Welcome to the Barrie Film Festival
Discover unique films year-round through Barrie Film Festival programming. We provide film fans unique experiences and seek out the best of the best in Independent cinema, featuring films from Canada and around the world. With over a 150 public events and screenings in a typical year, there are many opportunities to enjoy award-winning and festival favourites on the big screen.
Although all our in-theatre screenings are currently suspended due to COVID-19, we have introduced some online programming. See our Virtual Cinema program where we have teamed up with film distributors to bring the theatrical experience to your home.
More announcements will be coming, so check back soon!
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CHEF FLYNN⠀
ALL THE WILD HORSES⠀
BEYOND MOVING⠀
THE BOOKSELLERS⠀
BUDDY⠀
EVERYDAY REBELLION⠀
FIRST WE EAT
GORDON LIGHTFOOT: IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND⠀
KEDI⠀
LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE⠀
MYSTIFY: MICHAEL HUTCHENCE⠀
NOTHING LIKE A DAME ⠀
PROPHECY
THIS IS NOT A MOVIE
WHOSE STREETS?⠀
THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES⠀
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barriefilmfestival.ca/programs/virtual-cinema/
ON NOW AT BFF VIRTUAL CINEMA
FIRST WE EAT
Directed by Suzanne Crocker
2020, Documentary, 101 min., G (Canada)
When filmmaker Suzanne Crocker (director of 2015 Hot Docs audience favourite All the Time in the World) suggests that her family spend a year eating only locally sourced food, her husband and three teenagers are skeptical. What complicates this experiment is that the family lives in a remote Yukon town, less than 300 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle—not exactly an easy place to access fresh-grown food all year round. First We Eat follows Suzanne and her family as they hunt, forage, fish, grow and raise their own food, struggling along the way to create a meal plan with variety and flavour. Filmed primarily by the director herself, this challenging look at food security and sustainability is also an intimate study of a family in the midst of a tough but rewarding experiment.
Winner of the TOP FIVE AUDIENCE AWARD at Hot Docs 2020
barriefilmfestival.ca/first-we-eat/
Now showing at BFF Virtual Cinema:
FIRST WE EAT
Directed by Suzanne Crocker
2020, Documentary, 101 min., G (Canada)
When filmmaker Suzanne Crocker (director of 2015 Hot Docs audience favourite All the Time in the World) suggests that her family spend a year eating only locally sourced food, her husband and three teenagers are skeptical. What complicates this experiment is that the family lives in a remote Yukon town, less than 300 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle—not exactly an easy place to access fresh-grown food all year round. First We Eat follows Suzanne and her family as they hunt, forage, fish, grow and raise their own food, struggling along the way to create a meal plan with variety and flavour. Filmed primarily by the director herself, this challenging look at food security and sustainability is also an intimate study of a family in the midst of a tough but rewarding experiment.
Winner of the TOP FIVE AUDIENCE AWARD at Hot Docs 2020
barriefilmfestival.ca/first-we-eat/