The Polish Film Festival presents classic Polish cinema as well as contemporary works produced by the newest generation of the country’s filmmakers. | Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
STAFF PICKS | Monday, Nov. 17 at 7pm | The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast. Picked by Ayette!
WORLD OF ANIMATION | Wednesday, Nov. 19 and Thursday, Nov. 20; both showings at 7:30pm | 4K restoration | In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. First released directly to home video in 1985, the film is a creative collaboration between internationally acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), and revered artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D).
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, Nov. 22 at 3:30pm | The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing the legendary monster King Kong just as Godzilla re-emerges.
LIMITED RUN | Friday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 23 | Explores Leni Riefenstahl’s artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime’s atrocities.
FAMILY FLICKS | Monday, Nov. 24 & Wednesday, Nov. 26; both screenings at 7:30pm | What the cuss?! The Wes Anderson stop-motion 2009 classic, based on the Roald Dahl story, returns to The Little. An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Sunday, November 30 at 3:00pm | In the 1960s, just after Mali gains its independence, a young socialist meets and falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little, so Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 (with panel discussion) | When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 | An event taking place at The Little. | Ticketing not run by The Little. Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 7pm | Join the Rochester Imagination Library for a special screening of Dolly Parton’s classic 9 to 5 to celebrate the delivery of their chapter’s 100,000th book. All proceeds support the Rochester Imagination Library, which mails thousands of free new books each month to children across our city from birth to age five.
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, December 11 and Saturday, December 13 | Locally-produced short documentary films.