Reel Time Film Screenings

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years. Reel Time Film Screenings occur during the year at Lux Cinema Banff.

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledge 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 tiff.net/filmcircuit

Check out the films that are making a buzz on the world's film circuit!

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From the film Small Things Like These
Date: Mon, Feb 03 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: Small Things Like These

Oscar® winner Cillian Murphy plays a devoted father who discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers shocking truths of his own.
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From the film All We Imagine as Light
Date: Mon, Mar 03 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: All We Imagine as Light

Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this film explores the light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai.
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From the film Universal Language
Date: Mon, Apr 07 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: Universal Language

An absurdist triptych of seemingly unconnected stories find a mysterious point of intersection in this tale set somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran.
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From the film In the Summers
Date: Mon, May 05 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: In the Summers

Winner of the US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, In the Summers shares an emotional capsule of growing up within a fragmented family.
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Past Screenings

Still from the film Crossing by Levan Akin
Date: Mon, Oct 07 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: Crossing

A retired teacher’s journey to reunite with her transgender niece in Istanbul leads to unexpected friendships in a heartfelt tale of identity and acceptance.
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Still from the film Wicked Little Letters
Date: Mon, Nov 18 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: Wicked Little Letters

When profane letters shock Littlehampton, the rowdy Irish migrant, Rose, is blamed. Suspicious, the town’s women band together to investigate.
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Image from the film Flora and Son, courtesy Reel Time
Date: Mon, Feb 12 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: Flora and Son

A single mom's efforts to keep her son out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.
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From the film Anatomy of a Fall, courtesy of Reel Time
Date: Mon, Mar 11 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: Anatomy of a Fall

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
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From the film Perfect Days, Master Mind Ltd, courtesy of Reel Time
Date: Mon, Apr 08 @ 7:00 PM
Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear St

Reel Time: Perfect Days

Hirayama is content with his simple life cleaning toilets in Tokyo. Unexpected encounters reveal more of his story in a moving reflection on finding beauty.
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