Films & Events

Kick back and relax with film lovers and friends at this back-to-back screening special to celebrate both National Canadian Film Day and the return of the Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards (NOMFA) while supporting the Sudbury Indie Cinema’s annual fundraiser. Starting at 6:00 PM is a FREE screening of NOMFA 2019 winner and Sudbury-made rom-com THE NEW ROMANTIC, with special guest intros and a sneak peek at 2026 programming – hot off the press! Then, stick around for the film community mix & mingle hosted by Cultural Industries Ontario North (CION) and the Sudbury Indie Cinema to secure one of 50 FREE tickets for the late-night opening of acclaimed romantic comedy MILE END KICKS. And with the option to donate directly to the Indie, there’s no better way to salute Canadian cinema in Sudbury on #CanFilmDay.

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Waterloo will now have its own semi-pro men's hockey team, thus expelling the amateur women's leagues from the arena. To avenge their lost ice time, an impulsive hockey player and a ruthless octogenarian—a former derby champion—have a plan: recruit the city's disenfranchised and form an underground roller derby team. With the help of the Women's Club, they will prove that women's sports can also inspire crowds and that sisterhood is the ultimate act of resistance.

Andie saves Ryan from a car wreck, sparking a tumultuous year that might just prove life could be great.

In celebration of National Canadian Film Day, we are bringing film lovers a full night of Canadian cinema! On April 15 at 8:15 PM, the Indie presents the opening night of MILE END KICKS, our Indie Fundraiser, with the first 50 tickets FREE! Before that, starting at 6 pm, to celebrate the upcoming edition of the Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards (NOMFA), CION presents the 2019 NOMFA winner, Sudbury-filmed romantic comedy THE NEW ROMANTIC with FREE ADMISSION. NOMFA programming will be announced live at the event. About the film: Chandler Levack’s widely anticipated follow-up to her directorial debut, I Like Movies (TIFF ’22), stars Barbie Ferreira as a young music critic writing for a male-centric indie publication who takes a leap into adulthood, even though she is little prepared. With shades of Almost Famous — both feature Jay Baruchel and follow a music journalist — Mile End Kicks, set in 2011 Montreal, instead offers a feminine point of view. Ferreira shines as Grace Pine, a driven though easily distracted 23-year-old. She leaves her quirky parents’ home for a shared apartment found on Craigslist to devote herself to writing the next great book in the 33 1/3 album exploration series. Hers will be on the iconic Alanis Morissette opus Jagged Little Pill. Loft parties introduce Grace to two paramours. Unfortunately, they are members of the same rock band, Bone Patrol. And instead of sequestering herself away to complete her draft, she uses her music industry know-how to get in with the band as their publicist. Through wine-fuelled poetry readings and other ill-advised choices, Grace is in the trenches of self-discovery. Mistakes are made and rent is owed but, along the way Mile End Kicks gives audiences a new romantic comedy to fall in love with. - KELLY BOUTSALIS, TIFF

A Chinese immigrant mother in Montreal breaks from duty and tradition when she falls for a young Québécoise woman, leading her to confront questions of identity and freedom.

Fearing they won't be believed, two young Indigenous women go on the run after one's defense of the other results in a violent attack against a police officer.