Kindness, creativity, inclusivity, and a touch of magic makes the world a brighter place. Explore the story and impact of Canadian entertainer Ernie Coombs and his iconic series, Mr. Dressup, which enriched the lives of five generations.

Jan. 12 – Jan. 14, 2024

This fearless love story chronicles the complicated lifelong relationship between music legend Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

Jan. 19 – Jan. 21, 2024

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Jan. 26 – Jan. 28, 2024

A small-town private investigator is hired to investigate the sale of black-market lobster in Prince Edward Island along with a scrappy convenience store owner.

Feb. 2 – Feb. 4, 2024

Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

Feb. 9 – Feb. 11, 2024

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

Feb. 16 – Feb. 18, 2024

Rocky Horror is back again! In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker […]

Feb. 23, 2024

Solo follows Simon, who must deal with the disappointment of two impossible loves: a passionate but destructive crush on Olivier, and a distant and cold relationship with his mother Claire, who has just moved back in after a 15-year absence.

Feb. 23 – Feb. 25, 2024

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance […]

Mar. 1 – Mar. 3, 2024

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

Mar. 8 – Mar. 10, 2024

The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.

Mar. 22 – Mar. 24, 2024

When a large Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for the patriarch’s heart transplant, a family secret is uncovered and catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past. Note: Only Friday and Saturday shows; no show on Easter Sunday.

Mar. 29 – Mar. 30, 2024

It’s a moonlit evening in a Newfoundland fishing village in 1926. Jacob Mercer has just returned home, desperate to win back the heart of his former flame, Mary Snow. Mary, still reeling from the heartbreak Jacob caused when he left, has become engaged to wealthy Jerome McKenzie. But this unexpected visit from Jacob could place […]

Apr. 4 – Apr. 6, 2024

Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.

Apr. 12 – Apr. 14, 2024

Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.

Apr. 19 – Apr. 21, 2024

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Sep. 27 – Sep. 29, 2024

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

Oct. 4 – Oct. 6, 2024

Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of '80s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?

Oct. 11 – Oct. 13, 2024

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

Oct. 18 – Oct. 20, 2024

The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.

Oct. 25 – Oct. 27, 2024

After his wife Mary passes on, widower Tom uses a free bus pass to travel the length of Britain. He goes from John O’Groats in Scotland to Land’s End in Cornwall—the shared birthplace­ of Tom and Mary—using only local buses. During this nostalgic, incident-filled trip, his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. […]

Jan. 6 – Jan. 8, 2023

John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child’s mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality […]

Jan. 13 – Jan. 15, 2023

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. Eo, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, and endures the wheel of fortune randomly turning his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even […]

Jan. 20 – Jan. 22, 2023

Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London’s literary and stage world, he embarked on […]

Jan. 27 – Jan. 29, 2023

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Feb. 3 – Feb. 5, 2023

It’s Back! Brandon Pride once again presents Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Evans! Tickets for this special 18+ event are $10. Cash only at the door. Advance tickets available at Smitten or the Brandon University LGBTTQ* Collective. Evans passes will not be accepted for this show.

Feb. 10, 2023

A veteran civil servant and bureaucratic cog in the rebuilding of Britain post-WWII, Williams expertly pushes paperwork around a government office only to reckon with his existence when he’s diagnosed with a fatal illness.

Feb. 10 – Feb. 12, 2023

Five men and women form a B-team on Earth to remotely deal with the interpersonal problems of the five astronauts who will soon land on the planet Mars.

Feb. 17 – Feb. 19, 2023

A Métis teenager tries to convince a former musician and current oilman to give him guitar lessons.

Feb. 24 – Feb. 26, 2023

No Bears follows two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.

Mar. 3 – Mar. 5, 2023

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Mar. 10 – Mar. 12, 2023

The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. Explore the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte and Anne; her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman and her care for her maverick brother whom […]

Mar. 24 – Mar. 26, 2023

Sang-hyeon is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

Mar. 31 – Apr. 2, 2023

A South Korean mother and son struggle with their new life in 1990s Canada and the growing rift between them. Note: There is no show on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023.

Apr. 7 – Apr. 8, 2023

Newly moved to the countryside, Max, a budding young entrepreneur, is looking for a new business opportunity. With the help of his cousin Charles and their friend Alice, the trio start a business producing fresh eggs laid by “happy hens”.

Apr. 14 – Apr. 16, 2023

Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.

Apr. 21 – Apr. 23, 2023

Ever Deadly weaves concert footage with stunning sequences filmed on location in Nunavut, seamlessly bridging landscapes, stories and songs with pain, anger and triumph—all through the expressions of Tanya Tagaq, one of the most innovative musical performers of our time.

Apr. 28 – Apr. 30, 2023

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles.

Sep. 22 – Sep. 24, 2023

An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territory as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world—bareback.

Sep. 29 – Oct. 1, 2023

When Audrey’s business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo’s eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that […]

Oct. 6 – Oct. 8, 2023

A flying saucer lands in the backyard of an elderly suburbanite with memory problems, who forms a bond with the scared alien inside.

Oct. 13 – Oct. 15, 2023

A made-in-Manitoba production. Lisa, an aspiring songwriter, whose farming family has suffered foreclosure is forced to work at a new, ‘urban farm’ where she meets Dalia. Her casual racism leads her to be fired but the women end up drawn into a passionate affair. Manitoba-shot film Polarized explores issues of division through love story — […]

Oct. 20 – Oct. 22, 2023

The illegitimate son of an enslaved African and a French plantation owner, Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court. Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

Oct. 27 – Oct. 29, 2023

An aspiring twentysomething writer hesitantly accompanies her equally reluctant younger sister on vacation with their deliriously happy parents, in Luis De Filippis’ resonant, cliché-free debut feature.

Nov. 3 – Nov. 5, 2023

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called “Spider Killer”, who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

Nov. 10 – Nov. 12, 2023

Admission is free; donations will be gratefully accepted. We present 2 documentaries: Warpaths: Every Town Had Soldiers Warpaths: Every Town Had Soldiers is a broadcast-length documentary, featuring the stories of three men from Western Manitoba who fought for Canada during the First World War. This community-expression documentary was produced by Street Media Inc. and is […]

Nov. 11, 2023

Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Sinclair, his wife Hélène, and their son Bertie all guard a dark past, one that […]

Nov. 17 – Nov. 19, 2023

Note: The subtitles are working for the Saturday and Sunday shows. We apologize for the issue on Friday night. A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past.

