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 Lauren Sanchez.
Eyes on artists
For many, the creative process is one of mystery and magic. But the power of documentary cinema has long allowed us a behind-the-scenes peek at the inner workings of both individual creative genius and the creation of large-scale mass-media art. When the documentaries themselves become works of art—created by filmmakers with their own singular visions and agendas—when the creation of art becomes the subject of art, we must consider where the line is drawn between truth and illusion, and what each work can tell us about how art is made and the artists who make it.
Previously programmed
Art by Molly Little.
Discovery Cinema Double Feature & Market
As a film, The Phantom of the Opera went through numerous versions, revisions, and re-edits under the hands of four different directors and innumerable editors, including a re-edit and re-release in 1929 that is the most commonly seen version today. For ths 100th anniversary screening, Calgary Cinematheque is pleased to present a new reconstruction of the original 1925 General Release version, using the best available elements. We are delighted to invite you to enjoy this enduring picture with a new musical score from Chris Maric performing on the National Music Centre's Allen theatre organ! This live performance on a digital representation of a historic theatre organ, the most advanced ever built, will help to transport you back one hundred years to the glory days of silent cinema!
Art by Spencer Smith.
Final Frames
What do final films mean to us, and to the filmmakers who create them? This series highlights the question of late and last works, adapted as a powerful lens for thinking about film style and meaning across contemporary global cinema. Inspired by the passing of key auteur directors of the twentieth century, as well as celebrated filmmakers currently making films in an advanced career phrase, the series invites us to reflect on the last works that a director gets to make— whether knowingly, as a considered closing act, or as a stark endpoint to creative activity.
Art by Leetia Lyons.
100th Anniversary Screening: Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live score
As a film, The Phantom of the Opera went through numerous versions, revisions, and re-edits under the hands of four different directors and innumerable editors, including a re-edit and re-release in 1929 that is the most commonly seen version today. For ths 100th anniversary screening, Calgary Cinematheque is pleased to present a new reconstruction of the original 1925 General Release version, using the best available elements. We are delighted to invite you to enjoy this enduring picture with a new musical score from Chris Maric performing on the National Music Centre's Allen theatre organ!