Northumberland Film Sundays

Another Cinema Option for Northumberland via
The Toronto International Film Festival's Film Circuit.

Northumberland Film Sundays

Mission Statement

We are a group of film lovers dedicated to offering our community a broad range of movies not otherwise available on our local big screens.

We select films from a menu of contemporary "hot picks" offered by "The Circuit", a division of the Toronto International Film Festival.

We are a not-for-profit group and periodically we will make contributions to Northumberland County charities when a cash surplus permits.

Right: Films for Spring 2012 (current) season

Films are shown at the Northumberland Mall Theatres in Cobourg, Ontario at 4.00 pm on selected Sundays. We also produce a Film Festival on the last weekend in January.

To be added to our mailing list, go here.

Latest News

1. Spring season now complete

You can see a complete list of all the movies we've shown in our archive here. We have now added 13 DVDs from this season to the Cobourg Library.

2. 2012 Fall Season

Planned dates

Keep the following dates clear; the program will be announced as the films are confirmed.

September 30
October 14
November 4
November 18
December 2
January 13

Festival: Jan 25, 26, 27

3. Vintage Films

You might also be interested in films at the Mall Theatre on Sunday afternoon at 4:00pm that are put on by
the Vintage Film Festival.

June 10 - The General (1926) Silent Comedy with Buster Keaton - Roger Ebert says it's one of the best films ever.
October 07 - David Lean's Great Expectations (1946) - A favourite award winning Dickens story. 2012 is the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.

More at the Vintage Film Festival Site.

Other Neat stuff

With thanks to NFS filmgoers, Sponsors RBC Dominion Securities, Cobourg and VIA Rail Canada, Northumberland Film Sundays is pleased that since our inception in 2003, over $17,000 in donations has been distributed to local not-for-profit groups. A listing of all recipients can be found here.

The newsletter now has a new signup page. If you'd like to receive emails about NFS (and only NFS), go to this page to sign up.

Tell everyone what you think - have your say - use the feedback form on our contact page.

Read about our support for local organizations and last season's activities on the News page.

Our Tickets page gives full details on pricing and where to buy tickets.

See Archives for our History - lists all the movies that we have screened to date. For the history of donations, see the Donations page.

All films are sourced via the Film Circuit at TIFF - see their web site here.

Be sure to click on the film title or image to get more details including a trailer for each movie.

Film Details

Film 1

A Dangerous Method - click photo or title for more details and a trailer
Sunday February 12, 2012. 4:00pm

Leads: Keira Knightley Viggo Mortensen Michael Fassbender Vincent Cassel

Directed by: David Cronenberg

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Run-time: 99 minutes

Rating: R for sexual content

Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient in A Dangerous Method. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Both men fall under Sabina's spell.

Film 2

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - click photo or title for more details/trailer
Sunday February 26, 2012. 4:00pm

Sponsor:

Leads: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy

Director: Tomas Alfredson

Genre: Spy Suspense

Language: English

Run-time: 127 minutes

Rating: R

Based on the classic novel of the same name, the international thriller is set at the height of the Cold War years of the mid-20th Century. George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a disgraced British spy, is rehired in secret by his government - which fears that the British Secret Intelligence Service, a.k.a. MI-6, has been compromised by a double agent working for the Soviets.

Sponsor
RBC Dominion Securities

Film 3

A Separation - click photo or title for more details and a trailer
Sunday March 25, 2012. 4:00pm

Leads: Payman Mohamed Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sarina Farhadi, Sareh Bayat

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Genre: Drama

Language: Farsi

Run-time: 123 minutes

Rating: PG-13

Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, A Separation focuses on an Iranian middle-class married couple who are faced with a difficult decision: to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating father who has Alzheimers. The film was highly acclaimed at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, was nominated for the Golden Globes and BAFTA and won the Oscar for Best Foreign language film.

Film 4

Iron Lady - click photo or title for more details and a trailer
Sunday April 15, 2012. 4:00pm

Leads: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant, Olivia Colman, Roger Allam, Reginald Green, Alexandra Roach, Harry Lloyd

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Run-time: 105 minutes

Rating: PG-13

Combining the past and present, The Iron Lady follows Margaret Thatcher's life as a wife, widow, mother, daughter, Prime Minister and frail old woman. Struggling with the changing times and loss of power, an aged Thatcher (Meryl Streep) remembers the highs and lows of her life and career as the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the twentieth Century.

Film 5

Monsieur Lazhar - click photo or title for more details and a trailer
Sunday April 29, 2012. 4:00pm

Leads: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Émilien Neron, Danielle Proulx, Brigitte Poupart

Director: Philippe Falardeau

Genre: Comedy Drama

Language: French

Run-time: 94 minutes

Rating: PG-13

A touching, inspiring film about a middle-aged Algerian immigrant seeking political refuge in Quebec. Bachir jumps at the opportunity to replace a Montreal elementary school teacher who committed suicide one night after class. The school's overworked principal is initially relieved. Director Philippe Falardeau follows a humble man who is ready to transcend his own loss in order to accompany children beyond the silence and taboo of death.

Film 6

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - click photo or title for more details and a trailer
Sunday May 13, 2012. 4:00pm

Leads: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Amr Waked

Director: Lasse Hallström

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Run-time: 111 minutes

Rating: PG 13

A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable.

Ticket Information

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Contact Information

The NFS mailing address, the committee names and the NFS phone number are listed on the contact us page.

We are a member of the Arts Council of Northumberland - check their web site for information on all the cultural organizations and events in the county.

Northumberland Film Sundays

Thanks these Generous Sponsors and Contributors:

Northumberland Film Sundays gratefully acknowledges our partnership with 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

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