Films I saw at the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival:

• The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar, Spain) B-
• The Kid With a Bike (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, France) A+
• Dreileben: Beats Being Dead (Christian Petzold, Germany) A-
• Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around (Dominik Graf, Germany) B
• Dreileben: One Minute of Darkness (Christoph Hochhausler, Germany) C
• Our Future (Iizuka Kashou, Japan) C+
• The Natural Phenomenon of Madness (Charliebebs Gohetia, Phillippines) D-
• The Day He Arrives (Hong Sangsoo, South Korea) A-
• Invasion of Alien Bikini (Oh Youngdoo, South Korea) B-
• A Time to Love: Moonwalk (Boo Jiyoung, South Korea) A
• A Time to Love: Immature (Yang Ikjune, South Korea) A
• Cloudburst (Thom Fitzgerald, Canada) C-
• Family Portrait in Black and White (Julia Ivanova, Canada) B
• i am a good person/i am a bad person (Ingrid Veninger, Canada) C
• Sisters&Brothers (Carl Bessai, Canada) A-
• The Student (Santiago Mitre, Argentina) B+
• Cairo Exit (Hesham Issawi, Egypt) C+
• OK, Enough, Goodbye (Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia, Lebanon) B-
• Best Intentions (Adrian Sitaru, Romania/Hungary) B
• Target (Alexander Zeldovich, Russia) C-
• The Color Wheel (Alex Ross Perry, USA) C+
• Like Crazy (Drake Doremus, USA) A+
• Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, USA) A
• How to Die in Oregon (Peter D. Richardson, USA) B+
• Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up? (Saul Landau, USA) C
• Andrew Bird: Fever Year (Xan Aranda, USA) B-

Quick facts: 24-27 films, depending on how you count. 6 American, 4 Canadian, 4 South Korean.

Favourites of the fest: Like Crazy, The Kid With a Bike, A Time to Love, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Student, Sisters&Brothers.

You can watch videos of the filmmaker Q&As I captured for the festival on their vimeo channel.