The Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op is an organization based in Sudbury , Ontario , which operates the city's first dedicated repertory and art film movie theatre.
23-422: The organization's executive director is Beth Mairs, a filmmaker and former adventure tourism entrepreneur. The organization was founded in 2013, as a project to take over and relaunch the movie theatres in the downtown Rainbow Centre Mall after the mall owners announced that they would be closed. Although the committee initially failed to reach a deal, they subsequently announced plans to launch their own theatre in
46-565: Is a high school in the downtown of Greater Sudbury , Ontario , Canada , well known for its Arts Education Program, featuring theatre arts, dance, vocal music, instrumental music, keyboard, media arts and visual art. Sudbury Secondary School produces a mainstage musical each year (usually in the fall), as well as various other plays, concerts, art exhibits, and dance shows throughout the year. Sudbury Secondary School's F.W. Sheridan Auditorium also plays host to many performances by various organizations, groups, and out-of-town experiences. The school
69-617: Is the organization behind National Canadian Film Day , an event in April, inaugurated in 2014. Reel Canada was founded in 2005 by Jack Blum and Sharon Corder along with a committee of filmmakers and other prominent members of the Canadian film and TV industry, including Colm Feore and Atom Egoyan . The organization was conceived as a way to engage young people in Canadian arts and culture and build an audience for Canadian film by bringing those films to high school classrooms. To date,
92-637: The Junction North International Documentary Film Festival , although the facility still only had temporary bleacher seating at the time as its permanent seats had not yet been installed. Once the installation of the permanent seating had been completed, an official opening ceremony followed in June with a ribbon-cutting ceremony presided over by Sudbury mayor Brian Bigger . During the COVID-19 pandemic ,
115-891: The Sudbury Theatre Centre and the Fraser Auditorium at Laurentian University . After Imagine Cinemas acquired and reopened the Rainbow Centre theatre as the Downtown Movie Lounge in 2016, the co-op also screened some films there, but continued to work toward opening the Mackenzie Street facility rather than relying on the Downtown Movie Lounge as its permanent venue. The Mackenzie Street facility opened in February 2019, with its first public event being that year's edition of
138-801: The Sudbury Indie Creature Kon for horror films. It also stages special events, such as a three-day Studio Ghibli festival in 2023, an annual National Canadian Film Day event, a festival of dance films, and a recurring Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat Cereal Cartoon Party featuring a compilation of classic retro children's cartoon programming presented with a selection of popular children's breakfast cereal for refreshments. Regular screening series include Women in Film Wednesdays to highlight films directed by women, First Peoples Thursday to highlight indigenous film, and Samedi Cinema for French-language films. In January 2023,
161-492: The city. The theatre then underwent another brief COVID-related shutdown over the winter of 2021, before fully reopening in February; however, due to continued issues in the film distribution ecosystem, it operated only on a part-time schedule through the first half of 2021, until returning to full-time daily programming in August. In October 2023, the co-op announced a sponsorship deal with the city's credit union , which will see
184-441: The co-op celebrated its 10th anniversary by running a retrospective series of films that had originally been released in 2013, including The Hunt , Frances Ha , Stories We Tell and Drug War . In October 2024 the theatre mounted its first full shadow cast screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show , in conjunction with local theatre group Mooncrater Theatre. Sudbury Secondary School Sudbury Secondary School
207-455: The current Sudbury Secondary School. During the 1970s Sudbury Secondary High School hosted several famous art personalities. These guest speakers gave information on their careers and life and generously answered questions to not only Sudbury Secondary High School students but to others who were bused in from neighbouring high schools for the events. They included such people as artist Alex Colville , and actress Yvonne De Carlo most famous at
230-756: The deadline for three more years, giving the organization more time to plan for and undertake its eventual relocation. In addition to screening a regular program of Canadian and international independent films, the organization coordinates several annual specialty film festivals, including Junction North for documentary films, the Queer North Film Festival for LGBTQ films, the Sudbury Outdoor Adventure Reels Film Festival for films about wilderness adventure and travel, Sudbury's Tiny Underground Film Festival (STUFF) for underground and experimental films, and
253-507: The former gymnasium of the closed St. Louis de Gonzague elementary school on Mackenzie Street, concurrently with the school's planned redevelopment as a residential condominium. As they worked to secure funding for the redevelopment of the Mackenzie Street venue, the committee began organizing screenings at various venues throughout the city, including Sudbury Secondary School , the Greater Sudbury Public Library ,
