Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

Small Things Like These
2024 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 38m
Director: Tim Mielants

Oscar® winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as a devoted father in this film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent — and uncovers truths of his own — forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.  These incidents are drawn from the real-life Magdalene Laundries, in which Catholic nuns around Ireland separated unmarried and pregnant women from their children, until the last one closed in 1996. 
 

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $14 each
Buy all 4: $46 at the Door (Feb/March/April/May)
February 3: Small Things Like These
March 3: All We Imagine as Light
April 7: Universal Language
May 5: In the Summers

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $13 each
Buy all 3: $35 at the Door (Oct/Nov/Dec)
Crossing | Oct 7 
Wicked Little Letters | Nov 18 
Sing Sing | Dec 9 

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father—and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

Directed by Joachim Trier
Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, United Kingdom | 2025 | 132m | Norwegian, English Comedy/Drama
Cannes Grand Prix 2025

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $14 each
Buy all 3: $35 at the Door 

DJ Ahmet | Nov. 17
Once Upon My Mother | Dec. 8 
Sentimental Value | Jan. 12

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

A mother's unwavering devotion helps her son, born with a clubfoot in 1963, overcome physical challenges and social barriers. Her powerful promise drives their remarkable journey through life's ups and downs. Told across decades, capturing the trials and miracles of life, Once Upon My Mother is the true, funny and moving story of the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child. Featuring a rich soundtrack of classic songs from French music icon Sylvie Vartan, this vibrant tribute to enduring motherly love is a crowd-pleasing treat. In 1963, Esther gave birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland was born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like everyone else and live a whole and fabulous life – and she will do everything in her power to keep this promise and help him fulfil this incredible destiny.

Directed by Ken Scott
France, Canada | 2025 | 102m | French

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $14 each
Buy all 3: $35 at the Door

DJ Ahmet | Nov. 17
Once Upon My Mother | Dec. 8 
Sentimental Value | Jan. 12

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.

Directed by Georgi M. Unkovski
North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia | 2025 | 99m | Turkish, Macedonian, English
Audience Choice World Cinema-Dramatic winner at Sundance 2025
 

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $14 each
Buy all 3: $35 at the Door

DJ Ahmet | Nov. 17
Once Upon My Mother | Dec. 8 
Sentimental Value | Jan. 12

Join artsPlace Canmore and the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival to celebrate International Mountain Day, designated by the United Nations since 2003 to recognize and create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development, and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world. 

This year, we’re celebrating International Mountain Day with a screening of the film Champions of the Golden Valley. This film won the Grand Prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival. 

In the remote mountain villages of Bamyan, Afghanistan, a newfound passion for skiing attracts young athletes from rival ethnic groups to the slopes. With minimal gear and makeshift skis, the determined ski coach Alishah Farhang organizes a thrilling ski race that fosters camaraderie, joy, and triumph.
“The ultimate underdog story.” - Variety

Champions of the Golden Valley
(USA, 2024, 81 min)
Director: Ben Sturgulewski
Producers: Sturgefilm, Tideshift Studio, Katie Stjernholm, Baktash Ahadi

"The current state of global unrest, the increasingly destructive effects of climate change (and the impending election, if you’re American like me), can leave us overwhelmed and at times guilty for finding delight in the mountains. This film reminds us we are multitudes: joy and grief, hope and despair, coinciding in times of political crisis and persecution. There are beautiful wide-ranging shots that juxtapose the stark black and white present to the bright colorful images looking back, almost wistfully, at an enchanted past memory. One gets a sense of unfettered freeness in the pockets of snow. The lasting impact of the fleeting moment in time can be felt as the ski program continues to be resilient, to foster the joys of being in the mountains, and its sparkling feeling of hope."
- Shelma Jun, Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival 2024 jury member

Proceeds from the event will go to the Avalanche Canada Foundation in support of youth education, community outreach, research, and public safety programs.

Tickets: $20 | Youth $10 (Under 18)

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, Wicked Little Letters follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and her fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town's women -- led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) -- begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all. Directed by Thea Sharrock.

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $13 each
Buy all 3: $35 at the Door (Oct/Nov/Dec)
Crossing | Oct 7 
Wicked Little Letters | Nov 18 
Sing Sing | Dec 9