Check out these twelve incredible movies – in theatre and online!
We are very excited to celebrate our 10th year and our return to the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton with these great local, Canadian, and international films. Please join us there – or, if you prefer, online – and celebrate your love of movies.
I LIKE MOVIES
FRIDAY GALA | JAN 27 | 7:30PM
A funny, touching, and empathetic look at a film- and self-obsessed teenaged curmudgeon pursuing his dreams and testing personal connections in an early-2000s Burlington video store.
DRINKWATER
SATURDAY JAN 28 | 10:30AM
Daniel Doheny stars as Mike Drinkwater, a teenager living in Penticton, BC, with his father Hank who lives solely off the proceeds of insurance fraud schemes.
THE LONG RIDER
SATURDAY JAN 28 | 2:00 PM
Aspiring journalist Filipe Leite sets out on an epic quest to ride from Calgary to his family’s home in Brazil – and later beyond – entirely on horseback.
THE SWEARING JAR
SATURDAY JAN 28 | 4:30 PM
Director Lindsay MacKay (Wet Bum) explores issues of love, forgiveness, and self-recrimination as a newly married woman discovers that love can happen regardless of circumstance.
AFTERSUN
SATURDAY GALA | 8:30 PM
11-year-old Sophie takes a summer vacation to Turkey with her loving and idealistic father. Twenty years later, she reflects on their relationship – and the parts of him she wasn’t able to know.
RICEBOY SLEEPS
SUNDAY JAN 29 | 10:30 AM
A widowed South Korean mother relocates to suburban Canada in the 1990s with her young son in tow. There, they must fight for acceptance and respect.
EO
SUNDAY JAN 29 | 2:00 PM
The beautiful, heartbreaking journey of a grey donkey who meets good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, and has his luck turn to disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss
A BUNCH OF AMATEURS
SUNDAY JAN 29 | 5:00 PM
A handful of diehard amateur filmmakers struggle to keep Britain’s oldest amateur filmmaking club alive as its members grow old amid flickering memories and hardships.
VIRTUAL FESTIVAL
Can’t make it to the theatre? We’ve got you covered! Enjoy these 4 great feature films online – plus our Short Film Extravaganza, featuring a remarkable collection of shorts from local and regional filmmakers.
THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
A chilling ghost story about a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother (both played by Tilda Swinton) who must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home.
REVIVAL69: The Concert That Rocked the World
The forgotten story of the 1969 Toronto Rock n Roll Revival, featuring Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon and Yoko Ono
LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL
A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, as they fight to save lives and keep hope alive.
GOLDEN ARM
When her best friend ropes her into competing at the Women’s Arm Wrestling Championship, Melanie must train for a chance at newfound badassery and the grand prize.
