Reel Event
In partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Film Circuit, and Prairie City Cinema our Reel Event features the very best of Canadian and world cinema. As one of only five Manitoba locations offering the TIFF experience, the Reel Event provides local and regional film enthusiasts with the big screen experience that these major film-works demand.
Season Passes can be purchased in-person or online. Pick up your pass before October 10 at the Prairie Fusion Gift Shop. Open Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 3 pm.
Limited number of passes available.
By phone: Call 204-239-6029 and pay with VISA or Mastercard.
In Person: Open Monday to Thursday, 11 am to 3 pm.
Pick up your pass before October 10 at the Prairie Fusion Gift Shop.
Open Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 3 pm.
Reel Event Movie #1 •Driving Madeleine •Wednesday, October 11 at 7pm
Madeleine, leaves small suburban to join a nursing home, on the other side of Paris. Charles, a taxi driver, comes to pick her and in no hurry to reach, she asks him to go through places of the capital, which have counted in her life.
Director: Christian Carion
Writers: Cyril Gely and Christian Carion
Stars: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz
Reel Event Movie #2 • Blue Jean •Wednesday, November 8 at 7pm
In 1988, a closeted teacher is pushed to the brink when a new student threatens to expose her sexuality.
Director: Georgia Oakley
Writer: Georgia Oakley
Stars: Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday
Reel Event Movie #3 • Phantom of the Open •Wednesday, January 10
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice.
Director: Craig Roberts
Writers: Scott Murray & Simon Farnaby
Stars: Mark Rylance, Ian Porter, Tommy Fallon
Reel Event Movie #4 • Past Lives •Wednesday, February 14
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Director: Celine Song
Writer: Celine Song
Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
Reel Event Movie #5 • Rosie •Wednesday, March 13
An orphaned Indigenous girl is forced to live with her reluctant, street-smart, francophone aunty and her two gender-bending best friends in 80's Montreal.
Director: Gail Maurice
Writer: Gail Maurice
Stars: Melanie Bray, Keris Hope Hill, Constant Bernard
Reel Event Movie #6 • Alice Darling •Wednesday, April 10
A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.
Director: Mary Nighy
Writers: Alanna Francis & Mark Van de Ven
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick
Fantastic Venue
Films are screened at Prairie City Cinema located at 225 Prince Avenue, Portage la Prairie.
All screenings start at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Films are for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.
Purchase Combo #1 at the concession for only $9 when you show your Reel Event Season Pass.
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