Category: Special programming
National Canadian Film Day!
Celebrate the first ever National Canadian Film Day with us tonight with a double dose of Canadiana! First up is multiple award winning and deservedly high praised C.R.A.Z.Y. at 6:30pm. Then at 9:15pm, the Canadian Cult Revue series presents a rare selection of Canadian Archival 35mm shorts
Nosferatu – with a LIVE music score from Shooting Guns!
Halloween Month! Silent films. Live music. Only at the Mayfair. This October, the Mayfair Theatre hosts special presentations of F.W. Murnau’s horror masterpiece Nosferatu — with a new, original score performed LIVE by Juno- and Polaris Prize-nominated band Shooting Guns! ADMISSION Admission to this special screenings is value-priced at just:
Nosferatu – with LIVE music from Shooting Guns!
A pair of extra special Halloween Month screenings on October 20th and 21st at 9:00pm of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent horror classic with a live music score from Shooting Guns! Advance tickets on sale now – $12 members / $15 non-members!
OBVIOUS CHILD
Obvious Child – The highly acclaimed and requested indie comedy, from director / writer Gillian Robespierre and starring Jenny Slate in her breakthrough performance, makes its Mayfair Premiere on Friday August 29th! If we pretend we’re in the UK, that means we got it on its actual premiere date! Winner
Oh Canada!
We celebrate and present Canadian cinema much more frequently then just once a year. So, on the heels of National Canadian Film Day, join us again for a special Canadiana double-bill on Thursday May 1st: Algonquin an 7:00pm and The Husband at 9:30pm. Algonquin director Jonathan Hayes
Oscars on the Big Screen
Get dressed in your red carpet best and join us at the Mayfair for the 86th Annual Academy Awards big screen telecast! Sunday March 2nd at 8:00pm. Free for Members Only. Licensed for Alcohol.
Ottawa Songwriters Uplifting the Mayfair fundraiser event!
A fine group of loyal and generous Mayfair patrons have banded together as the Ottawa Songwriters Uplifting the Mayfair to organize and host a fundraiser event this weekend. On Saturday, May 15th at 7:00pm and Sunday, May 16th at 2:00pm you can catch a pair of online virtual concert events!
Our Epic Six Year Long Friday The 13th Film Fest Continues!
Friday The 13th Part II – Friday November 13th, with encores on November 15th & 16th! We continue our epic six year long Friday The 13th Film Fest with movie two of twelve! Months after Alice beheaded psycho killer/Jason’s mother Pamela Voorhees at Camp Crystal Lake, survivor Alice is
Painted Lips and Lolly Licks lineup revealed!
Enough teasing! It’s time to finally reveal the lineup of films for the second annual Painted Lips and Lolly Licks film festival. Whet your appetite here – then come see the films (and some of the filmmakers) in the flesh on Feb 12, starting at 9:30 pm.
Passage To Freedom – free screening, donations accepted
Passage To Freedom – Saturday May 20 at 2:30pm! Unforgettable stories of terror, escape, courage, and resilience are captured in this new documentary film about refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos who found a new home in Canada in the aftermath of the Vietnam war. The director will be