Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op
sudbury indie cinema coop organization based sudbury ontario operates city first dedicated repertory art film movie theatre organization executive director beth mairs filmmaker former adventure tourism entrepreneur organization founded project take relaunch movie theatre downtown rainbow centre mall mall owner announced would closed although committee initially failed reach deal subsequently announced plan launch theatre former gymnasium closed st louis de gonzague elementary school mackenzie street concurrently school planned redevelopment residential condominium worked secure funding redevelopment mackenzie street venue committee began organizing screening various venue throughout city including sudbury secondary school greater sudbury public library sudbury theatre centre fraser auditorium laurentian university imagine cinema acquired reopened rainbow centre theatre downtown movie lounge coop also screened film continued work toward opening mackenzie street facility rather relying downtown movie lounge permanent venue mackenzie street facility opened february first public event year edition junction north international documentary film festival although facility still temporary bleacher seating time permanent seat yet installed installation permanent seating completed official opening ceremony followed june ribboncutting ceremony presided sudbury mayor brian bigger covid pandemic organization closed theatre public screening partnered virtual cinema initiative film movement kino lorber continue operation theatre reopened august social distancing capacity restriction masking policy place around time also reached begin offering theatre venue fundraiser special event art cultural organization city theatre underwent another brief covidrelated shutdown winter fully reopening february however due continued issue film distribution ecosystem operated parttime schedule first half returning fulltime daily programming august october coop announced sponsorship deal city credit union see theatre renamed sudbury credit union theatre april coop revealed mackenzie street facility sold new owner declined renew theatre lease past february may board announced reviewing opportunity relocate either thorneloe university building laurentian university campus knox hall performance venue larch street knox hall organization would able remain downtown would reduce programming part week share venue musical performance would able run fullsize projector thornloe organization could continue current scheduling programming model would relocate outside downtown core june coop revealed new landlord decided extend deadline three year giving organization time plan undertake eventual relocation addition screening regular program canadian international independent film organization coordinate several annual specialty film festival including junction north documentary film queer north film festival lgbtq film sudbury outdoor adventure reel film festival film wilderness adventure travel sudbury tiny underground film festival stuff underground experimental film sudbury indie creature kon horror film also stage special event threeday studio ghibli festival annual national canadian film day event festival dance film recurring saturday morning allyoucaneat cereal cartoon party featuring compilation classic retro childrens cartoon programming presented selection popular childrens breakfast cereal refreshment regular screening series include woman film wednesday highlight film directed woman first people thursday highlight indigenous film samedi cinema frenchlanguage film january coop celebrated th anniversary running retrospective series film originally released including hunt france ha story tell drug war october theatre mounted first full shadow cast screening rocky horror picture show conjunction local theatre group mooncrater theatre official website