DARKFEST

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Don’t miss a Live Q&A with the Writer/Director of The Curse of Willow Song, Karen Lam. More info on page 22.

DRIVE-IN VIVARIUM FRI APRIL 30 • 11PM

ONLINE COME TO DADDY

ONLINE THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG ONLINE VIOLATION

THE CARAVAN OF CURIOSITIES

Friday, April 30 at 8pm • Twin Rivers Drive-In

The Caravan of Curiosities are a Vancouver-based circus/ sideshow collective with members ranging across Canada – with plans to soon expand to New Zealand in late 2021/ Early 2022. They pride themselves on bringing weird and wonderful spectacles to both private events and their own productions. Founded in 2015, they have performed across Canada and in the Western USA, including at DarkFest 2019 & 2020, delighting and thrilling audiences in equal measure. caravanofcuriosities.com

DARKFEST CO-PRESENTERS Drunk in a Graveyard is a Kamloops based horror collective made up of Robin, Rigby and Scotty - three best friends who started a website (2012), podcast (2017) and YouTube channel (2018) to talk about all things horror but with an inebriated and comedic edge. Voted Best Podcast in Kamloops by KamloopsBC Now in 2020, viewers will recognize Robin & Scotty from previous DarkFests (2018-2020) and many other spooky events with the Kamloops Film Society. Unfortunately, you may find them online, everywhere. drunkinagraveyard.com

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LOGO TYPE

Two of Us • fri April 30 • 8:30pm

France | Luxembourg | Belgium Directed by Filippo Meneghetti In French (with English subtitles) Drama, Romance 99 minutes Rated PG: coarse language

DESIGNS

Pensioners Nina and Madeleine have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades, but their bond is put to the test when they are suddenly unable to move freely between each other's apartments.

“A MOVING TRIBUTE TO LOVE” - Variety

Golden Globes, USA (2021) – Nominee: Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language • Angers European First Film Festival (2020) – Winner: French Feature Films • Dublin International Film Festival (2020) – Winner: Best Actress Drive-In DARKFEST

Vivarium will be preceded by Double Creature Feature from Tyler Hall

Vivarium • Fri April 30 • 11pm

Ireland | Belgium | Denmark | Canada Directed by Lorcan Finnegan In English Comedy, Horror, Mystery 97 minutes Rated PG: coarse language; sexually suggestive scenes; nudity A young couple is thinking about buying their starter home. And to this end, they visit a real estate agency where they are received by a strange sales agent, who accompanies them to a new, mysterious, peculiar housing development to show them a single-family home. There they get trapped in a surreal, maze-like nightmare. “A NERVE-JANGLING, FINELY CRAFTED THRILLER” - Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter

Cannes Film Festival - Winner: Gan Foundation Support for Distribution, Nominee: Critics' Week Grand Prize • L'Etrange Festival - Winner: Best Feature Film • Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival - Winner: Best Actress, Nominee: Best Motion Picture

DRIVE-IN Family Film

Wolfwalkers will be preceded by Out of Bounds from Jacob Blair & Matteo Caccaci (Special Jury Prize - Best PSA & Audience Choice Winner at KISS 2020)

Wolfwalkers • Sat may 1 • 8:30PM

Ireland | UK | France Directed by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart Animation, Adventure, Family In English Rated PG: violence In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when Robyn saves a wild native girl, Mebh, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers. “IT’S GLORIOUS, GORGEOUS, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE PROFOUND” - New York Magazine

Academy Awards, USA (2021) – Nominee: Best Animated Feature Film • Golden Globes, USA (2021) – Nominee: Best Motion Picture – Animated • BAFTA Awards (2021) – Nominee: Best Animated Featured Film • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2020) – Winner: Best Animated Film

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Closing Film Abe • Sat May 1 • 11:30pm

USA | BRAZIL Directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade In English Comedy, Drama 85 minutes Rated PG: coarse language Abe is a 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn who cooks to unite his half Israeli and half Palestinian family, but everything goes wrong.

“A SIMPLE DELIGHT” - Slug Magazine “AN APPETIZING FUSION” - The Hollywood Reporter Drive-In

KAMLOOPS FILM FESTIVAL » MARCH 3-12, 2016

Best of Fest

Best of Fest • Sun May 2 • 8:30pm

As a bonus for the 2021 Festival, one of the most popular films from the Twin Rivers Drive-In lineup will be brought back on the final day of the festival for a Best of Fest screening!