Movies at the Hub: Riceboy Sleeps
This award winning Canadian film tells the story of a Korean single mother determined to provide a better life for her son in Canada.


Time & Location
Oct 22, 2026, 7:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
About the event
Movies at the Hub is a film screening series that invites the community to come together in a relaxed and welcoming environment to experience a wide range of films and conversations.
This month we’re screening the award winning Canadian film Riceboy Sleeps. Written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim.
Riceboy Sleeps is a coming of age film that tells the story of a young Korean single mother, So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon), raising her son, Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) in the Canadian suburbs in the 1990s. Both So-Young and Dong-Hyun grapple with the complications of creating a new home in Canada, but the film highlights that no matter how a family’s bonds might be strained and tested, they never break. Heart warming and tear jerking, this film showcases a mother’s determination to provide a life for her son better than the one she left behind. Riceboy Sleeps tells a uniquely Canadian story, centring on…
Tickets
General Admission + Popcorn
This tickets includes general admission and a snack sized popcorn.
$7.00
General Admission
This ticket is only valid for admission for the film.
$5.00
Total
$0.00
