Badass 10 is coming live to the Rio - The Tenth Annual International Vancouver Badass Film Festival and Script Competition goes live at East Vancouver’s historic Rio Theatre for a pre-Halloween live experience you can’t download and the indie film community event of the horror season! It’s the genre film festival with: 22 films screened live with filmmakers, legendary live shows always featuring giant snakes, fire, carnival side-show, magic, horror burlesque, film-specific live surprises, and the wildest pre-Halloween costume contest in town over three programs Sunday October 20, 2024!

Sunday, October 20
Doors 2:30 pm | Film 3:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance Single Film tickets $15+ s/c | $20+ s/c at the door

The Tenth Annual Vancouver Badass Film Festival kicks off with a Preview Screening of the Rio’s own Becca Kozak (Girls with Guts)’s first outrageous narrative feature Sugar Rot (Canada, 80 minutes), described as a wild “exploitation film that’s both funny and punk with some intellectual bite if you can get past the initial shock.” Some parts of the film were shot in and around The Rio Theatre including with the band Daddy Issues on stage. Cast and crew attending with filmmakers Q&A following the screenings. Preceded by the new Beccsploitation birth control short Contraception (Canada, 4.5 minutes, dir Becca Kozak), and Nadine L’Esperance’s insane bloody puppet shocker: From One Hole to Another (Canada, 7mins). All the trigger warnings for an early John Waters/Troma-esque exploitation for a new generation afternoon launch of Badass 10.