What's On
Namesake
Powell River... named for Israel Wood Powell, a 19th century politician and a man of his time, an advocate for residential schools and the Indian Act. The Tla'amin Nation asks the city to consider changing its name, a request which sparks intense debate.
Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner's handsome, sympathetic epic expressed admiration for Native American peoples and went on to win 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay and Cinematography. Screening on 35mm.
One Woman One Bra
Kenyan filmmaker Vincho Nchogu impresses with her humorous account of one woman's fight to keep her ancestral land. Winner: Best First Feature, London Film Festival
A Brighter Summer Day
Edward Yang's landmark movie is based on the true story of a crime that rocked Taiwan in the early 60s, set against a simmering backdrop of restless youth, rock and roll, and political turmoil.
Julio Avila Cuban Band Live + The Mambo Kings Film Screening
Feel the heat! Shake your booty as we combine a live set of exhilarating Cuban music followed by a rediscovered 90s barnstormer of a movie starring Latin heartthrobs Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas alongside the likes of Tito Puente and Celia Cruz.
Delicatessen
Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet collaborated with Marc Caro on their first film, a breathlessly inventive and unexpectedly charming comedy about two young lovers evading a cannibal butcher in a post-apocalyptic France.
Milisuthando
Milisithando uses the filmmaker's life as a context to dive into the "independent" Transkei of apartheid South Africa, offering us a new reading of this history.
Romería
An orphan from a young age, 18-year-old Marina intends to pursue a university scholarship. The application, however, requires the signatures of her paternal grandparents, compelling her to embark on a pilgrimage and seek out the family she has never met.
Three Colours: Blue
The first of Kieslowski's acclaimed Three Colours Trilogy, inspired by the French Revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity and the French flag, the Tricolour. Blue stars Juliette Binoche as a young woman grieving her husband and child.
Three Colours: White
Divorced by his beautiful French wife, Karol returns to his native Poland and schemes to win back his self-respect in Kieslowski's spry black comedy.
Chungking Express + Chen Baker: Cantopop
Catch Chen Baker covering canto-pop classics and songs from Chungking Express prior to a screening of Wong Kar-Wai's breakthrough movie, a melancholy masterpiece of romantic longing from the Hong Kong new wave.
Three Colours: Red
Irène Jacob plays Valentine, a runway model living in Geneva, who crosses paths with a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who's a bit of an eavesdropper. Initially repelled, she becomes intrigued by this man, as do we... Kieslowski's sublime adieu.