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Miroirs No. 3
Following a car crash that kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is physically unhurt but emotionally distraught. A local woman takes her in, but she gradually realizes she's in the midst of an eerie, mysterious family situation.
Image: © Schramm Film A4 Kopie
The Night Falls
An arrogant, womanizing sports star eventually gets his comeuppance in this jet-black crime drama from director Roberto Gavaldón.
In the Palm of Your Hand
Charming, (over-)confident clairvoyant Professor Karin hits the jackpot when he hears about a beautiful widow whose millionaire husband has just died. But you don't need to be psychic to see that blackmailing a killer may not be his best idea...
Mexico Noir
Mar 26 – Apr 8
Curated by best-selling novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican Gothic), Mexico Noir is an invitation to discover a new shadow world.
These mid-century melodramas echo the American crime films of the 40s and 50s, but with a distinctly Mexican flavour. Dive into Mexico Noir now!
Film Studies: Adaptations
Saturdays, 10:30 am | Feb 21 – Mar 28 | Presented by Patricia Gruben
This series explores five acclaimed literary texts and the very different challenges they posed to filmmakers when being adapted for the screen.
Adaptation.
Mar 28
In the final installment of this year’s Film Studies on Adaptation, we look at the 2006 film Adaptation — by Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage in the movie.)
Canadian Film Showcase
Canadian Film Showcase
Apr 10 – 19
Canadian Film Showcase features returning festival favourites, brand-new premieres, free screenings on National Canadian Film Day (April 15), and a specially curated program by Sook-Yin Lee (Paying for It).
DIY: Making Movies No Matter What
Apr 17 – 19
Curated by Sook-Yin Lee (Paying for It), DIY: Making Movies No Matter What spotlights filmmakers who’ve relied on resourcefulness over resources and mobilized their communities to create extraordinary independent cinema.
Talking Pictures
Created for film lovers 55+ (but open to anyone), the Talking Pictures series offers films, refreshments and an open invitation to chat about our shared experience of the movie.
Women Talking
Mar 31
Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel is the most compelling movie to come out of the #MeToo movement to date, with stellar performances from Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, and Claire Foy, as Mennonite women confronting a terrible truth.
Queering Cinema
Apr 1 – 29 | Curated by Fay Nass
This year’s Queering Cinema brings together films that inhabit the space where desire collides with displacement, fantasy, power, migration, and risk.
Fucktoys Advance Screening + Annapurna Sriram Q&A
Bold, irreverent, and fiercely queer, Fucktoys plunges into a world where pleasure, performance, and identity collide. This special advance screening comes with a Q&A with filmmaker Annapurna Sriram.
Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca is a tender portrait of intimacy shaped by migration, vulnerability, and the quiet negotiations of belonging. Centered on an undocumented Filipina trans woman living in New York, the film moves with delicate restraint.
African Cinema Now!
A Familial Matter | Mar 3 – Apr 3
In its current installment, African Cinema Now! looks at how films make their way across the globe through the community and international circuits that shape and shift their relationships on a global scale.
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