I'M YOUR MAN - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-02-02 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 – 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8

Directed By: Maria Schrader
Cast: Dan Stevens, Maren Eggert, Sandra Hüller
Sci-fi/Comedy, PG – sexually suggestive scene, coarse language, violence, 109 min, German with English subtitles (Germany)

“I’m Your Man” is an unexpected delight, succeeding as a romantic comedy – and as much more.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
“Heartwarming, elegant, and often profound in its exploration of loneliness and human connection, I’m Your Man is exquisitely charming and smart.” – Mae Abdulbaki, ScreenRant

Alma (Maren Eggert) is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she must live with a humanoid robot tailored to her character and needs, whose artificial intelligence is designed to be the perfect life partner for her. Enter Tom (Dan Stevens), a machine in human form created solely to make her happy. A playfully romantic tale, I’M YOUR MAN questions what love and longing really mean in the modern age.

This is an in-person screening at Galaxy Cinemas located in the south end of Barrie at 72 Commerce Park Drive. We encourage you to buy your tickets online. Reserved seating is in effect.

In accordance with Ontario Provincial Health Orders, QR Code Proof of Vaccination, accompanied by government issued photo ID is required for guests aged 12 and over to access the venue. Paper or mobile versions are accepted. Masks are required. To download your Ontario proof of vaccination QR code, click here.

Awards – 9 wins, 11 nominations
Winner – Silver Berlin Bear for Best Acting Performance (Maren Eggert), Berlin International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Best Script, Festival of German Film, 2021
Winner – Best Performance (Maren Eggert), German Film Awards, 2021
Winner – Best Director, German Film Awards, 2021
Winner – Outstanding Feature Film, German Film Awards, 2021
Winner – Best Screenplay, German Film Awards, 2021
Winner – Best Cinematography, Guenter Rohrbach Filmpreis, 2021
Winner – CICAE Jury Prize, Jameson CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival, 2021
Nominated – WFCC Award, Best Foreign Film, Women Film Critics Circle Awards, 2021
Nominated – Best Non-English Language Film and Best Woman Screenwriter, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, 2022

Series is funded by the City of Barrie and Ontario Trillium Foundation

PARALLEL MOTHERS - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-02 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 – 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8

Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Rossy de Palma
Drama, PG – sexually suggestive scenes, sexual language, 124 min., Spanish with English subtitles (Spain)

“The performances always make the film feel substantive and authentic, particularly the interplay between its two very different stars.” – Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com

Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way.

Awards – 14 wins, 69 nominations

Winner – Best Actress (Penélope Cruz), Venice Film Festival, 2021
Winner – International Star Award (Penélope Cruz), Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – LAFCA Award, Best Actress (Penélope Cruz) and Best Music (Alberto Iglesias), Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 2021
Nominated – Best Film, Best Director, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Goya Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Motion Picture and Best Original Score, Golden Globes, 2022
Nominated – Best International Film (Spain), Film Independent Spirit Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Film Not in the English Language, BAFTA Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Penélope Cruz), Academy Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Original Score (Alberto Iglesias), Academy Awards, 2022

Series is funded by the City of Barrie and Ontario Trillium Foundation

REEL STORIES - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-24 - 2022-03-27 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
We are pleased to announce that the 18th edition of Reel Stories will be returning to the big screen! Discover extraordinary things about the world from this thought-provoking film festival which includes documentaries and dramas inspired by true events and real people – enjoy your four-day film adventure!
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.
We encourage you to purchase your tickets online in advance. All screenings are in-person and reserved seating. The system will add one empty seat on each side of your ticket order, so if you are planning to sit next to another individual at the same screening, you will need to purchase their seats at the same time.
SEATING CHART COLOURS: bright yellow are empty seats; orange and dark gray seats are sold.
Click the “Film Listing” button below for more information on the 9 official selections as well as ticket purchase links.

For the venue’s most up to date COVID-19 protocols, please see their health and safety page.

JULIA - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-24 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Thu, Mar 24 – 4:00 PM; and
Sun, Mar 27 – 8:15 PM
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Documentary, PG – nudity, coarse language, 95 min., (USA)
CLICK HERE for the trailer

JULIA brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child’s 12 year struggle to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, and her rapid ascent to become the country’s most unlikely television star. It’s the empowering story of a woman who found her purpose – and her fame – at 50, and took America along on the whole delicious journey.
Betsy West and Julie Cohen — director-producers of 2018’s Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning documentary RBG — reveal in the evocative and entertaining documentary JULIA, the path that led Child from a well-to-do childhood in Pasadena to fame was a distinctive and fascinating journey.

