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The Art of Adventure
Jun 25
this thursday
The Art of Adventure
this thursday

Screening times:
Sunday, June 21, 5:30 PM
Thursday, June 25, 6:30 PM

Alison Reid | Canada | 2026 | 90m

In 1957, world renowned wildlife artist, Robert Bateman and spirited biologist, Bristol Foster embark on a global expedition in a Land Rover called "The Grizzly Torque" setting in motion a powerful story of environmental activism.

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Friday, June 26

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With Hasan in Gaza
Jun 26
this friday
With Hasan in Gaza
this friday

Screening times:
Saturday, June 13, 6:00 PM
Friday, June 26, 6:30 PM

Kamal Aljafari | Palestine, Germany, Switzerland, France. Qatar | 2025 | 106 min
Arabic with English subtitles

Three videotapes of life in Gaza from 2001 were rediscovered. What starts as Kamal Aljafari’s  search for a former prison mate leads to an unexpected road trip through Gaza with Hasan, collecting images from places that are now unrecognisable.

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Saturday, June 27

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Renoir
Jun 27
saturday early
Renoir
saturday early

Screening times:
Thursday, June 18, 6:30 PM - followed by post-screening conversation with Carbon Arc programmer Joseph Jung!
Saturday, June 27, 5:45 PM

Chie Hayakawa | Japan | 2025 | 119m
In Japanese with English subtitles

In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally-ill father and meets a string of lonely, imperfect adults nudging her towards embracing the truth of what is happening in a tender, sometimes unsettling portrait of childhood grief.

saturday early
Films
A Wachowskis Retrospective: Speed Racer (4k Restoration)
Jun 27
saturday late
A Wachowskis Retrospective: Speed Racer (4k Restoration)
saturday late

Screening times:
Saturday, June 27, 8:30 PM

The Wachowskis | USA | 2008 | 135m

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with his family and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.

saturday late

Sunday, June 28

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Open Community Consultation for Carbon Arc's Five-Year Strategic Plan!
Jun 28
sunday early
Open Community Consultation for Carbon Arc's Five-Year Strategic Plan!
sunday early

Screening times:
Sunday, June 28, 2:30 PM

"Pop-up cinema: how this unconventional theatre brings people together in Halifax"
Gareth Wasylynko | Canada | 2026 | 5m

This short documentary will precede a 60-minute Open Community Consultation moderated by Carbon Arc Managing Director Alice Body and Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors (NICE) director (and Carbon Arc Strategic Planning Consultant) Sonya Yokota William. Please note seating limited, reserve your free ticket now!

sunday early
Films
Silent Friend
Jun 28
sunday late
Silent Friend
sunday late

Screening times:
Friday, June 12, 6:30 PM
Sunday, June 28, 5:30 PM

Ildikó Enyedi | Germany, France, Hungary | 2025 | 147m
German with English subttiles

Tony Leung and and Léa Seydoux star in this gentle epic that revolves around an ancient Gingko tree on the campus of a medieval German university.

sunday late

COMING SOON:

Films
Agatha's Almanac
Jul 9
coming soon
Agatha's Almanac
coming soon

Screening times:
Thursday, July 9 6:30 PM
Sunday, July 25 6:00 PM

Amalie Atkins | Canada | 2025 | 86m

Without a drivers license, cell phone, running water, or even a functioning landline 90-year old Agatha’s forges a solitary existence on her ancestral farm, preserving heirloom seeds in her handmade universe.  Agatha’s Almanac offers a window into the experiences of a nearly lost generation and carves out a (mostly) calm space in a chaotic world.

coming soon
Deep Cuts presents: The Poseidon Adventure
Jul 10
coming soon
Deep Cuts presents: The Poseidon Adventure
coming soon

Screening times:
Friday, July 10, 6:30 PM

Ronald Neame | USA | 1972 | 117m

En route from New York City to Greece on New Year's Eve, majestic passenger ship the S.S. Poseidon is overtaken by a tidal wave. The Poseidon Adventure exemplifies the disaster film done right, going down smoothly with ratcheting tension and a terrific ensemble to give the peril a distressingly human dimension.

coming soon
Romería
Jul 11
coming soon
Romería
coming soon

Screening times:
Saturday, July 11, 6:00 PM
Sunday, July 19, 5:30 PM

Carla Simòn | Spain, Germany | 2026 | 115m
Spanish with English subtitles

With her mother’s diary in hand, orphaned Marina’s search for documents for university leads her to her biological family. What starts as a simple quest reveals buried family secrets in director Carla Simón’s reimagining of her own fractured past. 

coming soon
I've Heard The Mermaids Singing
Jul 11
coming soon
I've Heard The Mermaids Singing
coming soon

Screening times:
Saturday, July 11, 8:30 PM

Patricia Rozema | Canada | 1987 | 81m

An absent-minded temp with spiky orange hair and a polished, bourgeois curator build a strong connection through their love of art in this whimsical, heartfelt first feature from Patrica Rozema.

PLUS local short film The Year Long Boulder introduced by director Brielle LeBlanc!

coming soon
Lucid Toons presents: Persepolis
Jul 12
coming soon
Lucid Toons presents: Persepolis
coming soon

Screening times:
Sunday, July 12, 5:30 PM

Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | 2007 | France, USA | 96m
French with English subtitles

Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem. Lucid Toons screens Persepolis in remembrance of acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist, filmmaker and activist Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026).

coming soon
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Jul 12
coming soon
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
coming soon

Screening times:
Sunday, July 12, 7:45 PM
Sunday, August 2, 5:30 PM

Sho Miyake | Japan | 2026 | 89m
Japanese with English subtitles

Lauded by IndieWire as “one of the finest, most soulful Japanese filmmakers of his generation”, Sho Miyake’s latest explores longing and loneliness in an adaptation of two short mangas by revered artist Yoshiharu Tsuge.

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