Screening times:
Thursday, April 10, 6:30 PM

Rhayne Vermette, | Canada | 2021 | 80m
French with English subtitles

Renée returns to her hometown after a long absence. Her brother and his wife are raising her daughter as their own, and Renée’s return is a surprise to all involved. Shot on 16mm, this lovingly made personal project won Best Canadian Feature (Amplify Voices Award) at TIFF in 2021.

Screening times:
Friday, April 11, 6:00 PM
Sunday, April 13, 6:30 PM

Sandhya Suri | United Kingdom, Germany, India, France | 2024 | 124m
Hindi with English subtitles

A young widow in the rural badlands of India working as a police officer investigates a murder case that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption. A rare art house procedural thriller from India that works as a murder mystery and also as an examination of societal injustice.

Screening times:
Saturday, April 12, 6:00 PM
Friday, April 25, 6:00 PM

Alain Guiraudie | France, Spain, Portugal | 2024 | 102m
French with English subtitles

Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a neighbour, and an abbot. An unorthodox queer French drama that plays with genre as it teases its audience.

Screening times:
Saturday, April 12, 8:30 PM

John Waters | 1981 | USA | 86 min
with Divine, Tab Hunter, David Samson, Edith Massey, Mink Stole

An odour-aware housewife's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.

Screening times:
Wednesday, April 16, 7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:00 PM with Indigenous vendors in attendance before the show to sell their artisanal goods! There will be a post-screening discussion with Indigenous scholars and film aficionados!

Jeff Barnaby | Canada, Mi'kma'ki | 2013 | 88m
English and Mi'kmaq with English subtitles

Hellifax Horror Fest invites all to join for a special screening of Rhymes for Young Ghouls by the late, great Jeff Barnaby! Come see this masterwork of contemporary Canadian cinema with an audience on the big screen! Tickets to the screening are available on a Pay What You Choose basis. This is a special presentation as part of National Canadian Film Day celebrations.

Screening times:
Friday, April 18, 6:00 PM
Friday, April 18, 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 19, 6:00 PM

Various directors & countries | 2024 | 108m

Don’t miss some of the world’s most entertaining, inspirational and humorous commercials from around the world! The Globe and Mail presents the latest winning ads from the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Screening times:
Saturday, April 19, 8:30 PM

John Waters | 1988 | USA | 92 min
with Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.