Nov. 24 – Nov. 26, 2023

Michael V. Smith, award winning Canadian writer and poet, has a new film out, The Floating Man, which has just won the Director’s Choice award at the Cinema Diverse Film Festival.   This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith’s journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to become a radical […]

Nov. 30, 2023

A French-to-Spanish interpreter working for a food processing plant that hires seasonal workers from Guatemala is, at first determined to obey the sometimes excessive directives of the young boss, but she befriends the workers and tries to defend them against the exploitation they suffer.

Dec. 1 – Dec. 3, 2023

After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Dec. 8 – Dec. 10, 2023

Brandon University Theatre presents She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms by Qui Nguyen In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and five-headed dragons, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all. Two years after the death of her teenage sister Tilly, Agnes Evans discovers a mysterious […]

Mar. 24 – Apr. 2, 2022

Three kids in a low-income neighborhood find friendship and community in an unlikely place.

Oct. 21 – Oct. 23, 2022

This feature-length documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah. Note: This is the correct write-up for the film. A previous write-up referred to the wrong film. We apologize for any confusion.

Oct. 28 – Oct. 30, 2022

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain. This is a free show, honouring the memory of our late volunteer Mark Delmage. Donations will be accepted for the local Air Cadet squadron.

Nov. 11, 2022

After fleeing war-torn Lebanon after the family’s chocolate factory is bombed, Tareq Hadhad and his Syrian family immigrate to the small town of Antigonish in Canada. Tareq’s father Issam starts making chocolates again that are a hit at the local church, neighborly Frankrounds up local investors for a new factory, while local chocolatier Kelly feels […]

Nov. 11 – Nov. 13, 2022

Annie, a bright young student, faces an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France, when abortion is still illegal.

Nov. 18 – Nov. 20, 2022

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what’s important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

Nov. 25 – Nov. 27, 2022

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Dec. 2 – Dec. 4, 2022

Note: Friday’s show is sold out. Tickets are still available for Saturday and Sunday. Whispers in the Wheat is a crime thriller follows a young man’s journey to finish the heist his father died trying to complete. Andrew Milton travels to a secluded farm in search of a valuable painting that was buried by his […]

Dec. 9 – Dec. 11, 2022

The epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family — led by a well-intentioned but domineering father — as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.

Jan. 3 – Jan. 5, 2020

Special event: Saturday night only—Meet the filmmakers! A Q&A with Danny Schur and Rick Chafe. Stand! is a musical, set against the backdrop of the Winnipeg General Strike. 1919: Stefan and his father Mike flee Ukraine for the New World, where they struggle to earn enough to re-unite the family. Stefan is instantly smitten with […]

Jan. 10 – Jan. 12, 2020

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation […]

Jan. 17 – Jan. 19, 2020

Howard Ratner, a charismatic New York City jeweller always on the lookout for the next big score, makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime.

Jan. 24 – Jan. 26, 2020

Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, feels his life has been turned upside down. Then Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him something new: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, his company offers a chance to dive back into the era of their choice. Victor chooses to relive the most memorable week of his life: the one, 40 […]

Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2020

Toronto, 1899. Aspiring politician Mackenzie King hesitates in love between a heroic soldier he believes himself destined to marry and a psoriasis-addled spinster and learns that with unrequited love, it’s never over until you’ve completely humiliated yourself.

Feb. 7 – Feb. 9, 2020

All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Feb. 14 – Feb. 16, 2020

We can’t screen this in our theatre this Halloween, but our programmer really wanted to. We recommend you check out Blood Quantum on a digital platform. It’s a Canadian zombie plague movie with a near all-Indigenous cast that is quite appropriate for our time. Support Canadian film! TIFF link: https://tiff.net/events/blood-quantum Note: Despite the “showtimes”, we […]

Oct. 31 – Nov. 30, 2020

After her fiancé is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Jan. 4 – Jan. 6, 2019

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

Jan. 11 – Jan. 13, 2019

In memory of projectionist Richard Hunt, we present one of his favourite movies: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It’s Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark’s continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, […]

Jan. 13, 2019

A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.

Jan. 18 – Jan. 20, 2019

Oscar Wilde, the great man of letters, once one of the most famous authors in England, is now a superstar on the skids. As he lies on his death bed, the past comes flooding back to him, transporting him to other times and places.

Jan. 25 – Jan. 27, 2019

In memory of projectionist Earl Thompson, we present one of his favourite films: Reunion of Giants. It had been 50 years since two Avro Lancaster bombers flew side by side. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster, VeRA, flew from Hamilton, Ontario to meet her British counterpart, Thumper—the only other surviving flight worthy Lancaster bomber […]

Jan. 27, 2019

When bestselling celebrity biographer Lee Israel is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack.

Feb. 1 – Feb. 3, 2019

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, […]

Feb. 8 – Feb. 10, 2019

19 year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family’s suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben’s mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother’s undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her […]

Feb. 15 – Feb. 17, 2019

An Irish double bill takes place on the stage of the Evans Theatre from Feb. 28th to March 3rd. See the McConnell Irish Dancers perform, and enjoy the one-act comedy Bedtime Story by Sean O’Casey. Presented by Brandon University Theatre. Tickets $10 at the door. Evans movie passes void.

Feb. 28 – Mar. 3, 2019

Special event. Regular Evans pricing may not apply. Note: This show begins at 7:00 PM. The #MeToo movement has shined much-needed light on the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and abuse and created unprecedented demand for gender violence prevention models that actually work. The Bystander Moment tells the story of one of the most prominent and […]

Mar. 6, 2019

The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah’s cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen’s favourite.

Mar. 22 – Mar. 24, 2019

Special event. Regular Evans pricing may not apply. Note: This show begins at 7:00 PM. York University alumni Mandi Gray is forced to grapple with a university administration, legal system and police force unwilling to take seriously her report of rape by a fellow PhD student.

Mar. 25, 2019

In a story told from two different perspectives, Will Bird recounts the events which led to him being in a coma, while his niece Annie recounts her attempt to help to revive him from his coma.

Mar. 29 – Mar. 31, 2019

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair’s love of […]

Apr. 5 – Apr. 7, 2019

A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.

Apr. 12 – Apr. 14, 2019

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Apr. 19 – Apr. 21, 2019

A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

Apr. 26 – Apr. 28, 2019

The documentary that opens the conversation to the ever growing epidemic with selfies, social media and technology. This is a special screening. Evans passes will not be accepted for admission.

May. 31, 2019

Opening weekend, we present two movies, in support of local charities! A Dog’s Purpose A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners. Showtimes:Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30 PMSaturday, Sept. 21, 6:30 PM (Note special time!) A Dog’s Journey A dog finds the meaning of […]

Sep. 20 – Sep. 22, 2019

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family’s decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Sep. 27 – Sep. 29, 2019

Celebrating 50 years of irreverence! Silly Walking, looking on the Bright Side of Life, and seeking The Grail. Oct 5, 1969 marks the first broadcast of Monty Python on the BBC. Life of Brian Friday, Oct. 4, 7:30 PMThe film named as the most blasphemous movie ever made, Life of Brian, was banned by several […]

Oct. 4 – Oct. 6, 2019

A look at the final days in the life of playwright William Shakespeare.

