Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 | Sponsored by RBC Wealth Management
When acclaimed orchestra conductor Thibaut is diagnosed with leukemia, a DNA test to find a bone marrow donor reveals that he is adopted. Thibaut discovers his biological brother Jimmy, a cook in a school canteen who plays trombone of a local marching band. When the band loses its conductor, Thibaut steps in as replacement, and the brothers learn more about the circumstances that shaped each other’s lives.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 | Sponsored by Muskoka Natural Food Market
“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” thrusts us into the tumultuous world of 8-year-old Bobo, whose childhood unfolds on her family’s farm in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, as the Bush War rages to its bitter end. Set against this violent backdrop, and seen through her eyes, we witness the family’s desperate attachment to Africa’s soil and the deep, festering scars of a war that reshapes both land and soul. The film explores themes of colonialism, racial tension, and belonging during the final days of white minority rule.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 | Sponsored by CFUW Muskoka
In rural Northern India, the widow of a slain police officer takes his place on a force rife with compromised ethics. Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront the brokenness of the system around her and her own place within it.
The arrival of a charismatic female inspector, who takes the title character under her wing, challenges the prevailing patriarchy even as the pair discover how deep it runs.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 | Sponsored by Judy Watson
When Naveen, a soft-spoken doctor, finally brings his charming white-artist fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, comic misunderstandings and emotional revelations put everyone on edge. Despite facing uncomfortable truths about their own ideas of love and marriage, the family attempts to plan the big Indian wedding of Naveen and Jay’s dreams. A celebration of love, Bollywood-style, Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff star in this jubilant rom-com about the importance of cultural ties and joyful family reconciliations.
On Wednesday, September 24th, 2025 | Sponsored by Lynda’s Yoga Break
A determined aspiring chef, Amir struggles to carve out a path for himself and gratify the expectations of his parents, Farhad and Arezou – while his younger brother, Mahyar, appears to cruise through life effortlessly. When Amir’s parents receive news that a family friend from Iran has died and left his inheritance solely to Mahyar, the unexpected bequest triggers a chain of revelations that reshape the brothers’ dynamic and unravel truths about the family’s hidden past.
Wednesday, September 1oth, 2025 | Sponsored by Shamrock Lodge
Agathe, hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions, finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane Austen novel and her ultimate aspiration is to become a writer. Instead, she spends her days selling books in the legendary British Bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, in Paris. Invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she must confront her insecurities to finally fulfill her ambition of becoming a novelist and put an end to wasting her sentimental life.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2024 | Sponsored by The Norwood Theatre
In the not-too-distance future, we have solved all the world’s problems, mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty and achieved true trans-species equality. There’s just one catch… humans are only allowed to live to 50. In this low-tech future, teenage artists must bear witness to end of life ceremonies and make sure protocols are followed. It’s Ellie’s (Sandra Oh) daughter, Kiah’s (Keira Jang), first day on the job.
This film is a powerful look at personal grief, accepting death and kindness towards one another, asking the questions: What are you willing to do for the greater good? It was designed to be a commentary on societal expectations and the value of present-day living by talking about the fundamental truth of living, which is dying and the love and responsibility between a
parent and a child.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 | Sponsored by Muskoka Lawn Bowling Club
Superboys of Malegaon is a film based on the life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon. The residents of the town look to Bollywood cinema for a much-needed escape from daily drudgery. Nasir gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his vision to life, thereby bringing a fresh lease of life into the town. The film is a poignant yet uplifting take on both filmmaking and friendship – and what happens when those two worlds collide.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 | Sponsored by Hospice Muskoka
In the winter of 1970, a cantankerous, small town plumber from rural New Brunswick, must drive his beat-up work truck to Toronto to get his estranged, gay brother out of jail after being arrested for having sex in a public park. At the insistence of their strong willed mother, the two brothers must make the 1000 mile trip back home together – discovering each other and themselves along the way.
This Canadian drama, starring Alan Cumming and Charlie Creed-Miles, is inspired by a true story.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 | Sponsored by Chestnut Realty, Baysville
One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil’s newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give a “deposition” to authorities, and disappeared. Adapted from his son’s memoir, this overwhelming, richly realized political drama from Walter Salles stays tightly wedded to the perspective of Rubens’s wife, Eunice (Fernanda Torres), whose indefatigable search for the truth about her husband would stretch out for decade
2025 Academy Award Winner for Best International Feature Film (Brazil)
Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role ~ Fernanda Torres
Nominee for Best Motion Picture of the Year ~ Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira
