Onancock International Films

 

 

 

 

2nd Thursdays for 20 years

 

Onancock International Films has made the Roseland Theatre the place to be on the second Thursday of the month for twenty years. If the crowds on the Eastern Shore of Virginia are any indication, this tradition will continue. Attendance is strong with about a hundred loyal movie fans and new faces at every movie.

 

Onancock International Films is a non-profit group of movie lovers. Kitty and Tim Croke research and choose films from around the world that will entertain the Eastern Shore. The key is a variety of cultures as well as a mix of comedy, romance and more serious films. Onancock International Films continues to be a draw to Onancock on 2nd Thursdays.

 

Tickets for individual films may be purchased at the door on the night of the film for $8.00 per person.  Season tickets are available for the season at Morphosis Creative (33 Market St., Onancock) or at the theatre on the night of the movie.

SHOWTIME 7:00 PM

 

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55th Season Summaries

 

March 12

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, (2025)

South Africa

English/Shona

 

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight thrusts us into the tumultuous world of 8-year-old Bobo Fuller, whose childhood unfolds on her family's Rhodesian farm, now Zimbabwe, as the Bush War rages to its bitter end. Set against this violent backdrop, and seen through her eyes, we witness the family's desperate attachment to Africa's soil and the deep, festering scars of a war that reshapes both land and soul. This film manages the difficult trick of getting us to care for the Fullers while saving our sympathy for the Zimbabweans.

 

April 11

Rental Family (2025)

Japan/US

Japanese/English

 

Set in modern-day Tokyo, Rental Family follows Phillip, an American actor, who struggles to find work and purpose till he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, inspired by real businesses that rent out actors to portray roles like wedding guests, estranged parents, and romantic partners.  As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, Phillip begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality and rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection. This is a thoroughly fascinating movie about a very real actor in the midst of one of the strangest careers we’ve witnessed.

 

 

 

See you at the movies!

 

Since October 2005

 

For More Information, Contact Kitty Croke (757) 710-8135.

 

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