Screening times:
Thursday, December 18, 6:30 PM
Monday, December 22, 6:30 PM - show added!

Zacharias Kunuk | Canada | 2025 | 100m
Inuktitut with English subtitles

Screening followed by a special pre-recorded Q&A with director Zacharias Kunuk and co-writer/producer Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, moderated by Carbon Arc programmer Joseph Jung!

A strange death, village upheavals, and swarming suitors lead to a love story gone awry in Zacharias Kunuk’s latest enthralling imagining of ancient Inuit stories.

Screening times:
Sunday, December 21, 5:30 PM

Scandar Copti | Palestine, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar | 2024 | 123m
Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles

A family saga that thoughtfully considers the myriad intricacies of Arab Israeli life in Jerusalem and Haifa. Happy Holidays tells four interwoven stories: Fifi, a free-spirited Palestinian student; her brother Ravi and his pregnant Jewish partner; their father’s financial misdeeds that could ruin their future, and their domineering mother, determined to make the elder sister’s wedding a success at all costs.

Screening times:
Saturday, December 20, 8:15 PM

Todd Haynes | 2015 | UK, USA | 119m

An aspiring photographer in her twenties develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York. Ten-year anniversary screening!

Screening times:
Sunday, December 14, 5:30 PM

Marcell Jankovics | Hungary | 1981 | 75m
Hungarian with English subtitles

One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, Son of the White Mare is a swirling, color-mad maelstrom of mythic monsters and Scythian heroes, part-Nibelungenlied, part-Yellow Submarine, lit by jagged bolts of lightning and drenched in rivers of blue, red, gold and green. Restored in 4K using the original 35mm camera negative and sound elements by Arbelos in collaboration with the Hungarian Film Archive!

Screening times:
Saturday, December 13, 8:15 PM
Sunday, December 14, 7:30 PM - show added due to popular demand!

Brian Henson | 1992 | USA | 86m

The Muppets put their spin on the tale of an elder, Christmas-hating miser who is visited by spirits who foretell his future and share secrets from his past and present, which helps change his view on life.

Screening times:
Saturday, December 13, 6:00 PM - one night only!

Charlie Shackleton | USA, UK | 2025 | 92m

A film about a film that was never made, this boldly original essay is ostensibly an exploration of one man's obsession with catching the infamous Zodiac Killer. It quickly unfolds into an anti-true crime investigation, examining our cultural obsession with the genre.

Screening times:
Friday, December 12, 6:30 PM - director attending!

Ron Mann | Canada | 2025 | 73m

Step back into the sleek world of hi-fi glamour — when martinis were dry, suits were sharp, and music came from furniture that looked like it could fly. Clairtone explores the remarkable rise and fall of the Clairtone Sound Corporation — the audacious mid-century Canadian electronics company whose visionary stereo and television designs became international symbols of sophistication, modernity, and cultural cool.

Screening times:
Thursday, December 11, 8:30 PM

David Secter | Canada | 1965 | 81m

To celebrate the end of a wonderful year of Fleapit Cinema screenings and the 60th Anniversary of this beautiful film, Fleapit Cinema is proud to present the new 4K restoration of David Secter’s 1965 landmark queer romance, Winter Kept Us Warm.

Screening times:
Saturday, December 6, 8:15 PM

Satoshi Kon | 2003 | Japan | 92m
Japanese with English subtitles

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

Screening times:
Thursday, December 4, 6:30 PM - director attending via videolink! - SOLD OUT
Saturday, December 6, 2:00 PM - director attending via videolink!

Dr. Brian Doucet | Canada | 2025 | 86m

This film takes you across Canada to learn about policies, programs and projects that are already happening and already having a positive impact on addressing the housing crisis. By demonstrating how many important solutions are making a difference in communities, the film inspires and challenges us to think about both the root causes of the housing crisis and transformative solutions.

Screening times:
Friday, December 5, 6:30 PM - followed by conversation with local filmmaker Sobaz Benjamin!

Clement Virgo | Canada | 2022 | 120m

Clement Virgo | Canada | 2022 | 120m

Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene.

Screening times:
Monday, December 1, 8:00 PM - FREE ENTRY!

Various Artists | Various countries | 2025 | 60m

Severely Queer Caucus at NSCAD University is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting Meet Us Where We’re At, a program of six commissioned shorts that forefront the experiences of drug users and harm reduction practices as they intersect with the ongoing HIV crisis.

FREE ENTRY - Admissions are granted on a first come first serve basis from when doors open at 7:30 PM, 30 minutes before the film screening.

