We’re delighted to be participating in the Victoria Film Festival once again this year! From February 6–12, Star Cinema will be showcasing 12 outstanding films from around the world as part of the festival.
Tickets are on sale now. A very limited number of tickets (if any) may be available at the door on the day of each screening, so we strongly encourage purchasing tickets online in advance to avoid missing out.
Sheila McCarthy and Mary Walsh play Nora and Edna, two women who form an unlikely alliance over a shared distaste for their nursing home. Soon they are plotting one last rebellious adventure.
Advance tickets: HERE
A comic tale based on true events, tells the story of the female advertising pioneer behind Switzerland’s culinary icon Betty Bossi as she fights against the expectations that defined a woman’s place in 1950s Swiss society.
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The re-creation of an idyllic childhood summer on Vancouver Island bends cinema conventions as it reveals a growing crisis for a Hungarian-Canadian family in this VIFF award-winning debut from director Sophy Romvari.
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Mixing the scientific wonder of David Attenborough with the inspirational drama of the best biopics to tell the story of trailblazing marine biologist Dr. Edie Widder and her extraordinary adventures with deep sea bioluminescence.
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Heartfelt and gently surreal, The Love That Remains captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation focusing on individual moments at the heart of this family, broken but still loving.
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In this wondrous adventure, a defiant woman flees the Brazilian government who wants to put anyone over 75 in a ‘home’. A sharp, funny, and fearless satire about rebellion, freedom, and the fire that never fades.
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This richly textured documentary weaves together interviews, archival footage, photographs, and O’Keeffe’s luminous artwork.
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In a career-defining best, Claire Foy plays a Cambridge academic, whose unconventional bond with a Goshawk helps her to process the loss of her father (Brendan Gleeson).
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A quirky, crowd-pleasing doc about the global porridge-making world championships in the Scottish Highlands.
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Winner of the 2025 Venice Spotlight Audience Award and Morocco’s submission for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars, Calle Málaga stars Carmen Maura as Maria, a mother whose daughter is trying to take her home. Maria, on the other hand, uses every trick in her arsenal to keep what’s hers and build on the life she has.
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Wildlife artist Robert Bateman and ecologist Bristol Foster recount the globe-trotting story that strengthened a decades-long friendship and changed their lives forever.
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Jimpa (John Lithgow) has spent decades living an independent, joyfully gay life in Amsterdam—far from his daughter Hannah (Olivia Colman) and her non-binary teenager, Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde). When they arrive for a long-overdue visit, Frances unexpectedly announces they want to stay for a year.
Advance tickets: HERE
The Met’s award-winning series of live movie theater transmissions returns in October with an extraordinary lineup, including exciting company premieres, new productions, and classic repertory favorites.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Star Cinema Box Office.
For The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.
Runtime: 5hrs12
Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late.
Runtime: 4hrs5
For The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.
Runtime: 5hrs12
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.
National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.
Tickets: $25 (advance tickets available at our box office any time we are open)
Runtime: 3hrs
