Hi cinéSARNIA members,
Thank you for all of your feedback on our newsletter design. The lighter background with dark lettering was a resounding positive choice. Hopefully you will all enjoy this cleaner look.
Our last film, "The Marching Band", was extremely well received. Your ratings proved to be one of the highest enjoyed films in a long while.
Next we bring you a witty dark comedy of chaos and cultural clash, “Bad Shabbos”. See more details below…
Here is what is in this issue:
Last chance to get a Full season pass
Win a free pass!
WIFF
Our next film - “Bad Shabbos”
Our last two films for the Fall series
Discount for Coffee Culture - Discuss the film
Scroll down to discover…
📽🎟 Last chance for a Full Season Pass
The curtain is closing on getting a Full Season pass and save. Please let a friend know. Believe it or not, you can still save a few bucks if you get the Full Season pass for $99 for the 9 remaining films - the three individual films left to show this fall, plus the six in the Winter pass.
See our Refer Madness contest info below to help a current member win a free pass for next season.
But we also have a Winter Pass available for our 6 films in 2026.
If you haven’t already joined us, please go to our Passes page on our website.
Full Season $99 - all remaining 9 films (only $11.00 per film)
Winter 2026 $66 - 6 films
For those who have passes already, you should have picked them up at the desk at the last film. If you haven’t picked them up there, just check with our volunteers and we will give them to you. Even if you store the QR code on your phone, take the paper pass so we know that you have your pass.
📽🎟 Individual tickets are always available
Wanna try us out for a film or two, instead of an entire season? You can always just pick and choose which films to see when you can. Individual tickets are on sale for any film. You will be able to purchase tickets online with your credit card. Or you can also buy them with cash at the door. The price is $12, taxes and fees included. Get them in advance to avoid waiting in the ticket line.
Click this button to purchase your tickets.
📽🆓 Win a free season! Its “Refer Madness!”
Just refer your friends! Get your friends to join us and you could be going to our next season for free!
Any referral from a current member that results in the purchase of a Full Season Membership by a NEW member, will receive a ballot for a chance to WIN!
We have received several entries into our contest. But you too could still enter. Was there someone you know that just signed up this year for the first time? Let us know if you think you encouraged them. Word of mouth is our best advertisement. Follow up with your friends. Help make cinéSARNIA a success!
More details on our homepage. Plus we will be talking about this prior to each film showing.
📽🎉 WIFF - Windsor International Film Festival - runs until Sunday
WIFF is well underway, concluding this weekend. One of the films "Montreal, My Beautiful" took home the Windsor International Film Festival's prize in Canadian Film. It tells of "a love story that feels both timeless and new — one that resists familiar tropes in its portrayals of race, gender, and the immigrant experience."
Some of your cinéSARNIA committee are checking out some of the exciting presentations, to hopefully bring back to the Sarnia Library Theatre to enjoy in our Winter 2026 series.
Check out their website at https://windsorfilmfestival.com/
📽🎟 Our third film - “Bad Shabbos”
Showings:
Sunday, November 2 @ 2 pm
Monday November 3 @ 7 pm
Synopsis:
One dinner. One disaster. Infinite laughs.
Bad Shabbos turns a sacred Sabbath gathering into a brilliantly unholy mess. A sharp, modern comedy about family, faith, and what happens when everyone shows up with baggage.
📽🎟 Our final two films of Fall 2025
🎞️ The Life of Chuck – November 23, 24
A mind-bending, heartfelt adaptation of a Stephen King story that celebrates one man’s life in reverse — from the end to the beginning — blending cosmic mystery with human wonder.
🎧 DJ Ahmet – December 7, 8
A vibrant North Macedonian drama about a young man torn between his passion for music and the pressures of tradition, set against the beat of a changing culture.
📽🎟☕ After Film Discussion “Culture Club”
Many of our subscribers are enjoying the opportunity to chat about the films they’ve seen at cinéSARNIA while savouring a coffee and pastry at Coffee Culture. With your pass or ticket, you will also receive a 15% discount. As an added bonus on Monday night, some of the remaining pastries baked that day were on sale after 9 pm for ONE DOLLAR!
I encourage everyone to drop in following (or preceding) the film and have a time to chat with fellow cinephiles. Maybe some of our committee will be there too. ☕
Gather at Coffee Culture before or after the film
Get a 15% discount
🫘☕ NEW this year - show your cinéSARNIA pass/ticket within a 2-hour window before or after the show to receive 15% off your order at Coffee Culture (Front/Lochiel Street location ONLY)
Since you have purchased films in our previous season, you are already signed up for this newsletter.
But tell your friends all about cinéSARNIA. Forward this email or send them this link below to sign up to our newsletter. If they subscribe for a full season, you could win a free pass for next year! See our home page for details.
We will continue to keep you informed about what’s coming up and things we are doing.
You can always contact us via email at [email protected]. Please send in your comments.
Looking forward to our next film “The Marching Band”, and then “Bad Shabbos”. Thank you for joining us.