Awards: 11 nominations:
Nominated – Best Documentary, AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, 2022
Nominated – Audience Choice and Outstanding Musical Score, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Score and Best Historical/Biographical Documentary, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, 2021
Nominated – Best Original Score, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, 2021
Nominated – Best Original Score, International Film Music Critics Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, Online Association of Female Film Critics, 2021
Nominated – Best Documentary, Satellite Awards, 2022
Nominated – Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film, Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

PEACE BY CHOCOLATE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-24 19:00 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Screening: Thu, Mar 24 – 7:00 PM;
and also Sat, Mar 26 – 3:15 PM
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Co-written and Directed by: Jonathan Keijser
Drama/Comedy, Not rated – suitable for all audiences, 96 min., English and Arabic with English subtitles (Canada)
CLICK HERE to view the Trailer
“A wonderfully made, beautifully acted, and completely engaging film.” – Richard Propes, TheIndependentCritic.com
After the bombing of his family’s chocolate factory, Tareq Hadhad, a charming young Syrian refugee, struggles to settle into small-town life in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Despite moving to a new country, he’s intent on pursuing his dream to become a doctor. But when his father, Issam, insists that he must focus on survival, Tareq and his family move towards a different, but familiar path: Rebuilding Issam’s chocolate business. When what seemed like a nostalgic attempt to cling onto remnants of an old life past becomes an overnight sensation, Tareq is shocked. Put in the role of business manager, he must choose between the demands of an exponentially growing business and an offer to go back to medical school. New challenges arise between a rival chocolatier while the heartbreak of Tareq’s sister left behind in Syria weighs heavily on the family. Nevertheless, Tareq remains set on his goals, buoyed by a supportive community of eclectics. As father and son both struggle to find common ground and navigate the complexities of family duty, the heightening tension between them threatens to tear the family apart. Based on the internationally recognized true story.
Awards:
Winner – Jury Award, Cordillera International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Choice Award, Heartland International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Best Feature, Lavazza Italian Contemporary Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Prize, Loudoun Arts Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Naples International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Port Townsend Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Scottsdale International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Woods Hole Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Best Feature, Toronto Food Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Best Feature Drama, Sedona Film Festival, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

SANCTITY OF SPACE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-24 21:15 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Screening: Thu, Mar 24 – 9:15 PM;
and also Fri, Mar 25 – 7:00 PM
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson
Featuring: Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson, Zach Smith
Documentary/Adventure, Not Rated – coarse language, intense scenes, 102 min., (USA)

CLICK HERE to view the trailer

“In the face of global climate change, these images of the glacial otherworldliness of Alaska carry a wistful splendour and a bittersweet urgency.” – Craig Fedirighi, vervetimes.com

Brad Washburn was the greatest aerial mountain photographer of all time. Hanging out the open door of an airplane, he flew above unmapped mountain ranges – capturing iconic images with which he could make maps, pursue scientific inquiries, discover first ascents, and inspire people. More than eighty years after Washburn first photographed Denali from the air, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk (MERU) and Freddie Wilkinson look at some of Washburn’s images and have this crazy idea: rather than go up, their dream is to go sideways — across the range’s most forbidding peaks, the Mooses Tooth massif. It’s a decidedly new way to explore the same landscape Washburn first discovered. As they pioneer the route over the course of two expeditions, enduring freezing bivies, cut ropes, and rock fall along the way, their desire to be the first to complete the audacious line grows into an obsession. While the climbing action unfolds, Washburn’s own incredible story comes to life through stunning archival footage and recreations. Filmed over a period of five years, THE SANCTITY OF SPACE brings together visual elements of the highest order – from Washburn and Adams’s stunning large format black and white photographs to state-of-the-art helicopter cinematography to space photography – with an unforgettable story spanning generations. It’s both a white-knuckle adventure tale, and a celebration of the spirit of exploration.

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

THE RESCUE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-25 16:00 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Fri, Mar 25 – 4:00 PM;
and also Sat, Mar 26 – 7:45 PM
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Documentary, PG for coarse language, 107 min., Language: English, and Thai, Korean, Norwegian with English subtitles (USA/UK)
CLICK HERE to view the Trailer

“The Rescue is a gripping, unsurprisingly moving early account, one that emphasizes the pluck and ingenuity of its heroes and the resilience and beauty of its survivors.” – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

THE RESCUE chronicles the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. Academy Award-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo) keep viewers on the edge of their seats as they use a wealth of never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews to piece together the high stakes mission, highlighting the efforts of the Royal Thai Navy SEALs and US Special Forces and details the expert cave divers’ audacious venture to dive the boys to safety. THE RESCUE brings alive one of the most perilous and extraordinary rescues in modern times, shining a light on the high-risk world of cave diving, the astounding courage and compassion of the rescuers, and the shared humanity of the international community that united to save the boys.

Awards: 11 wins, 36 nominations!
Winner – People’s Choice Award, Documentary, Toronto International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Grand Prize, Banff Mountain Film Festival, 2021
Winner – 3 Awards: Best Director, Cinematography, Score, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Choice Award, Documentary, Heartland International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Documentary Feature, Middleburg Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Documentary, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Cinema Eye Honors Award, The Unforgetables, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2022
Winner – Gold List Award for Best Documentary Feature, Gold List, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, BAFTA Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Edited Documentary Feature, American Cinema Editors, 2022
Nominated – SFCS Award, Best Documentary Feature, Seattle Film Critics Society, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

THE SANCTITY OF SPACE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-25 19:00 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson
Featuring: Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson, Zach Smith
Documentary/Adventure, Not Rated – coarse language, intense scenes, 102 min., (USA)

CLICK HERE to view the trailer

“In the face of global climate change, these images of the glacial otherworldliness of Alaska carry a wistful splendour and a bittersweet urgency.” – Craig Fedirighi, vervetimes.com

