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this week:
Thursday, February 26
Screening times:
Saturday, February 21, 6:00 PM
Thursday, February 26, 6:30 PM
Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, Denmark, France, Finland, Sweden | 2025 | 109m
Icelandic with English subtitles
Tenderly and hilariously captures a year in the life of an Icelandic family of five, as the parents navigate their separation. Come for the charming story, stay for the dreamlike soundtrack—and prepare to be won over by the Cannes ‘Palm Dog’ winner Panda, the scene-stealing Icelandic sheepdog.
Screening times:
Sunday, February 8, 5:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Sunday, February 8, 8:30 PM - tickets added
Thursday, February 26, 8:45 PM - show added
Joachim Trier | Norway | 2025 | 135m
English and Norwegian with English subtitles
Sentimental Value is an intimate and moving exploration of family, memories, and the power of art.
Friday, February 27
Screening times:
Friday, February 27, 6:30 PM
Reza Dahya | Canada | 2024 | 93m
After aspiring rapper Rome's apartment is burgled, and his only copy of his music stolen, he devises a plan with the help of his friend Jenaya to track down his four producers and reassemble his album in time for an event with megastar music producer Richie Hill.
Saturday, February 28
Screening times
Saturday, February 7, 6:00 PM
Saturday, February 28, 6:00 PM - the February 28 screening occurs at Bus Stop Theatre on Gottingen St
Bi Gan | China, France | 2025 | 156m
In Mandarin with English subtitles
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, a monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see — until a woman appears.
Sunday, February 22
Screening times:
Thursday, February 19, 6:30 PM
Sunday, March 1, 5:30 PM
Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki | Iran, Qatar, Chile, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, USA | 2025 | 95m
Azerbaijani, Turkish, Persian with English subtitles, and English
The first Iranian woman elected as councilwoman in her rural village works to empower girls while challenging the establishment. Both a stirring portrait of a determined trailblazer and a clear-eyed study of social inequity, Cutting Through Rocks is a visually-striking and inspiring documentary.
Screening times:
Sunday, March 1, 7:30 PM
Jafar Panahi | Iran, France, Luxembourg | 2025 | 102m
Persian with English subtitles
A group of survivors of an authoritarian regime debate what to do when they find a man they believe could be their torturer. This film is nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards.
COMING SOON:
Screening times:
Thursday, March 5, 6:30 PM
Saturday, March 14, 6:00 PM
Georgi M. Unkovski | North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia | 2025 | 99m
English, Turkish and Macedonian with English subtitles
This charming film is about a 15-year-old Yuruk boy in a remote village, who wants to be a DJ while contending with small-town conservatism and the temptation of forbidden love.
Screening times:
Friday, March 6, 6:00 PM - director attending via video-link!
Habibata Ouarme | Canada | 2025 | 78m
French with English subtitles
To mark International Women's Day, Alliance invites you to a screening of 1001 Couronnes Pour Ma Tête (1001 Crowns For My Head), a powerful exploration of African and afrodescendant hairstyles as symbols of identity, resistance, and pride.
Screening times:
Friday, March 6, 8:30 PM - director attending!
Isiah Medina | Canada | 2025 | 84m
As he mulls over the budget for his new film, director-gangster Clem sends his artist cronies after an old comrade rumoured to be a leaker.
Screening times:
Saturday, March 7, 6:00 PM - filmmakers attending!
Elizabeth Vibert, Chen Wang | Canada | 2025 | 62m
Aisha and her husband started their grain mill in Baqa'a refugee camp, Jordan, 35 years ago. She safeguards the culture by milling grains essential to Palestinian cuisine and passing her knowledge to the next generation.
Screening times:
Saturday, March 7, 8:30 PM
Martin Scorsese | USA | 1985 | 97m
Throughout March we fondly remember late, great Canadian actor and comedian Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026) with films screening on Saturday nights. We look back at O'Hara's career via an early role in Martin Scorsese's neo-noir comedy After Hours (1985), to her iconic turn in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) and a lead part in Christopher Guest's ensemble mockumentary Waiting For Guffman (1996).
Screening times:
Sunday, March 8, 5:30 PM
Sunday, March 8, 8:15 PM
Xiaodan He | Canada | 2025 | 118m
French and Mandarin with English subtitles
A Chinese immigrant mother in Montreal breaks from duty and tradition when she falls for a young Québécoise woman, leading her to confront questions of identity and freedom.
Screening times:
Thursday, March 12, 6:30 PM
Friday, March 22, 6:30 PM
Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France | 2025 | 89m
Arabic with English subtitles
A six-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in northern Gaza while Red Crescent volunteers try to save her. Incorporating real-life elements that are as difficult to witness as they are impossible to forget, The Voice of Hind Rajab is a harrowing docudrama that makes a powerful appeal to humanity.
Screening times:
Friday, March 13, 6:30 PM
Sunday, March 22, 7:45 PM
Ameer Fakher Eldin | Canada, Germany, Italy | 2026 | 124m
German and Arabic with English subtitles
Haunted by vivid dreams and tormented by inner demons, an Arab author embarks on a journey to a remote German island driven by a desire to end his life. Amidst the depths of his despair, an encounter with an elderly woman and her son illuminates life's hidden beauty, igniting a silent yet powerful redemption and a reawakening of his desire for life.
Screening times:
Saturday, March 14, 8:30 PM
Tim Burton | USA | 1988 | 92m
Throughout March we fondly remember late, great Canadian actor and comedian Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026) with films screening on Saturday nights. We look back at O'Hara's career via an early role in Martin Scorsese's neo-noir comedy After Hours (1985), to her iconic turn in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) and a lead part in Christopher Guest's ensemble mockumentary Waiting For Guffman (1996).
Screening times:
Sunday, March 15, 5:30 PM
Max Fleischer | USA | 1918 - 1942 | 120m
The mission of Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored is to collect all of the Fleischer cartoons that remain today, restore them, and gather them into a single digital space so they can be seen by audiences as Max Fleischer intended. The 16 Max Fleischer toons we will be screening in March will be presented in two blocks with a 10-minute intermission.
Screening times:
Saturday, March 21, 8:30 PM
Christopher Guest | USA | 1996 | 84m
We fondly remember late, great Canadian actor and comedian Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026) with a select range of films screening on Saturday nights in March. We look back at O'Hara's career via an early role in Martin Scorsese's neo-noir comedy After Hours (1985), to her iconic turn in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) and a lead part in Christopher Guest's ensemble mockumentary Waiting For Guffman (1996).
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