TRUTH – 9:30PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

Truth Screening: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 9:30pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Directed by: James Vanderbilt Cast: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Bruce Greenwood and Dennis Quaid Drama/Biography, 14A for coarse language and brief non-sexual nudity, 125 minutes (USA/Australia) “The film, one of the best of the year, is strongly recommended […]

TRUTH – 4PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

Truth Screening: Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 4pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Directed by: James Vanderbilt Cast: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Bruce Greenwood and Dennis Quaid Drama/Biography, 14A for coarse language and brief non-sexual nudity, 125 minutes (USA/Australia) “The film, one of the best of the year, is strongly recommended […]

TRUTH – 7PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

Truth Screening: Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 7pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Directed by: James Vanderbilt Cast: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Bruce Greenwood and Dennis Quaid Drama/Biography, 14A for coarse language and brief non-sexual nudity, 125 minutes (USA/Australia) “The film, one of the best of the year, is strongly recommended […]

HE NAMED ME MALALA – 4PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

SCREENING: Friday, February 5, 4:00 pm Directed by: Davis Guggenheim Documentary, Rated PG for mature themes, suspenseful situations, non-graphic violence, 88 min. (USA)   He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on […]

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AL PURDY WAS HERE – 7PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

SCREENING: Friday, February 5, 7:00 pm Directed by: Brian D. Johnson With: Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Leonard Cohen, Sarah Harmer, Eurithe Purdy Documentary, Rated PG, 92 min. (Canada)   Two-time Governor General’s Award-winner Al Purdy was a charismatic tower of contradictions: a “sensitive man” who whipped out a poem in a bar fight; a factory […]

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HE NAMED ME MALALA – 2PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

SCREENING: Saturday, February 6, 2:00 pm Directed by: Davis Guggenheim Documentary, Rated PG for mature themes, suspenseful situations, non-graphic violence, 88 min. (USA)   He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on […]

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LIFE – 4PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

SCREENING: Saturday, February 6, 4:00 pm Directed by: Anton Corbijn Cast: Dane DeHaan, Robert Pattinson, Lauren Gallagher Peter, Joel Edgerton and Sir Ben Kingsley Biography/Drama, Rated 14A for some sexuality/nudity and language, 111 min. (UK/USA/Germany/Canada/Australia)   This drama tells the story of photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) who convinced a rebellious young actor on the […]

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MAVIS! – 7PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

SCREENING: Saturday, February 6, 7:00 pm Written and Directed by: Jessica Edwards With: Mavis Staples, The Staple Singers, Adam Ayres, Gene Barge, Bob Dylan, Levon Helm and Prince Biography/Documentary, Rated G, 80 minutes (USA)   Mavis! is the first documentary on gospel/soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The […]

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AL PURDY WAS HERE – 9PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

SCREENING: Saturday, February 6, 9:00 pm Directed by: Brian D. Johnson With: Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Leonard Cohen, Sarah Harmer, Eurithe Purdy Documentary, Rated PG, 92 min. (Canada)   Two-time Governor General’s Award-winner Al Purdy was a charismatic tower of contradictions: a “sensitive man” who whipped out a poem in a bar fight; a factory […]

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PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT – 2PM

Annual Barrie Film Festival

SCREENING: Sunday, February 7, 2:00 pm Co-written and Directed by: Lisa Immordino Vreeland Documentary, Rated 14A for sexual content, 96 min. (USA/UK/Italy)   In Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Peggy Guggenheim found her unlikely vocation as art impresario while she was looking for her own identity. Her heritage, charisma, and unstoppable energy helped promote the careers […]

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