Film Series at The Cinematheque
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- Frames of Mind
- Ongoing Series
Monthly mental health film series presented by The Cinematheque and the Institute of Mental Health, UBC Department of Psychiatry.
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Current and Upcoming Series
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- DIM Cinema
- Ongoing Series
Moving-image art in dialogue with cinema. Programmed by Michèle Smith.
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- Film Club
- Ongoing Series
A movie matinée series for kids and their families.
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- Chan Centre Connects
- Ongoing Series
Chan Centre Connects film screenings at The Cinematheque are curated to accompany musical performances in the Chan Centre Presents concert series at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC.
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- Contemporary Iranian Cinema
- Ongoing Series
Acclaimed and accomplished new films from Iran are in the spotlight in this monthly showcase presented by The Cinematheque in partnership with the Phoenix Cultural Centre of Toronto and Pacific United Productions.
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Past Film Series
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- National Canadian Film Day
- April 22–30, 2020
The Cinematheque is pleased to mark National Canadian Film Day, a one-day, coast-to-coast-to-coast celebration designed to bring Canadians together to watch Canadian films.
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- István Szabó × 3
- April 10–16, 2020
Perhaps the most acclaimed Hungarian director of his generation, István Szabó became a major international filmmaker in the 1980s with a series of elaborate, ambitious, and accessible historical works.
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- Viva Varda! The Films of Agnès Varda
- December 12, 2019–March 4, 2020
The Cinematheque is pleased to present a major retrospective — career-spanning and near-complete — devoted to the films of Agnès Varda, one of cinema's paramount female artists.
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- Best of the Decade
- January 8–February 17, 2020
The top films of the 2010s, as selected by The Cinematheque’s film curators.
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- The Rage to Live: Queer Film Legacies and the Work of David Wojnarowicz and Marlon Riggs
- January 31–February 2, 2020
The Cinematheque joins with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and Griffin Art Projects in presenting this film and lecture series organized in conjunction with two current art exhibitions.
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- Happy Holidays
- December 21–30, 2019
The Cinematheque wishes you the very best of the festive season with a special selection of must-see, much-loved film classics, all best enjoyed on the big screen.
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- Sean Baker: Peripheries
- December 5–9, 2019
The Cinematheque is delighted to welcome acclaimed American independent filmmaker Sean Baker in person for a program celebrating his three most recent features.
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- And Life Goes On: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami
- October 18–December 4, 2019
The singular cinema of the Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016), one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the past three decades, is celebrated with this near-comprehensive retrospective.
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- 22nd Annual European Union Film Festival
- November 22–December 2, 2019
Europe without the jet lag! The Cinematheque’s annual European Union Film Festival spotlights acclaimed new and recent films from across greater Europe.
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- Crave Hot Docs Showcase
- November 15–17, 2019
Outstanding titles from Hot Docs screen in the Crave Hot Docs Showcase.
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- It’s in the Trees! It’s Coming! British Folk Horror!
- October 25–31, 2019
This Samhain season, till the fields of British folk horror with a program exploring the lineage and enduring legacy of this most unholy horror subgenre.
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- Elaine May × 2
- September 13–15, 2019
Elaine May, a gifted comic performer, successful screenwriter, and perfectionist filmmaker, was one of the only women directing features in Hollywood in the 1970s and ’80s.
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