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47 RECENT EVENTS
4/18/25
37 EVENTS IN
TORONTO 10 EVENTS BEYOND
TORONTO
Last Night in Toronto
- Ottawa Last Wednesday
in Toronto
Last Weekend in Toronto
- San Francisco, California
Earlier This Month in Toronto
- Calgary, AB -
Seattle, WA
Last Month in Toronto
- Dresden, DE - London,
ON
Last February in Toronto
Last January in Toronto
- Vancouver, BC
Stuttgart, Germany
1 EVENT LAST
WEDNESDAY 1 EVENT LAST
WEEKEND
4 EVENTS EARLIER THIS MONTH
13 EVENTS LAST MONTH
10 EVENTS LAST FEBRUARY
7 EVENTS LAST JANUARY
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #73
Decadancx. 1, of 3
(Jorge Lozano, 2024, video, 60 minutes)
Toronto artist Jorge Lozano in person!
Thursday, April 17, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
12th Annual
National Canadian Film Day
100s of screenings across the country,
including 100 in Toronto! of Canadian
movies, most are free! Facebook
All day Wednesday, April 16
38th Images
Festival of
Independent Film, Video and New Media
Video and film screenings with guest artists,
performances and installations! Facebook
Thursday-Monday, April 10-14,
$15 each, $65 pass.
at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Innis Town Hall, and
The Revue Cinema, in downtown Toronto
4 EVENTS EARLIER THIS MONTH
IN TORONTO!
Toronto Silent Film Festival presents
The
Wind
(Victor Sjöström, USA, 1928, 16mm, 76 minutes)
Live musical accompaniment by William O'Meara.
Friday, April 11, 6:45pm, $19.50
Tickets
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto
Trash Palace Theatre, "Toronto's Classiest
Cinema" since 2007,
presents 16mm features and shorts, second Friday each month.
Facebook group
Battle
in Outer Space
(Ishiro¯ Honda, Japan, 1959, 93 minutes)
Facebook
Friday, April 11, 9pm, $10.
NEW START TIME!
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(between Richmond & Adelaide)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory movies.
Crash
(David Cronenberg, Canada, 1996, video, 100 min.)
Friday, April 4, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #72
Lulu Faustine
(Stephen Broomer, Canada, 2020, video, 65 min.)
Stephen Broomer and Stuart Broomer in person!
Thursday, April 3, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
13 EVENTS
LAST MONTH IN TORONTO!
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
(LIFT)
presents
Lauren Oliver
in person from Rochester, New York!
with her 16mm film performance plus
16mm films from Mono No Aware
presented by Steve Cossman
in person from Brooklyn, NY!
Saturday, March 29, 8pm, pwyc/$5
L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
All
the President's Men
(Alan J. Pakula, USA, 1976, video, 138 minutes)
Introduction by professor Mike Meneghetti.
Friday, March 28, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
The
Substance
(Coralie Fargeat, USA / UK / France,
2024, video, 140 minutes)
Thursday, March 27, 7:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(between Richmond & Adelaide).
Limited capacity!
Pix Film presents
Anne-Marie Bouchard
In person from Quebec! with her recent
videos and a 16mm work-in-progress.
Wednesday, March 26, 7pm, free/pwyc/$5
Pix Film Gallery, Unit C, 1411 Dufferin St., Toronto
(2 blocks north of Dupont St.)
The Revue Cinema - non-profit, community-run, and
Toronto's oldest cinema, operating since 1912, presents
Bride
of Frankenstein
(James Whale, USA, 1935, 16mm, 75 minutes)
Friday, March 21, 7pm, $18.50
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory movies.
Vox
Lux
(Brady Corbet, USA, 2018, video, 114 min.)
Friday, March 21, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #72
Dan Browne in Person
Local artist with 10 of his
short videos (2015-2020).
Total running time: 60 minutes.
Facebook
Thursday, March 20, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC)
and
Archive/Counter-Archive
present
Airplane Confessional
Videos (1987-2018) from the CFMDC, by
Rolla Tahir, Jason Britski, Charlie Egleston,
Helen Lee, Christina Battle, Razan AlSalah,
Ann Marie Fleming, and Christene Browne.
Followed by a Q&A with 3 of the artists
and the curator Aaditya Aggarwal.
Saturday, March 15, 5pm, free!
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(between Richmond & Adelaide)
Trash Palace Theatre, "Toronto's Classiest Cinema" since 2007,
presents 16mm features and shorts, second Friday each month.
Facebook group
Hit!
(Sidney J. Furie, USA, 1973, 134 min.)
