Events
Following the loss of the Bridgewater Cineplex, The Lunenburg County Film Series will be hosted this season at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool. No season passes; individual tickets can be bought at the door in cash or electronically. Ticket prices are $10 including HST.
Screenings are at 4pm and 7pm
Following her sister’s disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child’s white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
Director – Erica Tremblay
Writers – Erica Tremblay, Miciana Alise
Stars – Michael Rowe, Blayne Allen, Isabel Deroy-Olson
Runtime: 1h 30m
Rated: R
ATLANTIC CANADA 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT
9th edition
International Filmmaking Competition open to all in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador & New Brunswick
www.48hourfilm.com/AtlanticCanada
6 September, 2024 in Mi’kma’ki, Nova Scotia, conducting our activities on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq, which is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship. We are all Treaty People.
From Dream to Screen, to Filmapalooza and Cannes!
157 filmmakers hit the streets in one wild and sleepless weekend, 23-25 August, in PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick, to make 19 short films, totaling 95 films in the last 9 editions of Atlantic Canada 48 Hour Film Project.
All 19 short films will Premiere on 22 September, Sunday,1:30 pm at ASTOR Theatre, Liverpool, Nova Scotia and ONLINE. The BEST film will receive $1,000 prize from Tidekite and will compete internationally at Filmapalooza with a chance for the prestigious Cannes. The Audience will also vote for their favorite film for the Audience Award.
The 19 films and teams Premiering and competing:
Clipped Wings by 6 Lock Productions (Daniel McKenzie) NS
Pictures of a Bird by B Reals (Jack Hunter) PEI
Departing R.E.M. by Cinematic Cookhouse (Evan Cook) NB
Timbit by DD2 Entertainment (Dan Mendoza Kariya) NS
Equal and Opposite Reaction by Dartmouth Productions (Patrick Kidston) NS
Inside Feather Cake by Death Horse (Lee-Anne Milne & Mark Sawatzky) NS
What A Time To Be Alive by G.A.M.E. Productions (Phillip R Gannon) NS
The Journey of a Lifetime by House of Daisies (Joseph Raymond Ciarrocco) NS
The Feather by I Heart Beeno (Romi Robinson) NF&L
Family by Once Upon a Midnight Dreary (Danielle Marie MacQuarrie) NS
Colours of You by PEI P.O.V. Productions (Kirstin Lund) PEI
This Hour has Five Minutes by Principals Productions (Bridget A. Ricketts) NF&L
Dancing on a thread by Riff Raff (Oshean Juneja) NS
Scott, Relax by Shwing Entertainment (Connor Locke) NS
Ticket to Love by Stenvar Creative (David Jakub Moravcik) NS
Going Under by Studio E (Liz Neubauer) NS
Dudes With Guns by The Boys (Ben Ruffett) NS
Redemption by Tromboncino Productions (Daniel Luques) NS
Freehold by Boshat FILMS (Ryan Cyr) NS
Join the filmmakers for the After Party, 4PM at Hell Bay Brewery, Liverpool, NS.
Thanks for the collaboration and support: Tidekite, Astor Theatre, FILM PEI, QCCR 99.3 FM Queens County Community Radio and Queens Crown Newspaper, Hell Bay Brewery
Get your tickets for Astor Theatre and Virtual Screening at the Official Website http://www.48hourfilm.com/atlanticcanada
Showtimes: Friday October 25th at 2:30m & 7pm, Sunday October 27th at 7pm
After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Runtime: 1h 44m
Rated: PG-13
Showtimes: Friday October 25th at 2:30m & 7pm, Sunday October 27th at 7pm
After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Runtime: 1h 44m
Rated: PG-13
Showtimes: Friday October 25th at 2:30m & 7pm, Sunday October 27th at 7pm
After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Runtime: 1h 44m
Rated: PG-13
Showtimes: Wednesday November 6th, 4pm & 7pm
The Lunenburg County Film Series is back on November 6th, with Wildcat.
Wildcat is a 2023 American biographical drama film about American novelist Flannery O’Connor struggling to publish her first novel.
The film opens with Flannery O’Connor, an idiosyncratic young Southern writer and faithful Catholic, imagining a melodramatic movie trailer with a crazed, nymphomaniac boarder, Star Drake (played by Maya Hawke, who also plays O’Connor and multiple other roles) getting her boarding-house hosts into violent trouble. Many other imaginary and real episodes then occur.
Also based on O’Connor’s short stories, the film was directed by Ethan Hawke and written by Hawke and Shelby Gaines. It stars Maya Hawke, Rafael Casal, Philip Ettinger, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, and Laura Linney.
