SUNSET BEACH SCREENINGS
Get ready to dig your toes in the sand and enjoy movies under the stars and over the waves on Gimli Beach.
Every night of the festival @ 9:45PM. Free.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Shrek
Directed by Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
2001 | United States | 90 mins | PG
It’s a swamp rave! Join beloved and smelly ogre Shrek (Mike Meyers) on his quest to get his swamp back after the evil Lord Farquaad unleashes a bevy of fairytale characters upon it. Teaming up with the wisecracking donkey (Eddie Murphy), Shrek rescues Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from the clutches of Farquaad and seeks to restore peace to the swamp, all set to a classic pop soundtrack.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Raising Arizona
Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
1987 | United States | 94 mins | PG-13
This early Coen Brothers classic remains one of their most uproaring and funniest. When a childless couple (Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter) made up of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Friday, July 24, 2026
Jaws
Directed by Steven Spielberg
1975 | United States | 124 mins | PG
After a long fifteen-year hiatus, something lurks along the Lake Winnipeg shoreline as GIFF’s most-requested Beach film returns to terrify a new generation of festivalgoers. When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a New York beach town, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and a grizzly seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Saturday, July 25, 2026
The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running
Directed by Jennifer Baichwal & Nicolas de Pencier
2017 | Canada | 97 mins | G
Gather music fans from around the Interlake on the Gimli Beach to once again experience one of the defining moments in Canadian culture. After frontman Gord Downie is diagnosed with brain cancer, legendary Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip goes on an emotional and epic cross-country farewell tour that ends with a nationally televised concert - an event that brought Canadians together like never before or since.
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Night of the Living Dead
Directed by George A. Romero
1968 | United States | 96 mins | R
The one that started it all and set the template for the next 50 years of zombie movies. A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned farmhouse when corpses rise and begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. Groundbreaking in its time and still terrifying to this day, experience the ultimate horror classic like never before - shrouded in darkness on the Gimli Beach.