24th Vancouver International Film Festival - September 29 - October 14, 2005

To mark Vancouver's most ethnnic cool event of the year, the annual Vancouver International Film Festival, Schema launches its VIFF 2005 page, packed with reviews, commentaries and interviews, with special contributions from some of Vancouver's most passionate minds about film:

Christies Charles
Hugo Passarello Luna
Loretta Sarah Todd
Lawrence Shapiro
Jackie Wong
Alan Woo

And Schema's own, Gloria Wong (Film Editor), Yu Gu (Asst. Film Editor), and Ivy So (Editorial Assistant).

Special Thanks to Andrew Poon, Beverly Edgecombe, Helen Yagi and all the dedicated crew at the VIFF Media Office for their patience and assistance this year!

And a BIG THANK YOU to all the people that worked to make this year's coverage possible: Nurçin Bayol for her tireless effort coordinating the passes, tickets and content (who is now back in her home country of Turkey); to Michelle da Silva and Ivy So for their editing; and especially to our new webmaster, Loretta Hui, for her hard work getting the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival page set-up!

Click here to jump to our VIFF 2005 main page.

Films currently reviewed:

April Snow (South Korea)
Based on A True Story (Netherlands)
Blood Rain (South Korea)
The Bridesmaid (France)
Crying Fist (South Korea)
Estamira (Brazil)
Eve and the Firehorse (Canada)
Grain in Ear (China/South Korea)
Heart, Beating in the Dark (Japan)
I'm So Over You? (Canada)
Lie With Me (Canada)
Linda Linda Linda (Japan)
Live and Become (Va, vis et deviens) (France/Israel)
Manderlay (Denmark/France/Germany/Netherlands/Sweden/UK)
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (Canada)
North Country (USA)
Ox Hide (China)
Police Beat (USA)
Princess Raccoon (Japan)
Protocols Of Zion (USA)
Sisters in Law (UK)
So Much Rice (China)
Souvenir of Canada (Canada)
State of Fear (USA/Peru)
Takeshis'(Japan)
Texture of Skin (South Korea)
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (USA)
To The Other Side (Mexico/USA)
Why We Fight (USA)
Wild Side (France)