Brad Washburn was the greatest aerial mountain photographer of all time. Hanging out the open door of an airplane, he flew above unmapped mountain ranges – capturing iconic images with which he could make maps, pursue scientific inquiries, discover first ascents, and inspire people. More than eighty years after Washburn first photographed Denali from the air, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk (MERU) and Freddie Wilkinson look at some of Washburn’s images and have this crazy idea: rather than go up, their dream is to go sideways — across the range’s most forbidding peaks, the Mooses Tooth massif. It’s a decidedly new way to explore the same landscape Washburn first discovered. As they pioneer the route over the course of two expeditions, enduring freezing bivies, cut ropes, and rock fall along the way, their desire to be the first to complete the audacious line grows into an obsession. While the climbing action unfolds, Washburn’s own incredible story comes to life through stunning archival footage and recreations. Filmed over a period of five years, THE SANCTITY OF SPACE brings together visual elements of the highest order – from Washburn and Adams’s stunning large format black and white photographs to state-of-the-art helicopter cinematography to space photography – with an unforgettable story spanning generations. It’s both a white-knuckle adventure tale, and a celebration of the spirit of exploration.

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

WRITING WITH FIRE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-26 13:00 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed By: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Documentary, Not Rated, 93 min., Hindi with English Subtitles (India)
CLICK HERE to view the trailer.

“Insightful and inspirational…the film’s sense of intimacy and immediacy makes the viewer feel like they’re on a ride-along with the journalists…the filmmakers illuminate the change that can happen when the most marginalized members of a society empower themselves…” – Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter

Reporting from a social environment built to divide based on caste and gender, a fearless group of journalists maintain India’s only women-led news outlet. The women of Khabar Lahariya (‘Waves of News’), all from the Dalit (“untouchables”) caste, prepare to transition the newspaper from print to digital even though many of their reporters don’t have access to electricity at home. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her team of investigative journalists confront some of India’s biggest issues – exposing the relentless discrimination against women and amplifying the voices of those who suffer from the oppressive caste system. WRITING WITH FIRE chronicles the astonishing determination of these local reporters as they empower each other and hold those responsible for injustice to account. Reaching new audiences through their growing platform, the women of Khabar Lahariya redefine what it means to be powerful in this timely and inspiring documentary.

Awards: 25 wins, 18 nominations
Nominated – Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards, 2022
Nominated – Audience Award, Top 5 Audience Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2021
Winner – IDFA Audience Award, IDFA, 2021
Winner – Golden Gate Award, Best Documentary Film, San Francisco Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Special Jury Prize, Documentary Competition, Seattle International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Special Jury Award: Impact for Change, World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Special Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature, Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, 2021
Winner – Best Feature Documentary, Nordic Docs, 2021
Winner – Best Documentary, Oslo Films from the South Festival, 2021
Winner – Silver Horn, Best Film on Social Issues, Krakow Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Justice Matters Award, Best Documentary, Washington DC International Film Festival
Winner – Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature, Wisconsin Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Maysles Brothers Award, Feature Documentary, Belfast Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Checkpoints Award, Bergen International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award and Best Feature Documentary, Blackstar Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2022
Nominated – F:ACT Award, CPH:DOX, 2021
Winner – Citizens’ Prize, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 2021

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

PEACE BY CHOCOLATE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-26 15:15 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

***Please note this screening is nearly sold out*** – seating map colours are bright yellow for available seats, orange and dark gray seats are sold.

Co-written and Directed by: Jonathan Keijser
Drama/Comedy, Not rated – suitable for all audiences, 96 min., English and Arabic with English subtitles (Canada)
CLICK HERE to view the Trailer
“A wonderfully made, beautifully acted, and completely engaging film.” – Richard Propes, TheIndependentCritic.com
After the bombing of his family’s chocolate factory, Tareq Hadhad, a charming young Syrian refugee, struggles to settle into small-town life in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Despite moving to a new country, he’s intent on pursuing his dream to become a doctor. But when his father, Issam, insists that he must focus on survival, Tareq and his family move towards a different, but familiar path: Rebuilding Issam’s chocolate business. When what seemed like a nostalgic attempt to cling onto remnants of an old life past becomes an overnight sensation, Tareq is shocked. Put in the role of business manager, he must choose between the demands of an exponentially growing business and an offer to go back to medical school. New challenges arise between a rival chocolatier while the heartbreak of Tareq’s sister left behind in Syria weighs heavily on the family. Nevertheless, Tareq remains set on his goals, buoyed by a supportive community of eclectics. As father and son both struggle to find common ground and navigate the complexities of family duty, the heightening tension between them threatens to tear the family apart. Based on the internationally recognized true story.
Awards:
Winner – Jury Award, Cordillera International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Choice Award, Heartland International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Best Feature, Lavazza Italian Contemporary Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Prize, Loudoun Arts Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Naples International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Port Townsend Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Scottsdale International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Woods Hole Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Best Feature, Toronto Food Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Jury Award, Best Feature Drama, Sedona Film Festival, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

WOCHIIGII LO - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-26 17:35 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Written and Directed by Heather Hatch
Documentary, Not rated – suitable for all audiences, 85 min., (Canada)

“Haida director Hatch’s documentary is compelling and tells an important, and infuriating story of corporations and the government causing environmental destruction under the guise of bettering the economy” – Kelly Boutsalis, Point of View magazine

Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace follows the struggles of Diane Abel and Chief Roland Willson of West Moberly First Nations as they battle the BC government against the construction of a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam along the Peace River (commonly known as Site C Dam). If constructed, it will give way to the extinction of their people’s culture by destroying the land and water they have occupied for over 13,000 years. While crown corporations and political parties collude against their traditional way of life, the desire to fight for their nation is embedded in these two resilient individuals.

