Home of the best movies in Ottawa

Ottawa's go-to independent cinema since 1988. We curate a diverse selection of films and events for true movie lovers.

Die My Love

Nov 8-12

It Was Just An Accident

Nov 8-9, 28-29Dec 4

Nuremberg

Nov 8-13

OCAN25 – Day 3

Nov 8

Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)

Nov 9, 14-19

Detour: Drop Dead Gorgeous

Nov 12

Restoration: Lifeforce

Nov 13

Drunken Cinema: Back to the Future

Nov 14

Nouvelle Vague

Nov 14-20

Alberta Number One Director Q&A

Nov 15

ByTowne Open House!

Nov 16

Detour: The Handmaiden

Nov 16, 18

Flow – Free for Members Screening

Nov 16

Restoration: Angel’s Egg

Nov 19-20

Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)

Nov 21, 23-25

Sentimental Value

Nov 21-30Dec 1-3

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

Nov 22

Restoration: Jacob’s Ladder

Nov 22, 25

The Zone: 2046

Nov 23, 27

After the Hunt

Nov 26-27

Spectacle: Pan’s Labyrinth

Nov 28Dec 2

Kidz Klassics: Uncle Buck

Nov 29

Golden Age: One Week with The General, Accompaniment by Bruce Vogt

Nov 30

Staff Picks: Volver

Nov 30

Put your soul on your hand and walk

Dec 1-2

Warren Miller’s SNO-CIETY

Dec 3-4

Edward Scissorhands with Live Burlesque

Dec 6

Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio

Dec 6, 10

Drunken Cinema: Die Hard

Dec 12

The Secret Agent

Dec 12-18

Sing Along! White Christmas

Dec 13

Klassic Kidz: The Muppet Christmas Carol

Dec 14

Holiday Slumber Party! Love Actually

Dec 17

Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)

Nov 9, 14-19

Sing Along! White Christmas

Dec 13

Warren Miller’s SNO-CIETY

Dec 3-4

The Zone: 2046

Nov 23, 27

The Secret Agent

Dec 12-18

Golden Age: One Week with The General, Accompaniment by Bruce Vogt

Nov 30

Staff Picks: Volver

Nov 30

Spectacle: Pan’s Labyrinth

Nov 28Dec 2

Sentimental Value

Nov 21-30Dec 1-3

Restoration: Lifeforce

Nov 13

Dedicated to continuing the independent cinema tradition, building on its rich history and sharing it with all generations of film lovers. As film enthusiasts, we aim to curate one-of-a-kind cinema experiences – from film screenings to events – that will appeal to our cinema's unique community.

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In operation since

1947

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Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)

Sing Along! White Christmas

Warren Miller’s SNO-CIETY

The Zone: 2046

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One Battle After Another

My Favourite Cake

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Sing Along! White Christmas

ByTowne Cinema

Rated All Events

Sing Along! White Christmas

All Events, All Films, Sing-Along Cinema

Get into the Holiday Spirit with Bing and the gang by giving your vocal cords a work out at this...

Klassic Kidz: The Muppet Christmas Carol

ByTowne Cinema

Rated Klassic Kidz

Klassic Kidz: The Muppet Christmas Carol

All Films, Klassic Kidz

Get in the holiday spirit with this classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge as told by everyone’s favourite gang of Muppets!...

Kidz Klassics: Uncle Buck

ByTowne Cinema

Rated Klassic Kidz

Kidz Klassics: Uncle Buck

All Films, Klassic Kidz

When Cindy (Elaine Bromka) and her husband, Bob (Garrett M. Brown), have to leave town for a family emergency, there...

Drunken Cinema: Die Hard

ByTowne Cinema

Rated All Events

Drunken Cinema: Die Hard

All Events, All Films, Drunken Cinema

Hoping to spend Christmas reconciling with his estranged wife, police detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) arrives in Los Angeles at...

Drunken Cinema: Back to the Future

ByTowne Cinema

Rated All Events

Drunken Cinema: Back to the Future

All Events, All Films, Drunken Cinema

This month’s Drunken Cinema is a 1.21-gigawatt blockbuster that topped the 1985 box office chart, spawned two wildly successful sequels...

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Home of the best movies in Ottawa

Ottawa's go-to independent cinema since 1988. We curate a diverse selection of films and events for true movie lovers.

Die My Love

Nov 8-12

It Was Just An Accident

Nov 8-9, 28-29Dec 4

Nuremberg

Nov 8-13

OCAN25 – Day 3

Nov 8

Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)

Nov 9, 14-19

Detour: Drop Dead Gorgeous

Nov 12

Restoration: Lifeforce

Nov 13

Drunken Cinema: Back to the Future

Nov 14

Nouvelle Vague

Nov 14-20

Alberta Number One Director Q&A

Nov 15

ByTowne Open House!

Nov 16

Detour: The Handmaiden

Nov 16, 18

Flow – Free for Members Screening

Nov 16

Restoration: Angel’s Egg

Nov 19-20

Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)

Nov 21, 23-25

Sentimental Value

Nov 21-30Dec 1-3

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

Nov 22

Restoration: Jacob’s Ladder

Nov 22, 25

The Zone: 2046

Nov 23, 27

After the Hunt

Nov 26-27

Spectacle: Pan’s Labyrinth

Nov 28Dec 2

Kidz Klassics: Uncle Buck

Nov 29

Golden Age: One Week with The General, Accompaniment by Bruce Vogt

Nov 30

Staff Picks: Volver

Nov 30

Put your soul on your hand and walk

Dec 1-2

Warren Miller’s SNO-CIETY

Dec 3-4

Edward Scissorhands with Live Burlesque

Dec 6

Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio

Dec 6, 10

Drunken Cinema: Die Hard

Dec 12

The Secret Agent

Dec 12-18

Sing Along! White Christmas

Dec 13

Klassic Kidz: The Muppet Christmas Carol

Dec 14

Holiday Slumber Party! Love Actually

Dec 17

Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)

Nov 9, 14-19

Sing Along! White Christmas

Dec 13

Warren Miller’s SNO-CIETY

Dec 3-4

The Zone: 2046

Nov 23, 27

The Secret Agent

Dec 12-18

Golden Age: One Week with The General, Accompaniment by Bruce Vogt