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Once again the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) continues to be a gold standard when it comes to Canadian film.

This year’s festival, which runs Sept. 26-Oct. 11, boasts 113 Canadian films, including 47 features and 66 shorts.

The lineup is as varied as the country’s landscape. There is literally a unique story for every taste of moviegoer.

“I really think the films in the Canadian program demonstrate a unique sensibility and those are works that could only been made by the filmmakers who made them,” said VIFF’s associate director of programming Curtis Woloschuk.

Below are five films from Canadians that are worth pencilling in to your program:

Anne at 13,000 ft.

When: Sept. 29, 3:45 p.m. at International Village

From filmmaker Kazik Radwanski comes the story of Anne (Deragh Campbell), a daycare worker who doesn’t understand why others don’t always enjoy her goofy, playful nature. Anne’s actions are at sometimes funny and sweet and at other times inappropriate and without boundaries. You will cringe a bit watching this one as Campbell demands the viewer’s gaze and then makes you wish you didn’t look.