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

THE RESCUE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-26 19:45 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Documentary, PG for coarse language, 107 min., Language: English, and Thai, Korean, Norwegian with English subtitles (USA/UK)
CLICK HERE to view the Trailer

“The Rescue is a gripping, unsurprisingly moving early account, one that emphasizes the pluck and ingenuity of its heroes and the resilience and beauty of its survivors.” – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

THE RESCUE chronicles the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. Academy Award-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo) keep viewers on the edge of their seats as they use a wealth of never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews to piece together the high stakes mission, highlighting the efforts of the Royal Thai Navy SEALs and US Special Forces and details the expert cave divers’ audacious venture to dive the boys to safety. THE RESCUE brings alive one of the most perilous and extraordinary rescues in modern times, shining a light on the high-risk world of cave diving, the astounding courage and compassion of the rescuers, and the shared humanity of the international community that united to save the boys.

Awards: 11 wins, 36 nominations!
Winner – People’s Choice Award, Documentary, Toronto International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Grand Prize, Banff Mountain Film Festival, 2021
Winner – 3 Awards: Best Director, Cinematography, Score, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Choice Award, Documentary, Heartland International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Documentary Feature, Middleburg Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Documentary, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Cinema Eye Honors Award, The Unforgetables, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2022
Winner – Gold List Award for Best Documentary Feature, Gold List, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, BAFTA Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Edited Documentary Feature, American Cinema Editors, 2022
Nominated – SFCS Award, Best Documentary Feature, Seattle Film Critics Society, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

WHO WE ARE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-27 13:00 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler
Documentary, PG for violence, coarse language, 118 min., (USA)
CLICK HERE to view the trailer.

“Who We Are should be made required viewing in every American school as we find ourselves perched, once again, at a pivotal tipping point.” – Matt Fagerholm, RogerEbert.com

Former ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson had one of the best educations in America. He went to Marquette University and Harvard Law School and has been a trial lawyer for over 40 years. In 2011, Robinson began raising his then 13-year-old nephew and, as a Black man raising a Black son, struggled with what to tell his son about racism in America. How, he wondered, did we get here? And when he started looking at American history, Robinson was shocked by what he had not known. For the past 10 years, in community centres, concert halls, houses of worship, and conference rooms across America, he has been sharing what he learned. In WHO WE ARE — A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA, Robinson faces his largest audience, asking all of us to examine who we are, where we come from, and who we want to be. Anchored by Robinson’s 2018 performance at NYC’s historic Town Hall Theatre, the film interweaves historical and present-day archival footage, Robinson’s personal story, and observational and interview footage capturing Robinson’s meetings with Black change-makers and eyewitnesses to history. From a hanging tree in Charleston, South Carolina, to a walking tour of the origins of slavery in colonial New York, to the site of a 1947 lynching in rural Alabama, the film brings history to life, exploring the enduring legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome it.

Awards: 5 wins, 8 nominations
Nominated – Best Documentary, AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, 2022
Winner – AAFCA Award, Best Independent Film, African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Bridging the Borders Award, Special Mention, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2022
Winner – Golden Space Needle Award, Best Documentary, Seattle International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Audience Award, Documentary Spotlight, SXSW Film Festival, 2021
Nominated – New Directors Competition, Best Film, São Paulo International Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Films for Change Award, Woodstock Film Festival, 2021

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

THE LOST LEONARDO - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-27 15:40 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: Andreas Koefoed
Documentary, PG for coarse language, 100 min., (UK)

CLICK HERE to view the trailer.

“There’s nothing quite like a good story, well-told.” – Fionnuala Halligan, Screen International
“Really, “The Lost Leonardo” is a detective story. Like any good detective story, it’s also a morality tale.” – Mark Feeney, Boston Globe

THE LOST LEONARDO is the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million. From the moment the painting is bought for $1175 at a shady New Orleans auction house, and the restorer discovers masterful Renaissance brushstrokes under the heavy varnish of its cheap restoration, the Salvator Mundi’s fate is determined by an insatiable quest for fame, money and power. As its price soars, so do questions about its authenticity: is this painting really by Leonardo da Vinci? Unravelling the hidden agendas of the richest men and most powerful art institutions in the world, THE LOST LEONARDO reveals how vested interests in the Salvator Mundi are of such tremendous power that truth becomes secondary.

Awards:
Nominated – Best Documentary Feature, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, 2021
Nominated – IDA Award for Best Cinematography and Music Score, International Documentary Association, 2022
Nominated – Bronze Horse for Best Documentary, Stockholm Film Festival, 2021

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

FLEE - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-27 18:00 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Written and directed by: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Documentary, PG for mature content, disturbing images and coarse language, 90 min., Danish, Dari, Russian, Swedish with English subtitles (Denmark)

CLICK HERE to view the trailer.

“What an extraordinary story” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.

