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We are celebrating 30 YEARS of MAT Film Nights! Since 1996, MAT Film Nights has brought top quality, award-winning and alternative films directly to Orillia audiences, selected from the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Film Circuit catalogue. All profits from these film screenings go directly to MAT.
ABOUT MAT FILM NIGHTS
Each film has two screenings on the same day - a 4pm matinee and a 7pm evening show.
Members and Non-Members welcome!
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ADMISSION
Admission is at the door of the Orillia Galaxy Cinemas (865 W Ridge Blvd, Orillia, ON)
starting ONE HOUR before each screening.
$10 regular admission, and $5 student admission (with a student card).
Tickets can be purchased with cash, credit or debit.
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If you like watching good movies in the company of fellow film enthusiasts, you won’t want to miss MAT Film Nights.
Fall 2026
(September to December)
Take a closer look at this season of films!
Tuner
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
A talented piano tuner who suffers from hyperacusis discovers an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.
STARRING
Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, and Havana Rose Liu.
Directed by Daniel Roher (United States of America, Canada)
Drama, Crime | 2025 | 109m | English
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Once Upon a Time in Cinema
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
Over the course of one Friday evening, beleaguered cinema owner Earl Clancy faces a myriad of disasters, any one of which could sink him.
STARRING
Colin Morgan, Calam Lynch, Niamh Cusack
Directed by David Gleeson (Ireland, Germany, Belgium)
Comedy, Drama | 2026 | 93m | English
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Nika & Madison
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
A fateful encounter with the police propels two estranged friends to reevaluate their friendship amidst their flight through the Canadian wilderness.
STARRING
Ellyn Jade, Star Slade
Directed by Eva Thomas (Canada)
Drama | 2025 | 87m | English
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Margaret's Museum (1995)
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
In a small mining town in the 1940s Nova Scotia, Margaret grows to despise the mines after her brother and dad die working there. She then meets Neil, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher who's just as put off by the hard work of rural living as she is. Against the wishes of her hard-bitten mother they marry, but, before long, financial woes lead to his doing what every other uneducated young man does in the town: take a job underground.
STARRING
Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell
30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
'Margaret's Museum' was the very first film screened for our MAT Film Nights back in 1996. As a birthday treat for our viewers, we will be screening this film FREE of charge!
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The Christophers
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
A once-celebrated artist's children enlist a forger to access his unfinished canvases in a deceptive bid to secure an inheritance.
STARRING
Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel
Directed by Steven Soderbergh (United Kingdom)
Comedy, Drama | 2025 | 100m | English
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I Swear
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
Funny, honest, and deeply human, I Swear tells the inspirational true story of John Davidson, a trailblazer whose honesty and humour helped the world better understand what it means to live with Tourette syndrome.
STARRING
Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, Peter Mullan
Directed by Kirk Jones (United Kingdom)
Biography, Drama | 2025 | 121m | English
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You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way)
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
Nick Davis’ high-spirited documentary reveals how a humble 1972 Toronto run of the hippie musical Godspell became an historic incubator for modern comedy. Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, and other entertainment icons got their start in a 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell. Featuring interviews with the surviving cast members, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, and more, the film recounts a pivotal moment in comedy history.
Directed by Nick Davis (United States of America)
Documentary, Comedy, Musical | 2025 | 98m | English
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TBA
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 (4pm, 7pm)
Please check back soon!
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And now, our feature presentation...
Mariposa Arts Theatre has a dedicated team of cinephiles who scour festival lineups and critical reviews to bring audiences an unforgettable cinematic experience every season.
Discover how our Film Nights Committee carefully selects each film and continues to attract large numbers of enthusiastic filmgoers for 30 years!
Past Films
Mariposa Arts Theatre has been screening films since 1996 - take a look at the full list here!
