Cinéfest Niagara
Changing the way we see the world...
élargir la façon dont on perçoit le monde
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Welcome to
Cinéfest Niagara
Looking forward to seeing you at the films!
Here's the schedule as arranged with Cineplex and Film Circuit:
Wed 26-Feb-2025
YOUNG WERTHER (confirmed)
Werther, a carefree and charming young writer, stumbles across the love of his life only to find out she's engaged. Adaptation of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. First published in 1774.
Adaptation des Souffrances du jeune Werther de von Goethe, 1774.
Director José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço
Writers José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço
Adapted from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Stars Patrick J. Adams Alison Pill Douglas Booth
Country: Canada
Language: English
Wed 19-Mar-2025
Le temps d'un été (One Summer)
Marc Côté, aumônier de rue et curé depuis plus de 25 ans, hérite d'un domaine sur une vaste propriété dans le Bas-Saint-Laurent. Il décide d'y amener les itinérants qui vivent dans son église pour l'été afin que ceux-ci profitent de vacances salvatrices loin de la ville.
For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. One day, Marc inherits a property and decides to take them on a vacation there for one summer.
Director Louise Archambaul. Writer Marie Vien
Country of origin Canada
Language French
Stars Patrice Robitaille Sylvio Archambault Victoria Barkoff
Wed 30-Apr-2025
SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON (confirmed)
The journey of an aspiring filmmaker as he bands together his group of friends to make films for his remote home town, Malegaon.
Un aspirant cinéaste réunit son groupe d'amis pour réaliser un film sur sa ville, Malegaon.
Director Reema Kagti
Writers Varun Grover Reema Kagti
Language: Hindi
Please note that there were some shifts to accomodate major new releases in early 2025
* N.B. Titles still to be confirmed by the Tiff Film Circuit
We are trying to consolidate both subscriber and wait lists.
Please make sure you keep us updated if you change your phone/internet contact info. (If you have not updated your email contact our update email blasts can not be delivered.)
Please check your junk mail ocasionally to make sure you are getting our mail-out!
Recent films:
Les hommes de ma mère(My mother's Men)
À la mort de sa mère , Elsie apprend que celle-ci lui a laissé une mission en héritage . Elsie, a woman who is fulfilling her recently deceased mother Anne's wishes that she finds each of her ex-husbands.
Director: Anik Jean,
Starring: Léane Labrèche-Dor, Colm Feore, Marc Messier, Patrick Huard, François Lambert, Benoît Gouin
Country: Canada
Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes
Irena's Vow
Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable story of Irena Gut, as she risked her life to save a generation of Jews from the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Varsovie, 1939. Lorsque les nazis envahissent la Pologne, l'infirmière Irena Gut risque tout pour sauver une douzaine de réfugiés juifs en les cachant dans la maison de son patron, un commandant nazi.
Director: Louise Archambault
Writer: Dan Gordon
Starring:Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott, Andrej Seweryn
Countries of origin: Poland, Canada
Language: English
Filming Locations: Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland
Runtime: 2 hours, 1 minute
Wed 29-Jan-2025
Sage Homme (The Midwife)
Après avoir raté le concours d’entrée en médecine, Léopold intègre par défaut l’école des sage-femmes en cachant la vérité à son entourage.
Failing to make the highly competitive cut to get into med school, 19-year-old Leopold chooses to enroll in the university’s midwifery program, the only path left open to him to become a doctor.
Director: Jennifer Devoldère
Writers: Jennifer Devoldère Cécile Sellam
Starring: Karin Viard, Melvin Boomer, Steve Tientcheu
Country: France. Language: French
Previous shows:
Director/writer: Josh Margolin
Starring:June Squib, Richard Rountree, Fred Hechinger
Countries: Switzerland, United States
le 24 janvier, January 24, 2024
C'est Magnifique
Pierre, la quarantaine, a toujours vécu loin des désordres du monde, entre ses abeilles et ses hibiscus. Lorsque ses parents disparaissent, c’est tout son univers qui bascule : il découvre qu’il a été adopté et doit apprendre à survivre dans une société moderne qu’il n’a jamais connue.
When Pierre learns that his parents are not his parents, he wants to find out who he is and where he comes from. Director Clovis Cornillac
le 21 février, February 21, 2024
Anatomie d'une chute Anatomy of a Fall
March 20, le 20 mars 2024
The Peasants La jeune fille et les paysans
Created by the same animation that brought us Loving Vincent, Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village
Au XIXe siècle, dans un village polonais en ébullition, la jeune Jagna, promise à un riche propriétaire terrien, se révolte.
le 17 avril, April 17 2024
Divertimento
À 17 ans, Zahia Ziouani rêve de devenir cheffe d’orchestre. Sa sœur jumelle, Fettouma, violoncelliste professionnelle.
At 17, Zahia Ziouani dreams of becoming a conductor while Fettouma, her twin sister, a professional cellist from the working class city of Seine Saint Denis, France.
Our Fall Series was
September 13th, le 13 septembre On est fait pour s'entendre (Hear Me Out)
A fifty-year old history professor who discovers that he's losing his hearing and starts having a recluse life because of his handicap. His encounter with Claire, a widow whose daughter is mute, will help him open up again to the world.
October 18 le 18 octobre Past Lives
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
le 8 novembre, November 8 Adieu Monsieur Haffman
After the Nazi occupation of Paris, a talented jeweller, Joseph Haffmann, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers one of his employee the chance to take over his store until the conflict subsides.
Times will remain the same: 2:30pm and 5:30pm.
Les projections se feront à 14h30 et 17h30 pour nos abonnés.
dial/composer le 905 735-8470
au/at
The Seaway Mall Cineplex
800 Niagara Street, Welland
800, rue Niagara, Welland
All foreign-language screenings are subtitled in English.
Entry to our regular films is by subscription only.
L'entrée à nos films réguliers est uniquement par abonnement.
Our supporters and sponsors:
merci beaucoup à tous nos partenaires qui nous permettent de visionner les films
Cinéfest Niagara gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters.
For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit
