2025 Season

In our 19th year we’re trying something new with our programming. We’ll transition from bi-weekly to weekly screenings for our series, running them one month on and one month off. During the off months, we’ll feature special screenings or Contemporary World Cinema screenings.

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Art by Harbin Harrison.

MEXSORCISMO: Death, Blood, and Identity

When we think of Mexican culture, it’s often filtered through clichés—Day of the Dead, mariachis, tequila, and tacos. But beyond the familiar lies a much deeper landscape: one shaped by colonial legacy, religious fervor, social inequality, magical thinking, and the shadow of everyday violence

Previously programmed

Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored w/Q&A

After almost 90 years, these classic cartoons have been restored from their original film elements by Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored, an effort led by Max Fleischer's granddaughter Jane Reid. Calgary Cinematheque Society and Quickdraw Animation Society are proud to present six classic restored cartoons from the Fleischer catalogue, introduced by Kevin D.A. Kurytnik and featuring both a mini-documentary on the Fleischer Superman cartoons and a special Q&A after the show with Fleischer Studio restoration expert, Mauricio Alvarado and cartoon historian, Ray Pointers moderated by Kevin Kurytnik. Don't miss a wonderful evening of animation history!

Surrealist Experimental Hallucinatory: Short Films of the 1920’s w/ Live Score

The Surrealist artistic movement was born in the aftermath of World War I, as shell-shocked nations strove to rebuild and artists began to explore the unconscious mind, seeking to synthesize an expression of the illogical world of dreams with the cold reality they found themselves in.The Calgary Cinematheque is excited to present a curated selection of these classic shorts, accompanied by live music.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Throughout film history, there has always been a lack of movies where women take center stage and their daily lives are the main focus. It was a minor miracle that, back in 1980, we got four of these girl-power films in the same year. Calgary Cinematheque proudly brings together these four hard-to-find and underappreciated films on their 45th anniversary for our Girls Just Wanna Have Fun series.