The 2024 John P. Vinkemulder Audience Award goes to…

Ghostlight

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My Old School

thursday, October 17 at 12:00 pm

NR | 104min | Documentary, comedy | english

In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend.

Director: jono mcleod

bafta awards

• winner - best director

british independent film awards

• nominee - best feature documentary

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Fallen Leaves

thursday, October 17 at 2:15 PM

NR | 81min | drama, rom/com | finnish

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog

Director: AKI KAURISMÄKI

National society of film critics awards

• winner - best film not in the english language

Cannes film festival

• Winner - jury prize

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The Crime is Mine

thursday, October 17 at 4:00 pm

NR | 102min | comedy, crime | french

Paris, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with murder?

Director: françois ozon

César awards

• nominee- best costume design

international film music critics awards

• nominee- best original score for a comedy film

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Navalny

thursday, October 17 at 8:00 PM

R| 99min | documentary | english, russian

Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.

DIRECTOR: daniel roher

academy awards

• winner - best documentary feature

sundance film festival

• winner - audience award

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Problemista

friday, October 18 at 12:00 PM

r | 104min | comedy | english, spanish

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country..

Director: julio torres

sxsw film festival

• nominee- Audience award

international online cinema awards

• winner - best supporting actress

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Ghostlight

friday, October 18 at 4:15 PM

R | 115min | comedy,drama | english

When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

Directors: KELLY O’SULLIVAN & ALEX THOMPSON

seattle international film festival

• winner - best performance

sxsw film festival

• nominee - audience award

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Society of The Snow

friday, October 18 at 8:00 PM

r | 144min | docudrama, adventure | spanish

The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments to survive.

DIRECTOR: J.A. Bayona

cinema writers circle awards

• winner- Best Film

academy awards

• nominee- Best international feature film

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Sugarcane

saturday, October 19 at 12:00 PM

r | 107min | documentary | english

An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

DIRECTORs: EMILY KASSIE & JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT

sundance film festival

• winner - directing

san francisco international film festival

• winner - best documentary feature

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Kneecap

saturday, October 19 at 2:00 pM

r | 105MIN | docudrma, comedy | irish, english

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue..

DIRECTOR: rich Peppiatt

Galway film fleadh

• winner - audience award

sundance film festival

• nominee - best film

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Io Capitano

saturday, October 19 at 4:00 pM

nr | 121MIN | drama | english, wolof

A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.

DIRECTOR: matteo garrone

venice film festival

• winner - best film

academy awards

• nominee - best international feature film

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How to Blow Up a Pipeline

saturday, October 19 at 8:00 pM

r | 104min | thriller/action/crime | english

A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.

Director: daniel goldhaber

denver international film festival

• nominee - best feature film

hamburg film festival

• Winner - political film award

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A Still Small Voice

sunday, October 20 at 12:30 PM

nr | 93min | documentary | english

An aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.

Director: Luke lorentzen

sundance film festival

• Winner - directing award

mammoth lakes film festival

• Winner - best documentary feature

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The Taste of Things

sunday, October 20 at 2:30 pM

pg13 | 135min | romance | french

The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.

DIRECTOR: ANH HUNG TRAN

cannes film festival

• winner - best director

lumiere awards

• winner - best Cinematography

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Garden Theater Documentary

sunday, October 20 at 5:15 PM

37min | documentary

This short documentary will be showcasing stories about the historic theater told by our wonderful patrons.