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From March 8-31, 2024, experience the return of fan-favourite IMAX® classics, from America’s Musical Journey to Deep Sea 3D, with the IMAX® Victoria Film Festival.
Each documentary film will transport you to wondrous places with breathtaking cinematography that can only be experienced on the largest screen in BC. Here for three weeks only!
Oppenheimer
RATED: 14A | RUNTIME: 180 mins. | STUDIO: Universal Pictures | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: Yes | CC: Yes | March 1-3, 7-10, 14-17 & 21
Experience the Academy Award winning movie on the giant IMAX screen! Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Oscar® winner Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey, Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
RATED: G | RUNTIME: 45 min. | DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: No | CC: Yes | Now Playing
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants takes viewers on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction. Following two scientific expeditions—one to find a missing population of blues off the exotic Seychelles Islands, the other to chronicle whale families in Mexico’s stunning Gulf of California—the film is an inspirational story that transforms our understanding of the largest animal ever to have lived.
Shackleton – The Greatest Story of Survival
RATED: PG | RUNTIME: 44 min. | DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Studios | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: No | Now Playing
In 1913 Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail with 27 men to attempt to cross the frozen continent of Antarctica on foot. His vessel became trapped in sea ice. After nearly a year locked in the ice, the ship was crushed, forcing the crew into a desperate battle to survive and find their way back to civilization.
Join explorer Tim Jarvis on this incredible experience, reliving Shackleton’s harrowing journey while crossing the perilous landscapes of the great Antarctica and South Georgia.
Deep Sky
RATED: Not Rated | RUNTIME: 40 mins. | DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: No | CC: Yes
Deep Sky brings the awe-inspiring images captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope to IMAX® — taking audiences on a journey to the beginning of time and space, to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes, and to recently discovered exoplanets, planets around other stars. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and narrated by Oscar®-nominated actress Michelle Williams, Deep Sky follows the high-stakes global mission to build the James Webb Space Telescope and to launch it into orbit one-million miles from Earth, in an attempt to answer questions that have haunted us since the beginning of time: Where did we come from? How did the universe begin? Are we alone?
Coming Soon
Wonka
RATED: G | RUNTIME: 116mins. | STUDIO: Warner Bros. Studios | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: Yes | CC: Yes | March 22-24, 28-31 & April 4
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, “Wonka” tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope
RATED: G | RUNTIME: 45 min. | STUDIO: Cosmic Pictures | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: No | CC: Yes | Opens April 5
Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope, is an uplifting journey around the globe to highlight good news stories that will inspire people to make a difference in the world around them. Jane revolutionized how we view the world around us. Join her on this adventure of inspiration and hope.
IMAX Victoria Concert Series
Queen Rock Montreal
RATED: PG | RUNTIME: 98 min. | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: Yes | CC: Yes | April 5-7, 11-14 & April 18
IMAX Victoria Concert Series, Queen Rock Montreal is digitally re-mastered for the first time into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience®️. Including 12-channel surround sound and crystal-clear images, experience rock & roll royalty with Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon as they take to the stage in an historic and exhilarating live concert from 1981. One of the world’s most iconic rock bands performs an unforgettable setlist of their greatest hits including “We Will Rock You,” “Somebody To Love,” “Under Pressure,” Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” and “We Are The Champions.” This is Queen like you’ve never seen before in a larger-than-life, front row concert experience – only in IMAX.
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
RATED: PG | RUNTIME: 170 min. | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: Yes | CC: Yes | April 19-21 & 25
IMAX Victoria Concert Series, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé accentuates the journey of the Renaissance World Tour, from its inception, to the opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to the finale in Kansas City, Missouri. Follow Beyoncé’s journey and involvement in every aspect of the production, and witness her creative mind, her legacy, and her mastery of craft. Received with extraordinary acclaim, Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour created a sanctuary for freedom, and shared joy, for more than 2.7 million fans.
Stop Making Sense: The IMAX Live Experience
RATED: G | RUNTIME: 98 min. | RESERVED SEATING Y/N: Yes | CC: Yes | April 26-28 & May 2
IMAX Victoria Concert Series, Stop Making Sense brings to the screen Talking Heads at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, alongside an ecstatic ensemble of supporting musicians. Renowned as the greatest concert film of all time, filmmaker Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) captures the band at their exhilarating best, in this new and complete restoration for the film’s 40th anniversary.
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