ByTowne Cinema

ByTowne Cinema Ottawa’s home of international and independent movies since 1988 Pretty much everything you need to know can be found here: http://www.bytowne.ca/
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✨ The show must go on, Satine!Join us, Kitty Kin-Evil and Frisque Femme Productions as they bring their signature style ...
05/31/2026

✨ The show must go on, Satine!

Join us, Kitty Kin-Evil and Frisque Femme Productions as they bring their signature style to the ByTowne stage with a live burlesque performance inspired by the 2001 musical smash hit “Moulin Rouge!”

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet (Ewan McGregor), who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club’s most notorious and beautiful star (Nicole Kidman).

🗓 Friday, June 12th
💃 Burlesque: 9pm
📽 Movie: 9:30pm

‼️ Note: This event is 19+, not appropriate for young children.
*Event pricing in effect.

🎟 Get tickets now: https://www.bytowne.ca/movies/moulin-rouge-with-live-burlesque/

🤠 TODAY!Join us for our next instalment in our Meet Cute series, "Brokeback Mountain!"Like for our previous screenings i...
05/31/2026

🤠 TODAY!

Join us for our next instalment in our Meet Cute series, "Brokeback Mountain!"

Like for our previous screenings in this series, we'll have a "confessions" board up in the lobby area where you can tell us anonymously how you met your partner and, if the deets are cute enough, we might post them - like these ones!

🍿 "Brokeback Mountain" screens today at 5:45pm

🔜 Our next film in the Meet Cute series: “Desert Hearts”, screening Thursday, June 11 at 7pm

🎟 Get tickets now: https://www.bytowne.ca/movies/meet-cute-brokeback-mountain/

05/30/2026

😻 A triumph! A spectacle! A fuzzy wuzzy cuddle puddle! It's back at the ByTowne!

CatVideoFest is all that and more. Our favorite family-friendly cat-themed film event is back this August for a limited time from Oscilloscope Laboratories. It’s the purrr-fect way to celebrate our favourite four-legged feline friends while raising money for local cats in need!

🍿 Screening August 7, 8, 9 & 12

🎟 Advanced tickets are on sale right meow, get yours now: https://www.bytowne.ca/whats-on/now-showing/

📽 BLEAK WEEK COUNTDOWN! 📽We are thrilled to host Ottawa's inaugural Bleak Week Film Festival!Presented in partnership wi...
05/29/2026

📽 BLEAK WEEK COUNTDOWN! 📽

We are thrilled to host Ottawa's inaugural Bleak Week Film Festival!

Presented in partnership with American Cinematheque, 'Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair' is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.

🍿 Our full line-up of films are as follows:

🥀 The Piano Teacher - June 12, 6pm
🥀 Pusher I (Restoration) - June 13, 6:30pm
🥀 Pusher II (Restoration) - June 13, 9pm
🥀 Pusher III (Restoration) - June 13, 11pm
🥀 Ugetsu - June 14, 12:30pm
🥀 Sudden Fury (Restoration) + Director Q&A - June 14, 8:30pm
🥀 In A Lonely Place - June 15, 7pm
🥀 Melancholia - June 16, 6pm
🥀 NEW: Our Hero, Balthazar Director Q&A - June 17, 6:30pm
🥀 Mysterious Skin (Restoration) - June 17, 9:15pm
🥀 Grave of the Fireflies - June 18, 7pm

Films start times are subject to change, please check back regularly to see if anything has been moved/rescheduled.

🎟 Tickets on sale now: https://www.bytowne.ca/events/bleak-week/

“A visually stunning nightmare” - Deadline🍿 It's time to enter the "Backrooms", now playing at the ByTowne Cinema!Screen...
05/29/2026

“A visually stunning nightmare” - Deadline

🍿 It's time to enter the "Backrooms", now playing at the ByTowne Cinema!

Screening May 29 - June 11

🎟 Get tickets now: https://www.bytowne.ca/movies/backrooms/

🍿 Summer is officially here and so is our June calendar, out now!📽 From new releases to restored films, spooky markets, ...
05/29/2026

🍿 Summer is officially here and so is our June calendar, out now!

📽 From new releases to restored films, spooky markets, camp classics, aliens, 50's greasers and more, the ByTowne Cinema has you covered for all of 's big screen entertainment this month.

🎟 See our schedule and get tickets now: https://www.bytowne.ca/whats-on/now-showing/

❤️‍🔥 Up next in our "Meet-Cute" series, we getting ready for pride season with Donna Deitch’s groundbreaking debut!In th...
05/28/2026

❤️‍🔥 Up next in our "Meet-Cute" series, we getting ready for pride season with Donna Deitch’s groundbreaking debut!

In the 1959-set film, an adaptation of a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce, but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against the breathtaking desert landscape.

With smoldering chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, “Desert Hearts” beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.

🍿 “Desert Hearts” screens Thursday, June 11 at 7pm

🎟 Get tickets now: https://www.bytowne.ca/movies/meet-cute-desert-hearts/

05/28/2026

💚 Celebrating 10 years of , this powerful documentary shares the voices of seniors whose stories inspire connection, challenge ageism, and honour the wisdom of experience!

"The Green Bench" is a powerful documentary from Schlegel Villages and SandBay Entertainment that captures the lived experiences, reflections, and wisdom of older adults.

Filmed across Canada and the UK, the film follows older adults as they return to meaningful places in their lives, sharing stories that challenge ageism and celebrate the richness of aging.

Following the screening, join us for a live Q&A with members of the film team and participants featured in the documentary.

🍿 "The Green Bench" screens Thursday, June 4 at 6:30pm

🎟 Get tickets here: https://www.bytowne.ca/movies/the-green-bench/

05/28/2026

🔪 Join us TOMORROW for a rare double-bill screening of two hard-to-see thrillers from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa!

Shown for the first time as a double-bill screening and not yet released on streaming platforms, Chime (2024) is a masterclass in escalating dread and shocking violence, reaffirming Kurosawa as one of modern horror’s most innovative and unpredictable visionaries.

Serpent’s Path (1998) is Kurosawa’s follow-up to his international breakthrough Cure (1997): a dark gangland thriller with philosophical overtones, newly restored in 4K!

🍿 Thursday, May 28, 6pm

🎟 Get tickets here: https://www.bytowne.ca/movies/chime-and-serpents-path-double-bill-restoration/

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