Submitted by the Orcas Island Film Festival.

Sea View Theatre in partnership with the Orcas Island Film Festival will host a monthly, full-year line-up of high caliber, art-house films curated by OIFF’s own Carl Spence. The Academy Award-nominated film for Best International Feature “Corpus Christi” will kick off the first monthly screening at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27. Look for a new film each subsequent third Thursday of the month. For ticketing and more information, visit www.orcasfilmfest.com. At this year’s Oscar Awards ceremony, OIFF producers celebrated with over 27 Academy Award nominations and seven wins including Best Picture for Parasite.

“We can thank Carl for his exquisite curation. I’m really looking forward to what he comes up with this year,” says OIFF co-director Donna Laslo. OIFF Spring Mini Fest dates are now set for May 1-3 and there will be three, free outdoor screenings in July and August sponsored by OrcaSong Farm.

“Corpus Christi” (Poland) was nominated for Best International Feature film along with “Parasite.” Anchored by a “dynamically physical, wild-eyed performance” (The Hollywood Reporter) from newcomer Bartosz Bielenia, “Corpus Christi” is an incisive, darkly humorous, and “engrossing exploration of faith, second chances and the possibility of atonement” (Screen). After spending years in a Warsaw prison for a violent crime, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a remote village to work as a manual laborer. The job is designed to keep the ex-con busy, but Daniel has a higher calling. Over the course of his incarceration, he has found Christ, and aspires to join the clergy, but his criminal record means no seminary will accept him. When Daniel arrives in town, one quick lie allows him to be mistaken for the town’s new priest, and he sets about leading his newfound flock. Though he has no training, his passion and charisma inspire the community. At the same time, his unconventional sermons and unpriestly behavior raise suspicions among some of the townsfolk.