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Pride on the Big Screen

Celebrate Pride with new documentaries and very special screenings! 
Series runs Starts May 24

Friday, May 24, 9:00 PM

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The Last Year of Darkness

Discover a bass-heavy and neon-coloured portrait of the alternative Chinese youth in a country in constant state of change that now threatens the underground club Funky Town.

In Mandarin, with English subtitles.

  • D: Ben Mullinkosson
  • China & USA
  • 2023
  • 95 min
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Opens Thursday, May 30

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Much Ado About Dying

Looking after his madcap gay actor uncle, filmmaker Simon is engulfed in a whirl of Shakespeare and clutter, as he learns a profound lesson on dying happy.
  • D: Simon Chambers
  • United Kingdom & Ireland
  • 2023
  • 84 min
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Opens Friday, June 7

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It's Only Life After All

Fusing decades of home movies with intimate present-day verité, track 40 years of revolutionary music-making with legendary folk-rock band and queer icons Indigo Girls.
  • D: Alexandra Bombach
  • USA
  • 2023
  • 123 min
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Saturday, June 8, 9:30 PM

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Glitter & Doom

In a fantastical summer romance set to the hits of the Indigo Girls, two young aspiring performers fall in love at first sight.
  • D: Tom Gustafson
  • USA & Mexico
  • 2023
  • 115 min
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Wednesday, June 12, 7:30 PM

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Shortbus

Join Handsome Johnnie (Boylesque) for an evening celebrating sex-positivity and queerness with John Cameron Mitchell’s heartwarming and shameless film. 

Featuring a pre-show Q&A with Sook-Yin Lee.

  • D: John Cameron Mitchell
  • 101
  • 2006
  • USA
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Wednesday, June 19, 6:30 PM

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Bittersweet Becoming & RE:GEN(D)ERATION

Don't miss the theatrical premieres of two made-in-Toronto films celebrating the love and support of chosen family in Toronto's trans community. 

Stick around for a post-screening chat with special guests from both films.

  • D: Polina Teif & Hanlon Uafas-Álainn
  • Canada
  • 2023
  • 89 & 33 min
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