Fleapit Cinema presents: The Twentieth Century
Apr
17
6:15 PM18:15

Fleapit Cinema presents: The Twentieth Century

Wednesday, April 17, 6:15 PM (doors 5:45 PM) - Full-capacity screening - Artists attending!

Matthew Rankin | Canada | 2019 | 90m

1899. Mackenzie King fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will have to fight his personal obsessions and the obstacles on his tortuous path to power in Matthew Rankin's surreal Canadian history fantasy. Matthew Rankin will be in attendance for a discussion after the film moderated by Nova Scotia filmmaker Ashley McKenzie!

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About Dry Grasses
Apr
19
to Apr 20

About Dry Grasses

Friday, April 19, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, April 20, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening

Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany | 2023 | 197m | Turkish with English subtitles

Samet, a young art teacher, in a remote village in Anatolia loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him overcome his angst?

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2023 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Apr
12
to Apr 13

2023 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

Friday, April 12, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, April 12, 8:50 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, April 13, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT

Various directors | Various countries | 2023 | 105m

Some of the world’s most entertaining, inspirational and humorous commercials from around the world, including a selection of bronze, silver, gold and grand prix winners from the past year.

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Skin Deep
Apr
5
to Apr 6

Skin Deep

Friday, April 5, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, April 6, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening

Alex Schaad | Germany | 2023 | 103m | German with English subtitles

A happy young couple travels to a mysterious, remote island where a game of identities changes everything — their perception, their sexuality, their selves. Not only is their relationship in jeopardy, they may never again be who they once were.

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Copa 71
Mar
29
to Mar 30

Copa 71

Friday, March 29, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, March 29, 8:40 PM - Half-capacity screening
Sunday, March 31, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT

Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine | Documentary | England | 2023 | 90m | English, Spanish, Italian, and French with English subtitles

Told by the pioneering women who participated in it and built from archive unseen for fifty years, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup, a tournament witnessed by record crowds that has been written out of sporting history — until now.

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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Mar
22
to Mar 23

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Friday, March 22, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, March 23, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT

Pham Thien An | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain | 2023 | 178m | Vietnamese with English subtitles

Thien must take responsibility when a family tragedy pushes him to search for his long lost brother in the mystical landscape of Vietnam. His journey, interrupted by enthralling dreams and re-awakened desires, leads him to question what's worth living for. Winner of the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

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On the Fringe
Mar
16
7:00 PM19:00

On the Fringe

Saturday, March 16, 7:00 PM - Full capacity screening - Artist attending!

Cory Thibert | Documentary | Canada | 2023 | 84m

On the Fringe takes viewers on a captivating journey through Canada’s most vibrant and eclectic arts festival circuit, providing a rare and compelling insight into the world of Fringe theatre and the artists who rely on these festivals. Producer and performer Nancy Kenny will attend a Q&A to follow the screening.

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Someone Lives Here
Mar
15
7:00 PM19:00

Someone Lives Here

Friday, March 15, 7:00 PM - Full-capacity screening - Q&A to follow!

Zack Russell | Documentary | Canada | 2023 | 75m

Someone Lives Here is a modern-day David and Goliath story, set against the backdrop of Canada's housing crisis: Carpenter Khaleel Seivwright builds small, life-saving shelters for unhoused people. Q&A to follow the screening.

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The Monk and the Gun
Mar
8
to Mar 10

The Monk and the Gun

Friday, March 8, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, March 8, 8:50 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, March 9, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Sunday, March 10, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT

Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, USA, Taiwan | 2023 | 107m | Dzongkha with English subtitles

In this gentle fable from Bhutan, an American gun collector and a young monk match wits over the fate of an antique gun against the backdrop of the country’s first modernizing election in 2006.

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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Mar
1
to Mar 2

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Friday, March 1, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, March 2, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening

Anna Hints | Documentary | Estonia, France, Iceland | 2023 | 89m | Estonian, Seto, Võro with English subtitles

In the darkness of a smoke sauna, a group of Estonian women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.

