2020 Vancouver International Film Festival

2020 Vancouver International Film Festival
Opening filmMonkey Beach by Loretta Todd
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Festival dateSeptember 24–October 7, 2020

The 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 39th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 24 to October 7, 2020.[1] On September 3, organizers announced a lineup of 180 films; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia and the associated social distancing restrictions remaining in place at movie theatres and other public venues, the festival took place primarily on the online VIFF Connect platform.[2]

Most films were geoblocked so that they were available for streaming only to viewers in British Columbia, although some of the festival's other programming, including its VIFF Talks series, was made available to viewers across Canada and internationally.[2]

  1. ^ Dana Gee, "Adaptation of a favourite Canadian novel lands opening spot at VIFF". Vancouver Sun, September 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Janet Smith, "Vancouver International Film Festival unveils its online and in-cinema 2020 lineup". The Georgia Straight, September 3, 2020.