The VIFF Centre (formerly the Vancouver International Film Centre and the Vancity Theatre) is a movie theatre in

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, Canada, which houses the 175-seat Vancity Theatre, the 41-seat Studio Theatre, as well as the offices for the

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. Located at 1181 Seymour Street in

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, the theatre can accommodate seminars, live performances, film, video, and multimedia presentations. The building, designed by Hewitt and Kwasnicky Architects, opened in September 2005 just in time for the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival. In December of that year, the Vancity Theatre formally launched year-round repertory cinema programming. The theatre is sponsored by and named for the Vancity credit union, although prior to the complex's launch the theatre was stuck in a dispute that might have threatened the sponsorship, or even forced VIFF to refund Vancity's entire donation to the project, because it was deemed to be in conflict with the city's official

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policy at the time.Marke Andrews, "Theatre stuck in name game with council". ''

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'', August 18, 2005. Renovations in 2019–20, which were completed in time for the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, the venue added a 41-seat Studio Theatre for smaller audience presentations, a new media lab to present new media and

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projects, an education suite and a video wall in the complex's atrium. The annual

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, hosted by

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program, takes place in the Vancity Theatre.

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* Cinemas and movie theatres in Vancouver Headquarters in Canada Vancouver International Film Festival Theatres completed in 2005 Festival venues in Canada 2005 establishments in British Columbia {{Vancouver-stub

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