Oct. 11 – Oct. 13, 2019

Simon, a compulsive liar, suddenly finds himself living in a world where all the lies he’s ever told are coming true.

Oct. 18 – Oct. 20, 2019

A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

Oct. 25 – Oct. 27, 2019

Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.

Nov. 1 – Nov. 3, 2019

A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.

Nov. 8 – Nov. 10, 2019

A special documentary for Remembrance Day. Then & Now: Life in the Regiment. Admission is free.

Nov. 11, 2019

A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

Nov. 15 – Nov. 17, 2019

Note: Due to technical difficulties with Parasites, we will be showing The Grizzlies on Dec. 7th and 8th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students’ lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport […]

Nov. 22 – Dec. 8, 2019

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2019

The behind-the-scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories, which were inspired by his son, Christopher Robin.

Jan. 5 – Jan. 7, 2018

Powerhouse on the Prairies: Brandon University Bobcats Men’s Basketball, 1986-1989 For three seasons at the tail end of the 1980s, the Brandon University Bobcats men’s basketball team cemented its reputation as one of the dominant varsity powerhouses in Canada. Free admission. Donations to the Jerry and Marnie Hemmings Scholarship fund gratefully accepted.

Jan. 6, 2018

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Jan. 12 – Jan. 14, 2018

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Jan. 19 – Jan. 21, 2018

A satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person’s need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world. https://youtu.be/zKDPrpJEGBY

Jan. 26 – Jan. 28, 2018

Explore how a ribbon of steel, across a vast prairie landscape, fostered the location of Brandon, Manitoba. For over 80 years Brandon depended on stations, steel & steam locomotives. Admission by donation to Evans/Brandon Film Festival Save-our-screen campaign.

Jan. 28, 2018

Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.

Feb. 2 – Feb. 4, 2018

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Feb. 9 – Feb. 11, 2018

Just added: Sunday 2PM matinée! A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.

Feb. 16 – Feb. 18, 2018

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

Feb. 23 – Feb. 25, 2018

Romance sparks between a young actor and a leading lady.

Mar. 2 – Mar. 4, 2018

When an aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted: creating the worst movie ever made.

Mar. 9 – Mar. 11, 2018

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yrucwaxCcI

Mar. 23 – Mar. 25, 2018

Note: There will be no show on Easter Sunday, April 1st. Just added: There will be a matinée show at 2 pm on Saturday, March 31st. A runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker, traveling from Boston to Key West. They recapture their passion for life and their […]

Mar. 30 – Mar. 31, 2018

Just Added: There will be a matinée show at 2 pm on Saturday, April 7th. After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town’s revered chief of police. When […]

Apr. 6 – Apr. 8, 2018

When Irene—the fattest girl in high school—gets suspended, she must endure two weeks of community service at a retirement home. Following her passion for cheerleading, she secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a dance-themed reality show to prove that you don’t need to be physically “perfect” to be perfectly AWESOME.

Apr. 13 – Apr. 15, 2018

Stalin’s core team of ministers tussle for control following the Russian leader’s stroke in 1953.

Apr. 20 – Apr. 22, 2018

Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.

Apr. 27 – Apr. 29, 2018

A showing of global images by award-winning photojournalist Wendell Phillips. Wendell Phillips is a Vancouver based photographer with 34 years of experience in editorial and art photography. He is the recipient of 31 Picture-of-the-Year awards from North American news organizations; as well as winner of two National Magazine Awards. He was voted Canada’s News Photographer […]

May. 10, 2018

This documentary series by Brandon filmmaker and archivist Tom Mitchell presents five short documentaries centred on the power of archival materials—photographs, text, and oral history—to evoke historical memory and a sense of place and time. Admission to this special event is by donation. All proceeds will go to the Brandon Film Festival’s Save Our Screen […]

Jun. 2, 2018

Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend. This free Pride Week screening is presented in conjunction with Brandon Pride.

Jun. 13, 2018

In towns throughout Ontario, there are startling reminders of the colonization of Indigenous territories and the displacement of First Nations people. Anishinaabe comedian and activist Ryan McMahon takes us to his hometown of Fort Frances and down its main drag, which is called Colonization Road. Similar streets have similar names in towns and cities across […]

Jun. 20, 2018

A group of journalists covering George Bush’s planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President’s claim that Saddam Hussein has “weapons of mass destruction.”

Sep. 21 – Sep. 23, 2018

In 1993, when teenage Cameron is caught in the backseat of a car with the prom queen, she is sent away to a treatment center in a remote area called God’s Promise. While she is being subjected to questionable gay conversion therapies, she bonds with some fellow residents as they pretend to go along with […]

Sep. 28 – Sep. 30, 2018

In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank prepares to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live […]

Oct. 5 – Oct. 7, 2018

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family’s refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.  

Oct. 12 – Oct. 14, 2018

A black police officer is pushed to the edge, taking out his frustrations on the privileged community he’s sworn to protect.

Oct. 19 – Oct. 21, 2018

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.  

Oct. 26 – Oct. 28, 2018

French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nov. 2 – Nov. 4, 2018

The colourfully named gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm is being pursued across 1,000 miles of 1850s Oregon desert to San Francisco by the notorious assassins Eli and Charlie Sisters. Except Eli is having a personal crisis and beginning to doubt the longevity of his chosen career. And Hermann might have a better offer. Based on […]

Nov. 9 – Nov. 11, 2018

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.  

Nov. 16 – Nov. 18, 2018

Humanity is going through an epochal transition to a new reality, where the planet is shaped by our own presence more than by nature itself. On the other hand, we are less in agreement about whether this is a tragedy, comedy, or something more surreal. But what does it mean to exist in a geological […]

Nov. 23 – Nov. 25, 2018

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son Nic, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2018

The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in […]

Dec. 7 – Dec. 9, 2018

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality. Rated 14A, Coarse Language.

Jan. 6 – Jan. 8, 2017

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Jan. 13 – Jan. 15, 2017

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. Rated PG, Not recommended for young children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziOLGzKq6oo

Jan. 20 – Jan. 22, 2017

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

Jan. 27 – Jan. 29, 2017

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised. Rated 14A, Coarse Language.

Feb. 3 – Feb. 5, 2017

The story of three women who explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970s.

