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Gems from the NFB collection

After the Holidays, continue your family get-togethers or round up some friends and come see recent gems from the NFB collection on the big screen in Montreal. Every Thursday starting January 9, we’re presenting five free public screenings at the NFB’s Alanis Obomsawin Theatre in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles. No reservations required, but seating is limited. See you there!

Each film will be shown in English and French, in their original version or with subtitles.

All screenings begin at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30).

No reservations.

Accessible to persons with reduced mobility.

**Co-presented with the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership**

Thursday, January 16 – Theater of Life

Peter Svatek, 2016

Length: 93 min

Original English version with French subtitles.

Theater of Life captures the remarkable story of how renowned chef Massimo Bottura, joined by 60 of the world’s top chefs, transformed food destined for the dumpster into delicious and nutritious meals for Italy’s hungriest residents—refugees, recovering addicts, former sex workers, and other disadvantaged people. A visual feast in itself, the film puts a human face on its powerful message of social justice and the environmental impact of food waste.

The documentary will be preceded by the short film Soup of the Day (Lynn Smith, 2013, 3 min)