expo, hosted by Vancouver Film School's Game Design program, takes place in the Vancity Theatre.
^ abTakeuchi, Craig (September 21, 2020). "After $2.8 million renovation, Vancouver International Film Centre to open on September 24 for VIFF". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
^Gill, Alexandra (September 29, 2005). "VIFF launches new era". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
^Kevin Griffin, "New theatre promises to satisfy cinephiles". Vancouver Sun, December 29, 2005.
^Marke Andrews, "Theatre stuck in name game with council". Vancouver Sun, August 18, 2005.
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Corriere della Sera". Swissinfo.ch - Una finestra sul cinema "Playing at VIFFCentre". [1][permanent dead link] "Il primo amore". Archived from the original...
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powerful look at one father's fight against sexual violence in India, at VIFF till February 16". Stir, February 11, 2023. Andrew Parker, "To Kill a Tiger...
Montreal Gazette. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017. Knight, Chris. "VIFF: Director Jacob Tierney's latest labour follows fake pregnancy". www.nationalpost...
Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved 12 August 2023. "VIFF 2023: Green Border". Vancouver International Film Festival. Retrieved 12...
University". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-03-16. "VIFF Announces BC and Canadian Award Winners for the 36th Annual Festival" (Press...
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art, family trauma and identity". RealScreen, May 6, 2022. Norman Wilner, "VIFF review: Tracey Deer’s 'Beans' finds its hero coming of age during the Oka...
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