The 2024 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival has come and gone. The team took a week to recover (and editor Marina took an additional week to edit – oops) but here we are: a final wrap on this year’s festival.

Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) and special guest Chloe Stebbing, as we the team counts down their festival favourites.

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Marina’s Top 3:

3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
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Steve’s Top 5:

5. Presence
4. A Different Man
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Melissa’s Top 5:

5. Fréwaka
4. Matt and Mara
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Chloe’s Top 5:

5. Conclave
4. A Different Man
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Bill’s Top 5:

5. Happyend
4. The Girl with the Needle
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

The rest:
6. Saturday Night
7. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
8. Secret Mall Apartment
9. Conclave
10. Universal Language

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Opening and closing credits music is “Arcadia” by Kevin MacLeod. Used under CC BY License.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
13:36:00 – Top 5’s
01:19:20 – Closing thoughts & credits