A Poet
Monday June , 2:00 p.m.
123 min
Season Sponsor: Rastins Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Retail Prophet, Doug Stephens
Proceeds to Neighbour to Neighbour
Spanish with English subtitles
Tickets: www.memorialarts.ca/films/aff-june-aft
[The] moral of this story is the one that Oscar learns: To be an artist isn’t about living the life of an artist, or saying things that sound like the things an artist might say. It means sitting down, as boring as it can be, and actually making the art. Alissa Wilkinson/NY Times
Ultimately, A Poet is a universal treatise on the world of arts and letters, in that it’s about the contradictions inherent in creativity in general in any corner of the world—the economic strife that runs parallel to artistic achievements. Namrata Joshi/New Indian Express
That you’re never entirely sure if Oscar is going to be the adult or the child in any given scene creates a wonderfully funny tension. It’s one of the best performances of this past year and if Rios never acted again, it’d be a one-off for the ages... Robert Abele/ Los Angeles Times
The Christophers
Monday June 8, 7:15 p.m.
100 min
Season Sponsor: Rastins Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Retail Prophet, Doug Stephens
Proceeds to the Good Shepherd
Tickets: www.memorialarts.ca/films/aff-june-eve
In a six-decade career spanning Shakespeare, Stephen King, Marvel, and Gandalf, this may be the best work of McKellen’s career. No slouch herself, Coel meets his every acting challenge and issues one of her own. Odie Henderson/Boston Globe
Had The Christophers just been a cross-generational punch-up, the sort of flinty showdown designed to throw off pleasurable sparks, you’d still walk away content. It remains a conduit for two of the best performances you’ll see all year. David Fear/Rolling Stone
A film that could have settled for being a masterclass in technique, but instead goes deeper, exploring questions of artistry, authorship, legacy. Bob Mondello/NPR
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.
AFF Season 21 - 2026
Screenings will be at 2:00 and 7:15 p.m.
Dates
January 26 Sentimental Value, 2:00 p.m.
January 26 It Was Just An Accident, 7:15 p.m.
February 23: DJ Ahmet, 2:00 p.m.
February 23: Marty Supreme, 7:15 p.m.
March 30: The Choral, 2:00 p.m.
March 30: The Secret Agent 7:15 p.m.
April 20: The President's Cake, 2:00 p.m.
April 20: H Is For Hawk, 7:15 p.m.
May 11: All That's Left of You, 2:00 p.m.
May 11: Palestine 36, 7:15 p.m,
May 25: Holy Days, 2:00 p.m.
May 25: Tow, 7:15 p.m.
June 8: A Poet, 2:00 p.m.
June 8: The Christophers, 7:15 p.m.
September 14
October 5
October 26
November 16
December 7
Guests on our email list will also be informed via email. To contact us email ancasterfilmfest@cogeco.ca.
AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles are available at Rastin's Pharmacy. Check out our Archive.
AFF Season 20 - 2025
Screenings were at 2:00 and 7:15 p.m. 12 Screening Dates, 22 Films. Approximately 5000 paid attendan
Dates
January 20: Lee, 2:00 p.m.
January 20: Goodrich, 7:15 p.m.
February 24: I'm Still Here, 2:00 p.m.
February 24: Emilia Pérez, 7:15 p.m.
March 17: Small Things Like These, 2:00 p.m.
March 17: No Other Land, 7:15 p.m.
April 7; Bob Trevino Likes It, 2:00 p.m.
April 7: There's Still Tomorrow, 7:15 p.m.
April 28, The Penguin Letters, 2:00 p.m.
April 28: Shepherds, 7:15 p.m.
May 12: Maria Montessori: Une Nouvelle Femme, 2:00 p.m.
May 12: Bad Shabbos, 7:15 p.m.
May 26: So Surreal: Behind the Masks, 2:00 p.m.
May 26: Santosh, 7:15 p.m.
June 9:Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, 2:00 p.m.
June 9: White Bird, 7:15 p.m.
September 22: The Life of Chuck, 2:00 p.m., 7:15 p.m.
October 6: The Marching Band, 2:00 p.m.
October 6: Exhibiting Forgiveness, 7:15 p.m.
November 3: Eleanor the Great, 2:00 p.m.
November 3: TBA, 7:15 p.m.
December 8: Blue Moon, 2:00 p.m.
December 8: TBA 7:15 p.m.
Guests on our email list will also be informed via email. To contact us email ancasterfilmfest@cogeco.ca.
AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles are available at Rastin's Pharmacy. Check out our Archive.