Awards: 78 wins, 138 Nominations!
Nominated – 3 Categories – Best Documentary Feature, Animated Feature, and International Feature Film, Academy Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature Film, BAFTA Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Motion Picture (Animated), Golden Globes, 2022
Winner – Best Documentary, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2021
Winner – Best International Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards, 2021
Winner – 4 Awards – Best Original Score, Sound, Editing and Best Documentary, Danish Film Awards, 2022
Winner – 3 Awards – Documentary, Animated Feature, European University Film Award, European Film Awards, 2021
Winner – World Cinema – Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Best Non-Fiction Film, New York Film Critics Society, 2021
Winner – Nordic Council’s Film Prize, Nordic Council, 2021
Winner – Best Documentary, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2022
Winner – Best Animated Feature Film, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, 2022
Winner – Best Animated Feature, Seattle Film Critics Society, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

JULIA - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-03-27 20:15 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Tickets are $8 Senior/Student and $10 Adult, plus service fees.

Directed by: Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Documentary, PG – nudity, coarse language, 95 min., (USA)
CLICK HERE for the trailer
JULIA brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child’s 12 year struggle to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, and her rapid ascent to become the country’s most unlikely television star. It’s the empowering story of a woman who found her purpose – and her fame – at 50, and took America along on the whole delicious journey.
Betsy West and Julie Cohen — director-producers of 2018’s Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning documentary RBG — reveal in the evocative and entertaining documentary JULIA, the path that led Child from a well-to-do childhood in Pasadena to fame was a distinctive and fascinating journey.

Awards: 11 nominations:
Nominated – Best Documentary, AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, 2022
Nominated – Audience Choice and Outstanding Musical Score, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Score and Best Historical/Biographical Documentary, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, 2021
Nominated – Best Original Score, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, 2021
Nominated – Best Original Score, International Film Music Critics Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Documentary, Online Association of Female Film Critics, 2021
Nominated – Best Documentary, Satellite Awards, 2022
Nominated – Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film, Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards, 2022

Funded by: City of Barrie, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Telefilm Canada
Sponsored by: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, and Venable Park Investment Council Inc.

THE ROSE MAKER - Galaxy Cinemas
2022-04-06 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8

Tickets: Senior/Adult: $8, Adult: $10
SEATING CHART COLOURS: bright yellow – empty seats; orange and dark gray seats are sold.

Directed by Pierre Pinaud
Cast: Catherine Frot, Melan Omerta, Fatsah Bouyahmed, Olivia Côte, Marie Petiot, Vincent Dedienne
Comedy/Drama, Not rated, 94 min., French with English subtitles (France)

“The Rose Maker is a delightful, heart-warming movie. A reminder that family comes in all types and that when all looks lost, there is always hope. The movie provides some stunning scenery and an interesting insight into how new roses are ‘born’.” – Glennys Marsdon, so Perth

Gifted and eccentric horticulturalist Eve Vernet (Catherine Frot) honours her father’s legacy by continuing the family business, breeding exquisite roses that compete in showcases all over France. But her stubbornly artisanal approach struggles to compete with the mass-market production from her corporate rivals. Facing imminent bankruptcy, Eve’s trusted assistant Vera (Olivia Côte), makes a last-ditch effort to turn things around by secretly hiring three new employees from a prison rehabilitation program. Fred (Melan Omerta), Samir (Fatsah Bouyahmed), and Nadège (Marie Petiot), are misunderstood outcasts with fresh ideas, strong work ethics, and absolutely no gardening skills. After resisting the newcomers’ presence, Eve warms up to their idiosyncrasies, and, banding together, the team comes up with a zany and risky plan to try and save the business.

Series is funded by the City of Barrie and Ontario Trillium Foundation

RUN WOMAN RUN - Drive-in
2022-06-01 21:15 | Sunset Barrie Drive-in, 134 Line 4 South, Oro-Medonte, Ontario, L0L 2L0, Canada
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Starts at dusk (approx. 9:15 PM)
Sunset Barrie Drive-In (Oro-Medonte), located at 134, 4th Line S, Barrie, ON L0L 2L0
***Tickets available through Sunset Barrie Drive-In*** Box office opens 7:00 PM.

Directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Cast: Dakota Ray Herbert, Asivak Koostachin, Lorne Cardinal, Jayli Wolf, Braeden Clarke, Sladen Peltier and Alex Rice
Comedy/Drama, PG, 101 minutes (Canada)

“Run Woman Run” is a lighthearted film with serious messages of recovery from residential school trauma, self-discovery and the erasure of Indigenous languages. It doesn’t shy away from the big topics, but at its heart it is an underdog story about overcoming obstacles and belief in one’s self. – Richard Crouse

Single mother Beck (Dakota Ray Hebert) has been running from reality. Her “breakfast of champions” is a 5 cream, 5 sugar coffee, and donuts. Something has to give and it does when Beck finds herself in a diabetic coma and visited by a ghostly ancestor, the legendary Indigenous marathon runner Tom Longboat, who becomes her wise-cracking new life coach. Told with a lighthearted touch, Run Woman Run is a feel-good anti-rom-com about a woman who has to tackle the ghosts of her past before she can run toward a new future. This film is by critically acclaimed writer/director Zoe Hopkins (Kayak to Klemtu).