Wildcat premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023. The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 3, 2024.
Runtime: 1H 48m
Rated: 15+
Showtimes: Wednesday November 6th, 4pm & 7pm
The Lunenburg County Film Series is back on November 6th, with Wildcat.
Wildcat is a 2023 American biographical drama film about American novelist Flannery O’Connor struggling to publish her first novel.
The film opens with Flannery O’Connor, an idiosyncratic young Southern writer and faithful Catholic, imagining a melodramatic movie trailer with a crazed, nymphomaniac boarder, Star Drake (played by Maya Hawke, who also plays O’Connor and multiple other roles) getting her boarding-house hosts into violent trouble. Many other imaginary and real episodes then occur.
Also based on O’Connor’s short stories, the film was directed by Ethan Hawke and written by Hawke and Shelby Gaines. It stars Maya Hawke, Rafael Casal, Philip Ettinger, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, and Laura Linney.
Wildcat premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023. The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 3, 2024.
Runtime: 1H 48m
Rated: 15+
Never Look Away is a 2024 New Zealand documentary film, directed by Lucy Lawless.[1] The film is a portrait of Margaret Moth, a New Zealand photojournalist who was a longtime war reporter for CNN.
The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at an extensive variety of international documentary and general interest film festivals, winning awards including the Jury Award at the Calgary Underground Film Festival, and runner-up for the Audience Choice award for documentaries at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.
The documentary won the Clio Visualizing History Award at the 2024 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival.
Runtime – 1:25
Never Look Away is a 2024 New Zealand documentary film, directed by Lucy Lawless.[1] The film is a portrait of Margaret Moth, a New Zealand photojournalist who was a longtime war reporter for CNN.
The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at an extensive variety of international documentary and general interest film festivals, winning awards including the Jury Award at the Calgary Underground Film Festival, and runner-up for the Audience Choice award for documentaries at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.
The documentary won the Clio Visualizing History Award at the 2024 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival.
Runtime – 1:25
Join us for another TIFF officially selected film “All We Imagine as Light”
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
Tickets are $10 at the door. Make sure you come early, our concessions will be open for pre-movie popcorn and snacks.
Join us for another Lunenburg County Film Series film: The Room Next Door
We are showing the movie at 4 pm & 7 pm
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Tickets are $10 at the door. Concessions will be available for purchase.
Join us for another Lunenburg County Film Series film: The Room Next Door
We are showing the movie at 4 pm & 7 pm
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Tickets are $10 at the door. Concessions will be available for purchase.
Movies are back at The Astor! Join us for Paddington in Peru on Thursday, March 13th at 2:30 pm & 7 pm and Sunday, March 16th at 7 pm
When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Determined to solve the mystery, they soon stumble across a legendary treasure as they make their way through the rainforests of the Amazon.
1 hour and 40 minute runtime
Movies are back at The Astor! Join us for Paddington in Peru on Thursday, March 13th at 2:30 pm & 7 pm and Sunday, March 16th at 7 pm
When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Determined to solve the mystery, they soon stumble across a legendary treasure as they make their way through the rainforests of the Amazon.
1 hour and 40 minute runtime
Movies are back at The Astor! Join us for Paddington in Peru on Thursday, March 13th at 2:30 pm & 7 pm and Sunday, March 16th at 7 pm
When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Determined to solve the mystery, they soon stumble across a legendary treasure as they make their way through the rainforests of the Amazon.
1 hour and 40 minute runtime
We are so excited to bring movies back to The Astor!!!
Join us for A Complete Unknown!
In the early 1960s, 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Forming his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, making a controversial choice that reverberates worldwide.
2 hour 20 minute runtime.
Tickets are $10 at the door- general admission. Come hungry our concessions will be open 🍿
We are so excited to bring movies back to The Astor!!!
Join us for A Complete Unknown
In the early 1960s, 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Forming his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, making a controversial choice that reverberates worldwide.
2 hour 20 minute runtime.
Tickets are $10 at the door- general admission. Come hungry our concessions will be open 🍿
We are so excited to bring movies back to The Astor!!!
Join us for A Complete Unknown!
In the early 1960s, 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Forming his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, making a controversial choice that reverberates worldwide.
2 hour 20 minute runtime.
Tickets are $10 at the door- general admission. Tickets are $10. Come hungry our concessions will be open 🍿
We are so excited to bring movies back to The Astor!!!
Join us for A Complete Unknown!
In the early 1960s, 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Forming his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, making a controversial choice that reverberates worldwide.
2 hour 20 minute runtime.
Tickets are $10 at the door- general admission. Come hungry our concessions will be open 🍿
