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A Year of Austen

In celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, Hot Docs Cinema presents: A Year of Austen—a monthly screening series featuring beloved Austen adaptations on film that showcase the author’s enduring hold on literature, the romance genre and pop culture.

Series Promotional Partner: Hopeless Romantic Bookshop

Series runs Returning March 23

Sunday, March 23, 4:00 PM

two women in frilly bonnets

Emma

Autumn de Wilde paints Austen’s signature humour, romance and social critique with bold colours and a whimsical score.
  • D: Autumn de Wilde
  • United Kingdom
  • 2020
  • 124 min
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Saturday, April 19, 8:00 PM

Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash and Brittany Murphy in Clueless

Clueless

Loosely adapted from Austen’s Emma, Clueless gives us the iconic Cher Horowitz, who’s on a mission to “do good deeds.”
  • D: Amy Heckerling
  • USA
  • 1995
  • 97 min
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