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title: "Vancouver International Black Film Festival runs December 11 to 15 at Vancity Theatre and VIFF Studio Theatre"
description: "The sixth Vancouver International Black Film Festival screens 42 films at two downtown venues from December 11 to 15, with free industry events on December 12."
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last_updated: "2026-11-12T23:01:27.947Z"
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The sixth Vancouver International Black Film Festival screens 42 films at Vancity Theatre and VIFF Studio Theatre from December 11 to 15, 2026. Free industry events run on December 12 and tickets for individual screenings start at $12.

## What is showing

The Georgia Straight reports that the festival screens 42 films over five days. Programming covers features, documentaries, and short films from Africa, the Caribbean, and Canada.

The opening film on December 11 at 8 pm is Laundry (Uhlanjululo), directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi. The festival's site describes it as a drama set in 1968 apartheid South Africa, following a young jazz musician deciding between his career and his family's laundry business.

The festival's documentary program includes The Eyes of Ghana, directed by Ben Proudfoot. The Canadian Spotlight section carries 14 films, among them Coaching While Black, Cypher, Wave Rider, and The Night Watches Us (Profilage nocturne).

A short-film series called Being Black in Canada shows works by 30 emerging Black Canadian filmmakers between the ages of 18 and 30. The festival's site describes it as part of a broader national mentorship program running in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Halifax, and Ottawa.

## The free December 12 events

The festival's Black Market industry series on December 12 is listed as free, both in person at VIFF Studio Theatre and online. The December 12 program includes a documentary production workshop with CBC executives, a Vancouver Black Filmmaker Spotlight hosted by Dean Redman, and a networking session. The website lists those events as free for in-person and online attendees.

## Tickets and passes

Individual tickets start at $12, according to the festival's site. An in-person pass, which covers regular seat access across the festival, is $55. An online pass is $60. Tickets and passes are available at vancouverblackfilmfest.com/tickets-passes/.

## Venues

Vancity Theatre and VIFF Studio Theatre are both operated by the Vancouver International Film Festival Centre in downtown Vancouver. The opening night screening and main feature screenings are at Vancity Theatre. The December 12 industry day events are at VIFF Studio Theatre.

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