Toronto International Film Festival Movies in Fort Erie
Monday Night at the Movies
Our Feature Film for April 28th, 2025
​Our feature film is Riceboy Sleeps!
​Riceboy Sleeps is a Canadian drama film, written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim. Based in part on Shim's own childhood, the film centres on So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon), a Korean immigrant single mother raising her teenage son Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) after moving to Canada to give him a better life. It has been described by critics as "an emotionally impactful portrait of familial love, Riceboy Sleeps sees writer-director Anthony Shim reaffirming that the most personal stories are often the most universal.
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SPECIAL GUEST- We will be hosting a Q&A with Ethan Hwang, Lead Actor in the film after the screening of Riceboy Sleeps.
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Please join us at The Meridian Centre for the Arts located in the Greater Fort Erie Secondary High School 1640 Garrison Rd, Fort Erie. Tickets are $10 cash at the door. The doors open at 6:00pm and the movie starts at 7:00pm.
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Movie review by Variety Riceboy Sleeps
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