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The Teachers' Lounge
Feb
23
to Feb 25

The Teachers' Lounge

Friday, February 23, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, February 23, 8:45 PM - Half-capacity screening
Sunday, February 25, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT

İlker Çatak | Germany | 2023 | 95m | German with English subtitles

As an idealistic new teacher investigates a series of thefts at her school she makes a choice that has unexpected reverberations. The more she clings to her values, the more desperate her situation becomes. Nominated for Best International Feature Film at this year's Oscars.

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Four Daughters
Feb
16
to Feb 17

Four Daughters

Friday, February 16, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, February 16, 8:50 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, February 17, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, February 17, 8:50 PM - Half-capacity screening

Kaouther Ben Hania | Documentary | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 107m | Arabic and French with English subtitles

A compelling portrait of five women and a unique work of nonfiction cinema that pushes against the conventional boundaries of the documentary form to explore the nature of memory, rebellion, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters. Nominated for Best Documentary for the 2024 Oscars.

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I Place You Into the Fire
Feb
10
7:00 PM19:00

I Place You Into the Fire

Saturday, February 10, 7:00 PM - Free full-capacity screening - Artists in attendance!

Stephanie Joline | Documentary | Canada | 2023 | 37m

Blending documentary, animation, and poetry to give an intimate glimpse of Mi'kmaw writer Rebecca Thomas, I Place You Into the Fire invites us to consider our roles in fostering understanding, compassion, and justice. A Q&A and poetry reading will follow the screening!

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Here
Feb
9
6:30 PM18:30

Here

Friday, February 9, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Friday, February 9, 8:30 PM - Half-capacity screening

Bas Devos | Belgium | 2023 | 84m | French, Romanian, Chinese, and Dutch with English subtitles

Here's quiet grace captures both the longing of contemporary urban life and the potential for enchantment that still exists in spaces shared by strangers from different worlds.

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Four Daughters
Feb
2
to Feb 3

Four Daughters

Friday, February 2, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, February 2, 8:50 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, February 3, 6:30 PM - CANCELLED
Saturday, February 3, 8:50 PM - CANCELLED

Kaouther Ben Hania | Documentary | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 107m | Arabic and French with English subtitles

A compelling portrait of five women and a unique work of nonfiction cinema that pushes against the conventional boundaries of the documentary form to explore the nature of memory, rebellion, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters. Nominated for Best Documentary for the 2024 Oscars.

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Fallen Leaves
Dec
16
6:45 PM18:45

Fallen Leaves

Saturday, December 16, 6:45 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, December 16, 8:45 PM - Half-capacity screening

Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany | 2023 | 81m | Finnish with English subtitles


A gentle tragicomedy, Fallen Leaves tells the story of two lonely people who meet each other by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives.

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Rose
Dec
15
6:30 PM18:30

Rose

Friday, December 15, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Friday, December 15, 8:45 PM - Half-capacity screening

Niels Arden Oplev | France, Denmark | 2022 | 100m | Danish and French with English subtitles

Rose is the story of two Danish sisters, Inger and Ellen, and how their relationship is challenged on a coach trip to Paris. Inger, who lives with schizophrenia, has a mysterious, romantic past in the city.

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The Delinquents
Dec
8
to Dec 9

The Delinquents

Friday, December 8, 7:00 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, December 9, 7:00 PM - Half-capacity screening

Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg | 2023 | 189m | Spanish with English subtitles

Morán, a bank employee, dreams up a scheme to steal enough money to support a modest retirement. His accomplice Román heads to a remote idyll to hide the funds where, he meets a woman who will transform his life forever.

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Once You Know (Une fois que tu sais)
Dec
2
6:30 PM18:30

Once You Know (Une fois que tu sais)

Saturday, December 2, 6:30 PM - Full capacity screening with discussion
Presented in partnership with Alliance Française.

Emmanuel Cappellin, Anne-Marie Sangla | Documentary | France | 2022 | 105m | French with English subtitles

Once You Know offers a unique perspective. It presents the climate crisis as something already here and charts how we can best live in this new paradigm while attempting to limit its worst effects.

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Archangel (4K Restoration)
Dec
1
6:45 PM18:45

Archangel (4K Restoration)

Friday, December 1, 6:45 PM - Half-capacity screening
Friday, December 1, 8:45 PM - Half-capacity screening

Guy Maddin | Canada | 1990 | 77m | English

Certainly the most lyrical and unusual of war films, Archangel is the story of amnesiac lovers skirting the northern frontiers of World War I.

