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VIFF 2002 : iofilm recommends
A selection of films we like from the 21st Vancouver International Film Festival (26 Sept - 11 October 2002).

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8 Women (opening film)
Eight of France's top actresses, one body and a house full of lies.

Aiki
Paraplegic Aiki-jujitsu student learns to become one with his greatest opponent - his wheel chair.

Cry Woman
Tough girl hustles work in China and discovers she has talent as a professional wailer at funerals.

Every Day God Kisses Us On The Mouth
A Romanian butcher returns home from prison to a life of debauchery, violence and despair.

Fix - Story Of An Addicted City
Provocative doc focusing on drug and poverty related problems in Canada's poorest community.

Honeyboy
Documentary about the life of a might have been, could have been, should have been a legend blues musician, David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards.

Hukkle
A drole comedy set in rural Hungary that has no dialogue.

Irreversible
Gaspe Noe's brutal sado-mascohistic thriller.

Japon
Mystery man seeks redemption and death in Mexico.

The Lawless Heart
Three mens' lives change in irrational ways after the death of a friend.

Lilya 4-Ever
Russian teenager is abandoned by her mother and must fend for herself.

Marlene Dietrich - Her Own Song
Documentary on Marlene Dietrich's war years and after, made by her grandson.

Minor Mishaps
Family quarrels and secrets are brought to the surface after a mother's death in Denmark

My Little Eye
Five contestants in a deserted house in the middle of winter on a reality live website shocker.

The Navigators
Ken Loach drama about South Yorkshire railwaymen faced with privatisation.

Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good
Documentary revealing untold story of how a British stockbroker saved hundreds of Czech children from nazi death camps.

Read My Lips
Deaf secretary and ex-con plan robbery of drugs money from night club owner.

Rivers and Tides
Reverent and beautifully shot portrait of earthworks artist Andy Goldsworthy and his art.

Russian Ark
19th Century French aristocrat time-travels through Russian history in one long uninterrupted steadicam shot.

Spider
David Cronenberg's latest depicts a man undergoing a mental collapse.

Stealing the Fire
Expose showing how nuclear technology that originated in nazi Germany is circulating among developing nations like Iraq.

Ten
Conversations in a car reveal many aspects of modern Iranian life, especially for women.

To Be And To Have
Charming and funny look at rural school life.

The Tracker
Aboriginal tracker in 1922 Australia finds his loyalites challenged while tracking a fugitive in Outback.

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