Pride on the Big Screen Celebrate Pride with new documentaries and very special screenings! Series runs Starts May 24 Friday, May 24, 9:00 PM The Last Year of Darkness Discover a bass-heavy and neon-coloured portrait of the alternative Chinese youth in a country in constant state of change that now threatens the underground club Funky Town. In Mandarin, with English subtitles. D: Ben Mullinkosson China & USA 2023 95 min More details Opens Thursday, May 30 Much Ado About Dying Looking after his madcap gay actor uncle, filmmaker Simon is engulfed in a whirl of Shakespeare and clutter, as he learns a profound lesson on dying happy. D: Simon Chambers United Kingdom & Ireland 2023 84 min More details Opens Friday, June 7 It's Only Life After All Fusing decades of home movies with intimate present-day verité, track 40 years of revolutionary music-making with legendary folk-rock band and queer icons Indigo Girls. D: Alexandra Bombach USA 2023 123 min More details Saturday, June 8, 9:30 PM Glitter & Doom In a fantastical summer romance set to the hits of the Indigo Girls, two young aspiring performers fall in love at first sight. D: Tom Gustafson USA & Mexico 2023 115 min More details Wednesday, June 12, 7:30 PM Shortbus Join Handsome Johnnie (Boylesque) for an evening celebrating sex-positivity and queerness with John Cameron Mitchell’s heartwarming and shameless film. Featuring a pre-show Q&A with Sook-Yin Lee. D: John Cameron Mitchell 101 2006 USA More details Wednesday, June 19, 6:30 PM Bittersweet Becoming & RE:GEN(D)ERATION Don't miss the theatrical premieres of two made-in-Toronto films celebrating the love and support of chosen family in Toronto's trans community. Stick around for a post-screening chat with special guests from both films. D: Polina Teif & Hanlon Uafas-Álainn Canada 2023 89 & 33 min More details
Friday, May 24, 9:00 PM The Last Year of Darkness Discover a bass-heavy and neon-coloured portrait of the alternative Chinese youth in a country in constant state of change that now threatens the underground club Funky Town. In Mandarin, with English subtitles. D: Ben Mullinkosson China & USA 2023 95 min More details
Opens Thursday, May 30 Much Ado About Dying Looking after his madcap gay actor uncle, filmmaker Simon is engulfed in a whirl of Shakespeare and clutter, as he learns a profound lesson on dying happy. D: Simon Chambers United Kingdom & Ireland 2023 84 min More details
Opens Friday, June 7 It's Only Life After All Fusing decades of home movies with intimate present-day verité, track 40 years of revolutionary music-making with legendary folk-rock band and queer icons Indigo Girls. D: Alexandra Bombach USA 2023 123 min More details
Saturday, June 8, 9:30 PM Glitter & Doom In a fantastical summer romance set to the hits of the Indigo Girls, two young aspiring performers fall in love at first sight. D: Tom Gustafson USA & Mexico 2023 115 min More details
Wednesday, June 12, 7:30 PM Shortbus Join Handsome Johnnie (Boylesque) for an evening celebrating sex-positivity and queerness with John Cameron Mitchell’s heartwarming and shameless film. Featuring a pre-show Q&A with Sook-Yin Lee. D: John Cameron Mitchell 101 2006 USA More details
Wednesday, June 19, 6:30 PM Bittersweet Becoming & RE:GEN(D)ERATION Don't miss the theatrical premieres of two made-in-Toronto films celebrating the love and support of chosen family in Toronto's trans community. Stick around for a post-screening chat with special guests from both films. D: Polina Teif & Hanlon Uafas-Álainn Canada 2023 89 & 33 min More details
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