Movies
Really Happy Someday
Before he transitioned, Z (Breton Lalama – The Madness, Slasher) was a rising musical theatre star struggling with his gender identity. One year into taking testosterone, he has finally started to feel at home in his body but has lost all control of his voice. At the same time, Z’s long-term
The Last Reckoning (Cast & Crew in Attendance)
THE LAST RECKONING is a 2025 award-winning crime-drama shot in Vancouver produced, written and edited by Grant Gladish, produced and directed by Garnet Campbell, and starring Drummond Macdougall, Grant Gladish, Julien Minet and Anja Marcetic. Set in Seattle when Washington State still had a death penalty, a morally conflicted lawyer
T-Blockers
In small-town Australia, a nightmare is brewing. Sophie (Lauren Last) is a young filmmaker obsessed with finding a thought-to-be long-lost film. Meanwhile, an earthquake unleashes ancient parasites in the area that thrive on hatred, causing outbursts of violence. Now Sophie and her friends, struggling with dating and their undesirable jobs,
The Art of Adventure
In 1957, renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and spirited biologist Bristol Foster set out on a global expedition in a rugged Land Rover they call “The Grizzly Torque”. Starting in the UK, their travels take them to the far corners of the earth. From the lush rainforests of the
Eastern Promises (FREE! Canadian Film Day Screening)
Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is both ruthless and mysterious, has ties to one of the most dangerous crime families in London. He crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), a midwife who has come across potentially damaging evidence against the family, which forces him to set in motion a plan of
Blue Heron (With Director Q&A)
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (10th Anniversary Screening)
This May (the) Fourth, join us at the Rio Theatre as we toast the holiest holiday among STAR WARS fans, with a prime time viewing of George Lucas‘ iconic 1977 film that started it all, A NEW HOPE. Stick around for a double bill, because we will be following it
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
From the Oscar-winning director of NAVALNY, a father-to-be who tries to figure out what is happening with the AI insanity, exploring the existential dangers and stunning promise of this technology that humanity has created. There’s something deeply compelling about art born out of acute anxiety — perhaps because it stems
Hamnet
After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss. “While there’s dStickefinitely an anatomical study of heterosexual relationships here that sings
SLC Punk!
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives. “[Matthew Lillard’s] performance dominates the film, and he does a subtle, tricky job of being both an obnoxious punk and a kid in search of his direction in life. He’s