Showtimes Apr 1-7: New "Folk" Horror YOU WON'T BE ALONE; French Film Fest; The Godfather 50th Anniversary Re-release!

A Heady and Haunting Folk Tale Among the Best Horror Debuts in Years

YOU WON'T BE ALONE. Opens Friday at the Twin!

Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, YOU WON'T BE ALONE follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.

"Director Goran Stolevski is going places, thanks to this challenging, melancholy, and impeccably crafted witch story co-starring Noomi Rapace." - Indiewire

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April 2, 3, 6, 7. Four shows only at the Original. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola's Academy Award-winning masterwork The Godfather, the film is receiving a limited theatrical re-release in a stunning 4K restoration. See it on the big screen!

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2022 AFKW FILM FESTIVAL! This weekend at the Twin. All films presented with English subtitles.

See the great line-up of NEW French films at the link!

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Tickets on sale now! THE BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Princess Twin May 5-6-7.

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FILMS SHOWING Friday April 1 - April 7

You Won't Be Alone

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"A witch discovers life, love and death via the bodies of others in a beautifully made and moving treatise on what it it means to be human" - The Guardian

Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, YOU WON'T BE ALONE follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim's shape to live life in her skin.

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The Godfather - 50th Anniversary 4K restoration

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"50 years after its release, 'The Godfather' is now and forever, one of the greats." - Niagara Gazette

THE GODFATHER 50th Anniversary Re-release. 4K restoration and remaster. See it on the big screen!

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola's Academy Award-winning masterwork The Godfather, the film is receiving a limited theatrical re-release.

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Lunana: A yak in the Classroom

Oscar Nominated for Best International Feature Film

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Rock This Town - Encore!

When live music rocked Kitchener-Waterloo! Featuring Q&A with producer Betty Anne Keller

Rock This Town brings to life the exciting history of rock music concerts in KW from the 1960s & ‘70s. An insider’s look into the gritty reality of building the local live music scene. A 70-minute documentary featuring interviews with music business pros plus performances by today’s musicians. Rock stars come and go but live music is here to stay!

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X

18A

"The expectations for West’s return to film were high, and luckily X brings this master of horror back with a bang." - Austin Chronicle

A group of actors sets out to make an adult film in rural Texas under the noses of their reclusive hosts, but when the elderly couple catches their young guests in the act, the cast finds themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

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The Outfit

An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

From the Academy Award-winning writer of The Imitation Game (Graham Moore) comes The Outfit, a gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor (Academy Award winner Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

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Death on the Nile

"Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaption is a classy, captivating whodunit." - Newsday

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

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Le Club Vinland (The Vinland Club)

AFKW presents "Le Club Vinland" as part of the French Film Festival

The Vinland Club is the story of an exceptional teacher in a boys' college in eastern Quebec in the late 1940s. Adored by his students, but perceived as too provocative by his superiors, the charismatic Frère Jean was a progressive harbinger of the changes to come in Quebec in the 1950s and 1960s.

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The Rose Maker

"This soulful film reminds us that there’s a whole lot more to life than just making money—or roses." - Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Eve is one of France's greatest artisanal horticulturalists, but her rose business is facing imminent bankruptcy or liquidation. When her secretary hires three inexperienced ex-convicts, they must team up to rescue the business in this verdant comedy.

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Le Trésor du Petit Nicolas (Little Nicholas' Treasure)

AFKW presents "Le Trésor du Petit Nicolas" as part of the French Film Festival

What Nicholas (9) loves most is playing with his gang of middle school pals, The Invincibles. Adorable, yet mischievous, they have all sorts of adventures together and life could not be funnier. So when his dad gets promoted and announces that the family is relocating to the South of France, his world falls apart. Little Nicholas cannot live without his friends.

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Terra Willy, Planète Inconnue (Astro Kid)

AFKW presents "Terra Willy: Planète Inconnue" as part of the French Film Festival

Upon the destruction of their ship, Willy is separated from his parents. He lands on a wild and unexplored planet and with the help of Buck, a survival robot, he will have to hold until the arrival of a rescue mission. (NOTE: This film only will be presented IN FRENCH ONLY, with NO Englsih subtitles)

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Time Bandits

A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.

Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras.

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FREE SCREENING: C.R.A.Z.Y.

14A

Tribute to the late Jean-Marc Vallée on National Canadian Film Day

On Dec 25, 2021, Canada lost one of its best, most important filmmakers, Jean Marc Vallée. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) was his third feature film and the one that put him on the map.

Free screening! Part of National Canadian Film Day.

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Alien (Princess)

14A

The science fiction horror classic, back on the big screen!

PART OF OUR APRIL 26 ALIEN DAY DOUBLE FEATURE!

Get tickets to our 9:15PM show of Aliens (1986) here!

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Aliens (Princess)

The essential-viewing sequel to the original science fiction classic!

Part of our April 26 Alien Day Double Feature!

Get tickets to our 7:00PM show of Alien (1979) here!

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This Much I Know to Be True

The new feature film directed by Andrew Dominik, featuring Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, captures their exceptional creative relationship as they bring to life songs from albums Ghosteen and Carnage.

Shot on location in London & Brighton, THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE captures Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ exceptional creative relationship as they bring to life the songs from their last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis).

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Together We Grow

KW Professional Organizers Celebrate 10th Anniversary with First Canadian Screening of 'Together We Grow'.

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Coming Soon!

Mothering Sunday

"Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star in this deeply affecting adaptation of Graham Swift’s bittersweet novel about secret love in post-WWI England." - TIFF

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover.

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