This year, DRIFF is bringing back our smash-hit drive-in format for a summerlong screening series celebrating the rich diversity of Canadian stories by contemporary Canadian filmmakers. From June to September, Shifting the Narrative will pair five...
This year, DRIFF is bringing back our smash-hit drive-in format for a summerlong screening series celebrating the rich diversity of Canadian stories by contemporary Canadian filmmakers. From June to September, Shifting the Narrative will pair five acclaimed feature films with five shorts by emerging Canadian directors.
Click here for dates and the full lineup of feature films
All screenings will be held at the Town of Whitby Municipal Building
(south parking lot), located at 575 Rossland Rd E.
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Tickets to each event will be $15 per vehicle.
Currently, only members of the same household can share a vehicle.
Vehicle can seat as many people as seatbelts available.
No dogs.
No entry after the "latest arrival time" stated on your ticket
Ticket details for each event:
June 24
Theme: PRIDE
Both films are French, with English subtitles
Wanted: Strong Woman (15 mins)
Marilyn Cooke
1:54 (102 mins)
Yan England
Location: 575 Rossland Rd E, Whitby, ON
(the parking lot behind the Municipal Building)
Earliest arrival time: 7:30pm
Latest arrival time: 8:50pm
Show starts at dusk
July 29
Theme: Canadian Mosaic
Black and Belonging (13 mins)
Francesca Ekwuyasi
Becoming Labrador (70 mins)
Rohan Fernando,
with Tamara Segura, & Justin Simms
Location: 575 Rossland Rd E, Whitby, ON
(the parking lot behind the Municipal Building)
Earliest arrival time: 7:10pm
Latest arrival time: 8:30pm
Show starts at dusk
August 26
Theme: Caribbean Heat
Pick (11 mins)
Alicia K. Harris
Home Again (104 mins)
Sudz Sutherland
Location: 575 Rossland Rd E, Whitby, ON
(the parking lot behind the Municipal Building)
Earliest arrival time: 6:30pm
Latest arrival time: 7:50pm
Show starts at dusk
Sept 9
Theme: Asian Heritage
At the Botton of the Sea (11 mins)
Caroline So Jung Lee
Window Horses (129 mins)
Anne-Marie Fleming
Location: 575 Rossland Rd E, Whitby, ON
(the parking lot behind the Municipal Building)
Earliest arrival time: 6:00pm
Latest arrival time: 7:25pm
Show starts at dusk
Sept 30
Theme: Creative Spirit
Chocolate (4 mins)
Charlene Moore
Falls Around Her (100 mins)
Darlene Naponse
Location: 575 Rossland Rd E, Whitby, ON
(the parking lot behind the Municipal Building)
Earliest arrival time: 5:30pm
Latest arrival time: 6:50pm
Show starts at dusk