Feb. 10 – Feb. 12, 2017

To the Ends of the Earth follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction, bearing witness to a global crossroads. They call for human ingenuity to rebuild society at the end of the fossil fuel era. Special presentation in conjunction with The Council of Canadians. Different pricing may apply. Evans […]

Feb. 12, 2017

Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn’t be playing with, […]

Feb. 17 – Feb. 19, 2017

In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy […]

Feb. 18, 2017

A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray […]

Mar. 10, 2017

Thanks to our many sponsors! Celebrate our Golden Anniversary with us! We’re bringing in some of your favourites from our five decades of film in Brandon. Advance passes may be purchased at: The Family Tree 455-8th Street, Brandon Open 11-12 & 1-5 weekdays204-727-8841 Festival Trailer Schedule subject to unavoidable change. Regular Evans weekend passes will […]

Mar. 10 – Mar. 12, 2017

In search of a new perspective,  a family of five leave the comforts of home to live remotely in the Yukon wilderness during the long northern winter and amidst the surprises that the rawness of nature provide.  The parents leave their jobs and take their three children, ages 10, 8 and 4, to spend nine […]

Mar. 10, 2017

The first testament says “an eye for an eye.” The second testament says “love thy neighbour.” The third testament … Kicks Ass!!!

Mar. 11, 2017

Every year, thousands of Antartica’s emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. Morgan Freeman narrates this amazing tale; breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama.

Mar. 11, 2017

A set of short documentaries, produced in Brandon and the Westman region. Titles include: The Prairie Titanic Story The Projectionist Warpaths: Every Town Had Soldiers

Mar. 11, 2017

The 1952 classic Western High Noon is about a recently freed leader of a gang of bandits in the desert who is looking to get revenge on the Sheriff who put him in jail.

Mar. 11, 2017

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a […]

Mar. 11, 2017

A widower, Philippe lives with his teenage daughter in a luxurious Paris apartment. When a paragliding accident leaves him paralyzed from the neck down, Philippe requires a caregiver to assist him with his daily physical needs. With the help of his assistant Magalie (Audrey Fleurot, The Women on the Sixth Floor) he interviews a number […]

Mar. 11, 2017

Note: Gone With the Wind plays at 12:00 PM (noon). An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Mar. 12, 2017

Note: The Red Violin plays at 4:30 PM. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin derives its unusual color from the human blood mixed into the finish. With this legacy, the violin travels to Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake.

Mar. 12, 2017

Note: Gold Rush plays at 7:00 PM. A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm. A special treat: This 1925 silent film will be accompanied in the Evans […]

Mar. 12, 2017

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

Mar. 24 – Mar. 26, 2017

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

Mar. 31 – Apr. 2, 2017

Please Bring Your Guitar documents the life of country-Western singer and yodeller Russ Gurr through the eyes of his granddaughter. A tribute to those who answer a calling and pursue their dreams. Admission is free; donations will be gratefully accepted.

Apr. 2, 2017

Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) returns with the Arctic epic Maliglutit (meaning The Searchers), inspired by the classic John Ford western of the same name, about a vengeful husband who sets off in pursuit of the violent men who kidnapped his wife and destroyed his home.

Apr. 7 – Apr. 9, 2017

The timeline of soldiers from Manitoba headed overseas to fight in the First World War. From their training at Camp Hughes, near Brandon, to the major battles that saw Canada “forged in fire”. This screening takes place on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Film-maker Andrew Wall will be in attendance.

Apr. 9, 2017

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.

Apr. 14 – Apr. 16, 2017

Manufactured Landscapes is the striking documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris. This is a free presentation for National Canadian Film Day.

Apr. 19, 2017

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell […]

Apr. 21 – Apr. 23, 2017

Before Brandon: The Grand Rapids of the Assiniboine is a feature documentary account of a vital geographical site in the history of the eastern prairies that has been lost to contemporary historical memory. Admission is free; donations will be gratefully accepted.

Apr. 23, 2017

A young junior hockey player’s life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and ostracized from the community. As he struggles with the repercussions of the […]

Apr. 28 – Apr. 30, 2017

Please note: Showtime is 7:00 PM. Shane, a gay Anishnabe teenager in Northern Ontario, is struggling to support his family in the aftermath of his sister’s suicide. If he fails, he will be forced to choose between his family’s home and his own future. Presented in conjunction with Pride Brandon.

Jun. 14, 2017

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate […]

Sep. 15 – Sep. 17, 2017

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens’ uprisings in the history of the United States.

Sep. 22 – Sep. 24, 2017

Rumble is a documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of the some of the greatest music legends.

Sep. 29 – Oct. 1, 2017

From a marathon runner to a fly fisherman and more, these films introduce you to the stories you never knew were all around you in our community. Pool Boys Chalk is Cheap, a group of five men who have been playing pool competitively at its elite non-professional level for 20 years, are more than just […]

Sep. 30, 2017

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a road trip along the coast of Spain.

Oct. 6 – Oct. 8, 2017

A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVOzMZ4IrMA

Oct. 13 – Oct. 15, 2017

A 17th century romance in which an artist falls for a married young woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puqEadT824c

Oct. 20 – Oct. 22, 2017

The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20th century. Zahed was 13 years old when he enrolled in the Iranian army. Najah was 18 when he was conscripted into the Iraqi army, and he fought against Zahed in the Battle of Khorramshahr. Fast forward 25 […]

Oct. 27 – Oct. 29, 2017

A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.

Nov. 3 – Nov. 5, 2017

In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war were handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent out to the West Coast, where they were ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along […]

Nov. 10 – Nov. 12, 2017

Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems. This is a special event; different pricing may be in effect.  

Nov. 11, 2017

Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

Nov. 17 – Nov. 19, 2017

The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the […]

Nov. 24 – Nov. 26, 2017

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.

Dec. 1 – Dec. 3, 2017

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Dec. 8 – Dec. 10, 2017

A matinée presentation of two locally-produced documentaries. Closing Time: The Vanishing Prairie Beverage Room Rated PG. Hotel beverage rooms are part of the prairie landscape and its history. The closing of these beverage rooms will be another nail in the coffins of small towns. The Time That Once Was Rated G. The 1890’s heralded a […]

Dec. 10, 2017

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Jan. 8 – Jan. 10, 2016

The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.

Jan. 15 – Jan. 17, 2016

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

Jan. 22 – Jan. 24, 2016

Based on a true story about the collapse at the mine in San Jose, Chile that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.

