Time magazine’s Best Movie of 2019, and Pedro Almodóvar’s most auto-biographical work, Pain and Glory follows film director Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas), as he recovers from the trauma of the death of his mother and his recent back operation. Salvador has given up on work and retreated into a depressive cycle, reliant on medication. A film festival wants to reunite the director with the star (Asier Etxeandia) of his 1980s film Sabor, a film that fractured his relationship with said actor, for a screening. As he reconnects with the actor he reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him. Almodóvar took experiences from his own life for the film, including his relationship with his mother, his physical ailments, and his occasionally contentious relationship with Antonio Banderas. Fun fact, the house that Salvador lives in is Almodovar’s real house and the wardrobe was supplied from his closet!

-Written by Mary Getaneh

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.

Described by the acclaimed director as a "horror film without screams or frights,” The Skin I Live In takes the mad scientist trope and twists it into something truly ugly: a lack of autonomy and consent. After the death of his wife, the brilliant and obsessive Dr.Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) will stop at nothing to create a synthetic skin that can withstand any kind of damage. He perfects his project on a mysterious and highly volatile young woman, Vera (Elena Anaya).

This film deals with themes of sexual assault and forced gender re-assignment, viewer discretion is advised.

-Written by Mary Getaneh

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.

Winner of the 2000 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Pedro Almodóvar’s most beloved picture, All About My Mother explores the love, loss, compassion that comes with motherhood. After unexpectedly losing her teenage son, Nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) sets out to search for the boy’s long-lost father in Barcelona. While grieving in a new city she finds herself playing a maternal role to an actress suffering from drug addiction (Candela Peña), a transgender sex worker (Antonia San Juan), pregnant nun living with HIV (Penélope Cruz), and an illustrious star of the stage (Marisa Paredes).

-Written by Mary Getaneh

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.