Vancouver Foreign Film Society
Vancouver Foreign Film Society Membership
MOTION PICTURE ACT OF B.C.
Under the motion picture act of B.C all screenings in a theatre are required to be approved by Consumer Protection of B.C.
Exemption for film societies
Section 4
(1) The director may, in the public interest, exempt from section 2 a non-profit cultural organization, membership of which is by annual subscription and is limited to persons who are 18 years of age or over, if the director considers that the organization has as its objects the encouragement and appreciation of motion pictures as a medium of art, information or education, subject to any conditions contained in the exemption.
(2) If an organization that has been exempted under subsection (1) exhibits a motion picture, it must not permit any person who is not a member of that organization to be present at the place where the motion picture is being exhibited.
Up until early 2025 we were co-presenting films at VIFF using their ticket system, but because of availability we no longer use their theatre and membership ticket system and we are required to have our own paid memberships
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If you are a member of our Private Film Club, your membership is included in the subscription.
All subscribers who attended our screening of DJ Ahmet at Alliance automatically have a 2026 membership.
The cost of an Annual Membership is $3 and entitles all members to attend Public International Feature screenings and to continue to receive our mail out information until June 30th. We will remind all current subscribers well in advance of the deadline
You do not have to log in to PayPal and you can just pay with a credit card. As a member of Paypal you can pay directly to our society from your PayPal account.
The PayPal button or The square button will show a membership card as per the sample on the left where your card can be printed