I'm Still Here
Monday February 24, 2:00 p.m only
136 min Portuguese with English subtitles Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy Film Date Sponsor: Megan Sullivan: OSSUM WELLNESS A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.
136 min
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Ossum Wellness, Megan Sullivan
Proceeds to Ancaster Food Drive
BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/im-still-here
Awards
Nominated for three Oscars: Best Picture, Best International Picture, Best Actress (Fernanda Torres) Won 20 International Awards and nominated for 60 others
Golden Globes: won Best Actress (drama), Fernanda Torres
Won 23 International Awards, nominated 50 others
Reviews
It’s a beautiful performance, made even more impactful by its basis in reality. I’m Still Here is a timely, exquisite masterpiece. Anne Donahue, Globe & Mail
I’m Still Here does not present as a simple polemic about a historical and political situation, and that’s the secret to its global appeal. It’s also a moving portrait of how politics disrupts and reshapes the domestic sphere, and how solidarity, community and love are the only viable path toward living in tragedy. And it warns us to mistrust anyone who tries to erase or rewrite the past. Alissa Wilkinson/NY Times
It’s difficult to fully contextualize how incredible Torres is here; she matches the film’s silent grief by keenly deploying her character’s internal angst into her slender frame. Through her formidable presence, the deliberate “I’m Still Here,” a film that locates further meaning in the face of Brazil’s present Far-Right wave, remains in the heart long after the picture fades. Robert Daniels/RogerEbert.com
“I’m Still Here” is one of the best films I’ve ever seen about the power of family. Richard Roeper/Chicago Sun-Times
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14961016/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/im_still_here_2024
Emilia Perez
Monday February 24, 7:15 p.m only
Exhilarating and piercingly resonant, the latest from director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, The Sisters Brothers, A Prophet) audaciously merges pop opera, narco thriller, and gender affirmation drama. Emilia Pérez is a rollercoaster in which crime, redemption, and karma collide, featuring fearless performances from Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and the amazing Karla Sofía Gascón, an ensemble that collectively received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
132 min
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Ossum Wellness, Megan Sullivan
Proceeds to Ancaster Food Drive
BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/emilia-perez
Awards
Nominated for thirteen Oscars: Best Picture, Best International Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Makeup, Best Sound, Best Music, two Best Song
Golden Globes: won Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress (Zoe Saldana), nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
Won 84 International Awards, nominated for 204
Reviews
Phrases like “game-changer” and “cutting-edge” can’t capture just how audacious and original Emilia Pérez is. It's a knockout. Leonard Maltin
By making Emilia Pérez a quasi-musical, Mr. Audiard cranks up the campiness; by making it a parable about one’s own past being inescapable, he makes it profound. John Anderson/Wall Street Journal
A movie like Emilia Pérez -- one that, instead of pleading for trans acceptance merely treats it as a given -- feels even more like movie fireworks, fierce and glorious, a radical act of the imagination with kindness in its heart. Stephanie Zacharek/Time Magazine
You've never seen anything like Jacques Audiard’s Spanish musical about violent passions starring Zoë Saldaña, Selena Gomez and trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in career-defining performances that take a piece out of you. This you don't want to miss. Peter Travers, ABC News
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20221436/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/emilia_perez
Other Films Dates: 2025 Season
OTHER FILM DATES: Screenings 2:00 pm and 7:15
Jan 20: Lee, Goodrich
Feb 24, I'm Still Here, 2:00 pm
Feb 24: Emilia Perez 7:15 p.m.
Mar 17
April 7, 28
May 12, 26
June 9
Sept 22
Oct 6
Nov 3
Dec 8
Other Items of Interest
AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles of past Ancaster Film Fest selections are available for loan at Rastin's Pharmacy.