Movies
Life of Brian presented by Embarrassing Humans
Embarrassing Humans presents a 40th Anniversary ‘I Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen’ screening of Monty Python’s Life of Brian! Kick off your Easter Long Weekend with the SECOND greatest story ever told, Monty Python’s Life of Brian! How many times have you brought up a movie you consider to be
Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear
Returning for a One Night Only Encore on Saturday September 14th! Surfing since as young as he can remember, at the age of 13, Sage is crippled by fear after suffering a wipeout on a huge wave. The wave slammed him to the bottom and held him pinned there without
The Hummingbird Project
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal. From Canadian Screen Awards, Cambridge Film Fest, and Tribeca Film Fest award winning director Kim Nguyen, starring Oscar nominees Salma Hayek, and Jesse Eisenberg, and Golden Globe winner
Gloria Bell
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys
The Beach Bum
You gotta go low to get high. An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large. Starring Oscar winner Mathew McConaughey, from 2x Venice Film Festival award winning writer/director Harmony Korine! “it is glorious” (Austin Chronicle) “a hilarious, wild, sometimes problematic
Woman At War
Halla, a woman in her forties, declares war on the local aluminum industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands of Iceland-but the situation could change with the unexpected arrival of a small orphan in her life. Montreal Festival of
Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse
Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse – Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 3rd! The dark legend of the young woman and her struggle to preserve her own sanity, and tries to explore the fine line between ancient magic, faith and madness at a time when pagan beliefs in witches and nature
Babylon
A Classic Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 31st! Franco Rosso’s incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but went unreleased in the U.S. for “being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension” (Time Out). Raw and smoldering, it follows a young dance-hall DJ (Brinsley Forde,
Meeting Gorbachev
Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 24th! Rising from a farm boy to become President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev brought about changes that helped end the Cold War, toppled the USSR, enabled the reunification of Germany and transformed the world forever. From Sundance, Telluride, and 4x Cannes award
[CENSORED]
Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 17th! An essay film by filmmaker and archivist Sari Braithwaite, [Censored] offers an overview of film censorship in Australia, told through an ever-changing collage of images compiled from the footage that was cut from films released domestically between 1958 and 1971. Chicago International Film