Cinecenta Films

Cinecenta Films Everyone is welcome at Cinecenta! CINECENTA FILMS is located at Student Union Building, University Films that matter and deserve to been seen on the big screen.

CINECENTA FILMS is division of the non-profit University of Victoria Students' Society, conceived as an Inexpensive alternative for students, the university community and the public at large. Since 1971, Cinecenta has offered an eclectic mix of independent, documentary and international cinema, as well as the best of Hollywood, both contemporary and classic. Our cozy 300-seat theatre is equipped with both 35mm film and digital projection with Dolby stereo sound. Cinecenta has a terrific Munchie Bar with baked goods and espresso drinks featuring Kicking Horse Coffee. Damn fine popcorn, too, with real butter.

THE TWO TOWERSOctober 13: 6:00 pm “The Two Towers” follows the continuing quest of Frodo and the Fellowship to destroy ...
10/12/2026

THE TWO TOWERS
October 13: 6:00 pm
“The Two Towers” follows the continuing quest of Frodo and the Fellowship to destroy the One Ring. Frodo and Sam discover they are being followed by the mysterious Gollum. Aragorn, the Elf archer Legolas and Gimli the Dwarf encounter the besieged Rohan kingdom, whose once great King Theoden has fallen under Saruman’s deadly spell.-Rotten Tomatoes

THIS IS THE EXTENDED VERSION AND WILL INCLUDE INTERMISSION

FAR FROM HOMEOctober 7 & 8: 5:20 pm, 7:00 pmQ&A after 7pm screenings with the director, writer, and participants.One fa...
10/06/2026

FAR FROM HOME
October 7 & 8: 5:20 pm, 7:00 pm
Q&A after 7pm screenings with the director, writer, and participants.
One family and the Tibetan nation are bound together by love, identity and their fight to resist erasure. As TC Tethong, a former deputy to the Dalai Lama, loses his memory, rediscovered archives reveal an unexpected love story with a Canadian named Judy, and their life-long struggle to keep a homeland alive in exile. With rare reflections from an aging Dalai Lama, personal and collective histories intertwine in an endless longing for a home out of reach.

The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended)October 6: 6:00 pmThe future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, wh...
10/04/2026

The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended)
October 6: 6:00 pm
The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. But fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who inherits the Ring and steps into legend. A daunting task lies ahead for Frodo when he becomes the Ring-bearer – tasked to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged. -RT

THIS IS THE EXTENDED VERSION AND WILL INCLUDE INTERMISSION

10/03/2026

The Rivals of Amziah King
October 4: 2:30 pm, 5:00 pm, 7:30 pm
October 5: 5:00 pm, 7:30 pm
McConaughey plays the titular Amziah King, a rugged, banjo-playing Oklahoma beekeeper struggling to make ends meet in a business that’s not as profitable as it once was. It’s the perfect role for the Oscar winner, who clearly relishes every moment on screen and even showcases some surprisingly strong singing chops. Amziah’s journey centers around reconnecting with one of his foster children, Kateria (a game-changing performance by Angelina LookingGlass), and teaching her the ropes of the honey business. Together, they assist the police in investigating a string of incidents involving the theft of gallons of honey. Their investigation leads them down some unexpected (and surprisingly bloody) paths, with Patterson drawing on a Coen Brothers-esque sensibility that complements the film’s darker, rougher moments …The film is undeniably a crowd-pleaser, earning a large standing ovation after its premiere at SXSW.-The Only Critic

LAWRENCE OF ARABIAOctober 3: 3:00 pm10 minute intermission at 2 hours, 19 minutes.Considered by many as one of the gre...
10/02/2026

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
October 3: 3:00 pm
10 minute intermission at 2 hours, 19 minutes.
Considered by many as one of the greatest films ever made, Lawrence of Arabia is an epic adventure set against the breathtaking images of the vast endless frightening desert landscape, which becomes a blazing metaphor for the mysterious spiritual struggle of a man grappling with his distant unknown destiny. T.E. Lawrence was a flamboyant minor British officer who helped to weld together disparate tribes of and led them successfully in guerrilla warfare. The filmmakers were aware of the dangers of biographical trivialization and conscientiously created a controversial and often contradictory character. To mount this spectacle was an enormous undertaking. Years in preparation, it took over 300 days to shoot in four countries. To write about this cinematic masterpiece will never approach the experience of the film. It is meant to be seen and heard.—Jeremy Kagan, The Criterion Collection

🧛🏽‍♂️ See the entire Twilight Saga at Cinecenta from Oct 16-17! 🐺Twilight: Friday, October 16: 6:45pmNew Moon: Friday, O...
10/02/2026

🧛🏽‍♂️ See the entire Twilight Saga at Cinecenta from Oct 16-17! 🐺

Twilight: Friday, October 16: 6:45pm
New Moon: Friday, October 16: 9:00pm
Eclipse: Saturday, October 17: 3:00pm
Breaking Dawn, part 1: Saturday, October 17: 5:30pm
Breaking Dawn, part 2: Saturday, October 17: 7:45pm

⭐️ Special discount passes for sale: See all 5 movies for $35, plus a free popcorn and pop!🍿
Limited quantities available, purchase at the Munchie Bar or Cinecenta box office Sept 14th onwards.

09/28/2026

I WANT YOUR S*X
September 28 & 29: 5:10 pm, 7:00 pm
Gregg Araki has made a career of irreverently challenging our s*xual mores. In his highly entertaining new film, “I Want Your S*x,” he gleefully takes on the purportedly prudish Gen Z, and thanks to one of his best casts ever, the results are hilarious. The boyish, unfocused Elliot (Cooper Hoffman, excellent) is recently out of school and already stuck in a relationship in which s*x is a total yawn, when it happens at all. But life in the bedroom takes a kinky turn when Elliot somehow snags a job at a “hipster sweatshop,” where he quickly falls under the influence of iconic art provocateur Erika Tracy (a fabulous Olivia Wilde) …With the flick of a wrist, she adds the younger and bashfully compliant Elliot to her list of boy toy conquests. The initial office interview scene — Erika’s confident but wildly inappropriate s*xuality, coupled with Elliot’s nervous, polite curiosity — is an instant comedy set-piece classic that won’t be included in any HR training materials.-SF Chronicle

“ I Want Your S*x is one for the weirdos; prudes need not apply.”-The Hollywood News

The Room Presented by Greg SesteroNov 13 & 14th 2026 Tix available now!
09/26/2026

The Room Presented by Greg Sestero
Nov 13 & 14th 2026 Tix available now!

09/22/2026

AKI
Sept 30: 6:00 Oct 1: 5:10
AKI (Anishinaabemowin for “earth” or “land”) is a meditative, visually immersive documentary set in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek in Northern Ontario, Canada, which is director Darlene Naponse's home community.. Filmed over seasonal years, this unscripted project unfolds entirely without narration or dialogue, instead relying on the aural textures of wind, water, animal and human life, and ceremony to tell the story of a people fully rooted in their land

“Aki almost feels like a declaration from Naponse: Mother Nature will prevail, regardless of how hard we try to take her for all she’s got.”-POV Magazine

09/19/2026

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
September 20: 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm
September 21: 5:00 pm
Precious few poets get the privilege of becoming vastly popular in their lifetime, but with that profile often comes pushback from certain corners of the literary world: a suspicion that any verse understood by so many can’t be all that profound. An appropriately accessible and open-hearted documentary on her life and legacy (the film) doesn’t engage with such criticism at an academic level; it prefers to answer it with the emotive power of Oliver’s own words.-Variety

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