2020's Films 2020 – 2021 No films due to COVID-19 Pandemic 2021 – 2022 No films due to COVID-19 Pandemic 2022 – 2023 Scarborough Ali & Ava Phantom of the Open Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song Broker Rosie Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On Riceboy Sleeps Emily 2023 – 2024 What’s Love Got To Do With It? Little Richard: I Am Everything Past Lives BlackBerry Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Blue Jean Jules Scrapper Joan Baez: I Am A Noise Priscilla The Persian Version One Life Perfect Days Origin Uproar 2024-2025 The Queen of My Dreams Wilfred Buck Crossing Ghostlight The Great Escaper Thelma Sing Sing Drive Back Home The Outrun Treasure Good One Universal Language All We Imagine As Light Small Things Like These Shepherds 2025-2026 The Penguin Lessons Jane Austen Wrecked My Life A Nice Indian Boy Santosh Meet The Barbarians (Les Barbares) Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight The Life of Chuck 2026-2027 Blue Moon It Was Just An Accident DJ Ahmet Out Standing Koln 75 Meadowlarks Silver Screamers The President's Cake
2010's Films 2010-2011 Secrets In Their Eyes Mao’s Last Dancer I Am Love Mic Macs The Girl Who Played With Fire Tamara Drewe Score: Hockey Musical Made In Dagenham The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Incendies Barney’s Version Another Year 2011-2012 The First Grader Potiche Midnight In Paris In A Better World The Guard The Way Monsieur Lazhar A Dangerous Method A Separation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy The Artist Salmon Fishing In The Yemen 2012-2013 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Where Do We Go Now? The Intouchables Citizen Gangster Beasts of the Southern Wild Midnight’s Children Stories We Tell Barbara Quartet A Royal Affair The Angels’ Share The Sapphires 2013-2014 Kon-Tiki Before Midnight Blue Jasmine The Hunt Good Ol’ Freda Enough Said Dallas Buyers Club Cas & Dylan Wadjda The Invisible Woman Gabrielle Philomena 2014-2015 The Grand Seduction Chef Magic in the Moonlight Ida Land Ho Calvary Pride Boyhood My Old Lady Force Majeure Mommy Phoenix Boychoir 2015-2016 Sunshine on Leith Jimmy’s Hall A Brilliant Young Mind Wild Tales What We Did on our Holiday Grandma Remember The Second Mother 45 Years Al Purdy Was Here Brooklyn Spotlight The Lady in the Van 2016-2017 Love and Friendship Sing Street Dheepan The Meddler Captain Fantastic The Daughter Manchester by the Sea The Eagle Huntress Denial The Salesman I, Daniel Blake 20th Century Women My American Cousin Maudie 2017-2018 Their Finest Tanna The Glass Castle Loving Vincent The Big Sick Tulip Fever Lucky The Florida Project C’est La Vie Bombshell Call Me By Your Name Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool Lady Bird Finding Your Feet 2018-2019 Three Identical Strangers Leave No Trace The Miseducation Of Cameron Post The Wife The Children Act Colette Fahrenheit 9/11 What They Had Shoplifters A Private War Ben Is Back The Grizzlies If Beale Street Could Talk Wild Rose 2019-2020 Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind The Last Black Man in San Francisco Sometimes, Always, Never The Farewell Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maiden Judy Official Secrets The Peanut Butter Falcon Parasite
2000's Films 2000- 2001 Joe Gould’s Secret Color of Paradise Red Sky New Waterford Girl Two Family House Croupier Billy Elliot Dancer in the Dark Widow Of St. Pierre You Can Count on Me Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Chocolat 2001-2002 The Man Who Cried The Dish Innocence Bread & Tulips The Uncles The War Bride On The Nose The Shipping News Kandahar Amelie Monsoon Wedding No Man’s Land 2002-2003 Atanarjuat Men With Brooms Enigma Emperor’s New Clothes Frida Bollywood/Hollywood Rabbit Proof Fence Ararat Far From Heaven Under The Sun Evelyn Marion Bridge 2003-2004 Nowhere In Africa Man Without A Past Spellbound Whale Rider Man On The Train Memento Magdalene Sisters Casa De Los Babys Emile My Life Without Me Republic Of Love The Barbarian Invasion Station Agent La Grande Seduction Girl With A Pearl Earring Mr. Ibrahim 2004-2005 Facing Windows Love Me If You Dare Saddest Music In The World Before Sunset Being Julia Bright Young Things Stage Beauty Stander Motorcycle Diaries Beyond The Sea House Of Flying Daggers A Very Long Engagement Les Choristes St. Ralph 2005-2006 Dear Frankie Quill Ladies In Lavender Lost Embrace Water CRAZY Paradise Now Capote Mrs. Henderson Presents White Countess World’s Fastest Indian ???? - One Missing 2006-2007 Wah-Wah Knud Rasmussen Bon Cop, Bad Cop A Prairie Home Companion Volver Catch A Fire Kinky Boots Shut Up And Sing Snow Cake Painted Veil Lives Of Others Orchestra Seats Days Of Glory Away From Her 2007-2008 Introducing The Dwights A Mighty Heart La Vie En Rose Becoming Jane Emotional Arithmetic Shake Hands With The Devil The Diving Bell And The Butterfly My Kid Could Paint That Breakfast With Scott Atonement The Kite Runner The Band’s Visit The Stone Angel 2008-2009 Brick Lane The Visitor Young At Heart My Brother Is An Only Child The Duchess One Week Happy-Go-Lucky The Stone Of Destiny I’ve Loved You So Long Boy In The Striped Pajamas The Class Necessities Of Life Welcome To The Sticks 2009-2010 Easy Virtue Empties Goodbye Solo Seraphine Amreeka Every Little Step An Education Young Victoria Broken Embraces The Last Station Creation Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
1990's Films 1996-1997 Margaret’s Museum A Winter’s Tale Fargo Antonia’s Line Emma A Long Day’s Journey into Night Twelfth Night Secrets and Lies Shine Hotel de Love Kolya 1997-1998 Ulee’s Gold Fire Mrs. Brown Shall We Dance Sweet Hereafter Ponette Hanging Garden The Wings of the Dove Oscar & Lucinda 1998-1999 Smoke Signals The Governess Life is Beautiful Regeneration Elizabeth The Red Violin Central Station No Such a Long Journey 1999-2000 An Ideal Husband The Winslow Boy Earth Happy Texas Legend of 1900 Felicia’s Journey Mansfield Park The Life Before This Topsy-Turvy All About My Mother
