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Hi cinéSARNIA members,
Another great season for cinéSARNIA has begun. We kicked off our 2025-2026 season with the film “Sing Sing”, starring Colman Domingo and featuring many former inmates of the infamous Sing Sing prison portraying themselves.
Next we are presenting an enjoyable feature, "The Marching Band". A successful symphony conductor discovers a brother he never knew he had. I joked last time that “Sing Sing” was not a musical. “The Marching Band” definitely has music as the “instrument” that connects the two men. More details below.
And we finally have confirmed our last two films for the Fall 2025 series. Find out what they are below.
How are you enjoying this newsletter so far? You can always contact us via email at [email protected]. We would love to hear your comments and feedback. ❤️
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Here is what is in this issue:
Still time to save by getting a pass
Win a free pass!
WIFF
Our next film - “The Marching Band”
Our upcoming films - TWO NEW FILMS ANNOUNCED
New start time on Mondays
Discount for Coffee Culture - Discuss the film
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📽🎟 Passes Still Available - SAVE
There still is time to get your pass and save. Please let a friend know. Even if you missed the first film, it’s still cheaper to get a Full Season pass for $99 for the 10 remaining films, than the four individual films left to show this fall, plus the six in the Winter pass. (And even if you only see three of the four remaining Fall films.)
If you haven’t already joined us, please go to our Passes page on our website.
Full Season $99 - all remaining 10 films (only $9.90 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.
📽🎟 If you just want a few tickets as your schedule allows
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!
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!
A few people have already notified us that they have encouraged a friend to get a pass. Thank you. So they are in the running. But only a few so far, so your odds of winning a free pass are quite good.
If one of your friends has already signed up for the first time this year, 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
Do you ever wish you could take part in film festival like our committee members do? Well it’s quite easy and accessible. Come to Windsor for their version of TIFF, which they call WIFF.
The Windsor International Film Festival runs October 23 - November 2. And we invite you to attend some days yourself as it’s only an hour and a half away. You will have 231 feature films to choose from, from over 50 countries.
Check out their website at https://windsorfilmfestival.com/
📽🎟 Our second film - “The Marching Band”
Showings:
Sunday, October 19 @ 2 pm
Monday October 20 @ 7 pm
Synopsis:
Acclaimed conductor Thibaut has leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Learning he was adopted, he finds an older brother, a musician and factory worker. Their reunion sparks a fraternal, musical journey amidst the town's factory closure.
This film is in French with English subtitles
🎺🥁 And on a related “note”
Here is a little diversion… Just a blast from Sarnia’s past. I found a photo of the Bluewater Buccaneers. They were a great organization for youth and entertained many Sarnians at various parades. My brother and sister were part of this crew. Click this link for a Sarnia Journal article about the long history of marching bands in Sarnia.
Written by Phil Egan.
📽🎟 Films chosen so far…
We have now been able to confirm our final two films for the Fall 2025 series:
November 23, 24 - The Life of Chuck
December 7, 8 - DJ Ahmet
The following films have been scheduled for Fall 2025. Click the name to find more info on our website:
September 28, 29 - Sing Sing (We hope you enjoyed it)
October 19, 20 - The Marching Band (our next film)
November 2, 3 - Bad Shabbos (Starring Kyra Sedgewick and David Paymer)
November 23, 24 - The Life of Chuck
December 7, 8 - DJ Ahmet
🕖 IMPORTANT TIME CHANGE
Monday showings will now start at
7:00 pm instead of 7:30 pm
We have had several suggestions that we try to finish the evening showings earlier so people aren’t out so late. So we have decided to change the start time of the films on Mondays to 7:00 pm instead of 7:30 pm. Sundays will remain the same time, at 2:00 pm.
Our communication must have worked well as I didn’t see anyone coming in late for Sing Sing.
📽🎟☕ After Film Discussion “Culture Club”
A small informal group of film goers are starting to meet at Coffee Culture, following the last movie “Sing Sing”. If not to discuss the finer points of the film, but to enjoy the wonderful coffee and the 15% discount that your cinéSARNIA pass or ticket will give you. As an added bonus on Monday night, some of the remaining pastries baked that day were on sale after 9 pm for ONE DOLLAR!
Now that’s good “Karma” (click this… Karma Chameleon by Culture Club, get it?)
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.
