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Movies
Edmonton is a movie-loving town. Multiplex theatres are in some malls, as well as in North and South Edmonton.
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Independent film fans can get their fix at a few places in town. The Princess Theatre, built in 1915, and the Garneau Theatre, from the 1940’s, are fully restored theatres with a lot of heart. They play new art house films as well as the occasional classic movie.
Garneau Theatre
Metro Cinema runs as a repertory cinema, bringing in smaller films and specialized festival films for the real movie buff.
Metro Cinema
The Edmonton Film Society shows classic films weekly at the Royal Alberta Museum theatre.
Royal Alberta Museum movies
There are several film festivals in Edmonton. The Edmonton International Film Festival runs for 10 days at the beginning of October every year, bringing in the best new dramatic, documentary and short films.
Edmonton Film Fest
Global Visions Film Festival is a documentary film festival with a social justice theme.
Global Visions Film Festival
Dreamspeakers is a festival of film about and by Aboriginal artists.
Dreamspeakers
There are also smaller film festivals on topics like women, anime, and horror. And if you’re interested in actually making films, visit FAVA, the Film and Video Arts Society.
FAVA
