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The Cinamatheque's highlights Canadian films this Spring


  • The Cinamatheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2K8 Canada (map)

Murmur (April 18–20)
Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at TIFF 2019, the debut feature of Nova Scotian writer-director Heather Young is a sobering, spare account of a woman unable to break her cycle of self-destruction.

National Canadian Film Day (April 22) Mark National Canadian Film Day with a free screening of Ryszard Bugajski’s criminally underseen 1991 thriller Clearcut, a lost classic of the Canadian cinema. Clearcut has Canadian liberalism and Indigenous mysticism facing off in an explosive confrontation over logging and land rights.

Zadie Xa (April 29) DIM Cinema is pleased to present the premiere Canadian screening of works by artist Zadie Xa. This event introduces video pieces by the artist made between 2016 and 2019, including recent work shot during visits to Vancouver. Curated by Tobin Gibson.