Canada

NATURE DOC DOUBLE BILL, presented with support from Bird Friendly Hamilton!

Two visually stunning films that explore the beauty and wonder of flight and migration!

NATURE DOC DOUBLE BILL! Co-Sponsored by the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory.

Wings Over Water and Flight of the Butterflies are two visually stunning films that explore the beauty and wonder of flight and migration.

All of his friends have turned white, as expected at their age, but young beluga Katak is still small and gray. To prove his maturity and grant his ailing grandmother's last wish, Katak sets off on a perilous journey to the Great North.

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The feature-film debut of Métis writer-director-actor Gail Maurice brings us to the fringes of 1980s Montreal as seen through the eyes of a sweet and suddenly orphaned Indigenous girl. Filmed on location in Hamilton (right next to the Playhouse Cinema!)

Dewayne Johnson, a Bay Area groundskeeper, suffered from rashes in 2014 and wondered if they were caused by the herbicide he'd been using for the past couple years. As his health deteriorated, Johnson became the face of a David-and-Goliath legal battle to hold a multi-national agrochemical corporation accountable for a product with allegedly misleading labelling.

"A musical meditation on love and loss, Thyrone Tommy’s debut feature Learn To Swim follows Dezi (Thomas Antony Olajide), a doggedly private, very talented sax player, and Selma (Emma Ferreira), a vivacious but less experienced singer. When they meet, sparks fly, but their respective emotional baggage and their temperaments make the road to romance bumpy at best.

On Dec 25, 2021, Canada lost one of its best, most important filmmakers, Jean Marc Vallée. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) was his third feature film and the one that put him on the map.

Free screening! Part of National Canadian Film Day.

CRAZY CANUCK BEAUTIFUL B.C. DOUBLE FEATURE! 

"From the song he refuses to perform to his admiration for Drake, a songwriting legend reflects on his lyrics and longevity with candour and humour.

“Giuseppe Marinoni is a revered bicycle craftsman whose frames are highly admired and desired. When he’s not in his workshop, he’s likely feeding his chickens, tending his tomatoes or foraging for mushrooms. It’s clear this tailor turned cyclist is happy alone and sees no point in someone documenting his life.