Awards:
Winner – Audience Choice Award, ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, 2021
Winner – The Moon Jury Award, ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, 2021
Winner – Best Film and Best Actress, American Indian Film Festival, 2021
Winner – Best Actor, WorldFest Houston, 2021
Nominated – Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director, American Indian Film Festival, 2021

The Barrie Film Festival is a not for profit organization that provides film fans unique experiences through year-round programming. Funded by the City of Barrie and the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

KAYAK TO KLEMTU - Outdoor Screening
2022-06-29 21:30 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
KAYAK TO KLEMTU
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date June 30)

Directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Drama/Adventure, 2018, 90 min., PG (Canada)

Synopsis:
14-year-old Ella (Ta’Kaiya Blaney) is determined to travel the length of the Inside Passage, along the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest by kayak in order to testify against a proposed pipeline that would see oil tanker traffic through her beloved homeland waters. She’s prepared to handle all of the challenges: the wildlife, the weather, the water, and her gear have to offer up. The most challenging of all is that she has to bring her dysfunctional family with her. Her neurotic aunt (Sonja Bennett), her cranky uncle (Lorne Cardinal), her wayward cousin (Jared Ager-Foster), and the memory of her late uncle (Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) all come along for the ride to make it a fun and amazing adventure. From Tla’Amin to Klemtu, BC, this family navigates their blend of cultures and desires, while their spirits honour the coast as a place for each of us to call home and protect.

Awards: 6 wins, 4 nominations
Winner, Audience Choice Award, ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, 2017
Winner, Festival Prize for Best Canadian First Feature, Victoria Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Best Director (Hopkins), American Indian Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Best Actor (Lorne Cardinal), American Indian Film Festival, 2018

Screening as part of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day programming hosted by the City of Barrie.
Also ​June 29 from 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm at Meridian Place – Indigenous History Month Celebration
Family activities, community booths, artisans, drumming, dancing, and more cultural sharing.​

For list of collaborations and programming throughout June, CLICK HERE

RON'S GONE WRONG - Outdoor Screening
2022-07-06 21:20 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening

Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date July 7)
Comedy/Animation, 2021, 106 min., Rated G – some bullying and an intense scene (USA)
Directed by Jean-Philippe Vine, Sarah Smith

“Ron’s Gone Wrong” is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device, which is supposed to be his “Best Friend out of the Box.” Ron’s hilarious malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship. “Ron’s Gone Wrong” features the voices of Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall, Ricardo Hurtado, Marcus Scribner, Thomas Barbusca.

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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Q&A - THE LONG RIDER
2022-07-10 19:10, 2022-07-12 19:10 | Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON L4N 8W8, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 8W8, Canada
The Barrie Film Festival is partnering with Canadian Director Sean Cisterna to promote his latest film with two Q&As coming to Barrie!

Q&A screenings:
Sunday, July 10 – 7:10 pm, Galaxy Cinemas Barrie
Tuesday, July 12 – 7:10 pm, Galaxy Cinemas Barrie

This is a Cineplex screening; tickets available through Galaxy Cinemas Barrie: https://www.cineplex.com/movie/the-long-rider-english-and-spanish-west?deeplink=true
The Long Rider will be screening all week, be sure you choose correct date/theatre if you plan to attend one of the two Q&As!

Documentary, 96 min., PG (Canada)

“An inspirational and moving story.” – Chris Knight, National Post

SYNOPSIS: When Filipe Leite leaves his adoptive home of Canada, the aspiring journalist sets out on an epic quest to ride from Calgary to his family’s home in Brazil – and later beyond – entirely on horseback. Inspired by Aimé Tschiffely’s 1925 equestrian journey, Filipe’s 8 year odyssey of over 25,000 kms across 12 international borders, sees the young rider battle intense heat, drought, speeding transport trucks, nature’s wrath and corrupt border guards on his history-making long ride home.

RATATOUILLE - Outdoor Screening
2022-07-13 21:15 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening

Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date July 14)
Comedy/Animation, 2007, 110 min., Rated G (USA)
Directed by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava

In this hilarious Academy Award®-winning animated-adventure, a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the city of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a 5-star gourmet restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen at one of Paris’ most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage boy, who inadvertently discovers Remy’s amazing talents. They strike a deal, ultimately setting into motion a hilarious and exciting chain of extraordinary events that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

Remy finds himself torn between following his dreams or returning forever to his previous existence as a rat. He learns the truth about friendship, family and having no choice but to be who he really is, a rat who wants to be a chef.

Awards – 67 wins, 47 Nominations, including:
Winner – Oscar, Best Animated Feature, Academy Awards, 2008
Winner – Best Animated Film, Golden Globes, 2008
Winner – Best Animated Film, BAFTA Awards, 2008
Winner – Movie of the Year, AFI Awards, 2008
Winner – 9 Awards, Annie Awards, 2008
Winner – Best Score/Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Grammy Awards, 2008
Winner – Best Animated Film, Austin Film Critics Association, 2007
Winner – Best Screenplay, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2007
Winner – Best Animated Feature, Chicago Film Critics Association, 2008

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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UPDATED - Paddling Film Festival World Tour 2022
2022-07-21 21:15 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening

NEW DATE, DUE TO WEATHER – Thursday, July 21, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting
Adventure, 2022, PG – some films are unrated, 91 min.
Hosted by:

The Paddling Film Festival is an international adventure film tour presenting the world’s best paddling films of the year – whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, SUP, action and lifestyle – in more than 120 cities and towns across Canada, United States and around the world.
Here is the line up:

LEAN AGAINST THE WIND
Conquering the Mount Everest of canoe racing—a 45-mile stretch of stacked waves, crashing currents and blistering winds off the coast of Hawaii—is just one way 12-time Molokai OC-1 World Champion and outrigger canoeist Lauren Spalding has distinguished herself. Add Olympian and working parent to the list, and it’s safe to say she’s fully inherited her father’s legendary, push-the-limits fervor.
Director: Keith Malloy
Producer: Brett Williams (11:51)

CONNECTED TO WATER: STEFI VAN WIJK
Though paddling is in Stefi Van Wijk’s blood, she had to find her own connection to the water. This Connected To Water episode features her story growing up in a family of championship paddlers, finding her place at the Madawaska Kanu Centre, and also what the Madawaska River has taught her after years of paddling.
Director: Ben Hemmings
Producers: Julie Mulligan & Joseph Coppolino (3:56)

DORY LAND
For whitewater dory lovers, there’s no better place than Idaho. The state’s miles of wild, free-flowing rivers are home to the country’s deepest gorges and some of the best big water rapids. In 1972, renowned conservationist and Grand Canyon Dories founder Martin Litton asked Curt Chang if he’d like to take some boats and a crew to Hells Canyon. After an initial scouting trip, Curt started up the Idaho operation. Since then, Curt has fostered a community of guides who care deeply about rivers, running good trips and the legacy of dories.
Director: Logan Bockrath (22:17)

A QUALITY OF IMAGINATION
In a culture seemingly full of adrenaline junkies and going bigger, Benny Marr contemplates the ultimate form of self-expression, and the subtle moments defining one’s style.
Director: Caleb Roberts (5:28)

FLUID TRAILS
Fluid Trails follows three adventurers as they make their way across Kahurangi National Park in New Zealand via mountain bike and packraft. The park is an ancient place with rare birds, rolling alpine tussock, earthquake shattered peaks and towering podocarp forests. A place of colonialism, gold fever and exertion. A place of cascading rivers and winding singletrack.
Director: Deane Parker
Producers: Deane Parker, Dylan Gerwschitz (12:08)

MY DEAR FEAR
Whether sea kayaking in the surf, climbing a giant rock wall or hiking alone in the woods, most outdoor enthusiasts have had a run-in with fear. Sometimes fear offers a rush of adrenaline that pushes us towards our limits and beyond. Sometimes it takes control and we’re left paralyzed. When is fear valuable? What amount is too much? And how can paddlers distinguish the thin line between the two? My Dear Fear is the filmmaker’s creative approach to engage with these questions.
Director & Producer: Tom Vetterl (5:42)

ANIAKCHAK
Newlyweds Graham Zimmerman and Shannon McDowell are professional athletes in different sports and find joy and common ground in a new, fledgling activity: packrafting. This shared pursuit takes them on a harrowing adventure to Alaska’s Aniakchak National Monument, the most remote and least visited part of America’s national park system.
Directors: Forest Woodward, Graham Zimmerman
Producers: Jim Aikman, Graham Zimmerman (25:04)

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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SING 2 - Outdoor Screening
2022-07-27 21:05 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date July 28)
Comedy/Animation, 2021, 110 min., Rated PG (USA/Japan)
Directed by Garth Jennings

A whimsical group of animal musicians are about to audition for a talent show when the ruthless business-wolf Jimmy Crystal (Bobby Cannavale) slams the red button, ending their chance at success. Jimmy says that he is looking for a “big idea,” and that’s when Gunter (Nick Kroll) says that he knows Clay Calloway (Bono), a washed-out but infamous musician.

The producer loves the idea and with his approval, the crew goes to search for Calloway in hopes of getting him to find his voice after 15 years in recluse. Meanwhile, Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) plans an ambitious new show in the big city, putting the skills of skills of Meena (Tori Kelly), Rosita (Reese Witherspoon), Gunter (Nick Kroll), Johnny (Taron Egerton) and Ash (Scarlett Johansson) to the test while encouraging them to work together to pull it off.

Awards – 2 wins, 16 nominations:
Winner – Outstanding Character Voice-over performance (Letitia Wright), Image Awards, 2022
Winner – Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie (Scarlett Johansson), Kids’ Choice Awards, 2022

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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UPDATED - CASABLANCA - Outdoor Screening
2022-08-04 21:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening

NEW DATE, DUE TO WEATHER – Thursday, August 4, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date TBD)
Drama/Romance, 1942, 102 min., Rated PG (USA)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains

Winner of three Academy Awards including “Best Picture,” Casablanca is one of the most enduring romances in movie history. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) owns a nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, frequented by refugees desperate to escape German domination. Despite the ever-present human misery, Rick manages to remain uninvolved in World War II now raging across Europe and Northern Africa. But all that changes when Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) walks through the front door of Rick’s club – Rick must now choose between a life with the woman he loves and becoming the hero that both she and the world need.​ Casablanca remains one of Hollywood’s greatest treasures 80 years after it first lit up the screen.

