We are a not-for-profit group and periodically we will make
contributions to Northumberland County charities when a cash surplus permits.
Right: Recent films shown
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.
With thanks to NFS filmgoers, Sponsors RBC Dominion Securities, Cobourg and VIA Rail Canada, Northumberland Film Sundays is pleased to announce that $2,800+ in donations has now been distributed to local organizations.
Since its inception in 2003 NFS has now contributed over $17,000 to support local not-for-profit groups. A listing of all recipients can be found here.
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 movies we have screened to date. For the history of donations, see the News page
Be sure to click on the film title or image to get more details including a
trailer for each movie.
Film 1
Get Low - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday October 3, 2010. 4:00pm
Sponsor:
Leads: Robert Duvall,
Sissy Spacek,
Bill Murray,
Lucas Black,
Gerald McRaney
Directed by: Aaron Schneider
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Run-time: 100 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Inspired by the true story of 1930's Tennessee recluse Felix "Bush" Breazeale, who planned his funeral while he was still alive. Few folks have spoken with Felix Bush (Duvall) since he disappeared into the Tennessee woods 40 years ago, and the ones who have don't necessarily have the kindest things to say about him.
Secret in their Eyes - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday October 17, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Ricardo Darin,
Soledad Villamil,
Guillermo Francella,
Pablo Rago,
Javier Godino,
Jose Luis Gioia,
Carla Quevedo
Director: Juan Jose Campanella
Genre: Drama
Language: Spanish with sub-titles
Run-time: 129 minutes
Rating: R (some violence & nudity)
Oscar in 2010 for Best Foreign Language Film.
Benjamin, a retired court employee, decides to write a book about an old rape/murder case that he believes wasn't properly solved. He becomes determined to find the real culprit and reopen the case - a complicated and thrilling quest that director Juan Jose Campanella depicts with a style that effortlessly juggles romance, comedy, suspense and political commentary.
Film 3
MICMACS - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday October 31, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Dany Boon,
Andre Dussollier,
Omar Sy,
Dominique Pinon,
Julie Ferrier,
Nicolas Marie
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Genre: Whimsical drama
Language: French with subtitles
Run-time: 104 minutes
Rating: R - Sexuality & brief violence
A whimsical French comedy by Jean-Pierre Jeunet that walks a fine line between sweetness and indulgence. It's a farce of broad physical gestures and wide-eyed expressions that could be from the silent era were it not for the sound. Jeunet and his characters show a playful innocence as they conduct a massive caper to right a wrong, like Ocean's Eleven on the Island of Misfit Toys.
Film 4
Mao's Last Dancer - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday November 14, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Chi Cao, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.
Director: Bruce Beresford
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Run-time: 117 minutes
Rating: PG
Mao's Last Dancer recounts the remarkable true story of Chinese ballet superstar Li Cunxin, who was plucked from poverty at a tender age to study dance, not fully comprehending the extraordinary journey he was about to embark on. A delicate, well-acted endeavour, director Bruce Beresford underlines every last emotion and, from the grit and toil of Li's journey, creates an engaging bio-pic.
Film 5
Tamara Drewe - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday November 28, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie
Director: Stephen Frears
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Run-time: 111 minutes
Rating: R
Based on Posy Simmonds's graphic novel (itself loosely derived from Far From The Madding Crowd), Stephen Frears's Tamara Drewe centres on a sultry young journalist who returns to the local village where she grew up and sends three very different men into a tizzy. Fittingly, it's Britain's latest sex bomb Gemma Arterton breaking hearts in those short shorts.
Film 6
Nowhere Boy - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday December 5, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Threlfall, Josh Bolt, Ophelia Lovibond
Director: Sam Taylor-Wood
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Run-time: 98 minutes
Rating: R
NOWHERE BOY is a beautifully written, beautifully acted, sensitively directed biopic of the young John Lennon, directed by the renowned British artist, Sam Taylor-Wood. Set in a perfectly rendered 1950s Liverpool, the film shows a 17 year old Lennon groping toward the truth of why he lives with his Aunt Mimi rather than with his mum and dad, not to mention taking his first steps toward becoming a Beatle.
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:
We also thank these Toronto International Film Festival Film Circuit Sponsors:
