The featured exhibit runs November 1 – 30, 2024 in Metro Gallery in the Garneau Theatre lobby. Artist Reception: November 2 at 2:00 pm Artist: Peter Field Artist Statement: Magic Squares is the title of a painting by one of my heroes, Paul Klee. I fell in love with his work as …
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The Sweet Hereafter
Canada 1997, 112 min, Dir: Atom Egoyan New Restoration Watch Trailer A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors’ and victims’ families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem …
Broad View: Dance Shorts
A collection of various short dance films including contemporary, ballet, Indigenous and flamenco. Panel discussion following the screening. Directors in attendance. Dynamite (Dir: Leila Jarman) A short, poetic, narrative dance film that investigates gender and masculinity—more specifically the American black male experience—through embodied inquiry to find spaces where identity exists …
Mountains on Stage: Winter Edition 2024
2024, 210 min, Dir: Various Experience a great time full of adventure and inspiration with the best mountain movies of the year! Mountains on Stage is a film festival that aims to bring the mountains into cities with a selection of the world’s best films related to mountain sports. No Metro Passes …
METRO GALLERY: The Booth
The featured exhibit runs February 1 – 29, 2024 in Metro Gallery in the Garneau Theatre lobby. Artist Reception: February 3 at 2PM. Artist: Lindsey Campbell Lindsey Campbell (she/her) is an Edmonton-based cinephile, artist, and author. She is a professional film watcher, a regular contributor on CJSR’s Moving Radio, and a member …
National Canadian Film Day
“Now in its ninth year, National Canadian Film Day (NCFD) has taken root as our largest annual celebration of Canadian culture. It is about giving Canadians an opportunity to gather together (in person or virtually) and celebrate the incredible achievements of our nation’s filmmakers. Every year hundreds of screenings take place on every conceivable platform …
Black History Month – Canadian Shorts
In honour of Black History Month, Metro Cinema is pleased to present this free curated program of Canadian shorts. Featuring three documentaries, two poetry films, and spanning four decades, this collection only touches on the true diversity of the black diaspora across the Canadian landscape. From the early black loyalist settlers in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, …
Be a Guest Programmer
Have an opinion about a film, genre, or series that you think we should be showing? Here’s your chance to take on some of the programming at Metro Cinema. Every year Metro works with many people who are passionate about a filmmaker, a genre, a new way to think about films, in order to bring …
Bring Your Vision to a Very Big Screen
It’s that time again! Time to submit your film series ideas! Metro Cinema is now accepting applications for guest curators in our 2018/19 season. At our home in the historic Garneau Theatre, Metro works to include the passions of many film enthusiasts, and to represent diverse perspectives on our screen. This could be for a …