Awards – 10 wins, 9 nominations, including:
3 Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Academy Awards, 1944

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG - Outdoor Screening
2022-08-10 20:55 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date Aug 11)
Comedy/Animation, 2021, 97 min., Rated G – mild action (USA/Canada)
Directed by Walt Becker

When middle-schooler Emily Elizabeth (Darby Camp) meets a magical animal rescuer (John Cleese) who gifts her a little, red puppy, she never anticipated waking up to find a giant ten-foot hound in her small New York City apartment. While her single mom (Sienna Guillory) is away for business, Emily and her fun but impulsive uncle Casey (Jack Whitehall) set out on an adventure that will keep you on the edge-of-your-seat as our heroes take a bite out of the Big Apple. Based on the beloved Scholastic book character, Clifford will teach the world how to love big!

Awards – 2 nominations:

Nominated – Favourite Movie, Kids’ Choice Awards, 2022
Nominated – Best Family Film, Sunset Film Circle Awards, 2021

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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THAT NIGHT'S TRAIN - Outdoor Screening
2022-08-13 17:00 - 22:30 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
MOSAIC NIGHTS FESTIVAL | Outdoor event & screening

Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and your whole family to this colourful Persian Festival and movie night in Downtown Barrie. Enjoy food, music and dance, all from Iran. Meet at the intersection of Dunlop and Mulcaster at 4:45 pm for an extravagant Persian Parade to kick start the evening at Meridian Place.

Film: THAT NIGHT’S TRAIN
(Ghatare An Shab)
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Event starts at 5:00pm, movie starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date Aug 14)
Drama, 2019, 85 min., Farsi with English subtitles (Iran)
Directed by: Hamidreza Ghotbi
Cast: Afshin Hashemi, Siamak Safari, Maryam Boubani, Behnaz Naderi, Ailin Rashidian

A writer who also works as a primary school teacher, tells her class the beginning of a story about a five-year-old girl named Banafsheh who meets a teacher on a night train after visiting her mother’s grave with her grandmother. The teacher learns that Banafsheh’s mother had died after childbirth and is touched by the little girl’s story, gives her a stuffed toy puppet, and promises to visit her the following week. The teacher invites her students to use their imaginations to decide what happens next which quickly becomes a popular challenge as they enthusiastically start to compete on who has the best ideas to finish the tale. Banafsheh who had formed an attachment to the teacher, waits for her call and eventually takes matters into her own hands.

Photo courtesy of Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF)

This screening is presented as part of the MOSAIC NIGHTS FESTIVAL, the celebration of 3 international films embedded in 3 different cultural extravaganzas. This year the Ethnic Mosaic Alliance is featuring the cultures of Iran, South-East Asia and other multi-cultural communities. The series is on 3 separate evenings and at different locations.

JUMANJI - Outdoor Screening
2022-08-17 20:50 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening & pre-show live music

Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date Aug 18)
Adventure, 1995, 104 min., Rated PG – contains some frightening and intense scenes, mild language (USA)
Directed by Joe Johnston

Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst and Bonnie Hunt star in this phenomenal adaptation of the award-winning children’s book and block-buster hit, that combines an entrancing mix of fantasy, adventure and edge-of-your seat excitement. When young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn’t realize its unimaginable powers, until he is magically transported before the startled eyes of his friend, Sarah, into the untamed jungles of JUMANJI! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game’s spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan (Williams) reunites with Sarah (Hunt) and together with Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) tries to outwit the game’s powerful forces in this imaginative adventure that combines breathtaking special effects with an enchanting mixture of comedy, magic and thrills.

Awards – 4 wins, 11 nominations, including:

Winner – Best Supporting Actress (Bonnie Hunt), Best Special Effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 1996
Winner – Best Family Feature, Young Artists Awards, 1996
Nominated – Favourite Actor (Robin Williams), Kids’ Choice Awards, 1996

Arrive early for a pre-show performance with 0Stella at 7:30pm, Meridian Place
Weather permitting (rain date Aug 18)

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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ENCANTO - Outdoor Screening
2022-08-24 20:40 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Lawn Chair Luminata | Outdoor screening

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date Aug 25)
Adventure/Animation, 2021, 102 min., Rated G – some thematic elements and mild peril (USA)
Directed by Jared Bush, Charise Castro Smith

The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. Each child has been blessed with a magic gift unique to them—each child except Mirabel. But when the family’s home is threatened, Mirabel may be their only hope.

Awards – 40 wins, 78 Nominations, including:
Winner – Oscar, Best Animated Feature, Academy Awards, 2022
Winner – Best Animated Film, BAFTA Awards, 2022
Winner – Best Animated Feature Film, and Best Animated Female (Stephanie Beatriz), Alliance of Women Journalists, 2022
Winner – 3 Awards, Annie Awards, 2022
Winner – Best Music in a Movie, Golden Globes, 2022
Winner – Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance (Stephanie Beatriz), Hollywood Critics Association, 2022
Winner – Best Voice, Musical Score, Best Song, Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards, 2022
Winner – Best Animated Feature, National Board of Review (USA), 2021
Winner – Animated Feature: Outstanding Visual Effects, Animated Character, Created Environment, Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project, Visual Effects Society Awards, 2022

Presented in partnership with the Downtown Barrie Business Association

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