Jan. 29 – Jan. 31, 2016

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Feb. 5 – Feb. 7, 2016

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Feb. 12 – Feb. 14, 2016

A Valentine tradition: The Rocky Horror Picture Show will play the Evans on Feb. 13th at 10 PM. In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, […]

Feb. 13, 2016

Winner of the Best Picture Oscar. The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Mar. 4 – Mar. 6, 2016

This is a special event, presented by the Brandon University Women’s Collective. Standard Evans pricing and passes may not apply. Note the earlier time. “Hush” is the result of an unusual team looking honestly at a highly sensitive and controversial topic. To properly handle the subject matter has required more care than transporting nitroglycerin… but […]

Mar. 10, 2016

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

Mar. 11 – Mar. 13, 2016

Youth explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career (despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena), Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse […]

Mar. 25 – Mar. 27, 2016

This is a special event, presented in conjunction with the Council of Canadians. Based on Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, a look at how people in various communities around the world play a role in the ongoing climate change debate and how they’re affecting change in trying to prevent the […]

Mar. 31, 2016

Academy Award winner: Best Actress—Brie Larson. Also a standout winner in multiple categories at the Canadian Screen Awards. Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his […]

Apr. 1 – Apr. 3, 2016

Academy Award nominee: Best Animated Feature. A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

Apr. 8 – Apr. 10, 2016

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard “Nipper” Read hot on their heels, the brothers […]

Apr. 15 – Apr. 17, 2016

Viewers’ Choice winner! Jesse Owens’ quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy.  

Apr. 22 – Apr. 24, 2016

Thanks to our partnership with TIFF‘s Film Circuit, we are able to present this film before its wide release date. Please join us for this sneak peek at a Canadian film. In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the […]

Apr. 29 – May. 1, 2016

A special presentation in association with Pride Brandon. Special pricing may apply. Please note: showtime has been moved to 9:00 PM to accommodate the vigil. When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she’s meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. […]

Jun. 15, 2016

The beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans. Based on a novella by Jane Austen.

Sep. 23 – Sep. 25, 2016

Check out more documentaries about the fascinating people of Westman! Admission to this special event is free. Donations will be gratefully accepted.  

Sep. 25, 2016

A young man arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry. He falls in love and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age. Written & directed by Woody Allen.

Sep. 30 – Oct. 2, 2016

A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.

Oct. 7 – Oct. 9, 2016

Dheepan is the story of a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris. French with English subtitles.

Oct. 14 – Oct. 16, 2016

The story of Allan “Swampy” Marsh and his Maremma dog Oddball. Swampy convinced local authorities to allow Oddball to protect a colony of Little Penguins on Middle Island from wild cats and dogs. Oddball succeeds in his campaign and becomes a front runner for Maremma dogs being used to protect other endangered Australian wildlife.

Oct. 21 – Oct. 23, 2016

The sisters of the Delta Omega Sorority are having a hot tub party at a luxurious hotel and spa. Things get steamy but when an escaped serial killer checks in and crashes the party, things get bloody! The heat will definitely be on at the HOT TUB PARTY MASSACRE! A soak in the hot tub […]

Oct. 28, 2016

Dr. Robert Laing is the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. Laing quickly settles into high-society life and meets the building’s eccentric tenants: Charlotte, his upstairs neighbor and bohemian single mother; Wilder, a charismatic documentarian who lives with his pregnant wife […]

Oct. 28 – Oct. 30, 2016

Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the […]

Nov. 4 – Nov. 6, 2016

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experiences trouble when the wife invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios. Rated 14A. Nudity, Coarse Language.

Nov. 11 – Nov. 13, 2016

Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and Lucy, two burning souls who come together to make a leap for life and inner peace.

Nov. 18 – Nov. 20, 2016

From 1943-45, the Whitewater Lake Prisoner of War camp, located in Riding Mountain National Park, was home to 440 German prisoners who were captured in North Africa. In a forest prison with no walls, where could they go? Filmmaker Ed Stozek will be present for a Q&A session following the show.  

Nov. 20, 2016

Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her […]

Nov. 25 – Nov. 27, 2016

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_YqJ_aimkM

Dec. 2 – Dec. 4, 2016

A documentary about James Ehnes made by local filmmaker Nate Bower. This is a special event, sponsored by MTS Stories from Home. There will only be one show.

Dec. 9, 2016

Wheat City: 1930s: A prairie town in the era of the Great Depression portrays the experience of Brandonites and their institutional leaders in an era of local, national and international crisis wrought by the circumstances of  the Great Depression. The crisis pushed the city to the brink of bankruptcy, left many dependent on municipal authorities […]

Jul. 18, 2015

Mr. Holmes is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his […]

Sep. 19 – Sep. 20, 2015

As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist will […]

Sep. 25 – Sep. 27, 2015

Eleven short films made locally by the members of the Brandon Industry Group, a collective of area creative workers, were produced for MTS TV’s “Stories From Home” and will light up the screen starting at 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. These mini-documentaries exhibit unique personalities living in the Westman region — from a hula […]

Sep. 26 – Sep. 27, 2015

On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

Oct. 2 – Oct. 4, 2015

Despite having just two albums to her name, Amy Winehouse is one of the biggest music icons in British history. With a voice described as a combination of Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan, Amy Winehouse was a pop star with soul; a once-in-a-generation musical talent whose appeal crossed cultural and demographic boundaries. But […]

Oct. 9 – Oct. 11, 2015

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other’s company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

Oct. 16 – Oct. 18, 2015

A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that’s been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the corridors of the doomed vessel, they find themselves on a voyage into the origins of their darkest fears. The latest film from Guy Maddin.

Oct. 23 – Oct. 25, 2015

When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An joins his army with an elite legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius to protect his country and his new friends.

Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2015

Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crime syndicate to take over the Vancouver drug and arms scene. Blood is spilled, hearts are broken, and family bonds shattered as the Beeba Boys (“Good Boys”) do anything “to be […]

Nov. 6 – Nov. 8, 2015

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the German Luftwaffe for control of British air space to prevent a Nazi invasion of Britain. In 2015, 75 years after the Battle of Britain, we present you the opportunity to see the classic 1969 movie Battle of Britain on the big screen. […]

Nov. 11, 2015

Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.

Nov. 13 – Nov. 15, 2015

A locally-produced documentary about Brandon at the turn of the last century.

Nov. 19, 2015

The darkest chapter of the 20th century collides with a contemporary mission of revenge. Directed by Atom Egoyan.

Nov. 20 – Nov. 22, 2015

A look at the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.

Nov. 27 – Nov. 29, 2015

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

Dec. 4 – Dec. 6, 2015

What gives your life meaning? Family, yoga, good food, those shoes that were on sale? Ray Robertson outlines his own list in his non-fiction book “Why Not: Fifteen Reasons To Live?” And that has inspired Alan Zweig’s documentary feature 15 REASONS TO LIVE which takes up that list as a call to adventure.

