Movies
Language: English
Camp (Director Q&A)
Emily is the root cause of two devastating tragedies very early in her life. She feels the weight of these accidents like a curse has been placed upon her. Her dad suggests she go to a Camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt; she can be a counsellor there. When Emily
Holding Liat
In the weeks unfolding after Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7, her Israel-American father resists efforts to use her captivity to justify escalating violence in Gaza, exposing political and emotional rifts within his family as they struggle to find a way to bring her home. “Affecting… quietly but
Secretary
Assume the position. Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader smoulder as an unlikely couple whose workplace relationship unexpectedly blossoms into something… Beyond the professional. SECRETARY is an all-time Rio Theatre audience fan-favourite, and one of our most requested romances – a perfect fit for our Friday Late Night Movie series
Two Sleepy People
Made in just 100 days, TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE is a modern rom-com that will have you laughing one minute and wiping your eyes the next. It’s a story about two distant coworkers who, every night, find themselves married, but every morning, they’re strangers. Written & directed by Baron Ryan (@americanbaron),
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania‘s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB skillfully blends documentary and dramatic narrative elements to tell the true, and truly harrowing story behind an incident experienced in 2024 when volunteers at the Palestine Red Crescent Society stayed on the phone with a 6-year-old girl who was herself
Arco
Set in the year 2027, French comic book artists turned filmmaker Ugo Beinvenu‘s ARCO tells the story of a 10-year-old girl, Iris, who sees a mysterious boy wearing a rainbow jumpsuit falling from the sky. It’s Arco. He comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel
The Well (Director in Attendance for Q&A)
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis (BLACK ICE) makes his narrative feature debut with the taught, dystopian sci-fi thriller THE WELL, which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2025. In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight over the precious remaining resources, a young
A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner Tribute Screening)
Join us at the Rio Theatre as we pay tribute to the late, great filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner by dimming the lights and firing up the projector for a screening of one of his most accclaimed titles, the 1992 courtroom drama A FEW GOOD
Shining Light: A Vietnamese-Canadian Legacy (with Q&A)
Presented by Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration Society Directed by Robbie Hart, “Shining Light: A Vietnamese-Canadian Legacy” is an extraordinary documentary that chronicles the powerful mother-daughter story of Chieu-Anh Vu and her mother, Mui. The film follows their harrowing escape from war-torn Vietnam, Chieu-Anh’s birth aboard
The Donn Of Tiki
THE DONN OF TIKI is a documentary film about Donn Beach, also known as Don the Beachcomber, creator of the tiki bar. But his story goes much deeper than that. He was an American maverick, constantly creating his own opportunities, reinventing himself many times over, and was well known for embellishing the details of