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Thursday, June 18

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Renoir
Jun 18
this thursday
Renoir
this thursday

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.

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Friday, June 19

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Carolina Caroline
Jun 19
friday early
Carolina Caroline
friday early

Screening times:
Thursday, June 11, 6:30 PM
Friday, June 19, 6:30 PM

Adam Carter Rehmeier | USA | 2026 | 105m

Caroline (Samara Weaving) skips her smalltown with a charismatic con man. They Bonnie and Clyde their way through the Southeast leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

friday early
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Hellifax Horror Fest Presents: Detention!
Jun 19
friday late
Hellifax Horror Fest Presents: Detention!
friday late

Screening times:
Friday, June 19, 9:00 PM

Joseph Khan | USA | 2012 | 95m
Co-written by Halifax's own Mark Palermo!

Detention (2011) is a meta-horror, sci-fi comedy that follows a group of eccentric high schoolers in Grizzly Lake whose prom night turns deadly when their classmate is murdered by "Cinderhella," an iconic movie killer brought to life. The teens are trapped in a school-wide detention and must figure out the killer's identity before they—and the world—are destroyed.

friday late

Saturday, June 20

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Amrum
Jun 20
saturday early
Amrum
saturday early

Screening times:
Friday, June 5, 6:30 PM
Saturday, June 20, 6:00 PM

Faith Akin | Canada | 2026 | 93m
German with English subtitles

In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.

saturday early
Films
A Wachowskis Retrospective: The Matrix (4K Restoration)
Jun 20
saturday late
A Wachowskis Retrospective: The Matrix (4K Restoration)
saturday late

Screening times:
Saturday, June 20, 8:30 PM

The Wachowskis| Canada | USA | 1996 | 136m

Neo believes that Morpheus, an elusive figure considered to be the most dangerous man alive, can answer his question: What is the Matrix?

saturday late

Sunday, June 21

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The Art of Adventure
Jun 21
sunday early
The Art of Adventure
sunday early

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.

sunday early
Films
Dead Lover (in stink-o-vision!)
Jun 21
sunday late
Dead Lover (in stink-o-vision!)
sunday late

Screening times:
Sunday, June 21, 7:45 PM
Friday, June 26, 9:00 PM

Grace Glowicki | Canada | 2026 | 84m

A lonely Gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. A Hellifax Horror fest hit comes alive again at Carbon Arc.

sunday late

COMING SOON:

Films
With Hasan in Gaza
Jun 26
coming soon
With Hasan in Gaza
coming soon

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.

coming soon
A Wachowskis Retrospective: Speed Racer (4k Restoration)
Jun 27
coming soon
A Wachowskis Retrospective: Speed Racer (4k Restoration)
coming soon

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.

coming soon
Silent Friend
Jun 28
coming soon
Silent Friend
coming soon

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.

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
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).

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Carbon Arc’s behind the scenes boss died April 7th, 2020. We were so lucky to have him order us around and keep us sensible. He was the best.

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