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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.
We have our popular Screen One monthly film series at the Uptown Theatre the first Wednesday and Thursday of every month, where we showcase an international line up of cinematic gems. On the third Thursday of the month there is our 3rd Thursday program which provides an additional opportunity to enjoy a special BFF selection. The Reel Stories winter mini-festival will be returning downtown February 21-24, 2019 where we present the most current in documentary and fact-based films. During the summer months we offer free outdoor screenings on Barrie’s waterfront. From October 18 to 27, 2019 we will be hosting our 22nd annual ten-day festival at venues throughout the City of Barrie. This autumn film festival includes over 40 screenings, a Short Film Competition, guest Q&As and receptions
With over a 150 public events and screenings per year, there are many opportunities to enjoy award-winning and festival favorites on the big screen. Come see what the wide world of cinema has to offer.
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Today for 3rd Thursday
FALLS AROUND HER
Thursday, January 17, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Barrie Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St W
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Written and Directed by: Darlene Naponse
Cast: Tantoo Cardinal, Lewis Hodgson, Rob Stewart, Tina Keeper, and Johnny Issaluk
Drama/Thriller, NR, 100 minutes, Language: English and Ojibwa with English subtitles
(Canada)
“Falls Around Her is legendary Cree and Métis actor Tantoo Cardinal's first lead role in a feature film - and she's enthralling in it.” – Samantha Edwards, NOW Toronto
Falls Around Her follows Mary Birchbark (Tantoo Cardinal), a legendary singer who returns to the vast wilderness of her reserve to reconnect with the land and her community. Mary begins to sense that someone might be watching her. Unsure of what is real and what is imagined, Mary embraces isolation as she explores the psychological impact of her past and present.
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"Falls Around Her is legendary Cree and Métis actor Tantoo Cardinal's first lead role in a feature film - and she's enthralling in it." – Samantha Edwards, NOW Toronto Mary (Tantoo Cardinal) is a r...THIS WEEK for 3rd Thursday - Tantoo Cardinal stars in FALLS AROUND HER
Jan 17 - 4/7pm
Barrie Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
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Falls Around Her tells the story of a famous singer (Tantoo Cardinal) who senses someone is watching her when she returns to her reserve to reconnect with her community.We were thrilled to open our 21st Barrie Film Festival with This Mountain Life, a breathtaking documentary looking at a group of people whose draw of the mountains is all-consuming. Riveting and stunningly shot in cinematic detail of mountains in British Columbia.
If you missed it in October, you have another chance to see it in Barrie!
Info & Tickets: tickets.demand.film/event/6754
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The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal, yet most of us seldom venture into true wilderness. A mother-daughter team sets out for six months in a tent in the winter mountains; a group of...