If you’re looking for a funny, feel-good film that’ll make you think, A Nice Indian Boy is exactly that. In this vibrant and charming film, love isn’t the only winner: cultural understanding and the freedom to choose your own path triumph as well. The film is a tender love story between two men—and the generations learning to accept…
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The Marching Band (En Fanfare) – Oct 1
Nominated for seven César awards, the lead actor, Thibaut, is a celebrated conductor who collapses at the podium one day and finds out that he has leukaemia. He needs a bone-marrow transplant. But it turns out that his sister isn’t a match. Then comes a life-changing revelation: he was adopted. So, Thibaut must find his…
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life – Oct 8
This is an intelligent, well-directed and well-acted movie that, at its heart, just wants to have a bit of fun. Agathe, an aspiring novelist working in a Paris bookshop, wins a place at a Jane Austen writing retreat in England, run by the late author’s descendants.Agathe’s eventual dilemma between 2 men is classic Austen –…
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Shook – Nov 12
Shook is a charming coming of age story about a college grad hoping to become a writer. Ash faces challenges establishing himself and finds himself commuting to a hip coffee shop in downtown Toronto where he hangs out with other writers sipping lattes and banging away at their laptops. He’s also struggling to accept his…
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Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight – MONDAY Nov 17
Told from the rose-colored glasses of an inquisitive child’s perspective, this would never work without a very strong child actor to anchor it. The story is presented on the platter of childhood innocence, ignorance, and wonder with an astonishingly talented first-time child actor. As adults watching the film, it’s easy to pinpoint the racist dynamics that stress the…
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DJ Ahmet – Dec 3
This is a humorous, music-soaked, stylish debut with an extraordinary first-time cast. The beautiful landscape cinematography set in a remote North Macedonian village will immerse you in young D J Ahmet’s world. At the same time, it’s grounded in the realities of life in patriarchal societies where there’s little space for men to engage with their…
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Sentimental Value – Dec 10
Original title: Affeksjonsverd Winner of this year’s Palme D’Or award at Cannes, it smashed the record for the longest standing ovation at 15 minutes! Trier’s exquisite new film Sentimental Value is about familial love, at times harmonious, and at others tainted by resentment and anger. It’s a tangled family drama in which a celebrated filmmaker tries to…
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Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, June 25 6:00 PM The Annual General Meeting of the Kelowna Film Society will be held Wednesday, June 25 at 6:00 PM at the common room, 850 Saucier Avenue, Kelowna, BC.Your membership is included in your ticket purchase, so if you purchased a ticket on line for any of our screenings in the Fall…
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SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON – Apr. 9
Superboys of Malegaon is a film based on the life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon. The residents of the town look to Bollywood cinema for a much needed escape from daily drudgery. Nasir is inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon.…
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Shepherds (Bergers) – Apr. 16
Mathyas, a young advertising executive, quits his job on a whim and leaves Montreal. He lands in the South of France, where he envisions a quiet, more meaningful life as a shepherd. His idyllic aspirations are abruptly confronted by the harsh realities of the pastoral world, forcing him to question his romantic vision of the…
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