Jan. 3 – Jan. 5, 2014

The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast’s punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DruhJkZU4EI

Jan. 3 – Jan. 12, 2014

The wayward and disillusioned Robbie sneaks into the maternity hospital to visit his young girlfriend and hold his newborn son for the first time. Overwhelmed by the moment, he swears that his son will not have the same tragic life he has had. Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, he’s given […]

Jan. 17 – Jan. 19, 2014

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

Jan. 24 – Jan. 26, 2014

Most people don’t think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands gathered in public to sing forbidden patriotic songs and to rally for independence. “The young people, […]

Jan. 26, 2014

The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had many women in his life. A special presentation […]

Feb. 2, 2014

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.

Feb. 7 – Feb. 9, 2014

After Janet accepts Brad’s marriage proposal, the happy couple drive away from Denton, Ohio, only to get lost in the rain. They stumble upon the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite who is holding the annual convention of visitors from the planet Transsexual. Frank-N-Furter unveils his creation, a young man named Rocky Horror, who fears […]

Feb. 14, 2014

The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who sustained a brain injury in a trick gone wrong and who now aims, against all the odds, to get back on the snow.

Feb. 14 – Feb. 16, 2014

An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million dollar Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes prize.

Mar. 7 – Mar. 9, 2014

In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease.

Mar. 14 – Mar. 16, 2014

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela’s life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Special Event: After Sunday’s show, we will have guest speakers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GsjsUa7Cbs

Mar. 28 – Mar. 30, 2014

Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are “different,” their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir […]

Apr. 4 – Apr. 6, 2014

Halfway through a solo sailing adventure on the Indian Ocean, a man’s boat crashes into a drifting cargo container. In peril and alone, he must fight to survive, and contemplate his mortality, as a thunderstorm and the unforgiving elements set in.

Apr. 11 – Apr. 13, 2014

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways. Note: No show on Easter Sunday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmbbrIe80Fs

Apr. 18 – Apr. 19, 2014

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DBPqcp6Hc4

Apr. 25 – Apr. 27, 2014

The Evans programme has ended for the 2013-14 season. We’ll be back with more great movies in September!

Aug. 1, 2014

The tiny Newfoundland outport of Tickle Head is set for financial salvation if they can secure a petrochemical plant. Their odds are slim, as a town doctor is needed to land the contract. When one candidate, Dr. Paul Lewis, lands in their lap, the town rallies to seduce him to stay beyond his one-month trial. […]

Sep. 19 – Sep. 21, 2014

A girl and boy. Brother and sister. Living in poverty and neglect. Lost in the woods. They see a house, rush toward it…it is magical. Full of good food, soft sheets, love and care. But in this house, danger lurks. And all they have is each other. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel […]

Sep. 26 – Sep. 28, 2014

Patchworks 2 is the second collection of short documentary films by the Brandon Industry Group, a collection of Brandon and area creatives. Each film is a brief look at the life, work and interests of a wide variety of fascinating Westman people. The collection was produced for MTS TV’s “Stories From Home” channel and will […]

Sep. 27 – Sep. 28, 2014

A former British Army officer, who was tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.  

Oct. 3 – Oct. 5, 2014

In Woody Allen’s new film, Stanley is a magician who has dedicated his life to revealing fraudulent spiritualists. He plans to quickly uncover the truth behind celebrated spiritualist Sophie and her scheming mother. However, the more time he spends with her, he starts thinking that she might actually be able to communicate with the other […]

Oct. 10 – Oct. 12, 2014

Boyhood tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

Oct. 18 – Oct. 19, 2014

After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

Oct. 24 – Oct. 26, 2014

Beneath Bruce Garrett’s under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.

Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2014

In this documentary, desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local pastor’s decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

Nov. 8 – Nov. 9, 2014

In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth’s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. But that first trip north opened his eyes to […]

Jan. 4 – Jan. 6, 2013

Direct out of jail, Jake Blues and his Brother Elwood are off on a “mission from God” to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best: play music. So they get their old band together and they’re on their way yet […]

Jan. 4 – Jan. 5, 2013

Summer, 1980. Barbara, a doctor, has applied for an exit visa from the GDR (East Germany). Now, as punishment, she has been transferred from Berlin to a small hospital out in the country, far from everything. Jörg, her lover from the West, is already planning her escape. Barbara waits, keeping to herself. The new apartment, […]

Jan. 11 – Jan. 13, 2013

Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking […]

Jan. 11 – Jan. 12, 2013

A momentous collaboration between Academy Award®–nominated director Deepa Mehta, one of Canada’s most gifted and fearless filmmakers, and Salman Rushdie, one of the world’s most imaginative, controversial novelists, Midnight’s Children marks a milestone in international cinema. It is also a luxurious feast of a film, bursting with colour, wit, and magic. Rushdie’s inspired adaptation of […]

Jan. 18 – Jan. 20, 2013

Casablanca is a classic and one of the most revered films of all time. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a love triangle in the city of Casablanca which is a refuge for many fleeing foreigners looking for a new life during the war. Political romance with a backdrop of war conflict between democracy […]

Jan. 18 – Jan. 19, 2013

One of a dwindling number of family farmers in rural St. Martins, New Brunswick, Craig Morrison (James Cromwell) is used to doing things for himself. Sometimes cantankerous and always stubborn, he’s kept his traditional farm going in a period when industrial agriculture dominates the marketplace. The primary reason he’s been able to do so is […]

Jan. 25 – Jan. 27, 2013

Orson Wells was 26 when he made his first feature film Citizen Kane. The film became known as one of the greatest of all time and earned him international celebrity. The story is about the publishing business and how one thrill-seeker’s struggle for power negatively affected everybody he came in contact with and eventually lead […]

Jan. 25 – Jan. 26, 2013

An alienated teenager’s posturing online threat ignites a firestorm of fear in a small community, in this disturbing and perceptive look at how our media-fuelled, post-Columbine culture of fear can transform typical teen angst into intimations of murder.

Feb. 8 – Feb. 10, 2013

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Feb. 15 – Feb. 17, 2013

It’s the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when they car halts in the rain. They both look for contact only to find themselves at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter a transvestite. A place to stay is offered, but will Brad and Janet want to remain there? Especially […]

Feb. 16, 2013

Celebrate 50 years of the world's most famous spy. Catch 5 Bonds on the big screen! <a href="http://evanstheatre.ca/movies/bond/">Click here for all showtimes!</a>

Mar. 8 – Mar. 10, 2013

An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time, the tsunami in Indonesia and Thailand 8 years ago. Special Event! Dr. Etsuko Yasui will be at the Evans on Saturday night to talk about tsunamis.  Bring your questions! Dr. [&hellip;]

Mar. 22 – Mar. 24, 2013

The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto, starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins as four retired opera singers.

