The smash hit of the year in Italy, this film won 6 Italian Academy Awards. It’s a tragicomic melodrama about an abused wife in post World War II Rome and shot in luminous black-and-white. In Italy, universal suffrage for women became law in April 1945, and the 1946 election saw millions of women vote for…
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Blue Sky Jo – May 7
(La Petite et le Vieux) Steeped in nostalgia, the film is visually lovely, thanks to an impeccable historical reconstruction of working-class Quebec in the 1980s. The neighbourhood is called Limoilou- a blue-collar neighbourhood with a very diverse population and picturesque charm. A coming of age story, young Jo dreams of saving her unhappy father from…
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Santosh – May 14
Shortlisted for best international feature, U.K.’s Oscar entry deconstructs the criminal justice system and the relentless patriarchy that exists in India. A young Hindu woman, Santosh, inherits her late husband’s profession as a police constable, due to a bizarre legal loophole that offers widows deceased husbands’ jobs. Overnight, Santosh finds herself thrust into the local…
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Missed Our Film?
Kelowna Film Society selects films for each season that are current (released within a 2 year window). If you were unable to attend one of our screenings in prior years, some of those films can be seen now on streaming services. One of our board has created a list of what can be found on…
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Brochure Download
The following brochures are available to download for your convenience. Winter 2020 Series Fall 2019 Series Spring 2019 Series Winter 2019 Series Fall 2018 Series Spring 2018 Series Winter 2018 Series Fall 2017 Series Spring 2017 Series Winter 2017 Series Fall 2016 Series Spring 2016 Series Winter 2016 Series Fall 2015 Series Spring 2015 Series…
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