Our August 2024 Calendar is now here! You can download one here, or pick one up at the box office.
For decades, Studio Ghibli has created breathtakingly beautiful movies that have captivated and inspired audiences for generations through masterful storytelling and stunning visuals. This August, join us for The Wonderful Worlds of Studio Ghibli, featuring The Secret World of Arrietty, When Marnie Was There, Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Whisper of The Heart, The Cat Returns and The Boy and The Heron.
Arthouse horror In A Violent Nature opens on August 1. Beware: This film is extremely violent!
A heartwarming documentary tribute to Scala Cinema – one of repertory cinema’s all-time greatest venues – Scala!!! opens August 1.
Powder Blue: Live at Club Regent, a raw and intimate view into Begonia’s electrifying
performance at Winnipeg’s Club Regent Casino, opens August 3. Join us for a post-screening discussion with director Ryan Steel and Begonia, followed by a meet-and-greet in the Artspace lobby. Presented in partnership with Birthday Cake Media.
This month’s Trash Cult Tuesdays features two undead classics – The Return of The Living Dead and Cemetery Man!
Cinematheque Box Office staff member Saleena Zeru presents In The Mood For Love on August 8 as part of our Staff Picks series.
Stephan Peterson and Sonya Ballantyne’s The Death Tour opens on August 9, followed by a post-screening Q&A with filmmakers Stephan Peterson and Sonya Ballantyne, moderated by Cody Blacksmith, and meet-and-greet in the Artspace lobby. Presented in partnership with Winnipeg Pro Wrestling.
A stunning tribute to resilience and an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning, Sugarcane, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, opens August 9.
An unflinching depiction of the migrant crisis captured in stark black-and-white, Green Border explores the intractable issue from multiple perspectives. Opens August 14.
Comedian Kevin McDonald returns with Slaughterhouse-Five on August 15 for McDonald at The Movies.
Join us on August 17 for the Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party! Featuring 3 hours of retro cartoons, commercials and PSAs – and all the cereal you can eat!
Astral Projection celebrates Virgo season on August 22 with The Films of Sarah Jacobson – a double feature of genre anarchy from the Queen of Underground Cinema featuring I Was a Teenage Serial Killer and Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore!
Robot Dreams, an animated, dialogue-free story about the miracle of true friendship, opens August 22.
A quietly colossal achievement from one of contemporary cinema’s preeminent image makers, Music opens August 23.
Celebrated as a key film in the canon of Black independent cinema of the 1990s, the new 4K restoration of Bridgett M. Davis’ Naked Acts opens August 28.
Bikini Drive-In returns with The Vanishing (Spoorloos) on August 29.
And finally, join us on August 31 for the WFG Members Screening, with a post-screening Q&A and reception to follow in the lobby after the screening.