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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 70 public events and screenings a year, there are many opportunities to enjoy award-winning and festival favourites on the big screen.
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MouseThurs, October 22, 2026 – 7:00 pm
Sat, October 24, 2026 – 4:00 pm (encore)Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr.It’s 2002, and best friends Minnie (Katherine Mallen Kupferer) and Callie (Chloe Coleman) are heading into their senior year of high school, with Minnie long living in the protective shadow of the charismatic and admired Callie. When their friendship is suddenly upended at the start of the summer, Minnie struggles to define her own identity and forms a complicated relationship with Callie’s poised, attentive mother (Sophie Okonedo), pulling her further from her own chaotic home.
FjordFri, October 23, 2026 – 7:00 pm
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr.Winner of the prestigious Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and inspired by real events, Fjord is a masterful and riveting story about a Romanian family who face scrutiny and moral conflict in a remote Norwegian village.
Winter of the CrowMon, October 19, 2026 – 1:00 pm
Tues, October 20, 2026 – 9:00 pm (encore)Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr.Academy Award nominee and Tony Award Winner Lesley Manville stars in this acclaimed Cold War thriller from director Kasia Adamik. Manville plays a British professor visiting Poland in 1981, who is suddenly swept up in extraordinary and dangerous events at the onset of the country’s Martial Law era. The film is a thrilling and immersive cat-and-mouse game, inspired by the short story by Booker Prize and Nobel Prize winning author Olga Tokarczuk.