The Grand Illusion

Twentieth and Twenty-first encore screenings! Featuring a new pre-filmed intro from the beavers themselves and limited edition posters given away (while supplies last).

The Beavers are back with holiday cheer!
Hundreds of them give the apple man fear.
He hunts them, they hunt him, through the woods they both roam.
Presented by The Grand Illusion while they find a new home.
Limited posters will be given away
at these special screenings set over two days.
So spend some December with these furry friends
Whose magic stays with you long after film’s end.

Our friends at Central Cinema are generously helping us keep the beavers gnawing away while we search for a new home. 60% of ticket sales go to our relocation fund!

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

“Starts strange, gets stranger, and yet remains resolutely adorable… embraces the defiant glee of art cinema and distills it into something so thoroughly pure and sincere that it is surely hard not to fall in love with it.” Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Alliance of Women Film Journalists

“It’s sure to develop a significant cult following with its unique mix of silent-era slapstick, animation elements, theme-park-style critter costumes, and general air of inspired absurdity.” Dennis Harvey, Variety

“Steroidally swollen with gags and smarts.” Guy Maddin