Psychotherapy and love conquer dissociative identity disorder |
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Written by Mark Robins
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Wednesday, 06 October 2010 |
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Back in 1976, dissociative identity disorder (known at the time as multiple personality disorder), first came onto the scene with the Sally Field movie about Sybil Dorsett and her 13 personalities. Fast forward 37 years and filmgoers at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival will meet Hilary Stanton and her 35 personalities in When the Devil Knocks.
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Imaizumi Koichi is okay with the controversial nature of his film |
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Sunday, 03 October 2010 |
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After chatting with Japanese filmmaker Imaizumi Koichi about his film The
Family Complete, one could be forgiven for having the distinct impression that
he was more interested in audience reactions than having any real message to impart
from it. But I suppose with its explicit sexual content and its incestuous storyline,
that perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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Review: I Am - I was entertained but not educated |
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Saturday, 02 October 2010 |
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Indian filmmaker Onir takes on some serious subject matter in his latest movie I Am currently playing as part of the Vancouver International Film Festiva but told as four distinct stories woven into a single feature, the whole does not live up to the sum of its parts.
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Trans director hopes to dispel some Thai myths in her first feature film |
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Written by Mark Robins
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Saturday, 02 October 2010 |
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For trans director (or kathoey in her native Thai) Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, her first feature film Insects in the Backyard is an opportunity to help dispel some myths about her native Thailand.
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2010 VIFF to feature five LGBTQ shorts |
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Thursday, 23 September 2010 |
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Included in the 350+ films at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival are five LGBTQ shorts that will screen as part of various shorts programs or before some of the LGBTQ feature films.
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Banned by the Aussies, queer zombie movie gets VIFF screenings |
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Written by Mark Robins
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 |
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While censors in Australia found Toronto based film-maker Bruce LaBruce’s L.A. Zombie too much for Melburnians to handle, apparently the same isn’t true for Vancouverites as the film gets set to play the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival.
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2010 VIFF line-up of LGBTQ feature films |
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Monday, 13 September 2010 |
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With more than 600 screenings of 359 films from 80 countries, the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) continues to grow. Along with the usual mainstream offerings, or as mainstream as a film festival can get, the VIFF also brings a number of LGBTQ films to its screens. The 2010 Festival sees ten features and five shorts slated to run during the Festival, September 30th through October 15th.
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