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Thursday, October 8

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GIFFT: Saint Paisios
Oct 8
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GIFFT: Saint Paisios
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Screening times:
Thursday, October 8, 7:00 PM

Stamos Tsamis | Greece | 2026 | 125m
Greek with English subtitles

The GREEK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TOUR OF CANADA (GIFFT) is a showcase and celebration of Greek cinema, with films showing in venues across Halifax. Don't miss the film festival finale, Saint Paisios, at Carbon Arc! The film explores the famed ascetic’s deep faith, his calling to monasticism, and his profound spiritual legacy. For tickets and to view trailers for all festival films, please visit https://gifft.ca/.

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Friday, October 9

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September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill
Oct 9
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September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill
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Screening times:
Friday, October 9, 6:30 PM - director attending!

Larry Weinstein | Canada | 1994 | 92m

Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt Weill. Performers include Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed and many others!

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Saturday, October 10

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Late Fame
Oct 10
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Late Fame
saturday early

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.

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Thrills and Chills: Crash
Oct 10
saturday late
Thrills and Chills: Crash
saturday late

Screening times:
Saturday, October 10, 8:30 PM

David Cronenberg | Canada | 1996 | 112m

The strange allure of the auto collision provokes a human fascination with death and the tendency to eroticize danger. For a select few, a car collision is a sexual turn-on, and a jolting life force they come to crave.

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Sunday, October 11

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Lucid Toons presents: Monster House
Oct 11
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Lucid Toons presents: Monster House
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Screening times:
Sunday, October 11, 5:30 PM

Gil Kenan | USA | 2006 | 91m
Preceded by NFB short film "Land of the Heads" | Cédric Louis & Claude Barras | 2009 | 6m

An animated horror-comedy that blends scares with a unique motion-capture style. Preceded by stop-motion short “Land of the Heads” (Cédric Louis & Claude Barras, 2006)!

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Thrills & Chills: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Oct 11
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Thrills & Chills: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
sunday late

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!

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COMING SOON:

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7th Annual Hellifax Horror Fest!
Oct 15
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7th Annual Hellifax Horror Fest!
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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!

More info and tickets here!

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NOCTURNE: Hands-on Handmade Animation Studio! (FREE!)
Oct 17
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NOCTURNE: Hands-on Handmade Animation Studio! (FREE!)
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Event times:
Sunday, October 18, 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/

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Chronovisor
Oct 22
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Chronovisor
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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.

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American Doctor
Oct 24
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American Doctor
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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.

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Thrills & Chills: The Crow
Oct 24
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Thrills & Chills: The Crow
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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.

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Deep Cuts presents: Chicken Run in Mi'kmaq!
Oct 25
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Deep Cuts presents: Chicken Run in Mi'kmaq!
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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!

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The Samurai and the Prisoner
Oct 25
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The Samurai and the Prisoner
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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.

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Rocky Horror Double! Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025)
Oct 30
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Rocky Horror Double! Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025)
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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!

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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.

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.

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