Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Meadowlarks    
Canada 2025
Location: SilverCity
Showtimes: 6:30 & 8:15 pm​

Director: Tasha Hubbard
Cast:  Michael Greyeyes, Michele Thrush, Carmen Moore, Alex Rice
Runtime: 91 minutes
Language: English

Nomination: Directors Guild of Canada, Best Picture Editing 

“Meadowlarks finds itself an excellent text on the universal struggles families face. The resentment, the anger, and the happiness are not only accurate, but brilliantly brought to life.”---Alan French, Sunshine State Cineplex

Based on her 2017 documentary “Birth of a Family,” acclaimed filmmaker Tasha Hubbard has turned to drama for the first time. With “Meadowlarks,” she takes the story of four siblings, separated as babies, who are reuniting 50 years later during a week spent in Banff.

Kicking off with awkward small talk, gifts, and forced bonding events, the one brother and three sisters do their best to get to know one another after decades apart.

Their forced separation at birth was part of the Sixties Scoop, the term given for the then-common practice of removing Indigenous children from their families, often without consent, and placing them with the child welfare system. While documentaries have covered this topic over the years, nothing has ever fictionalized the experience of uniting as adults and coping with the consequences.

To tell her story, Hubbard has assembled a terrific roster of Indigenous acting stars to play the siblings, including Michael Greyeyes (“40 Acres”), Michelle Thrush (“Bones of Crows,”), Carmen Moore (“Unnatural & Accidental,”), and Alex Rice (“On the Corner,”). 

Their surname translates to “Meadowlarks.” An emotional journey handled with care, respect, and beauty---Hubbard is a Sixties Scoop survivor — “Meadowlarks” will leave you in tears, hugging your family members closer.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
The Choral  
United Kingdom 2025
Location: SilverCity
Showtimes: 6:30 & 8:30 pm

Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Ralph Fiennes  
Runtime: 113 minutes
Language: English

“The Choral” is an old-fashioned diversion about music’s ability to bridge societal gaps, buoyed by a terrific lead performance by Ralph Fiennes.” ---Richard Crouse, CTV News

Propelled by Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes, this inspiring drama from veteran director Nicholas Hytner (“The Lady in the Van”) depicts a British choir director’s efforts to assemble an ensemble during the darkest days of the First World War. 

Written by Hytner’s frequent collaborator, revered playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Alan Bennett (“The Madness of King George”), “The Choral” is a testament to music’s power to sustain our souls in troubled times.

The year is 1916 and the Great War is draining a Yorkshire town of its men, leaving the local choral society without voices. For a performance of Edward Elgar’s ‘The Dream of Gerontius,’ the society’s director, Dr. Guthrie (Fiennes), is forced to recruit his singers from among the town’s adolescent population. 

Guthrie is a demanding taskmaster, yet under his guidance these teens will come to know the transcendent joys of singing together, while steeling themselves for their impending conscription.

Joined by fellow British acting legends Simon Russell Beale (“The Death of Stalin”) and Roger Allam (“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”), Fiennes is in top form here, embodying the proverbial stiff upper lip while allowing vulnerability to break through the veneer of reserve.

“The Choral” is a deftly executed period tale that reminds us of the importance of cultivating community and using art to process anxieties and generate hope.