Screening times:
Friday, November 21, 6:30 PM
Sunday, November 30, 5:30 PM

Sepideh Farsi | Palestine, Iran, France | 2025 | 113m
English and Arabic with English subtitles

An intimate perspective of life in Gaza, told through video calls with Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona.

Screening times:
Friday, November 28, 8:30 PM

Kelly Reichardt | USA | 2010 | 101m

A small group of settlers travelling across the Oregon High Desert in 1845 suspect that their guide may not know the area well enough to plot a safe and certain route. Each month this year Carbon Arc presents a director for a mini-restrospective of their work. This month the Carbon Arc programmers have selected American indie icon Kelly Reichardt!

Screening times:
Thursday, November 27, 8:30 PM - director attending!!

Devin Shears | Canada | 2024 | 73m

A gentle character study of Harvey (Benjamin Turnbull) – a straight, fat man who decides to submit a photograph of himself to a gay magazine for ‘big men and their admirers’.

Screening times:
Sunday, November 23, 5:30 PM

John Korty, Charles Swenson | USA | 1983 | 75m

Two wannabe heroes must stop a madman from giving everyone nightmares. Features a special cutout animation technique called ‘lumage’.

Screening times:
Saturday, November 22, 8:30 PM

Kelly Reichardt | USA | 2008 | 80m

Each month this year Carbon Arc has focused on a director for a mini-retrospective of their work, and this month it’s indie icon Kelly Reichardt! Wendy & Lucy is a touching political road movie about an idealistic young drifter, her faithful dog and the wide open spaces of the Pacific Northwest.

Screening times:
Thursday, November 20, 6:30 PM

Peter Weir | Australia | 1975 | 107m
English with English subtitles

On Valentine's Day, 1900, three schoolgirls and a teacher disappear on a visit to a dormant volcano in the outback of Australia, haunting those who are left behind.

Screening times:
Sunday, November 16, 5:30 PM

Anthony Shim | Canada | 2022 | 117m
English and Korean with English subtitles

Set in the ‘90s, a Korean single mother raises her young son in the Vancouver suburbs determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.

Screening times:
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 PM - FREE ENTRY!

Javier Macipe | Spain, Argentina | 2023 | 129m
Spanish with English subtitles

La estrella azul (The Blue Star) is a drama inspired by the life of Spanish musician and poet Mauricio Aznar. In the rocking ‘90s, while on a self-discovery trip through the Argentinean interior, he finds a new passion for life and folk music. This is one of six films screening at this year’s Latin American & Spanish Film Festival, presented by Sedice Spanish Heritage Language and Culture School! LASFF screenings are happening at Carbon Arc and Dalhousie Art Centre.

Screening times:
Saturday, November 15, 5:30 PM - FREE ENTRY!

José Infantozzi | Uruguay | 2024 | 70m
Spanish with English subtitles

Becho is a boy with a special gift: he perceives passion as a golden, luminous energy that emanates from music and movement. One day, the energy of a group of musicians transports him to a magical world. This is one of six films screening at this year’s Latin American & Spanish Film Festival, presented by Sedice Spanish Heritage Language and Culture School! LASFF screenings are happening at Carbon Arc and Dalhousie Art Centre.

Screening times:
Friday, November 14, 8:00 PM - FREE ENTRY!

Tito Catacora, Óscar Catacora | Peru | 2023 | 104m
Aymara with English subtitles

A Peruvian mystery drama. The communal justice system accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, of the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this young girl. This is one of six films screening at this year’s Latin American & Spanish Film Festival, presented by Sedice Spanish Heritage Language and Culture School! LASFF screenings are happening at Carbon Arc and Dalhousie Art Centre.

Screening times:
Friday, November 14, 6:00 PM - FREE ENTRY!

Trisha Ziff | USA | 2021 | 84m
English and Spanish with Spanish and English subtitles

An intimate portrait of three generations of a Mexican-American family in California, reflecting on forty years since they first crossed into the US as undocumented immigrants. This is one of six films screening at this year’s Latin American and Spanish Film Festival, presented by Sedice Spanish Heritage Language and Culture School! LASFF screenings are happening at Carbon Arc and Dalhousie Art Centre.

Screening times:
Wednesday, November 12, 6:30 PM

Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang | China, Japan | 1990 | 95m
Mandarin with English subtitles

In the early 20th Century the young and beautiful Ju Dou is married off to an egregiously cruel business owner in the Chinese countryside, but finds love and lust in the arms of her husband’s nephew and employee.