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About Film.Ca Cinemas

Film.Ca Cinemas, formerly Encore Cinemas, opened our Oakville location on December 30, 2005. At the time, we also operated the Upper Canada Place Cinemas in Burlington and the Central Parkway Cinemas in Mississauga.

Due to the need (and extraordinary cost) to convert to digital and challenges getting first run films, we closed Burlington and Mississauga and focused on the Oakville theatre.

We changed our name to Film.Ca Cinemas in 2014 as part of a new marketing plan and to lose the name Encore, which was more associated with older films and not first run.

Jeff Knoll founded Encore Cinemas following a visit to a competitor’s theatre in 1997 to see the Disney Movie Flubber. He had decided to take his family and two of his children’s friends to the movies and was shocked when the experience cost more than $120!

In a previous career Knoll had worked extensively in the theatre industry and, after this experience, he decided that it was time to get back into the business and develop an affordable alternative to the spiraling cost of movie-going. The goal was to establish cinemas where families could go to the movies without going broke.

The result was Encore Cinemas, now film.ca Cinemas, and to this day we continue to provide a reasonable cost alternative to see BIG MOVIES for small prices!

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From the Newsroom

Publications of Note

October 26, 2024 - Oakville News
"The curse of Knoll Studios" comes alive at Oakville’s new interactive haunted attraction
https://www.oakvillenews.org/local-news/the-curse-comes-alive-oakville-new-interactive-haunted-attraction-9714284

March 17, 2024 - CityNews Toronto
Canada's Independent Cinemas In Crisis And Calling For More Support
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/17/canadas-independent-cinemas-in-crisis-and-calling-for-more-support/?rssa&dark&zoom=3

September 19, 2023 - Inside Halton
Oakville teacher continues charitable work for remote northern communities
https://www.insidehalton.com/life/oakville-teacher-continues-charitable-work-for-remote-northern-communities/

August 21, 2023 - Digital Spy
Adam Sandler's new Netflix movie debuts with 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating
*Scenes filmed at Film.Ca Cinemas!*
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44863747/adam-sandler-bat-mitzvah-rotten-tomatoes/

August 21, 2023 - Variety
National Cinema Day Returns With Movie Tickets Under $4 on Sunday
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/national-cinema-day-returns-movie-tickets-discounted

August 3, 2023 - Global News
Has ‘Barbenheimer’ marked the return of movie theatres? It’s complicated
https://globalnews.ca/news/9874755/barbenheimer-return-of-movie-theatres/

July 19, 2023 - Playback
Yes TV, Hollywood Suite to serve up Potluck Ladies
https://playbackonline.ca/2023/07/20/yes-tv-hollywood-suite-to-serve-up-potluck-ladies/

July 13, 2023 - Variety
SAG-AFTRA Declares Double Strike as Actors Join Writers on Picket Lines
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-double-strike-wga-amptp

July 13, 2023 - The Wrap
SAG-AFTRA Formally Calls Actors Strike, Slams Studios: ‘Shame on Them!’
https://www.thewrap.com/sag-aftra-strike-fran-drescher-comments/

July 12, 2023 - Actra
Case Study: You're My Hero
https://www.actra.ca/uncategorized/2023/06/case-study-youre-my-hero/

July 5, 2023 - Angel Studios
Angel Studios' PAY IT FORWARD Technology Propels SOUND OF FREEDOM to #1 Movie in America
https://www.angel.com/press/release/angel-studios-pay-it-forward-technology-propels-sound-of-freedom-to-1-movie

May 6, 2022 - Insauga
*Abroad - filmed at Knoll Studios!*
Filmed in Oakville, Abroad allows Burlington’s Kanaan to show emigrating to Canada challenging, but funny too
https://www.insauga.com/filmed-in-oakville-abroad-allows-burlingtons-kanaan-to-show-emigrating-to-canada-challenging-but-funny-too/

Film.Ca Cinemas in the Media

October 24, 2024 - Cogeco/YourTV Halton
Is Film.Ca in Oakville Closing?! Rumours have been swirling about the closure of this iconic Oakville theatre, so we went straight to the source to find out what is actually going on. Jessica Kaitting reports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ZdaRqXBjc

March 4, 2024 - Global News Toronto
Highlighting Canadian Women Through Art - The Oakville Festivals of Film and Art kicks off their fourth annual International Women’s Day event tonight at Film.Ca Cinemas
https://globalnews.ca/video/10333397/highlighting-canadian-women-through-art/

January 31, 2024 - Globe and Mail
Cineplex pulls South Indian film screenings after incidents of threats, intimidation and talk of turf war
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-cineplex-south-indian-film-vandals-turf-war/

August 8, 2023 - CP24
‘We don’t want to be Kenemies’: Movie theatre releases trailer appealing for return of stolen Barbie poster
https://www.cp24.com/news/we-don-t-want-to-be-kenemies-movie-theatre-releases-trailer-appealing-for-return-of-stolen-barbie-poster-1.6510862

August 8, 2023 - CityNews 680
Barbie Heist: Return stolen movie poster so we won't be 'Ken-emies,' Oakville cinema says
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/08/08/barbie-heist-stolen-movie-poster-oakville-cinema/

August 8, 2023 - CHCH News
‘The Barbie Heist’: Movie posters stolen from Oakville movie theatre
https://www.chch.com/the-barbenhesit-movie-posters-stolen-from-oakville-movie-theatre/

August 3, 2023 - Global News
Has ‘Barbenheimer’ marked the return of movie theatres? It’s complicated
https://globalnews.ca/news/9874755/barbenheimer-return-of-movie-theatres/

July 31, 2023 - YourTV Halton News
Oakville's Film.Ca Cinemas & the SAG-AFTRA Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqSC6Rcu-Z4&t=2s

July 24, 2023 - CTV Network
Impact of Hollywood Strikes on Canadian Movie Theatres
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2731934

July 21, 2023 - Oakville News
Barbie and Oppenheimer: Cinema’s historic double feature
https://oakvillenews.org/reviews/barbie-oppenheimer-double-feature-movie-review/

July 18, 2023 - The Canadian Press
Canadian cinemas brace for film release slowdown as Hollywood strikes continue
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/

June 23, 2023 - YourTV Halton News
Broken Courage at OFFA
https://yourtv.tv/node/352331

May 25, 2023 - Oakville News
Program revealed for the 2023 Oakville Film Festival
https://oakvillenews.org/oakville-culture-and-lifestyle/offa-2023-oakville-film-festival/

April 19, 2023 - Oakville News
Richie Mehta double bill leads National Canadian Film Day 2023
https://oakvillenews.org/oakville-community-news/richie-mehta-national-canadian-film-day-2023/

April 12, 2023 - Oakville News
Film.Ca Cinemas launches new youth programs as "Film.Ca Academy"
https://oakvillenews.org/oakville-community-news/film-ca-cinemas-academy-launch-new-youth-programs/

July 13, 2022 - Oakville News
New Adam Sandler movie shoots scenes in Oakville
https://oakvillenews.org/oakville-culture-and-lifestyle/adam-sandler-movie-filming-oakville/

February 24, 2022 - Global News
Police investigating screen slashing incident in Oakville movie theatre
https://globalnews.ca/news/8643552/oakville-cinema-screen-slashing/

Media Contact

Ashley Drysdale
Communications Manager
adrysdale@film.ca
(905) 338-0494 ext. 1004