Dir: Brian Harrington, Canada, 2026, Music Documentary. Al Tuck, Matt Mays, Buck 65, Joel Plaskett Winner, Best Feature Documentary, Folkestone Independent Film Awards. With a special appearance by Al Tuck on October 2nd. A portrait of one of Canada’s greatest but uncelebrated songwriters, Island native Al Tuck. The film follows his journey of wrestling demons, of financial hardship and isolation, and is a moving depiction of a father and loving son. This is a story that offers timely questions: what does it mean to succeed as an artist, and what is art without honesty? Director Brian Harrington spent nearly a decade making this intimate portrait, weaving together Tuck's songs with reflections from those whose lives and careers he influenced. Tender, honest and deeply rooted in the Maritimes, the film is a celebration of an extraordinary songwriter whose influence has long exceeded his fame.

Dir: Bernard Rose, US, 1992, Horror. Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd. "This unnerving chiller combines modern social issues and the legend of a slave’s murdered son, as Virginia Madsen’s student project turns an urban myth into terrifying reality. Tony Todd’s hook-handed ghost will linger long in your memory." Tom Folley, Radio Times (UK). "This is intelligent, challenging horror, and boasts a fantastic Philip Glass score." - Empire. "What I liked was a horror movie that was scaring me with ideas and gore, instead of simply with gore." - Roger Ebert. "high-caliber horror in its purest, most primal form." - The Hollywood Reporter

Dir: Josef Kubota Wladyka, US/Japan, 2026, Comedy/Drama. Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda. In Japanese, English, and Spanish with English subtitles. Winner, Sundance Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic. "The rumba, the cha-cha and the tango help bring a widow out of mourning in this surprisingly buoyant, unsentimental film about grief. Rinko Kikuchi is affecting and funny as Haru, a middle-aged woman with an unstylish mop of curls, wearing heavy blue eyeshadow and spangly dresses when she and her Mexican husband, Luis, enter ballroom dance competitions in Tokyo. When Luis dies suddenly, Haru hides away until her sister drags her out to a dance class and she finds that her new instructor, Fedir, is irresistible. Director Josef Kubota Wladyka shifts from poignant emotion to comedy to surreal scenes that take us inside Haru’s fantasies just as gracefully as the dialogue shifts from Japanese to Spanish and English. Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! — the title, cringey though it may sound, is knowingly ironic in context — is a small delight." - Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter

Presented byRoving Shows and Island Jazz. With Live Improvised Musical Accompaniment by DotDotDash. The Haunted House Dir: Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline, USA, 1921, 21 min. Buster Keaton plays a bank clerk who stumbles into a counterfeiters’ hideout disguised as a haunted mansion. “Stuffed to the gills with ghouls, devils and animated skeletons. Our casually elegant hero is a bank clerk who finds himself lured to a tricked-out house, haunted by Scooby-Doo-style fake spooks” - The British Film Institute Followed by The Bat Dir: Roland West, USA, 1926, 86 min. The Bat is a stylish mystery‑comedy hybrid with shadowy mansions, masked criminals, and atmospheric thrills. The title character was one of Bob Kane's inspirations for Batman! “The film is a visual feast, and it’s no wonder — the cinematographer was Arthur Edeson, who would go on to shoot Frankenstein, The Maltese Falcon, and Casablanca, and he was assisted by future Citizen Kane groundbreaker Gregg Toland.” - IndieWire

Dir: Damian McCarthy, Ireland, 2026, Horror/Thriller. Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh. Sponsored by The Benevolent Irish Society. "Adam Scott plays Ohm Bauman, a cynical, embittered author… On a whim, he leaves his palatial modern manse in Washington state and heads out to Ireland, to the very hotel his late parents enjoyed their honeymoon. As Damian McCarthy‘s film is a proper Irish horror story, there’s a witch, a cynic and a drunk involved. Once at the dark, drab place... one of the attendants suddenly goes missing, shortly after helping Ohm in a deeply affecting way, and he feels obliged to get to the bottom of her case, even as Cob, a local vagabond with an illustrious past, convinces him she’s been murdered… McCarthy‘s film is a taut, well apportioned horror flick with genuine spooks aplenty… Much of the film feels appropriately closed in and claustrophobic - it’s the kind of movie where the frame remains resolutely dark and macabre no matter how many lights are turned on - and it has just enough psychological depth (and sense of humor) to keep things popping. I would not suggest watching it alone." - Piers Marchant, Cinemotic

Dir: Ryan Coogler, US, 2025, Drama/Horror. Michael B. Jordan, Jack O'Connell, Hailee Steinfeld. Winner of 4 Academy Awards including Best Actor, Screenplay, and Score. “Sinners needs no more than a one-word review; Stunning. Magical also works. So does unforgettable. Sinners is one of the most entertaining surprises to arrive in theatres in a long time. Coogler's film is intellectually stimulating, with an open narrative and a rambling pleasure… The story takes audiences back to Mississippi, circa 1932. Slavery is made unconstitutional, but segregation remains the norm. For the notorious Smokestack twins, Elijah ‘Smoke’ and Elias ‘Stack’ freedom is a word without meaning. The brothers, both World War I veterans, high-tailed it to Chicago leaving behind grieving lovers and their broken dreams but returned to their hometown as wealthy men with violent reputations… They purchase an abandoned millhouse and turn it into a backwoods juke joint… A lot happens in Sinners even before a lot happens, but when the music kicks in and the joint starts hopping, all hell breaks loose… Coogler has created a gothic horror musical epic, with encompassing detail, unearthly magic, and historic accuracy. A bombastic meditation on race, freedom, confinement and the magical, sinful, erotic release that can only come from music. Sinners is a movie to see again and again and again. And then, go see it with friends. And that’s all that needs to be said.” – Thom Ernst, Original Cin

Saturday's 2:00 show will have Open Captions. Dir: Liz Clare, UK, 2026, Musical. Jarnéia Richard-Noel, Millie O'Connell, Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh, Aimie Atkinson, Maiya Quansah-Breed. Winner of over 35 International Awards. “The film captures the original West End stage production of Six: The Musical, which tells the story of King Henry VIII’s six wives - reimagined as 21st century pop stars. They form a girl group to tell their stories and compete for who had the worst experience with the king, complete with a bevvy of catchy songs and fierce performances… Six: The Musical is no ordinary show… this isn’t a tense dramatic reading or important musical work; it’s a mile a minute rock show, the stars of which just happen to be an old British king’s wives.” - Jacob Richardson, Film Focus “The cast members deliver flawless vocal performances and their visible enjoyment in performing these roles is infectious. We can thank the writers for handing the power back to a group of 16th century women who had little control over their lives. In a musical that’s brimming with references to popular music, there’s bound to be something for everyone, and the film is a must-see.” - Rebecca Sinclair, Musical Theatre Review

Saturday's 1:00 show will have Open Captions. Dir: Jonathan Demme, US, 1991, Thriller/Horror. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn. Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay. “Agent Clarice Starling assists in the hunt for a brutal killer… Hoping to gain some insight into the killer's mind, she visits the notorious psychiatrist and serial killer Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter in prison. His dazzling intellect and psychopathic nature both messes with her head and leads her on the path to success. Of course, while the character of Lecter was the crowd-pleaser, the heart of this genuinely chilling movie lies with Foster... Her encounters with Anthony Hopkins are among the most compelling in recent cinematic history. Director Demme too, should be commended for his restraint when it comes to the violence, choosing to focus on faces and suggestion rather than actual gore. That said, this is a bloody tale, with a finale that'll make you think twice about entering a dark room without a sturdy weapon to defend yourself. Nonetheless, the superb acting, memorable characters, and riveting story should have you hooked.” – Ben Falk, BBC

Dir: Kasia Adamik, UK/Poland, 2026, Drama/Thriller. Lesley Manville, Melissa Dalton, Rhianne Barreto, Tom Burke. In English and Polish with English subtitles. "Winter of the Crow is a fascinating, smart Cold War thriller… Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, The Crown) plays Professor Joan Andrews, a British professor who comes to Poland in the mid-80s to give a lecture… The next morning, her world is turned upside down as martial law is declared, tanks invade, and her hosts are nowhere to be found. She witnesses a political murder and is forced to go on the run in the brutal winter, without speaking the language, and with no one to turn to for help… I’m far more interested in spy movies where the intrigue, deception, and double-crossing are the focus, where the hero never quite knows who their friends are, or exactly how they are going to survive. Winter of the Crow is closest to that sophisticated version of the genre, but takes it up a notch… With women in all writing roles, as director, and serving as the two leads, the result is a fresh and authentic take. It is something we’ve never quite seen before on screen, and it breathes new life into a venerable genre… The direction of Winter of the Crow is top-notch. Kasia Adamik, who grew up in that era in Poland, is revisiting events from her childhood. But she’s brought to it an adult sensibility that is thrilling, deep, and entertaining. She’s made a Cold War thriller for the ages." - Andy Howell, Film Threat