Cinefest Durham has been bringing quality Canadian and International films to the Durham Region since 1995.
All profits go to fund special projects for Oshawa Public Libraries.
Email us to receive reminders before each showing at: cinefest@oshawalibrary.on.ca
September to November 2026
Tuner
Wednesday / September 23
4 pm / 7 pm
Director: Daniel Roher (Canadian)
Principal Cast: Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2025 / Runtime: 109 minutes
One of Canada’s Top Ten, TIFF 2025
A crime thriller about a piano tuner whose life takes a dangerous turn when some shady individuals think his talents could be used on locked safes
* Warning: Some scenes of violence and frequent profanity
Dancing on the Elephant
Wednesday / October 28
4 pm / 7 pm
Director: Julia Neill, Jacob Z. Smith
Principal Cast: Sheila McCarthy, Mary Walsh, Amanda Brugel
Country: Canada
Language: English
Year: 2025 / Runtime: 95 minutes
A heart-warming comedy in which Nora is dropped off at the Shady Rest Retirement Home and is pretty sure there’s not much left to hope for, until Edna, the unfiltered firecracker, wheels into her life.
The President's Cake
Wednesday / November 18
4 pm / 7 pm
Director: Hasan Hadi
Principal Cast: Baneen Ahmed Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheeda Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj
Country: Iraq
Languages: Arabic with English subtitles
Year: 2025 / Runtime: 105 minutes
Winner of the Caméra d’Or at Cannes 2025 for Best First Feature.
A bittersweet drama about nine-year-old Lamia, who is selected to provide the cake for her class’s mandated celebration of Saddam Hussein’s birthday, something she and her ailing grandmother can ill afford.
Cinefest Durham gratefully acknowledges the partnership with the Friends of the Library, Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit tiff.net/filmcircuit.