Incendies

This screening took place on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 6:00 pmYukon Theatre

Quebec director Denis Villeneuve’s fourth feature Incendies, which follows 2009’s Polytechnique, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. WInner of 41 awards at festivals and the Canada Screen Awards.

This riveting film tells the story of twins who discover, at the reading of their mother’s will, that they have not only a brother, but a father whom they thought was dead. Their mother’s posthumous request that they travel to her homeland to find them both sets in motion a voyage to uncover long-buried family secrets.

In Arabic, English and French with English subtitles