Mar. 29 – Mar. 30, 2013

By day Dino the cat lives with Zoe, a mute girl whose mother is a Paris police detective. At night, though, he sneaks out the window to work with Nico - a slinky cat burglar with a big heart...

Apr. 5 – Apr. 7, 2013

Director Kim Nguyen spent ten years bringing this story to the screen, basing his script on the stories of actual child soldiers and shooting entirely on location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Apr. 12 – Apr. 14, 2013

Keira Knightley re-teams with director Joe Wright (<em>Atonement</em>) for this visionary adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel about a society woman torn between loyalty to her husband and the desires of her heart.

Apr. 19 – Apr. 21, 2013

Screen legends Jean-Lous Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva are ineffably moving as an elderly couple facing their own mortality in the Palme d'Or–winning new work by modern master Michael Haneke (<em>The White Ribbon</em>).

Apr. 26 – Apr. 28, 2013

It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.

Sep. 20 – Sep. 22, 2013

Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil.

Sep. 24, 2013

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947.

Sep. 27 – Sep. 29, 2013

patchworks, a collection of documentary vignettes profiling a dozen intriguing Westman residents &#8212; including the Evans Theatre&#8217;s own Ron McPhail &#8212; will see its big-screen premiere on Sunday, September 29th, during Brandon’s free Culture Days festivities. The television series, produced locally by the Brandon Industry Group collective for MTS TV’s Stories From Home, will be [&hellip;]

Sep. 29, 2013

Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors his recently deceased wife's passion for performing by joining the unconventional local choir to which she used to belong, a process that helps him build bridges with his estranged son, James.

Oct. 4 – Oct. 6, 2013

A middle-aged woman follows letters from an unseen admirer into potential danger.

Oct. 18 – Oct. 20, 2013

A woman whose comfortable life is uprooted after her husband is exposed as a criminal moves to San Francisco to be with her sister.

Oct. 25 – Oct. 27, 2013

Leonato (Clark Gregg), the governor of Messina, is visited by his friend Don Pedro (Reed Diamond) who is returning from a victorious campaign against his rebellious brother Don John (Sean Maher). Accompanying Don Pedro are two of his officers: Benedick (Alexis Denisof) and Claudio (Fran Kranz). While in Messina, Claudio falls for Leonato&#8217;s daughter Hero [&hellip;]

Nov. 1 – Nov. 3, 2013

One night only: a special première event. This, the second episode in the Warpaths documentary series, sheds more light on how Canadians trained in the Great War and on what life in the training camps was like for our soldiers.  The sacrifices made by Canadians in the First World War are marked by the graves [&hellip;]

Nov. 8, 2013

The story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.

Nov. 9 – Nov. 10, 2013

A teacher's life is brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

Nov. 15 – Nov. 17, 2013

Transgender musician and performer Rae Spoon is crossing endless fields of wheat and a famously big sky in Chelsea McMullan’s documentary-musical, My Prairie Home. All along the way—in a Greyhound bus, the Tyrell Dinosaur  Museum in Drumheller, a bar in Regina, a performance in Winnipeg—McMullan’s camera is a constant companion. As the flat, straight Prairie [&hellip;]

Nov. 22, 2013

Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a shoeshiner. As Arletty suddenly becomes seriously ill, Marcel&#8217;s path crosses with an [&hellip;]

Nov. 23 – Nov. 24, 2013

A dying doctor (Richard Dreyfus, Jaws, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind), who plans to check out on his own terms, takes a reluctant detour when he inadvertently winds up on the lam with an &#8216;anything-but-normal&#8217; 22-year-old girl (Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black). Directed by Jason Priestly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byvLtULljRg%E2%80%8E

Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2013

The 1965 Rodgers and Hammerstein classic returns to the big screen!  Come on out and sing along with all your favourite songs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEcKXr3mJ_o

Dec. 6 – Dec. 8, 2013

For decades, scholars and intellectuals have debated a question that haunts the history of English literature: were the works of William Shakespeare written by Shakespeare himself? Theories abound — some credit Shakespeare’s plays to famed contemporaries Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe — but the reigning true author among Shakespeare revisionists remains Edward de Vere, Earl [&hellip;]

Jan. 6 – Jan. 8, 2012

A crowd favourite at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, The Guard is a lively and often hilarious Irish crime comedy. Skillfully directed and smartly written by John Michael McDonagh &#8211; the brother of In Bruges director Martin McDonagh- The Guard shares a similarly dry and blackly comic sense of humour and a terrific performance by [&hellip;]

Jan. 13 – Jan. 15, 2012

A Gala Presentation at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival®, and based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s bestselling novel of the same name, Sarah’s Key is a fictionalized account of the actual roundups in Paris that sentenced thousands of Jewish families to their deaths. Starring Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy, I’ve Loved You So Long), the [&hellip;]

Jan. 20 – Jan. 22, 2012

Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago. Driven by his profound sadness and desire to understand his son better, Tom decides to embark on the [&hellip;]

Jan. 27 – Jan. 29, 2012

Special event – one show only, all box-office proceeds to charity. In March of 2009, 22-year old Trooper Marc Diab of The Royal Canadian Dragoons was killed in Afghanistan when his vehicle struck an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). In the wake of his death, countless lives were changed forever. If I Should Fall tells the story [&hellip;]

Feb. 5, 2012

J. Edgar explores the public and private life of one of the most powerful, controversial and enigmatic figures of the 20th century. As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would [&hellip;]

Feb. 10 – Feb. 12, 2012

The one, the only, Rocky Horror Picture Show!  At the Evans for one show only!

