November is Buster Keaton Month! The General – November 11th and 14th! During America’s Civil War Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray’s beloved locomotive The General – his lady love, Annabelle Lee, aboard an attached boxcar – and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The
JERRY LEWIS FILM FESTIVAL A second-rate magician (Jerry Lewis) befriends a little boy while entertaining troops in the Pacific. What could possibly go wrong?
OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST DOCUMENTARY The name of Israels security agency, Shin Bet, translates as in service of safety. But what has Shin Bet done in the service of safety and at what cost? Here, the answers to those questions come from the agencys former heads, and their openness is
Doors at 3:00pm – Screening at 3:30pm – Tickets $5 In the midst of religious intolerance and extremism, one religion—the Bahá’í Faith—offers a path toward world peace by advocating the oneness of humanity’s major religions. Now, this groundbreaking documentary tells the amazing, little-known story of the origins of the Bahá’í
The Ottawa premiere for The Fruit Machine, a feature documentary that examines the purge of LGBT Canadians from the late 1950s through early 1990s in the military and public service. The Fruit Machine is produced by SandBay Entertainment Inc., an Ottawa-based production house. Presented by Sarah Fodey and Han Nguyen. Select purge survivors
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, TIFF 2012 Award-winning documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtzee, China Heavyweight) returns with a look into the little-known subculture of people (including, oddly enough, Hollywood actor Bill Pullman) who scour the world in search of rare, endangered and exotic fruit. Its a feast for the
Ginnen Upan Seethala (Sinhalese: ගින්නෙන් උපන් සීතල; The Frozen Fire) is a 2019 Sinhala biographical film about Sri Lankan Marxist revolutionary Rohana Wijeweera directed by Anuruddha Jayasinghe and produced by Chamathka Peiris for Cinepro Lanka International. The film stars Kamal Addaraarachchi and Sulochana Weerasinghe in lead roles along with Jagath Manuwarna and Sujeewa
American Senator Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he’s caught in a scandalous love affair. From the 4x Oscar nominated, and Golden Globe winning director / writer of Up In The Air, Thank You For Smoking, and Juno! Starring Oscar nominee, and Golden Globe winner Hugh
The Friend – Screening from April 18 – 23! Advance tickets now available for The Friend! Follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend and mentor. Boulder International Film Festival: Best Performance (Naomi Watts)
The French Dispatch – December 17 – 23! Advance tickets now available for The French Dispatch! Held Over for a 2nd Week – December 24, 27 – 30! Advance tickets for Week 2 of The French Dispatch are now available! The quirky staff of an American magazine based