Facebook
Friday, March 14, 9pm, $10.
NEW START TIME!
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(between Richmond & Adelaide)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Ghost
Dog:
The Way of the Samurai
(Jim Jarmusch, USA, 1999, video, 116 min.)
Friday, March 14, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Pix Film presents
Resonances
Experimental sound and images by
Jakob Schauer in person from Vienna,
local artists Charles Bagnall, Sarah Peebles,
Mira Martin-Grey, and Madi Piller (16mm film).
Facebook
Thursday, March 13, 7pm, free/pwyc/$5
Pix Film Gallery, Unit C, 1411 Dufferin St., Toronto
(2 blocks north of Dupont St.)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory movies.
Before
Sunrise
(Richard Linklater, USA, 1995, video, 105 min.)
Friday, March 7, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #71
Stan Brakhage Double Bill
Two 16mm films by American experimental
filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1933-2003):
Unconscious London Strata (1981)
and Eyes (1971), total 58 minutes.
Facebook
Thursday, March 6, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
10 EVENTS LAST
FEBRUARY
IN TORONTO!
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents
Generational Traces
LIFT's current artist-in-residence
Paola
Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa
in person from Helsinki, Finland!
with her live 16mm film performance!
with live sound by artist Magda Arturo.
Friday, February 28, 8pm, pwyc/$5
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(between Richmond & Adelaide).
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Speaking
Parts
(Atom Egoyan, Canada, 1989, 35mm, 93 min.)
followed by a Q&A with Atom Egoyan!
Friday, February 28, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
The
Love Witch
(Anna Biller, USA, 2016, video, 120 min.)
preceded by Tarot readings & craft at 6pm,
and followed by a Q&A with Laura Hokstad.
Thursday, February 27, 8pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(between Richmond & Adelaide).
Limited capacity!
Open Forum: Anti-Racism on Screen,
a monthly series, presents
Wilfred
Buck
(Lisa Jackson, Canada, 2024, video, 96 min.)
Preceded by introductions by Archer Pechawis
and Tara Hakim, and followed by a conversation
with filmmakers Lisa Jackson and Danis Goulet.
Tuesday, February 25, 7:30pm, free!
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(between Richmond & Adelaide).
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
David Lynch Tribute
American filmmaker David Lynch (1946-2025).
Twin
Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
(David Lynch, USA, 1992, 35mm, 135 min.)
Friday, February 21, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #70
The Dynamic Arts:
Documentaries by Jim Davis
Three 16mm films and a video, 1950-1953, by
American animator Jim Davis (1901-1982).
Total running time: 53 minutes. Facebook
Thursday, February 20, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #69
Genet/Anger: Love Songs
Un
chat d'amour
(Jean Genet, France, 1950, 16mm, 26 min.).
Scorpio
Rising
(Kenneth Anger, USA, 1963, 16mm, 29 min.).
Facebook
Saturday, February 15, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory movies.
A
Moment of Innocence
(Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran / France, 1996, video, 78 min.)
Friday, February 14, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Camerama Camera Show
Used photographic equipment sale, since 1996.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.
Many merchants' tables.
Sunday, February 9, 10am-3pm, $10
Japanese Canadian Cultural
Centre,
6 Sakura Way, Toronto (off Wynford Drive,
north of Eglinton, between Don Mills & the DVP)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory movies.
Bamboozled
(Spike Lee, USA, 2000, video, 135 min.)
Friday, February 7, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
7 EVENTS LAST JANUARY
IN TORONTO!
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory movies.
Mr.
Nobody
(Jaco Van Dormael, 2009, video, 138 min.,
Belgium / France / Germany / Canada)
Friday, January 31, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
Promising
Young Woman
(Emerald Fennell, USA, 2020, video, 113 min.)
Thursday, January 30, 7:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Limited capacity!
Le Labo Arts Mediatiques presents
Scratches
of Life:
The Art of Pierre Hébert
(Loïc Darses, Canada, 2024, video, 75 min.)
A documentary about the celebrated Quebec
film animation artist working since the 1960s,
partly at the National Film Board of Canada.
Wednesday, January 29, 6:30pm - 9pm
Le Labo, Studio 277,
401 Richmond St. W. (at
Spadina), Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Kikujiro
(Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 1999, video, 121 min.)
Friday, January 24, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory movies.
Happiness
(Todd Solondz, USA, 1998, video, 134 min.)
Friday, January 17, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Pix Film presents
Valley of Light
(Heidi Phillips, Canada, 2023, video, 65 min.)
Heidi Phillips in person from Winnipeg!
