Schedule:

1:00 Pm My Sunshine
Runtime: 100 Minutes

The Enduring Appeal Of Ice-dancing Casts A Spell Over A Film Steeped In The Bittersweet Nostalgia Of First Love.  Set At A Small-town Skating Rink In Picturesquely Wintry Hokkaido, Japan, My Sunshine Sets Up A Delicate Triangle Of Association Between Two Young Skaters And Their Coach, With Emotional Fallout For All Three.  For Takuya, A Bullied Loner, It’s Love At First Sight When He Spies Sakura, A Girl His Own Age Gliding And Twirling To The Strains Of Claire De Lune.  The Coach Senses The Chance To Recruit An Ice-dancing Partner For His Most Talented Protege.  Unrequited Adolescent Crushes Have Unforeseen Consequences When Sakura Begins To Understand That The Handsome Coach She Dreams Of Is Gay.  In Japanese With English Subtitles.

4:00 Pm Universal Language
Runtime: 89 Minutes

Winner Of The First-ever Directors Fortnight Audience Award At The 2024 Cannes Film Festival, And Canada’s Official Submission For The Upcoming Oscar Competition, Universal Language Casts A Strange Comic Spell In A Lovingly Bizarre Tribute To Iranian Cinema.  In The Surreal Alternative Universe Of Director Rankin, Set In A Time Warp That Weirdly Resembles 1980s Canada, Persian Is Now The National Language.  A Dweeby Bureaucrat Quits His Government Job And Heads Home To Winnipeg, Bastion Of Prize-winning Turkeys, Abandoned Monuments And Tim Horton’s Shops Serving Tea From Samovars.  Asides, Subplots And Scores Of Delightful Sight Gags Make This One Of The Most Original And Unforgettable Films Of The Year.  In Persian And French With English Subtitles.

7:00 Pm Holy Cow
Runtime: 90 Minutes

Winner Of The Youth Prize At The 2024 Cannes International Film Festival, Holy Cow Is A Rough-and-ready Coming Of Age Film With A Foodie Angle, Set In The Jura Region Of France, Renowned For Its Famed Comté Cheese And Hearty Cuisine.  Totone (Faveau), A Rude Red-haired Rascal, Is Forced By A Tragedy To Become Guardian Of His Little Sister And The Failing Family Farm.  The Making And Maturation Of The Cheese Serves As An Apt Metaphor For The Trajectory Of The Story And Its Zesty Romance.  A Competition For Best Comté Cheese Is A Crafty Strategy For Giving Viewers A Fascinating Glimpse Of A Little-known Aspect Of French Country Culture.  In French With English Subtitles.