Opening Night Party Friday, October 13, 2017, 9:00 pm Drors Studio, 98 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Party Tickets $15 | Film TIckets $10   Celebrate the launch of our 20th Anniversary Barrie Film Festival at our not-to-be missed Opening Night Party immediately following the screening of the opening night film, RUMBLE: The Indians Who […]

Faces Places (Visages Villages) Directors: JR and Agnés Varda and Laurent Levesque France / 2017/ Documentary / PG for brief nude images, thematic elements / French with English subtitles / 89 min.   Click Here to Buy Tickets   “Exquisite” – THE NEW YORK TIMES “Sheer perfection. French New Wave veteran Agnes Varda and the […]

Chuck (aka The Bleeder) Saturday, October 14, 1:30 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie, screen 4 Directed by: Phillipe Falardeau Cast: Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Jim Gaffigan, Ron Perlman and Naomi Watts USA / 2016 / Drama/Biography / 14A for coarse language, substance abuse, graphic violence / 98 min.   “Liev Schreiber is […]

The Breadwinner Saturday, October 14, 2:00 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie, screen 2 Directed by: Nora Twomey Cast: Saara Chaudry, Laara Sadiq and Shaista Latif Canada/Ireland/Luxembourg / 2017 / Family/Animation / 94 min.   “The picture sings and inspires.” – Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail “The Breadwinner is a glorious demonstration of […]

Loving Vincent Saturday, October 14, 3:30 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie, screen 1 Written and Directed by: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman Cast: Aidan Turner, Douglas Booth, Chris O’Dowd, Jerome Flynn and Saoirse Ronan United Kingdom/Poland / 2017/ Animation/Drama, PG for mature thematics elements, some violence, sexual material / 94 min.   “Brings […]

Tulip Fever Saturday, October 14, 4:30 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie, screen 4 Directed by: Justin Chadwick Writers: Deborah Moggach, Tom Stoppard Cast: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Christophe Waltz, Judi Dench, Jack O’Connell United Kingdom/USA / 2017 / Drama/Romance / 14A for nudity, sexual and crude content / 107 min.   In […]

Short Film Showcase Saturday, October 14, 2017 Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Screening: $10  |  Filmmakers Party/Awards: Free     A festival highlight for our audience, this program presents a highly varied selection of short films submitted by regional, national and international filmmakers. Curated by our panel of judges, all of the short […]

The Divine Order (Die göttliche Ordnung) Saturday, October 14, 7:00pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie, screen 4 Written and Directed by: Petra Volpe Cast: Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig Switzerland / 2017 / Drama / 14A for sexual content / English/German/Italian/Swiss German with English subtitles / 96 min.   “… a funny, […]

Awards Presentation / Filmmakers' Party Saturday, October 14, 2017, 9:00 pm Mavrick's Music Hall Side Room, 50 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Admission: Free   Immediately following the Short Film Showcase, please join us across the street at Mavrick's Music Hall Side Room for the Awards presentations and celebrating! DJ Casey George will provide a great […]

Lucky Sunday, October 15, 1:00 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie, screen 4 Directed by: John Carroll Lynch Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr., Tom Skerritt and David Lynch USA / 2017 / Drama / 14A for coarse language / 86 min.   “Everything Harry Dean Stanton has done in […]