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This Week:
Festival dates:
October 15 - October 18, 2026
Hellifax Horror Fest takes over Carbon Arc Cinema from October 15-18, 2026!
Read all about Hellifax at hellifax.com!
…Plus, on Saturday night, all night!
Event times:
Saturday, October 17, 6:00 PM - Midnight
A Nocturne Art At Night event presented by Animation Festival of Halifax and Carbon Arc! This event takes place in the "Board Room", same level as Carbon Arc Cinema inside the Museum of Natural History.
Drop in, no pressure studio! Experience the magic and joy of making animation by hand. We provide the materials; you provide the imagination! For the full NOCTURNE program visit https://nocturnehalifax.ca/
COMING SOON:
Screening times:
Thursday, October 22, 6:30 PM
Sunday, November 1, 7:45 PM
Jack Auen, Kevin Walker | USA | 2026 | 99m
An academic becomes obsessed with the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, a device invented by a Vatican priest to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen.
Screening times:
Saturday, October 10, 6:00 PM
Friday, October 23, 6:30 PM
Kent Jones | USA | 2026 | 97m
A forgotten New York poet rediscovers his artistic passion after befriending an eccentric group of young creatives who profess their admiration of his work. This thoughtful, witty film is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.
Screening times:
Sunday, October 11, 8:00 PM - show added!
Friday, October 23, 9:00 PM - show added! SOLD OUT
Friday, October 30, 8:45 PM - SOLD OUT
Jim Sharman | UK, USA | 1975 | 100m
A couple of squares, Brad and Janet, land at a mansion with weirdos. RIP Tim Curry! We remember this icon fondly with a Double Feature. Come in costume! We will be giving away a six-punch pass to the best Rocky Horror character in the audience!
Screening times:
Saturday, October 24, 6:00 PM
Sunday, November 1, 5:30 PM
Poh Si Teng | USA | 2026 | 91m
English & Arabic with English subtitles
When three American doctors, Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian, enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
Screening times:
Saturday, October 24, 8:30 PM
Alex Proyas | USA | 1994 | 102m
Eric Draven and his fiancee are brutally murdered. When he mysteriously returns from the dead with the help of a crow, it begins to guide him to his killers in this iconic gothic thriller and Brandon Lee’s last film.
Screening times:
Sunday, October 25, 5:30 PM
Peter Lord, Nick Park | UK, Mi'kma'ki | 2000 | 84m
Mi'kmaq with English subtitles
It's the 15-Year Anniversary of the Mi'kmaq dub version of Chicken Run! We partner with Deep Cuts to bring you this hilarious claymation classic for Mi'kmaq History Month.
Tickets are completely Pay-What-You-Choose!
Screening times:
Sunday October 25, 7:45 PM
Thursday, October 29, 6:30 PM
Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | 2026 | 147m
Japanese with English subtitles
Inside a sealed castle during a rebellion, a besieged rebel and a captive strategist engage in a battle of wits to solve mysterious crimes.
Screening times:
Friday, October 30, 6:30 PM
Linus O’Brien | USA | 2025 | 90m
In this SXSW hit, the cult phenomenon of Rocky Horror is explored in depth like never before with an extraordinary cast of contributors. RIP Tim Curry! We remember this icon fondly with a Double Feature. Come in costume! We will be giving away a six-punch pass to the best Rocky Horror character in the audience!
A reminder this event takes place at BUS STOP THEATRE and not Carbon Arc’s usual venue.
Screening times:
Saturday, October 31, 6:00 PM - at Bus Stop Theatre!
Teinosuke Kinugasa | Japan | 1926 | 70m
Silent film with live score improvised by jazz ensemble Mini Worlds
A 100 year old Japanese silent experimental horror film, lost for 45 years until it was rediscovered by Kinugasa in his storehouse. The film is set in a psychiatric hospital in modern Japan. Mini Worlds will improvise a live score to this avant-garde masterpiece.
85th Anniversary Screening
Screening times:
Friday, November 13, 6:00 PM
Orson Welles | USA | 1941 | 119m
An enduring masterpiece of Hollywood’s Golden Age celebrates 85 years this year. Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
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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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