Category: Film news
Friday May 5 – Thursday May 11!
-River- Florida Film Festival: Audience Award winner! 5 Stars! “It is natural history, it is social commentary and it is poetry…an exhilarating piece of camerawork.” (The Canberra Times) “a breathtaking and powerful documentary” (Backseat Mafia) -Sick Of Myself- Ottawa Premiere! Cannes: Un Certain Regard Award nominee!
Friday May 4th – Thursday May 10th!
New this week: You Were Never Really Here, C’est La Vie!, and the Ottawa Premiere of Lowlife. Plus, 2nd Weeks for Hochelaga: Land Of Souls, and Finding Your Feet Our month long Stanley Kubrick Film Fest kicks off with Dr Strangelove, plus special presentations of I Am Rohingya: A Genocide
Friday May 3rd – Thursday May 9th!
Hotel Mumbai – Adelaide Film Fest: Audience Award winner! Everybody Knows – Cannes Film Fest: Palme d’Or nominee! Fotogramas de Plata: Best Movie Actress award winner! Rafiki – NewFest: New York’s LGBT Film Fest: Audience Award winner! Her Smell – Ottawa Premiere! TIFF: Platform Prize nominee! AFI Fest: Audience
Friday May 31st – Thursday June 6th!
-The Grizzlies- Directors Guild of Canada: Outstanding Directorial Achievement award winner! -Diane- Tribeca Film Fest: Best Narrative Feature, Screenplay, and Cinematography award winner! -Amazing Grace- Held Over for a 3rd Week! Image Awards: Outstanding Documentary award winner! -Shadow- Golden Horse Film Fest: Best Director, FX, Art Direction, and Makeup /
Friday May 31 – Thursday June 6!
-Anselm- “Visually breathtaking” (The Screening Room) -Civil War- 5 Stars! (We Got This Covered) -The Rocky Horror Picture Show- Hosted by the Absent Friends Shadow Cast! -Late Night With The Devil- 5 Stars! (Black Girl Nerds) -Santo Vs. Doctor Death- “hugely entertaining” (Cool Ass Cinema)
Friday May 3 – Thursday May 9!
Friday May 3 – Thursday May 9! -Wicked Little Letters- 4/4 Stars! (Reel Talk) -Problemista- Grade A! (Out Magazine) -Club Zero- “a future cult classic” (Screen Rant) -Sherlock Jr. & One Week- Live music from VOC Silent Film Harmonic! -Le Samouraï- 4/4 Stars! (Roger Ebert)
Friday May 29th – Thursday June 4th!
Woman In Gold – Held Over for a 2nd week Ottawa Premiere of the documentary Banksy Does New York Kingsman: The Secret Service – Comic book / spy action from the screenwriter and director of Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class Far From The Madding Crowd – Based on the classic
Friday May 27th – Thursday June 2nd!
Dheepan – Cannes: Palme d’Or winning crime drama, from the BAFTA, Cesar, & London Film Fest winning director of A Prophet Sing Street – 1980’s set music filled drama from the acclaimed director of music movie favourites Once and Begin Again Borealis – Ottawa Premiere! Canadian Filmmakers’ Festival: Best Director
Friday May 26th – Thursday June 1st!
I, Daniel Blake – A widowed woodworker who’s never owned a computer lives according to his own moral code. After a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the welfare system fails him, he must stand up and fight for his dignity. A Quiet Passion – Emily Dickinson from
Friday May 26 – Thursday June 1!
-The Worst Ones- Ottawa Premiere! “one of the most touching and illuminating films of the year…masterfully blurs the line between narrative and documentary to create a wholesome, unique experience…A remarkable achievement of filmmaking and human compassion.” (Awards Watch) -The Eight Mountains- Cannes: Jury Prize award winner! 5 Stars!