European Union Film Festival 2026
“A state-of-the-Union celebration of diversity and accomplishment in filmmaking.” - Nancy Lanthier, Vancouver Sun
Date/Time: Nov 19 2026, 11:00 am to 11:00 pm
Vancouver, The Cinematheque1131 Howe Street
Europe without the jet lag!
The European Union Film Festival’s seasonal showcase of contemporary European cinema returns for its 29th edition in Vancouver. Presented in partnership with the Canadian Film Institute (Ottawa) and Toronto’s European Union Film Festival, along with the member states of the European Union and the Delegation of the European Union to Canada, this year’s edition boasts another full slate of 27 films from all 27 EU members. A selection of these films will be available to rent online at euffonline.ca following the conclusion of the in-person festival.
Ireland, currently holding the presidency of the Council of the European Union, will lead off this year’s EUFF with a nonfiction portrait of Edna O’Brien, the literary iconoclast who passed away in 2024. From there, all manner of modes, genres, themes, and subject matter will cross our screen (then yours) during this circuitous tour of European moviemaking. Each EU member has hand-selected a film to represent their motion-picture industry, the stipulation being that it must be recent and, ideally, have had little to no screentime in Canada. In turn, a majority of the films will be Vancouver, if not nationwide, premieres.
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