Vintage Film Festival 2026 - "Best Dressed" - Tickets On Sale Now!

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Published: 05 March 2025

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VFF 2026 “Best Dressed” tickets are now on sale – click here!

Buy your Festival Passes and single tickets now for the 33rd Vintage Film Festival, October 16, 17 & 18 at Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre! They’re available from the Capitol box office by phone or in person as well as online.

We’ll be presenting thirteen of the “best dressed” movies of the 20th century—each of which, in its own way, intrigues us from a fashion or costume perspective, in addition to being a great motion picture in its own right.

We’ve got comedies, dramas, musicals, art house classics, and even horror movies; and each of them established an instantly recognizable costume, introduced a memorable wardrobe item, or had fun with its fashion industry setting. Come and enjoy them all—and don’t fail to bring the kids to see the animated classic One Hundred and One Dalmatians!

Experience live, in-the-moment piano accompaniment (by VFF favourite Jordan Klapman) to films featuring two silent stars in their iconic roles: Charlie Chaplin in The Tramp, and Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik. And the Festival experience also includes the Sunday lunchtime film talk (an on-stage interview with award-winning costume designer Alex Reda), new merchandise and movie banners, the silent auction, free admission for young people 25 and under, free popcorn all weekend, and surprise extras!

Our prices have not increased over last year: Festival Passes are still $99 (pre-order your Sunday lunch for an extra $15) and single tickets are $12.50. (And passes and tickets for 25-and-unders are still free!) The Festival Pass is your best buy: it lets you watch any or all of this year’s 13 movies as well as attend the Sunday film talk; and, as a new perk for passholders this year, each Festival Pass that you buy before September 13th entitles you to a free single ticket to a film of your choice (with the exception of 101 Dalmatians: we want to be sure there are plenty of free seats for the kids!). That’s a total value of $182.50 for just $99!

Click here to buy Festival Passes and single tickets for VFF 2026!

 

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See 13 of the “Best Dressed” movies at VFF 2026!

The 2026 Vintage Film Festival – October 16, 17 & 18 at Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre – will feature 13 of the “Best Dressed” movies of the 20^th century!

The theme of the 2026 program is, indeed, “Best Dressed”: each of the films we’ll be screening is, in its own way, significant from a fashion or costume perspective – in addition to being a great motion picture in its own right.

The connections begin with the three earliest films on the program, each of which established an iconic costume:

• 1915’s The Tramp, which introduced Charlie Chaplin’s “little man” and his shabby attire to the wider world
• The Sheik (George Melford, 1921) with Rudolph Valentino, which inspired a Middle Eastern vogue in fashion, jewelry and even hairstyles
• Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931) with Bela Lugosi, which set the standard for what the well-dressed vampire should wear

Our movies with fashion industry settings include:

• the musical comedy, Fashions of 1934 (William Dieterle & Busby Berkeley, 1934), starring William Powell and Bette Davis as fashion fraudsters, and Orry-Kelly costumes
• another musical, Stanley Donen’s Funny Face (1957), featuring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, a fashion show, and glorious Givenchy creations
• Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 Blow-Up, with David Hemmings as a mod fashion photographer in Swinging London

Unforgettable wardrobe items are featured in:

• The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948), by the end of which the titular footwear have become a character in their own right
• Billy Wilder’s 1955 The Seven Year Itch – four words: “Marilyn Monroe’s white dress”
• Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) with Sissy Spacek and her iconic pink prom gown

And there’ll be four more films with intriguing clothing connections:

• William Wyler’s 1949 The Heiress, for which the legendary Edith Head won the first of her record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design
• Federico Fellini’s 8½ (1963), another Best Costume Design Oscar winner, which shows off stylish 60’s Italian fashion (and pulls a neat trick with it in the final reel)
• Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Anderson, 1956), which is said to hold the record for the most costumes ever (74,685) in a Hollywood production
• – and Disney’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961): will Cruella de Vil manage to make fur coats out of the Dalmatian puppies’ pelts? Check out family friendly Dalmatian events here.

Come to the 2026 Vintage Film Festival in the “best dressed” version of you, and show off your style for the camera in front of our step-and-repeat banner!

This year’s two silent films, The Tramp and The Sheik, will (as usual) be screened with live piano accompaniment. There will be fab new clothing items for sale – of course! The Festival will feature its usual great silent auction. And there’ll be yet-to-be-announced surprises!

VFF 2026 hits the catwalk at Port Hope’s atmospheric Capitol Theatre on October 16^th, 17^th and 18^th – join us for the fashion parade!