2017 Vancouver International Film Festival

2017 Vancouver International Film Festival
Opening filmMeditation Park by Mina Shum
Closing filmWonderstruck by Todd Haynes
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Festival dateSeptember 28–October 13, 2017

The 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 36th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 28 to October 13, 2017.[1]

The festival's opening gala film was Mina Shum's Meditation Park, and its closing gala was Todd Haynes's Wonderstruck;[2] during the festival, a special gala was also dedicated to Guy Maddin's film The Green Fog, with its score performed live in the theatre by the Kronos Quartet.[3]

  1. ^ "Vancouver International Film Festival: What to watch". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 2017.
  2. ^ Dana Gee, "See what all the buzz is about; VIFF Preview". The Province, September 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "A Creative Collaboration; Kronos Quartet and Guy Maddin combine their talents to create Green Fog". Vancouver Sun, October 5, 2017.