PAG Film Series
Fall / Winter 2025-2026 Series Here!
The Penticton Art Gallery is partnering with the TIFF Film Circuit once more to bring four unique films to the Landmark Cinema Screen showcasing excellence in the cinematic arts. This series of four unique films will feature at Landmark Cinemas on September 24, October 22, November 19, 2025 and January 21 , 2026. Film selections have been made for all but the fourth film in January. Please note that some films may not be rated, and we recommend they be viewed by those aged 18 and older.
Passes for the series will be available for purchase August 18th either in person at the Penticton Art Gallery, on the Penticton gallery website, or by calling 250-493-2928. Pass prices are set at $65 for non-members and $55 for members. Individual tickets, if available, will be priced at $18. All ticket prices include taxes and fees, and tickets are non-refundable. Tickets purchased online can be picked up at the gallery.
Updates will be shared online, but for any additional questions feel free to reach out to the PAG Series Film Committee at pagfilmseries@gmail.com. We can't wait to see you at the movies!
PAG Film Series 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.
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MARCHING BAND
September 24, 2025 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Origin: France | 2024 | 105 min | French (English Subtitles) | Comedy, Drama, Music
Internationally renowned conductor Thibaut is diagnosed with leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Learning he was adopted, he finds his brother, a factory worker who plays the trombone in a small marching band. Everything seems to set them apart, except their love of music. Their reunion sparks a fraternal, musical journey amidst the town's factory closure.
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There's Still Tomorrow
October 29, 2025 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Origin: Italy | 2023 | 118 min | Italian (English Subtitles) | Comedy, Historical Drama
In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life. An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards.
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The Birds Who Fear Death
November 26, 2025 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Origin: Canada | 2024 | 102 min | English (No Subtitles) | Crime, Drama
Adam and Ryan Spence, brothers motivated purely by financial gain, anxiously await the death of their father William to claim the family restaurant business as their inheritance. However, their plans take a shocking turn when they learn that William has left his estate to the Indigenous people of a remote hamlet in Northern Alberta. Determined to claim their fortune, the brothers return to the community, only to find it devastated by a cancer crisis tied to industrial development––a venture their father had once championed as Chief. Tensions rise as the acting Chief blames William for the devastation, while the brothers seek alliances with other band members.
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TO BE DETERMINED
January 28, 2026 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM
PAG Film Series
The Winter / Spring 2025 Series is SOLD OUT!
Thank you to everyone who supported the series- stay tuned for information on our next round of films!
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📽 2024 | Drama | 1h 38m
Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as a devoted father in this adaptation of Claire Keegan’s best-selling novel. While working as a coal merchant, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent—uncovering painful truths of his own. Set in a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church, the story is drawn from real-life Magdalene Laundries, where unmarried pregnant women were separated from their children, a practice that continued until 1996.
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📽 France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | 2024 | 118m | Malayalam, Hindi
Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, this exquisitely beautiful and heartfelt debut fiction feature by Payal Kapadia moves from the urban bustle of Mumbai to a serene coastal retreat as two nurses navigating personal turning points and the quiet possibilities of romance.
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📽 Bhutan, France, USA, Taiwan | 2023 | 107 min | Dzongkha, English
Set in 2006, as Bhutan transitions to democracy, this playful ensemble drama from writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji (Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom) is a poignant and humorous parable about embracing modernity while reckoning with the past.
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📽 Canada | 2023 | 105 min | English
The government is set to resettle the remote fishing community of Sweetland, Newfoundland, offering a generous payout—but only if every resident agrees to leave. Retired fisherman Moses (Mark Lewis Jones) is one of the last holdouts, unwilling to leave behind a lifetime of memories and ghosts. Directed by Christian Sparkes (Cast No Shadow, The King Tide), one of Canada’s emerging filmmaking talents.
The PAG Film Series is making its highly anticipated return in 2025! Formerly known as the Kitchen Stove Film Series, this beloved initiative first began in 1998, and we are thrilled to bring it back!
This series of four unique films will feature at Landmark Cinemas on February 19, March 19, April 23, and May 21, 2025. Film selections will be announced early February. Please note that some films may not be rated, and we recommend they be viewed by those aged 18 and older.
Tickets for the full series are available for $65 for non-members and $55 for members. Individual tickets, if available, will be priced at $18. All ticket prices include taxes and fees, and tickets are non-refundable.
To purchase tickets, please follow the link above, call the gallery at 250-493-2928 or visit us in person at 199 Marina Way. Tickets purchased online can be picked up at the gallery. We can't wait to see you at the movies!
PAG Film Series 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.