Feb. 11, 2012

Few celebrities have been able to rival the allure and magnetism of Hollywood&#8217;s most tragic and enduring icon, Marilyn Monroe. With My Week With Marilyn, director Simon Curtis offers a fascinating dramatized glimpse during Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s time shooting one of Hollywood’s most challenging film productions The Prince and The Showgirl. Based on Colin Clark’s memoir [&hellip;]

Feb. 17 – Feb. 19, 2012

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a fascinating look at the disenchanted world of espionage and treachery. Unglamorous but certainly not unexciting, the film is the anti-James Bond where gadgets and girls are replaced by drab duds and anonymous office space, cool colours and muted emotions. Having been dismissed from the Intelligence Service, George Smiley (a [&hellip;]

Mar. 23 – Mar. 25, 2012

In his follow-up to 2010’s The Ghost Writer, director Roman Polanski returns with his caustic and witty new film Carnage.  Adapted from Yasmina Reza’s 2009 Tony-winning play God of Carnage, and featuring a top-notch cast of Jodie Foster (The Beaver, The Brave One), Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road, The Reader), John C. Reilly (Cyrus, and the [&hellip;]

Mar. 30 – Apr. 1, 2012

In what has easily been the most anticipated and talked-about film of the year, The Iron Lady reunites director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!) with screen legend Meryl Streep (Julie &amp; Julia, Doubt); a surprising and intimate portrait of British political icon Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Written [&hellip;]

Apr. 6 – Apr. 7, 2012

A crowd favourite at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival®, Michel Hazanavicius&#8217; The Artist is a love letter to 1920s Hollywood that resurrects silent cinema as a powerful and complex storytelling medium. Shot entirely in black and white, without dialogue and utilizing a traditional 1.33 aspect ratio, the film remains faithful to the period it [&hellip;]

Apr. 13 – Apr. 15, 2012

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Philippe Falardeau (Congorama, It&#8217;s Not Me, I Swear!) and from the producers of last year&#8217;s Academy Award-nominated Incendies, Monsieur Lazhar is one of the most gripping Quebecois films of the last decade. The film has already received extraordinary attention, including Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival [&hellip;]

Apr. 27 – Apr. 29, 2012

Infected by a virus during his bachelor party, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains and avoid Max, the obsessed Zombie Hunter hot on his trail. All while keeping it together so as not to incur the wrath of his Bridezilla-to-be. Official Site | Teaser Trailer Special Event!  On [&hellip;]

Sep. 21 – Sep. 23, 2012

To Rome with Love is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world&#8217;s most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect reliving his youth; an average middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome&#8217;s biggest celebrity; a young provincial couple drawn into separate romantic encounters; and an American [&hellip;]

Sep. 28 – Sep. 30, 2012

Already breaking box office records as the second highest grossing non-English language film ever (behind The Passion of the Christ), Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano&#8217;s Intouchables has become a worldwide sensation. Nominated for nine César Awards (France&#8217;s equivalent to the Academy Awards), and winning Best Actor for Omar Sy &#8212; beating The Artist&#8217;s Jean Dujardin [&hellip;]

Oct. 5 – Oct. 7, 2012

Pricing for this special fundraising event is $10.  Passes are void for this weekend. Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself [&hellip;]

Oct. 12 – Oct. 14, 2012

Set in a remote village where the church and the mosque stand side by side, Where Do We Go Now? follows the antics of the town&#8217;s women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. Women heartsick over sons, husbands and fathers lost to previous flare-ups unite to distract their men with clever [&hellip;]

Oct. 19 – Oct. 21, 2012

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore &#8212; and the [&hellip;]

Oct. 26 – Oct. 28, 2012

Street Media Inc., in association with The RCA Museum, Canada’s National Artillery Museum, is proud to announce that the documentary, Warpaths: Every Town Had Soldiers, will be premiering at the Evans Theatre on November 2nd 2012. The screening of the documentary will be followed by a special question-and-answer session with the filmmakers, Graham Street and [&hellip;]

Nov. 2, 2012

In the tiny, rural town of Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town&#8217;s most beloved residents. He taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir and was always willing to lend a helping hand. Everyone loved and appreciated Bernie, so it came as no surprise when he befriended Marjorie Nugent, [&hellip;]

Nov. 3 – Nov. 4, 2012

A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and buy him a caretaker robot. [&hellip;]

Nov. 9 – Nov. 11, 2012

Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but [&hellip;]

Nov. 16 – Nov. 18, 2012

Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in “the Bathtub,” a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of [&hellip;]

Nov. 23 – Nov. 25, 2012

Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie drifts through a series of PTSD-driven breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear the emotions. He becomes deeply involved with them, but does it change anything fundamental in his life?

Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2012

It is January 2011, before the Arab Spring begins to take hold in Syria. Adib Abdel Kareem (Alexander Siddig) had made the perfect life for himself in Toronto: beautiful wife, two grown daughters, great job. He is a confident man, at ease in any setting – his Syrian background betrayed only by a slight accent [&hellip;]

Dec. 7 – Dec. 9, 2012

This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It&#8217;s about a young man&#8217;s great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a [&hellip;]

Sep. 23 – Sep. 25, 2011

From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950&#8217;s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult [&hellip;]

Sep. 30 – Oct. 2, 2011

The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stephan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio (portrayed, respectively, by Jessica [&hellip;]

Oct. 7 – Oct. 9, 2011

Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two [&hellip;]

Oct. 14 – Oct. 16, 2011

In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in [&hellip;]

Oct. 21 – Oct. 23, 2011

Directed by six-time Academy Award (R) nominee Peter Weir, The Way Back is an epic story of survival, solidarity and indomitable human will. Shot in Bulgaria, Morocco and India, the film stars Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe, The Other Boleyn Girl), Ed Harris (Appaloosa) and Colin Farrell (In Bruges) as prisoners of a Soviet Union [&hellip;]

Oct. 28 – Oct. 30, 2011

A young Sikh-Canadian man (Vinay Virmani) dreams of hockey stardom but first he has to assemble a team to beat the local bullies, while romancing the coach&#8217;s sister (Camilla Belle). Lieberman&#8217;s fable is a classic cross-cultural story, with dashes of humour courtesy of Russell Peters.

Nov. 4 – Nov. 6, 2011

In our modern era of total interconnectivity, speaking out against perceived injustices can have extensive personal and professional consequences. Based on true events, this harrowing political thriller &#8211; a Special Presentation at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival ® &#8211; recounts the story of Nebraska police officer Kathryn Bolkavac, who discovers a deplorable United Nations cover-up and [&hellip;]

Nov. 11 – Nov. 13, 2011

At 42, David lives the life of an irresponsible adolescent. He coasts through life with minimal effort and maintains a complicated relationship with Valerie, a young policewoman. Just as she tells him she&#8217;s pregnant, David&#8217;s past resurfaces. Twenty years earlier, he began providing sperm to a fertility clinic in exchange for money. He discovers he&#8217;s [&hellip;]

Nov. 18 – Nov. 20, 2011

An audience favourite at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, *Beginners* is a moving and oftentimes hilarious portrait of family, love, loss, and self-discovery.

Nov. 25 – Nov. 27, 2011

Two Manitoba film-makers in a single weekend!  Of Games and Escapes is Brandon-born Winnipegger Bevan Klassen&#8217;s latest film, and the short A Tell-Tale Haunting comes to us from Brandonite Chris Beyette. Of Games and Escapes Winnipeg director Bevan Klassen’s Of Games and Escapes unfolds like a mystery story. Patrick McBride is a serious man who dreams of [&hellip;]

Dec. 2 – Dec. 4, 2011