Windsor International Film Festival – Screenings

Don’t miss three incredible films at the Capitol Kelly Theatre!

Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat 

United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate.

Times: April 15th at 3pm and April 16th at 7pm

The Wedding Banquet

From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating cultural identity, queerness, and family expectations. Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee’s expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet. Starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-jung, The Wedding Banquet is a poignant and heartfelt reminder that being part of a family means learning to both accept and forgive.

Times: April 15th at 7pm

In The Sub For Love

She is a tactical submarine officer. He is a steward. They meet on a stopover. But their budding love is suddenly cut short. And here he is, hanging on! Following her! Who sticks to her! As if anyone had time to fall in love aboard a military ship! But the Pacific Ocean isn’t big enough to discourage him. Nor is the Arctic Ocean. The world is so small when you love each other so much…

Times: April 16th at 3pm and April 17th at 7pm