Directed by Tracey Deer | Canada | 92 mins

Part of our Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium series, presented in collaboration with the University of Calgary's Department of Communication, Media and Film. 

In 1990, violence broke out between the Kanien’kehà:ka people and the town of Oka over a land dispute. Filmmaker Tracey Deer, who hails from Kahnawà:ke and lived through the crisis in her youth, tells the story through the eyes of "Beans", a preteen girl living in Kahnawà:ke who is swept up in the events around her.

While depicting harrowing and at times frightening true life events, it was important to Deer not to produce a film that would be retraumatizing to Indigenous audiences. The issues raised in the film are ones that Canadians still deal with today, as confrontations between Indigenous people and settler governments continue to break out, highlighting the scars of our nation.

 Rating: PG, contains coarse language.

Partners:

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.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Canada | 88 mins

Part of our Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium series, presented in collaboration with the University of Calgary's Department of Communication, Media and Film. 

An unconventional early work in the filmography of the increasingly mainstream filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve.

Maelström explores a fascination with car crashes, the search for connection, and confounding imagery through the lens of black comedy. Narrated by a talking fish in the process of being butchered, a woman looks to discover more about the life of a man whose death she feels responsible for after a car crash. Unlikely romances, emotional crescendos, and surreal moments flavour a film as rewarding as it is bizarre.

 Rating: 18A, contains nudity and sexual content.

Partners:

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.

Directed by Denis Côté | Canada | 96 mins

Part of our Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium series, presented in collaboration with the University of Calgary's Department of Communication, Media and Film. 

An iconoclastic voice in Canadian cinema, Denis Côté is renowned for his confrontational, eccentric and offbeat films.

Set in rural Québec, Curling tells the story of an aloof father who insists that he and his daughter should never leave their home. But as his daughter's adolescence takes hold, this precarious state of affairs finds itself threatened by her desire for the outside world and the troubling secrets of their shared past. 

The film produces a threatening, mysterious atmosphere that asks its audience to consider the universal need for human connection, an issue we all have thought much about in recent years.

 Rating: Not Yet Rated.

Partners:

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.

Directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis | Canada 

Part of our Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium series, presented in collaboration with the University of Calgary's Department of Communication, Media and Film. 

Join the Oscar-nominated and Palme-d’Or-winning filmmakers as they chart the creative process behind their unique collaboration. Illustrated with clips, images and anecdotes, they’ll discuss the inspiration and techniques behind their latest film, The Flying Sailor.

Both born in Alberta, Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis met at Emily Carr University of the Arts in Vancouver while studying film and animation. Each went on to create their own works with the NFB before co-directing When the Day Breaks, Wild Life, and The Flying Sailor which have received numerous accolades including three Oscar nominations, two Canadian Screen Awards, a few festival Grand Prix and a Palme D’Or at Cannes. In addition to their personal work, the duo have collaborated on TV commercials, illustrations, and theatrical projections. In 2007, Forbis and Tilby founded The Inglewood Bleak Midwinter Film Festival and, in 2018, they were recipients of ASIFA’s Winsor McCay Award for their ‘exceptional contribution to the art of animation’.

Free Screening.

Rating: Not yet rated, contains some nudity.

Partners:

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.