Category: Filmmakers in Attendance
Friday September 30 – Thursday October 6!
-Dear Audrey- Ottawa Premiere! Director in attendance on October 2! 4/4 Stars! “a film for which the word “poignant” was practically made…I expect this film to be wildly embraced by festival audiences.” (The Independent Critic) -Hold Me Tight- 3.5/4 Stars! “It’s a powerful piece of work with poetic direction and
Friday September 29 – Thursday October 5!
Screening this week: -Scrapper -Oppenheimer -Carlos -The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -Saturday Night Sinema -Killer Joe -Half Hour Of Horror -Greek Int Film Fest: My Name Is Eftyhia, & Searching For Rodakis -Suspiria with Live Music by Goblin- SOLD OUT!
Friday September 27th – Thursday October 3rd!
Honeyland – Sundance Film Fest: Cinematography, Grand Jury Prize, and Special Jury Award winner! Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Cannes Film Fest: Palme d’Or nominee! International Cinephile Society Awards: Best Screenplay award winner! Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – Cinetopia Film Fest: Audience Award winner! Riot Girls
Friday September 25th – Thursday October 1st!
Learning To Drive – Held over for a second week! Ottawa Premiere of Welcome To Leith! Ottawa Premiere of Cooties! The Second Mother – Special Jury Prize & Grand Jury Prize at Sundance! The Price We Pay – Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening! Weekend family matinee screenings of
Friday September 24th – Thursday September 30th!
Stillwater – 5 Stars! “an ideal fusion of a Hollywood-style overall narrative with the detailed, lived-in emotional truth of a first-rate European effort…You can’t ask more from a movie” (SF Chronicle) The Truffle Hunters – Ottawa Premiere! 5 Stars! “One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen.” (Flick Filosopher) 5
Friday September 23rd – Thursday September 29th!
The Music Of Strangers – Ottawa Premiere! Held Over for a 3rd Week! A new documentary from the Oscar winning director of 20 Feet From Stardom! Cellist Yo-Yo Ma & other international artists of The Silk Road Project discuss philosophies on music & culture. Hell Or High Water – Held
Friday September 22 – Thursday September 28!
-Love Life- “It is a rich, varied meal of a film.” (The Guardian) “Kōji Fukada hits new highs with a terrific melodrama” (IndieWire) “a beguiling, beautifully paced portrait of a family” (BFI) -Reptile- Ottawa Premiere! “a suspenseful, clever, and visually stunning piece of work…a flawless film. It’s hard
Friday September 20th – Thursday September 26th!
Brittany Runs A Marathon – Held Over for a 2nd Week for one more screening! Sundance: Audience Award winner, and Grand Jury Prize nominee! Blinded By The Light – “A must see beacon of joy…hit me like a ton of bricks and I love this movie so very much” (Uproxx)
Friday September 16th – Thursday September 22nd!
The Music Of Strangers & Florence Foster Jenkins – A pair of films that have a good chance at ending up on this years Oscar nominee list (for Best Documentary, and Best Actress: Meryl Streep), Held Over for an encore run by popular demand! Hell Or High Water – The
Friday October 6th – Thursday October 12th!
The Midwife – Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father’s former mistress, turns up on the scene.