Our April 2025 Calendar is now here! You can download one here or pick one up at the box office.
A director of such distinctive, overpowering vision that he inspired his own adjective, David Lynch made films that seemed telegraphed straight from his unconscious to the screen. From the unsettling surrealist imagery of his midnight-movie classic Eraserhead to the harrowing suburban nightmare Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and the uncanny majesty of his Hollywood-set masterpieces Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire, Lynch’s labyrinthine puzzle boxes turn the American psyche inside out to reveal its deepest, darkest dimensions. (Criterion)
This April, join us for Only In Dreams: The Films of David Lynch. Featuring Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001), Inland Empire (2006), David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) and The Short Films of David Lynch, this career-spanning series aims to celebrate the dreams of a truly singular artist and one of the last great American filmmakers.
Presented in partnership with Real Love Winnipeg. Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.
Winnipeg’s Architecture + Design Film Festival returns to the Dave Barber Cinematheque April 9-13. A+DFF presents critically acclaimed films focusing on the importance of architecture and design in everyday life. The films cover a range of design-oriented topics from architecture, landscape and urban design to graphics and product design. A+DFF is the only Canadian based festival devoted solely to architecture and design.
This month’s Trash Cult Tuesdays feature two DIY classics from independent underground filmmaker Jon Moritsugu – My Degeneration and Terminal USA!
Karen Chapman’s first dramatic feature, Village Keeper, opens April 16. Join us that evening at 7pm for a free screening in celebration of National Canadian Film Day (CanFilmDay)!
Your Tomorrow, Ali Weinstein’s observational documentary chronicling the last year in the life of Ontario Place, opens April 16. Presented in partnership with the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
The new 4K restoration of Charles Burnett’s starkly neorealist Killer of Sheep opens April 18.
Join us on April 19 for an evening of classic animation from the iconic Max Fleischer! Featuring new restorations of A Song A Day (1936), Silly Scandals (1931), Betty Boop’s Ker-Choo (1933), Small Fry (1939), Play Safe (1936), Terror on The Midway (1942), Koko’s Klock (1927) and The Paneless Window Washer (1937).
Widely considered the crown jewel of Slovak animation, The Bloody Lady is an improbable and bewitching fusion of gothic horror and classic children’s animation. The new 2K restoration opens April 23.
McDonald at The Movies returns April 24 with James Frawley’s disaster parody The Big Bus.
Truong Minh Quy’s tender and beautiful Việt and Nam opens on April 25.
And finally, Cinematheque projectionist Jonathan Lee-Wing presents the new 4K restoration of No Fear, No Die on April 30 as part of our Staff Picks series.