June 23 TO 28, 2022

Toronto Outdoor Picture Show - and Toronto’s audiences - found a home for open-air cinema at Fort York during summers 2020 and 2021, a place where community and cinema could be reunited for some very special evenings during the pandemic. A unique historic site within Toronto’s downtown core, nestled between 200-year-old walls and the Gardiner Expressway, Fort York was the sole venue for TOPS’ programming over the past two years, and we’re thrilled to kick off our homecoming return to all our green spaces with five high-energy screenings over our opening week.

The Curtains Up! performance-themed programme opens June 23 with a screening of Beyoncé’s monumental concert film Homecoming, followed by Baz Luhrmann’s jukebox musical Moulin Rouge!, the high-wire thriller Man on Wire that has to be seen to be believed, and two quintessential ‘90s New Queer Cinema classics, But I’m a Cheerleader and Hedwig and the Angry Inch to round out Pride Month in Toronto.

Curtains Up! is curated by Artistic & Executive Director Emily Reid, TOPS co-founder Felan Parker, and programming contributors Rachel Barclay, David Osubronie, Jon Petrychyn, and Isabella Brown.

You can support Toronto Outdoor Picture Show's free, accessible cultural programming with a tax-deductible donation.

THURS JUNE 23

Homecoming: a film by beyoncé

Short film
Desiire - Light Down Low

FRI JUNE 24

but i’m a cheerleadeR

Short film - I Wanna Make a Movie or I Wanna Die Trying

SUN JUNE 26

moulin rouge!

Short film
Cell Block Tango: Reimagined

MON JUNE 27

man on wire

Short film
Terra Nova Matadora

TUES JUNE 28

hedwig and the angry inch

Short films Imitations & Jesse Jams

#511 Bathurst & #509 Harbourfront Streetcars / #63 Ossington & #121 Fort York-Esplanade Bus Routes