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Train Dreams
Four Oscar Nominations
including Best Picture!
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A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

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2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animated
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A must-see theatrical event, uniting film lovers and the global filmmaking community in a shared cinematic experience, the 2026 Oscar® Nominated Animated Shorts Program is back, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience these celebrated works on the big screen ahead of the big broadcast!

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2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Live Action
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A must-see theatrical event, uniting film lovers and the global filmmaking community in a shared cinematic experience, the 2026 Oscar® Nominated Live Action Shorts Program is back, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience these celebrated works on the big screen ahead of the big broadcast!

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2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Documentary
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The Oscar® Nominated Shorts Program is back, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience these celebrated works on the big screen ahead of the Oscars®. The program features three feature-length theatrical presentations, one for each Academy Award® Short Film category—Animated,...

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It Was Just an Accident
Two Oscar Nominations!
Including Best Int. Feature!
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Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.

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Elio
Two Shows Only!
March 7 & 8 @ 10:30AM
Oscar Nominee!

Elio is a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking.

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Summer School, 2001
One Show Only!
Wed., March 11 @ 7:30PM
Director in Person!

Summer, 2001. Seventeen-year-old Kien, with his bright red hair, returns to his family at the Cheb market after spending ten years in Vietnam. But instead of a warm welcome, a buried secret surfaces—one that will turn life at the market upside down.

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The Voice of Hind Rajab
Opening Fri, Mar 13
Oscar Nominee for Best
International Feature Film!
Coming Soon

Based on true events, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB follows Red Crescent volunteers as they struggle to send an ambulance to rescue a six-year-old girl trapped under fire.

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K-Pop Demon Hunters
Two Shows Only!
March 14 & 15 @ 10:30AM
Oscar Nominee!

When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira, and Zoey aren’t selling out stadiums, they’re using their secret identities as demon hunters to protect their fans from ever-present supernatural danger. Together, they must face their biggest threat — an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise.

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Nino
One Show Only!
Wed., March 18 @ 8PM

A sudden diagnosis leaves Nino, a young man in his late 20s, facing mortality with grace, quiet humor, and the company of family and friends over the course of his birthday weekend.

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Project Hail Mary
Opening Fri, Mar 20
Starring Ryan Gosling!
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Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun, and save Earth. An unexpected friendship may be the key.

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Marsha and the Positrons
One Show Only!
Sat., March 21 at 10:30AM

Winners of the 2024 Josie Music Award for Children’s Creators/Performers, join kindie (kids + indie rock) band Marsha and the Positrons for a morning of dancing and singing along to fun, energetic, upbeat songs about science and how the world works!

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Turner & Constable
Three Shows Only!
March 22, 24 & 28 at 10:30AM
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Exploring their intertwined lives and legacies and honoring the 250th anniversary of their births, alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition, two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable are celebrated in this unmissable new documentary.

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Fantasy Life
One Week Only!
Coming April 3rd!
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An actress falls for the anxious law school dropout babysitting her kids in this smart, New York-set romantic comedy.

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Holding Liat
One Show Only!
Wed., April 8 @ 7:30PM
Special Q&A Event!

In the weeks unfolding after Liat is kidnapped, her father resists efforts to use her captivity to justify escalating violence in Gaza, exposing political and emotional rifts within his family as they struggle to find a way to bring her home.

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The Stranger
From Master Director
François Ozon!
Coming April 10th!
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A new take on Albert Camus’s classic novel of existentialist ennui is a landmark adaptation, simultaneously faithful to the text and dedicated to discovering fresh perspectives in the margins.

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The Audience
Two Shows Only!
April 12 & 14 • 10:30AM
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For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, the Queen advised her prime ministers on matters both public and personal.

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Admission: $15.50 Adults, $12.00 Matinee Bargain Shows, $12.25 Seniors (62+), $10.50 Child (12 & under), Student and Military, $11.00 Avalon Members, $10.00 Seniors who are Avalon Members.
Same rates apply to Wednesday Signature Series and Science on Screen programs unless otherwise noted. Weekend Family Matinees, Exhibition on Screen, NT Live and Special Event ticket prices vary; senior discounts may not be available for these programs.

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