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#1732772484262276-451: The organization closed its theatre to public screenings, but partnered with the virtual cinema initiatives of Film Movement and Kino Lorber to continue operations. The theatre reopened in August 2020, with social distancing , capacity restrictions and masking policies in place. Around the same time, they also reached out to begin offering their theatre as a venue for fundraisers and special events for other arts and cultural organizations in
299-428: The organization has held over 1000 screenings across the country, expanding to include ESL screenings to new Canadians through a program called "Welcome to Canada" and National Canadian Film Day. Beginning in 2014 and held every April, National Canadian Film Day is an effort to promote Canadian film across Canada through synchronized screenings, events, and panel discussions. The inaugural event, held April 29, 2014,
322-428: The organization would be able to remain downtown, but would have to reduce programming to only part of the week to share the venue with musical performances, and would not be able to run a full-size projector; at Thornloe, the organization could continue its current scheduling and programming models, but would have to relocate outside the downtown core. In June, the co-op revealed that the new landlord had decided to extend
345-603: The regular academic curriculum (Math, English, Science and French Immersion). Performing opportunities include the annual fall musical, recitals, festivals, and competitions. In 2008, Sudbury Secondary School celebrated its 100th anniversary. A reunion was scheduled for the Civic Holiday weekend, with all former students invited to join. The school, located at 154 College Street, has housed several different educational institutions, including Sudbury Mining and Technical School, Sudbury High School, Sheridan Technical School and
368-478: The school should become more environmentally friendly; potential movement of the arts departments so that they are closer to each other and to the auditorium, etc. There are also many alterations suggested for the Sheridan Auditorium, such as adding change rooms, and putting in new seats. It is Sudbury's historical high school, with many of its original components still intact. A large marble sign that
391-546: The schools and walked out to no avail. The school is overseen by the Rainbow District School Board . In December 2007, the School Board's Administrative Council recommended that the school undergo a renewal project. Items recommended for renewal: reducing excess space in the school; more parking for staff, students and visitors; that the guidance office be moved closer to the main office; that
414-727: The theatre renamed the Sudbury Credit Union Theatre. In April 2024, the co-op revealed that the Mackenzie Street facility had been sold to new owners who declined to renew the theatre's lease past February 2025. In May, the board announced that they were reviewing opportunities to relocate to either the Thorneloe University building on the Laurentian University campus, or the Knox Hall performance venue on Larch Street. At Knox Hall,
437-621: The time as TV's Lilly Munster. In August 2021, artist Kevin Ledo created a mural memorializing Alex Trebek , an alumnus of the school, on the school's back wall facing Mackenzie Street as part of the Up Here Festival . Prominent alumni include: National Canadian Film Day Reel Canada (stylized as REEL CANADA) is a non-profit organization based in Toronto dedicated to the presentation of Canadian films in Canadian schools. It
460-473: Was created by combining the Sudbury High School (SHS) with Sheridan Technical School in 1974. Up until that time the two schools shared the same campus but operated independently with two different student streams and a strong rivalry. SHS students were all streamed in a 5 year program aimed at University enrollment. Most went on to University. In 1973 SHS students protested the plans to amalgamate
483-543: Was officially recognized in the House of Commons of Canada . The 2017 edition, a special sesquicentennial celebration, is on April 19, 2017. In 2019, the organization held the sixth annual National Canadian Film Day (NCFD) celebrating 100 years of Canadian cinema, with more than 1,000 events held in 600 Canadian communities and 25 countries. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada , the 2020 edition of National Canadian Film Day
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#1732772484262506-542: Was placed above the entrance to the first building can still be seen in the courtyard on the school's grounds. Now the school is opened with the new arts wing. Dedicated for all the art students. The school offers an Arts Education magnet program. Students who are in an arts program have one or more periods each day to develop skills in their field, whether it be dance, theatre arts, vocal music, instrumental music, keyboard, guitar, film or visual arts (fashion, photography, sculpting, etc.). Students are also required to complete
529-426: Was staged online, including film screenings on various streaming video on demand platforms and television channels, and a four-hour livestreamed broadcast featuring interviews with Canadian actors and filmmakers. The hosts of the livestream, Ali Hassan and Peter Keleghan , received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host in a Web Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. In 2022, for
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