Holy Days
Monday May 11, 2:00 p.m.
110 min
Season Sponsor: Rastins Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Brad and Nancy Fleming
Proceeds to Ancaster Community Services
Tickets: www.memorialarts.ca/films/aff-may25-aft
When the last of the sisters of St. Suzanne’s face forced retirement, they take matters into their own hands. They plan a dash to New Zealand’s stunning South Island to someone who can hopefully defend their rights.
A young Māori boy who joins them has a secret mission of his own. But things go terribly wrong and this oddball group of friends faces their greatest challenge yet. Directed by Nathalie Boltt and starring veteran actresses Judy Davis, Miriam Margoyles and Jackie Weaver.
Actor-filmmaker Nat Boltt keeps things sunny and colourful, finding humour in the characters' sparky personalities and earthy emotion in the situations. And the movie provides three veteran actresses with colourful, meaty roles to sink their teeth into. Rich Cline/Shadows on the Wall
A family friendly story of faith, support and mutual growth, Holy Days is a dryly humorous movie that presents big ideas about love, life and loss in a playful but heartfelt movie. Richard Crouse
Three nuns and a Kiwi boy go on a cross-country jaunt to save their convent in this chipper, life-affirming comedy. Chridtopher Lloyd/The Film Yap
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14734016/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/holy_days
Tow
Monday May 11, 7:15 p.m.
105 min
Season Sponsor: Rastins PharmaChoice Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Brad and Nancy Fleming
Proceeds to Hamilton Food Share
Tickets: http://www.memorialarts.ca/films/aff-may25-eve
Based on a true story, TOW follows Amanda Ogle (Rose Byrne), a woman living in her aging Toyota Camry on the streets of Seattle. When her car -- her only lifeline -- is stolen and impounded, Amanda is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system.
What begins as a fight to reclaim her car evolves into a deeply human story of resilience, dignity, and the power of one woman's voice in the face of systemic failure. Also starring Rose Byrne, Dominic Sessa, Demi Lovato, Ariana DeBose and Octavia Spencer.
“Tow” is sunnier overall. Amanda has abundant humor even when she’s close to hitting bottom, and the movie steers into a “beat the system” narrative that packs some stirring “Erin Brockovich” energy. Glenn Kenney/NY Times
In its modest way, Tow sends a powerful message about how many of us have more in common with a person sleeping in a car than we do the billionaires we’ve been conditioned to admire. Lovia Gyarkye/Hollywood Reporter
As Byrne’s performance highlights throughout “Tow,” it takes a certain inner steel to fight so diligently for what some might dismiss as a hunk of junk. Carla Meyer/San Francisco Chronicl
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.