Past Events

Documentary | 90 min. | Canada | 2022 Content advisory: abuse, disturbing images FILMMAKER AND SPECIAL GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE     In researching the fates of her two half-brothers, filmmaker Barri Cohen uncovers the tragic history of neglect and abuse of institutionalized patients at the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia. This screening includes a Q&A with the film's director and courageous survivors that participated in the film.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2OxDvCng2Y

Documentary | 90 min. | Canada | 2023     Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada. With few places on Earth left to discover, caving may be the last remaining activity of true exploration. After discovering a flooded underground chamber kilometres underground, Katie, a daytime office-worker, becomes obsessed with returning to the Bisaro Anima cave in the Rockies to push the caving depth record. At the same…

Drama/Comedy | 94 min. | Ireland/USA | 2023 Content advisory: coarse language, sexual content     The latest from writer-director John Carney (Once, Sing Street) features a revelatory performance from Eve Hewson as a young mother trying to connect with her teenage son through a shared love of music.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7O-cVrC3UI

Documentary | 113 min. | USA | 2023     Facing the end of a 60-year musical career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large history-making life and reveals, for the first time, personal struggles she’s kept private, until now.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzu67QV5s2s

Drama/Comedy | 107 min. | USA | 2023 Language: English and Farsi with English subtitles Content advisory: coarse language and some sexual references.     Coming from two countries at odds with each other, Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi) strives to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures, while boldly challenging the labels society is so quick to project upon her. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant, Leila navigates her relationships from arms length…

Drama/Comedy | 82 min. | Finland/Germany | 2023 Language: Finnish Content advisory: mature themes     Two solitary people in Helsinki look for a way out of their loneliness in this warm-hearted, tragicomic triumph from Aki Kaurismäki.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3IASNvKeQ

Documentary | 99 min. | Canada | 2023     A deep look of the incredible devotion, artistry and sacrifices that Karen Kain and the National Ballet of Canada dancers make in their pursuit of creating something unique, meaningful and beautiful.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaTmGFk3Fnk

Drama | 126 min. | Canada | 2023 Language: French with English subtitles     A woman sets out to honour her dead mother’s wish that her ashes be distributed amongst her five ex-husbands to scatter in a place most significant to each of them.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z4WFjP8Veg