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Thursday, May 21

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CCGH presents: Amir Mon Petit Prince
May 21
CCGH presents: Amir Mon Petit Prince

Screening times:
Thursday, May 21, 6:30 PM - Amir and Dounia Daoud attending!

Julien Cadieux | Canada | 2025 | 75m
French, Arabic, Spanish with English subtitles

Dounia travels the world with her son Amir, who has a rare genetic mutation. Together they embrace life while inviting others they meet along the way to welcome difference.

Films
Mile End Kicks
May 21
thursday late
Mile End Kicks
thursday late

Screening times:
Sunday, May 17, 5:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Thursday, May 21, 9:00 PM - show added!

Chandler Levack | Canada | 2025 | 112m

A bright romantic comedy starring Barbie Ferreira as Grace, a 24-year-old music critic who moves to Montréal to figure out life and love.


thursday late

Friday, May 22

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Alliance Française Halifax presents: Sailing Home
May 22
friday early
Alliance Française Halifax presents: Sailing Home
friday early

Original title: La Vallée des Fous

Screening times:
Friday, May 22, 6:30 PM

Xavier Beauvois | France | 2024 | 120m
French with English subtitles

Jean-Paul is going through a rough patch. Up to his ears in debt, he signs up to a ‘virtual regatta’, and commits to sailing around the world… from his garden.

friday early
Films
Palestine 36
May 22
friday late
Palestine 36
friday late

Screening times:
Thursday, April 30, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, May 15, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Sunday, May 17, 8:00 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, May 22, 9:15 PM - show added!

Annemarie Jacir | Palestine, UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan | 2025 | 120m
English, Arabic with English subtitles

1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless.

friday late

Saturday, May 23

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Films
Kontinental '25
May 23
saturday early
Kontinental '25
saturday early

Screening times:
Sunday, May 3, 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 23, 6:00 PM

Radu Jude | Romania | 2025 | 109m
Romanian, Hungarian, and German with English subtitles

A court bailiff in the Transylvanian town of Cluj is having a very bad day. Shot on a cell phone over 10 days, Kontinental ‘25 is a scathing social satire from provocateur Radu Jude.

saturday early
Films
Films of Resistance: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
May 23
saturday late
Films of Resistance: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
saturday late

Screening times:
Saturday, May 23, 8:30 PM

Alanis Obomsawin | 1993 | Canada | 119m

A dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka lands in Oka, Québec, set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness.

saturday late

Sunday, May 24

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Blue Heron
May 24
sunday early
Blue Heron
sunday early

Screening times:
Thursday, May 14, 6:30 PM
Sunday, May 24, 5:30 PM

Sophy Romvari | Canada,Hungary | 2025 | 91m
English, Hungarian with English subtitles

In this assured debut feature based on the filmmaker's childhood, an 8-year-old and her immigrant family have their fresh start interrupted by dangerous behavior from the family's oldest child.

sunday early
Films
Deep Cuts presents: Boxing Helena
May 24
sunday late
Deep Cuts presents: Boxing Helena
sunday late

Screening times:
Sunday, May 24, 7:45 PM

Jennifer Lynch | USA | 1993 | 107m

A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.

sunday late

NOTE:

Next week Carbon Arc is CLOSED! We will all be going to see HIFF at the Bus Stop Theatre! Tickets/info: https://www.hiff.ca/.
Carbon Arc will reopen the following week!

COMING SOON:

Films
Carbon Arc is closed for HIFF!
May 27
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Carbon Arc is closed for HIFF!
coming soon

We are closed for the 20th annual Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival!

HIFF takes place 27-30 May, 2026! Carbon Arc will reopen the following week <3

HIFF happens at Bus Stop Theatre on Gottingen St. Tickets here: https://www.hiff.ca/

coming soon
CCGH presents: Gagne ton ciel
Jun 4
coming soon
CCGH presents: Gagne ton ciel
coming soon

Screening times:
Thursday, June 4, 6:30 PM
Director Mathieu Denis attending!

Mathieu Denis | Canada | 2025 | 116m
French with English subtitles

Facing financial hardship and craving prosperity, a family man takes progressively darker actions in his desperate pursuit of a better life.

coming soon
Amrum
Jun 5
coming soon
Amrum
coming soon

Screening times:
Friday, June 5th 6:30 PM
Saturday,June 20th 6:00 PM

Faith Akin | Canada | 2026 | 93 m
German with English subtitles

In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.

coming soon
ICYMI: Exit 8
Jun 6
coming soon
ICYMI: Exit 8
coming soon

Screening times:
Saturday, June 6th, 6:00 PM

Genki Kawamura | Japan | 2026 | 95 m
Japanese with English subtitles

A man trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

coming soon
Outdoor screening: Amélie
Jun 6
coming soon
Outdoor screening: Amélie
coming soon

Screening times:
Saturday, June 6, 9:00 PM

Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Canada | 2001| 122m
French with English subtitles

Amélie is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making.

coming soon
2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity!
Jun 7
coming soon
2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity!
coming soon

Screening times:
Sunday, June 7, 5:30 PM

Various directors & countries | 2025 | 108m

Don’t miss some of the world’s most entertaining, inspirational and humorous commercials from around the world! The Globe and Mail presents the latest winning ads from the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

coming soon
Lucid Toons presents: Tekkonkinkreet (4K remaster)
Jun 14
coming soon
Lucid Toons presents: Tekkonkinkreet (4K remaster)
coming soon

Screening times:

Michael Arias | Japan | 2006 | 103m
Japanese with English subtitles

Black, a boy who seeks to bend the city to his will through strength, and White, his innocent counterpart, are two orphaned street kids living in the slums of Treasure Town. When real estate developers threaten to transform Treasure Town into a massive theme park, its very existence is put at risk. Determined to protect both White and their city, Black takes on the yakuza and assassins, gradually losing his innocence as he confronts a dark manifestation within himself.

coming soon
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Carbon Arc’s behind the scenes boss died April 7th, 2020. We were so lucky to have him order us around and keep us sensible. He was the best.

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