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this week:
Screening times:
Thursday, March 26, 6:30 PM
Gus Van Sant | USA | 1991 | 102m
In English with English open captions
Scott and Mike are sex workers and lovers. Scott hates his rich father and resists his mapped-out future, while Mike is stalked by narcolepsy and his memories.
Screening times:
Friday, March 27, 6:30 PM
Lav Diaz | Portugal, Spain, France, Philippines, Taiwan | 2025 | 160m
Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, French with English subtitles
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan rebels against the power of his king, but becomes a conquerer despite his original dreams of exploration. Magellan blends Lav Diaz's slow cinema rigor with the biopic form to create a visually hypnotic, deliberately paced historical epic that immerses viewers in a spiritually charged meditation on power, mythology, and colonial ambition.
Screening times:
Saturday, March 28, 6:00 PM - this screening takes place at Bus Stop Theatre on Gottingen St
Park Chan-wook | Korea | 2025 | 139m
Korean with English subtitles
An unemployed salary man takes increasingly violent measures to eliminate the competition for a new position. A wickedly clever takedown of the corporate rat race that finds a perfect avatar in Lee Byung-Hun's skillfully hapless performance.
Sunday, March 22
Screening times:
Saturday, March 21, 6:00 PM
Sunday, March 29, 5:30 PM
Christian Petzold | Germany | 2025 | 86m
German with English subtitles
Past and present collide in this sly psychodrama, as Laura (Paula Beer), a young woman from Berlin, survives a countryside car crash before she gradually enters the fold of a mysterious, pained family.
Screening times:
Thursday, March 19, 6:30 PM
Sunday, March 29, 7:45 PM
Jonah Malak | Canada | 2025 | 84m
English and Spanish with English subtitles
Marisela and Ely are part of a volunteer group who seek, find, and return the bodies of migrants who died in the Arizona desert, while crossing the US-Mexico border on foot. Spare My Bones, Coyote! is a documentary that follows this challenging, dangerous, and heartrending work, and peers into the difficult and dedicated lives these people have chosen.
COMING SOON:
Screening times:
Thursday, April 2, 6:30 PM
Matthew Solomon | USA | 2023 | 83m - director and special guests attending
This screening will have English captions, and the post-film conversation will be accompanied by ASL interpreters
Reimagining Safety illustrates the history and impact of policing, why harmful aspects persist, the role of the media, and how resources and care-based interventions reduce crime while improving societal conditions.
Screening times:
Friday, April 3, 6:30 PM
Matthew Solomon | USA | 2026 | 92m - director and special guests attending
This screening will have English captions, and the post-film conversation will be accompanied by ASL interpreters
"Seeds for Liberation" explores Palestinian resistance through emotional and impactful interviews with historians, activists, legal scholars, and experts. The documentary demonstrates how social media has exposed daily life in Gaza and the West Bank, challenging dominant Western narratives and bringing the Free Palestine movement into global consciousness.
Screening times:
Saturday, April 4, 6:00 PM
Thursday, April 16, 6:30 PM
Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands | 86m
Portuguese with English subtitles
Tereza is due to be sent to a remote colony for over-80s. She defies her fate and embarks on a forbidden journey down the Amazon, fulfilling a lifelong dream. A gentle sci-fi drama and a uniquely life-affirming, coming-of-(old)-age story.
Screening times:
Saturday, April 4, 8:30 PM
Céline Sciamma | France | 2011 | 84m
French with English subtitles
A young girl starts to dress like a boy in Sciamma’s tender and affectionate sophomore feature. In tune with the emotion and tribulations of childhood, Tomboy is a charming movie that treats its main subject with warmth and heart. We’re screening Sciamma on Saturday nights all through April!
Screening times:
Sunday, April 5, 5:30 PM
Óliver Laxe | Spain, France | 2025 | 114m
Spanish, French, and Arabic with English subtitles
In this apocalyptic road movie, a father and son follow a group of ravers deep into the mountains of southern Morocco, searching for their daughter and sister who vanished at a party. Sirāt was winner of the 2025 Cannes Jury Prize!
Screening times:
Thursday, April 9, 6:30 PM
Sunday, April 26, 5:30 PM
Kristen Stewart | France, Latvia, UK, USA | 2025 | 128m
In Kristin Stewart’s raw and powerful debut feature, Lidia (Imogen Poots) suffers the rages of an abusive father. She throws herself into competitive swimming as an escape and wins a college scholarship, which she blows on drink and drugs before moving towards finding her true voice through writing.
Screening times:
Saturday, April 11, 6:00 PM
Friday, April 17, 6:30 PM
Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | 2025 | 108m
Korean with English subtitles
When poet Donghwa visits his girlfriend's family for the first time, a pleasant afternoon of conversation and home-cooked meals gradually shifts into something sharper. Slow cinema meets fast-flowing wine in the latest from Hong Sang-soo (The Novelists Film, A Traveller’s Needs).
Screening times:
Saturday, April 11, 8:30 PM
Céline Sciamma | France | 2019 | 120m
French with English subtitles
Set in late 18th century Brittany, the daughter of a French countess falls in love with the woman commissioned to paint her wedding portrait. Winner of the Cannes Queer Palm. We’re screening Sciamma on Saturday nights all through April! Films include Tomboy, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Petite Maman.
Screening times:
Sunday, April 12, 5:30 PM
Kunihiko Yuyama | Japan | 1998 | 75m
Dubbed in English
Anyone of a certain age remembers the impact that this movie had on an entire generation. A surprisingly tender and exististential adventure now recognized as a bonafide animated cult classic.
Screening times:
Saturday, April 18, 8:30 PM
Céline Sciamma | France | 2022 | 75m
French with English subtitles
8-year-old Nelly is helping her parents clear out her late grandmother’s home when she befriends a girl her age, in this fairytale of grief and hope. We’re screening Sciamma on Saturday nights all through April!
Screening times:
Friday, April 24, 6:30 PM
R. T. Thorne | Canada | 2025 | 113m
A series of plagues and wars has obliterated society, but the Freemans thrive on a farm in the middle of nowhere... so long as they repel the occasional raiding party.
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Check out the animation festival website for details about the Animation festival of Halifax!
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.
Tiny’s favourite album was Superchunk’s On the Mouth. He would race around whenever it was on. That alone makes you a technician in most jurisdictions.
Thank you for joining us to watch movies and helping to keep art house and independent cinema alive and strong for the last 14 years!
