Still: Gangsterism (Dir. Dir. Isiah Medina 2025, Canada, 84 min)
Our January 2026 Calendar is now here! You can download one here or pick one up at the box office.
Do you remember the first time you went to the movies as a kid? We sure do, and we’re recreating the foundational experience every Sunday in January and February. Cabin Fever: Free Films for Kids!, a Cinematheque tradition, returns with cherished kids’ films. Shake the snow off your boots and spend an afternoon at the movies. Featuring Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Lilo & Stitch, James and The Giant Peach, Animated Short Films for Kids!, Sleeping Beauty, A Bug’s Life, The Fleischer Toons Valentine’s Special, and Wolfwalkers.
These events are free to attend. Space may be limited, so please book your seat online to secure a spot. Please remember that this series is aimed at families with children aged 6-12. We appreciate your cooperation.
Opening January 2, Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s latest spellbinding fantasy drama The Ice Tower follows a young girl as she becomes fascinated by a film shoot and its star.
Shot on Super 8mm film, Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon’s A Grand Mockery shifts from dark comedy to tragedy. Opens January 2
Comedian, star and co-founder of Kids in the Hall, Kevin McDonald presents Rushmore on January 8 for McDonald at The Movies!
A work of staggering imagination from visionary director Bi Gan, Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey. Opens January 9.
Bikini Drive-In returns January 15 with the violent parable of adolescence, Battle Royale!
The new restoration of director-writer Sherman Alexie’s powerful contemporary classic The Business of Fancydancing opens January 16.
The Winnipeg Film Group is pleased to announce that Ian Bawa is the recipient of the 2024 MFM Manitoba Film Hothouse Award for Creative Development. Please join us on January 16 for a retrospective of Ian’s films, followed by a Q&A.
Alexander Carson’s Alberta Number One follows an eccentric documentary crew as they trek across the vast roadways of Alberta, Canada, to document monuments, museums, and other roadside curios.
On January 22, Distribution Director Jillian Groening presents The Red Shoes, the singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, cinema’s quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the most glorious Technicolor feasts ever concocted for the screen.
Spanning seven decades, All That’s Left of You traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, bearing witness to the scars of dispossession and the enduring legacy of survival. Opens January 23.
Cult-O-Rama returns January 29 with Bruce McDonald’s rock’n’road movie about a girl who learns to drive, Roadkill!
Rising Through the Fray offers a poignant exploration of resiliency, healing and reconnection of a roller derby family with a bond that goes beyond sport. Opens January 30. Join us January 31 at 7pm for a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Courtney Montour!
Isiah Medina’s latest film Gangsterism follows director-gangster Clem as he mulls over the budget for his new film. Join us January 30 at 7pm for a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Isiah Medina, moderated by Scott Fitzpatrick. Presented in partnership with On Screen Manitoba.
The Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party! returns January 31! The cartoon lineup is always a mystery, but expect to see monsters, sci-fi, sleuths, superheroes and all kinds of 2D silliness, both faves and obscurities spanning the ’50s through the ’90s, all punctuated with vintage commercials, PSAs and station IDs for a 3-hour trip down memory lane! So get ready for a sugar rush and an explosion of nostalgia all wrapped up in one candy-coated package. This program is rated G.