Event Categories: Town Hall

CSI presents: “The Reality of (Screen) Characters” with Murray Smith

The Cinema Studies Institute presents a special seminar with Murray Smith, director of the University of Kent’s Aesthetics Research Centre. Professor Smith will discuss his chapter, “The Reality of (Screen) Characters,” published in The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies (2023). Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Room 223E, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave Abstract Characters are central to our engagement with… Continue Reading CSI presents: “The Reality of (Screen) Characters” with Murray Smith

Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – Double Bill – The Heroic Trio & Executioners

Michelle YEOH, Anita MUI and Maggie CHEUNG star as three heroines with starkly different personalities, singular strengths and divergent life goals. In modern-day Hong Kong, they join forces to battle a Qing Dynasty eunuch who masterminds a spree of baby kidnappings. Blazing gunfire meets flashing swords, stallions race alongside motorcycles, and the tales of loyalty,… Continue Reading Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – Double Bill – The Heroic Trio & Executioners

Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – Public Toilet

Cabinet of Curiosities | Asian Heritage Month To mark the Asian Heritage Month, we invite you into a cinematic cabinet of curiosities — a collection of bold, off-kilter and visionary works from the Chinese-language world. From dystopian futures to surreal realities and everyday absurdities, these films reimagine worlds on the brink — held together by… Continue Reading Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – Public Toilet

Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – Journey to the West

Cabinet of Curiosities | Asian Heritage Month To mark the Asian Heritage Month, we invite you into a cinematic cabinet of curiosities — a collection of bold, off-kilter and visionary works from the Chinese-language world. From dystopian futures to surreal realities and everyday absurdities, these films reimagine worlds on the brink — held together by… Continue Reading Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – Journey to the West

Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

Cabinet of Curiosities | Asian Heritage Month To mark the Asian Heritage Month, we invite you into a cinematic cabinet of curiosities — a collection of bold, off-kilter and visionary works from the Chinese-language world. From dystopian futures to surreal realities and everyday absurdities, these films reimagine worlds on the brink — held together by… Continue Reading Mulan Film Festival presents: Cabinet Of Curiosities – My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

Smoke Signals Screening and Q&A

On June 18, in celebration of Indigenous Peoples History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day, join the Indigenous Film Collective and Innis College for a special screening of Smoke Signals — a groundbreaking film in Indigenous cinema. Smoke Signals holds a unique place in history as the first feature-length film written, directed, and produced by Native Americans to reach… Continue Reading Smoke Signals Screening and Q&A

AD HOC #75: R. BRUCE ELDER IN PERSON – ALONE (ALL FLESH SHALL SEE IT TOGETHER)

AD HOC #75 R. BRUCE ELDER IN PERSON ALONE (ALL FLESH SHALL SEE IT TOGETHER) June 5, 2025 7PM Innis Town Hall AD HOC present R. Bruce Elder, in person, with his and Ajla Odobašić’s new film, Alone (All Flesh Shall See It Together). Elder writes: “We all know that electric media have produced numerous degrading,… Continue Reading AD HOC #75: R. BRUCE ELDER IN PERSON – ALONE (ALL FLESH SHALL SEE IT TOGETHER)