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Universal Language Film Screening for Norouz 2025

Come join us for a private and intimate screening of the 2024 comedy-drama Universal Language.

Show starts at 7pm
By Donation (Recommended $10)
Located in the Heart of Roberts Creek – email the host or join the FB event page here for the exact location.

As part of this year’s Norouz (Persian New Year) events on the Sunshine Coast, we will be hosting a film screening of Universal Language. The film was screened at last year’s TIFF and was very well-received.

We will plan to have snacks and tea at the event and will have time for socializing afterward for those that would like to stick around.

Donations received at the event will be put towards paying for the venue, the screening license, and other costs associated with this year’s Norouz events that we have planned.

Opportunity: Calling all artists | GPAG General submissions are open

The deadline to submit your proposal is 4PM on March 31st, 2025. We are currently accepting proposals to exhibit at GPAG in 2026 in the Main Gallery and Eve Smart Gallery! We accept submissions from both emerging and established artists working in all mediums and styles.

Before applying, please read our Exhibition Policy and Submission Guidelines carefully. Apply using our new online form (recommended) or via Google Drive or USB thumb drive. Find more information, submission guidelines, and application forms on our website at www.gpag.ca/submissions. Please note: we do not accept submissions via email.

Raven’s Cry Theatre: FILM SHOWING – Driving Madeleine

France, 2022,91 min, Drama
French, with English subtitles
Director: Christian Carion
Starring: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz

Madeleine, 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine’s life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don’t know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Heritage Playhouse: FILM SHOWING – Driving Madeleine

France, 2022,91 min, Drama
French, with English subtitles
Director: Christian Carion
Starring: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz

Madeleine, 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine’s life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don’t know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Raven’s Cry Theatre: FILM SHOWING – Ezra

USA, 2023, 101 min, Family Drama
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Starring: Bobby Canavale, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga

EZRA follows Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale), a stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert De Niro), while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra (introducing William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife (Rose Byrne). When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son’s future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives. Directed by Tony Goldwyn, who also appears in the film alongside additional cast members Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg, EZRA is an endearing and often funny exploration of a family determined to find their way through life’s complexities with humor, compassion, and heart (Rotten Toma

Raven’s Cry Theatre: FILM SHOWING – Sing Sing

USA, 2023,107 min, Drama,
Director: Greg Kwedar
Starring: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose

Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men, including a wary newcomer (Clarence Maclin), in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Heritage Playhouse: FILM SHOWING – Sing Sing

USA, 2023,107 min, Drama,
Director: Greg Kwedar
Starring: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose

Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men, including a wary newcomer (Clarence Maclin), in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Gibsons Heritage Playhouse: Film Showing – COPA 71

UK, 2023, 90 min, Sport Documentary
Director: James Erskine, Rachel Ramsay
Executive Producers: Serena and Venus Williams
Starring: Evera Aracen, Janice Barton, Brandi Chastain and others

In this inspiring documentary, the filmmakers use archival footage and new interviews to tell the story of the unofficial 1971 Women’s World Cup, a moment virtually erased from the history of soccer thanks to the pettiness and bias of FIFA.
Copa 71 uncovers a wealth of archival footage from 1971 when Mexico City held an international event billed as the Women’s World Cup. Teams came from Argentina, Denmark, England, France, Italy, and Mexico, playing a tournament to over 100,000 fans in Azteca Stadium. It was an unparalleled audience for women’s sports. (TIFF)

Raven’s Cry Theatre: FILM SHOWING – Copa 71

UK, 2023, 90 min, Sport Documentary
Director: James Erskine, Rachel Ramsay
Executive Producers: Serena and Venus Williams
Starring: Evera Aracen, Janice Barton, Brandi Chastain and others

In this inspiring documentary, the filmmakers use archival footage and new interviews to tell the story of the unofficial 1971 Women’s World Cup, a moment virtually erased from the history of soccer thanks to the pettiness and bias of FIFA.
Copa 71 uncovers a wealth of archival footage from 1971 when Mexico City held an international event billed as the Women’s World Cup. Teams came from Argentina, Denmark, England, France, Italy, and Mexico, playing a tournament to over 100,000 fans in Azteca Stadium. It was an unparalleled audience for women’s sports. (TIFF)

Heritage Playhouse: FILM SHOWING – Broker

Korea, 2022, 129 min, Drama
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona

Not your average crime drama, this warm, funny film follows two “brokers” who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a road trip to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own. As their quest progresses, we learn that their motivations, while not entirely noble, are far from simply mercenary.

Heritage Playhouse: FILM SHOWING – Ezra

USA, 2023, 101 min, Family Drama
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Starring: Bobby Canavale, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga

EZRA follows Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale), a stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert De Niro), while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra (introducing William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife (Rose Byrne). When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son’s future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives. Directed by Tony Goldwyn, who appears in the film alongside additional cast members Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg, EZRA is an endearing and often funny exploration of a family determined to find their way through life’s complexities with humor, compassion, and heart (Rotten Tomatoes)

Raven’s Cry Theatre: FILM SHOWING – Rams

Australia, 2020, 118 min, Drama
Director: Jeremy Sims
Starring: Sam Neill, Michael Caton

In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance. But can the warring brothers set aside their differences and have a chance to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together?

Heritage Playhouse: FILM SHOWING – Rams – NEW DATE

Australia, 2020, 118 min, Drama
Director: Jeremy Sims
Starring: Sam Neill, Michael Caton

In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance. But can the warring brothers set aside their differences and have a chance to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together?

Raven’s Cry: Met Opera – Tosca

Doors 9:30am. Three thrilling leading ladies trade off as the volatile diva Floria Tosca alongside tenor SeokJong Baek as her revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and baritone George Gagnidze. Later in the season, Lise Davidsen alongside tenor Freddie De Tommaso  and powerhouse baritone Quinn Kelsey. And in the winter, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and tenor Brian Jagde joining forces with bass-baritone Bryn Terfel. Maestro Xian Zhang conducts.

Film Screening :: “The Lost King”

Philippa Langley (an effervescent Sally Hawkins), an amateur historian who refused to be ignored, defied the UK’s most eminent academics in her efforts to find the remains of King Richard III, lost for over 500 years. Her unrelenting research (met with incomprehension by friends and skepticism by experts) led to an undistinguished Leicester car park in 2012, and startling results.

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