Facebook
Thursday, January 16, 7pm, $pwyc
Pix Film Gallery, Unit C, 1411 Dufferin St., Toronto
(2 blocks north of Dupont St.)
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)
presents its
Winter 2025 Film, Video &
Interactive Art Workshops
8mm, 16mm, 35mm! Analog & digital video.
Limited enrolments. First come - first served.
Registration began Tuesday, January 14
L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto
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Last Night in Ottawa,
Ontario
Last Weekend
in San Francisco, California
Earlier This Month in Calgary,
AB - Seattle, WA
Last Month in Dresden, Germany
- London, Ontario
Last January in Vancouver,
BC - Stuttgart, Germany
The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) presents it's Café Ex series
Mike Hoolboom
Videos by Toronto artist Mike Hoolboom
introduced by
Clint Ennes in person from Montreal.
Thursday, April 17, 7pm, $pwyc
Club
SAW, Galerie SAW Gallery,
67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario
LAST WEEKEND
IN
SAN FRANCISCO, CA!
Light
Field 2025
Annual artist-run exhibition of
film art, projected on film.
Friday-Sunday, April 11-13
7 screenings, $6-10 each, $60 Pass
The Lab, 2948 16th St. (at Capp St.),
San Francisco, California
EARLIER THIS MONTH IN CALGARY!
The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF)
presents its
30th Annual
Artifact
Small Format Film Festival
(formerly The $100 Film Festival)
Recent films projected on 16mm and super 8!
Thursday-Sunday, April 3-6, 7pm
$10 each / $25 Pass
each night at a different location in Calgary,
Alberta:
Contemporary Calgary; CSIF; The Globe Cinema.
EARLIER THIS MONTH IN SEATTLE!
18th National Film Festival
for Talented Youth (NFFTY)
including King of Super 8, a new short doc
about Toronto film artist John Porter,
on Friday, April 4, at 11:45am.
Thursday-Sunday, April 3-6, $13 each
SIFF
Cinema Uptown,
511 Queen Anne Ave. N., Seattle, Washington
Also online April 4-13!
LAST MONTH IN
DRESDEN, GERMANY!
26th Dresdner Schmalfilmtage
Festival for super 8, 8mm and 16mm film,
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Thursday-Sunday, March 20-23
Motorenhalle, Wachsbleichstraße 4a, Dresden, Germany
2 EVENTS LAST
MONTH
IN LONDON, ONTARIO!
FRAMES Film Series presents
Lifelines: Echoes of
Domestic Discordance
16mm films (1980-2023) by Louise Bourque,
Lucas Haynes, Phil Solomon, Robert Todd,
Deborah Stratman, Michael Robinson,
Barbara Sternberg, Charlotte Pryce.
Total: 66 minutes, plus intermission.
Friday, March 21, 7pm, $10
TAP
Centre for Creativity,
203 Dundas St., London, Ontario
FRAMES Film Series presents
Street Watchers
16mm films by Greta Snider, Richard Kerr,
Nicolas Rey, Naomi Uman, Don Shebib, Ralph Arlyck.
Total running time: 60 minutes, plus intermission.
Friday, March 7, 7pm, $10
TAP
Centre for Creativity,
203 Dundas St., London, Ontario
2 EVENTS
LAST JANUARY
IN VANCOUVER, BC!
Iris Film
Collective and Xinema present part 2
of their 2-part series, "Live and Expanded".
Roger Beebe:
Films for One to Eight Projectors
Roger Beebe in person from Florida! with his
live, 16mm, multiple-projector performances!
Sunday, January 26, 7pm, $pwyc
Advance tickets
available online.
Integrated Motion Studio, Room D1400, First Floor,
Rennie Hall, Emily Carr University of Art and Design,
520 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia
(enter from Great Northern Way)
Iris Film
Collective and Xinema present part 1
of their 2-part series, "Live and Expanded".
Night Visions
16mm experimental films and expanded
cinema performances by BC-based artists
Terra Long, Lindsay McIntyre, Sidney Gordon,
Nisha Platzer, Alex MacKenzie, Dave Johnson,
Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty, and Amanda Thompson,
with live score by Lori Goldston from Seattle.
Thursday, January 23, 8pm, $22
Advance tickets
available online.
KW Studios, 111 West Hastings St.,
Vancouver, British Columbia
LAST JANUARY
IN
STUTTGART, GERMANY!
38th Stuttgarter
Filmwinter
Festival for Expanded Media
Film, including super 8! Also video,
new media, installation, performance.
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January 15-22
FITZ!
Center for Figurentheater,
Eberhardstraße 61, Stuttgart, Germany
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