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Fallen Leaves
Nov
24
6:45 PM18:45

Fallen Leaves

Friday, November 24, 6:45 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, November 24, 9:00 PM - SOLD OUT

Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany | 2023 | 81m | Finnish with English subtitles


A gentle tragicomedy, Fallen Leaves tells the story of two lonely people who meet each other by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives.

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The Mission
Nov
17
to Nov 18

The Mission

Friday, November 17, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, November 18, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening

Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine | Documentary | USA, India | 2023 | 103m | English, Latin, Piraha, Hindi, Sarikoli, Onge with English subtitles

In 2018 an American missionary was killed trying to contact one of the world's most isolated Indigenous people. The Mission examines the mythology, community, and colonial tradition he was immersed in without even realizing it.

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Joan Baez I Am a Noise
Nov
10
to Nov 11

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Friday, November 10, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, November 10, 9:00 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, November 11, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, November 11, 9:00 PM - Half-capacity screening

Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O'Boyle | Documentary | USA | 2023 | 113m

Facing the end of a 60-year musical career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large history.

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The Eternal Memory
Nov
3
to Nov 4

The Eternal Memory

Friday, November 3, 6:45 PM - Half-capacity screening
Friday, November 3, 9:00 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, November 4, 6:45 PM - Half-capacity screening

Maite Alberdi | Documentary | Chile | 2022 | 84m | Spanish with English subtitles

Chilean journalist Augusto Góngora braves an ongoing battle with Alzheimer's with the support of his wife Paulina Urrutia in this documentary of their moving love story.

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The Geographies of DAR
Oct
30
7:30 PM19:30

The Geographies of DAR

Monday, October 30, 7:30 PM - In partnership with AfterWords Literary Festival

Monique LeBlanc | Documentary | Canada | 2023 | 75m

A visually stunning film on acclaimed author David Adams Richards and his connection to one of Canada’s most breathtaking regions, the Miramichi.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - with New Hermitage
Oct
27
7:30 PM19:30

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - with New Hermitage

Friday, October 27, 7:30 PM - Full-capacity screening
Friday, October 27, 9:30 PM - Full-capacity screening

Robert Wiene | Germany | 1920 | 74m | German intertitles with English subtitles

At a carnival in Germany, the crazed Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, who the doctor claims can see into the future. In fact Caligari is using him for murderous intent.

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Amanda
Oct
13
6:45 PM18:45

Amanda

Friday, October 13, 6:45 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, October 13, 9:00 PM - Half-capacity screening

Carolina Cavalli | Italy | 2022 | 95m | Italian with English subtitles

Rich, lazy Amanda longs for connection. Rediscovering a childhood bond she sets off to convince a recluse that they are still best friends in writer-director Carolina Cavalli's playful debut feature.

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Scrapper
Oct
6
to Oct 7

Scrapper

Friday, October 6, 6:45 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, October 6, 9:00 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, October 7, 6:45 PM - Half-capacity screening

Charlotte Regan | United Kingdom | 2023 | 84m| English with English subtitles

Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.

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Passages
Sep
29
6:45 PM18:45

Passages

Friday, September 29, 6:45 PM - Half-capacity screening
Friday, September 29, 9:00 PM - Half-capacity screening

Ira Sachs | France | 2023 | 91m | English and French with English subtitles

A gay couple’s marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them begins a passionate affair with a younger woman.

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Afire
Aug
11
to Aug 12

Afire

Friday, August 11, 6:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, August 12, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening

Christian Petzold | Germany | 2023 | 102m | German with English subtitles

A young writer has his summer retreat upset by an unexpected occupant, Nadia, who forces him to confront his ridiculousness. Then the fires begin in Christian Petzold's latest award winning feature.

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Compulsus
Jul
28
to Jul 29

Compulsus

Special event! Tara Thorne and cast member(s) will attend both screenings!
Friday, July 28, 7:00 PM - Full capacity - artists attending
Saturday, July 29, 7:00 PM - Full capacity - artists attending

Tara Thorne | Canada | 2022 | 82m

Wally patrols the streets at night, taking revenge on abusive men on behalf of the survivors who can’t. When she meets law-abiding Lou, love and revenge clash, threatening their relationship.

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