Directed by Jacques Demy | France | 90 mins

Part of our Phantasmagoria Series.

Who can resist Catherine Deneuve as a fairy tale princess? Jacques Demy’s (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) semi revisionist fairy tale pops like edible-laced Cristal champagne. Deneuve plays a maiden who utilizes outrageous disguises (a dress the colour of the weather, the skin of an enchanted donkey) to avoid a most unpleasant marriage proposal. That is, until the local handsome prince throws a wrench into her plans. Making excellent use of locations such as the enchanting Chateau de Chambord, and featuring Delphine Seyrig as the most fabulous of fairy godmothers, Demy merges the influence of Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast with his own glossy musical style to create a dreamlike Grimm’s fable for all ages. 

- Written by Scott Lang. 

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 Federico Fellini| Italy | 137 mins

Part of our Phantasmagoria Series.

Federico Fellini at his frothiest, Juliet of the Spirits was not only the Italian maestro’s first film in colour, it was his first after his well-publicized personal experiment with LSD. To the tune of Nino Rota’s acid cocktail lounge score, a spiritual guru reveals a scandalous truth to housewife Giulietta (the ever charismatic Giulietta Masina), plunging her into a cacophony of spiritual encounters. Swirling with circus-like phantasms, Giulietta’s world is floridly visualized by Fellini (with the help of Phero Ghirardi’s sugary sets, and Gianni de Vincenzo’s eye popping cinematography) to the hilt of psychedelic expressiveness.

- Written by Scott Lang. 

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 Jaromil Jireš | Czechoslovakia | 77 mins

Part of our Phantasmagoria Series.

One of the sublime moments of Czech New Wave Cinema, Valerie, And Her Week of Wonders is both a coming of age story, as well as a surreal, sensual horror film. As teenage Valerie grows into womanhood, she encounters vampires, witches, and various other predators, protected only by the power of her magical earrings. Combining horror, fairy tale, Freudian, and fantastical elements in an earthy brew, Valerie is a heady trip into the ethereal, sexual subconscious.

- Written by Scott Lang. 

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 Nobuhiko Obayashi | Japan | 110 mins

Part of our Phantasmagoria Series.

The most berserk comedy-horror film ever made, the feverish House has everything. Malevolent fluffy cats, fingers without hands that play possessed pianos, even a flying head that bites unwary rear ends. Seven girls (with names like Gorgeous, Kung Fu, and Fantasy) go to visit the aunt of one of their group, and quickly encounter poltergeist phenomena pitched somewhere between Suspiria (1977), Jaws (1975), and a slapstick episode of Buffy on acid. Based on Japanese legends of Jikininki (hungry ghosts), House is completely impossible to predict, and may possibly be the most unforgettable movie you’ll ever see.

- Written by Scott Lang. 

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.