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Film: Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

Cumberland

Saturday May 04, 2024 at 1:00pm
90 minutes

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In this Mathieu Fournier documentary on the first viral phenomenon of the digital age, Ghyslain Raza (the “Star Wars Kid”) breaks his silence and reflects on his story for the first time. In doing so, he also explores our collective experience living in an online world in which we have to make peace with our digital shadows.

2022. 80 min. French with English subtitles. Provided by the National Film Board.

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Dans ce documentaire de Mathieu Fournier portant sur le premier phénomène viral de l’ère numérique, Ghyslain Raza, le « Star Wars Kid », sort du silence pour la première fois afin de réfléchir à son histoire. Ce faisant, il explore aussi la nôtre : celle d’internautes qui doivent, eux aussi, apprivoiser leur ombre numérique.

2022. 80 min. Français avec sous-titres anglais. Gracieuseté de l’Office national du film.
Film Shorts: From Different Universes

Cumberland

Saturday May 11, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes

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Join us for a program of short animated films by women of Asian descent!

In Flowing Home, two sisters separated by the war between North and South Vietnam are only able to connect through the letters they exchange to relieve their loneliness.

Winds of Spring tells the tender story of a young girl who, driven by the irrepressible need for self-fulfillment, decides to leave the family nest.

In Old Dog, an elderly pug named Henry must depend on his owner for help and companionship.

In A Prairie Story, a prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis from rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia.

Showa Shinzan tells the story of a young Japanese girl's relationship with her grandfather, a postmaster and amateur geologist.

The Zoo follows the parallel lives of a polar bear cub in a popular city zoo and a Chinese boy who visits him until they’re both in their twilight years.

Surfacing explores the passions of acclaimed musician and songwriter Sarah McLachlan, using her own words and drawings to guide us through her rich creative world, the founding of the groundbreaking Lilith Fair, and her philanthropic work at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music.

55 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.
Film Shorts: Journeys and Passages

Cumberland

Saturday May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes

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Join us for a program of short documentary films by Canadian directors of Asian descent.

Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.

Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia, home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces.

In love, amma, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a young mother writes a letter to her daughter about their family’s collective journey to acceptance

4 North A is a celebration of the fleeting joys of life and a bittersweet reminder that we don’t always get the closure we seek.

56 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.
Retro Movie Afternoon for Teens - Sky High

Beaverbrook

Wednesday May 01, 2024 at 3:30pm
120 minutes

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Will is the third generation of the Stronghold family to attend the esteemed and celebrated Sky High. This elite high school is entrusted with the responsibility of molding today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The only problem... Will is starting his freshman year without any super powers of his own.

Snacks will be provided.
Free Comic Book Day - Movie Afternoon

Main

Saturday May 04, 2024 at 1:00pm
240 minutes

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Continue the Free Comic Book Day celebration with a comic book movie double feature!! (Bonus points for those who show up in costume or cosplay and pose for a picture in front of our green screen!)
- Big Hero 6 (1PM to 2:45PM)
- Intermission: cosplay picture time! (2:45PM to 3PM)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (3PM to 4:40PM)
Movie Matinée: The Force Awakens

Beaverbrook

Saturday May 04, 2024 at 2:00pm
135 minutes

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Celebrate "May the 4th Be With You" with a screening of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his young allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order.

Rated PG.
Film: Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

Carlingwood

Saturday May 18, 2024 at 1:30pm
120 minutes

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In this Mathieu Fournier documentary on the first viral phenomenon of the digital age, Ghyslain Raza ("the Star Wars Kid") breaks his silence and reflects on his story for the first time. In doing so, he also explores our collective experience living in an online world in which we have to make peace with our digital shadows.

2022. 1 h 19 min. In French with English subtitles. Courtesy of the National Film Board.

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Dans ce documentaire de Mathieu Fournier, Ghyslain Raza, le « Star Wars Kid », sort du silence afin de réfléchir à notre soif de contenu et au droit à l’oubli à l’ère numérique.

2022. 1 h 19 min. En français avec sous-titres anglais. Gracieuseté de l'Office national du film.
Anime & Manga Club / Club d'Anime & Manga

Greenboro

Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - Jun 01, 2024
2:00pm
120 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Love manga and anime? Come join us to discuss all things Naruto, Demon Slayer, and much more with fellow fans! We watch anime, eat snacks, and play games.

Ages 13 - 18.

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Aimez-vous l'anime ou le manga ? Venez à la bibliothèque pour discuter les séries comme Naruto, Demon Slayer et plus avec les autres amateurs d'anime ! Nous regardons l'anime, mangeons des collations et jouons les jeux.

Pour les 13 - 18 ans.
Teen Anime and Manga Club

Nepean Centrepointe

Thursday May 23, 2024 at 6:30pm
90 minutes

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Love manga and anime? Come join us to discuss all things Naruto, Demon Slayer, and much more with fellow fans! We watch anime, eat snacks, and play games. Drop-in Program

Ages 13 - 18.
Teen Movie Afternoon: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

St-Laurent

Saturday Jun 08, 2024 at 2:00pm
150 minutes

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Come watch a free showing of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) with your friends! Snacks and beverages will be provided! For teens aged 12 to 17. The film is rated PG-13 (Disturbing Images|All Involving Teens|Intense Violent Thematic Material). Viewer discretion is advised. It runs for 2 hours and 26 minutes. Presented in English. Le film sera présenté en anglais.

Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor's Tour of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell); a competition that could change Panem forever.