Reel Event
In partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Film Circuit, and Prairie City Cinema our Reel Event features the very best of Canadian and world cinema. As one of only five Manitoba locations offering the TIFF experience, the Reel Event provides local and regional film enthusiasts with the big screen experience that these major film-works demand.
Fantastic Venue
Films are screened at Prairie City Cinema located at 225 Prince Avenue, Portage la Prairie.
Walk up tickets are available at the door for $11
All screenings start at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Films are for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.
Purchase Combo #1 at the concession get $2 off when you show your Reel Event Season Pass.
Local Reel Event sponsor
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Wicked Little Letters
October 9 at 7:00pm
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The Great Escaper
November 13 at 7:00pm
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Thelma
January 8 at 7:00pm
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Café Daughter
February 12 at 7:00pm
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Sing Sing
March 12 at 7:00pm
Based on the real-life arts rehabilitation programme founded at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Greg Kwedar’s new film follows a troupe of incarcerated actors who work on a play as part of a theatre workshop at the prison.
Every six months, the men gather in a circle of chairs, often looking to Divine G (Colman Domingo) to help decide their next play. When he recruits a new member called Divine Eye, he gets more than he bargained for. The group’s dynamic begins to shift as Divine Eye suggests they do a comedy for the first time, prompting the men to throw out a jumble of wild ideas — from pirate ships to Roman gladiators to Old West gunfights. Flustered at first, Divine G quickly starts to see Divine Eye’s discomfort with the vulnerability required for what seems like a silly pursuit. While planning for his own clemency hearing, he tries to forge a connection with Eye, as the men collectively unpack the pain of their experience while undergoing the joy and escape of creativity.
Domingo gives one of the most memorable and affecting performances of his career, bolstered by a cast made up almost entirely of formerly incarcerated actors and alumni of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts programme. Their participation brings an authenticity to the group’s founding principle that human dignity must be a part of the justice system. Directed with a dynamism that matches the charm, mischief, and compassion of the men themselves, Sing Sing recognizes the value of a place we can gather in which to discuss, debate, and create, wherever that may be. It’s an ode to art as a process, much the same as life, through which we can strive to better understand ourselves and each other.
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7 Beats Per Minute
April 9 at 7:00pm
During a world-record attempt, freediving champion Jessea Lu blacked out and was lifeless for four minutes. Director Yuqi Kang’s documentary captures the descent of a lifetime, when Jessea returns to the site of her near-death experience to face the traumas of her past and find a way back to connection.