Category: Filmmakers in Attendance
Friday May 17 – Thursday May 23!
-Wicked Little Letters- 4/4 Stars! (Reel Talk) -Irena’s Vow- “extraordinary” (Film Threat) -The Red Circle- 5 Stars! (LA Times) -The Wizard Of Oz Sing-A-Long! -Pulp Fiction- 5 Stars! (Empire) -Kim’s Video- 5 Stars! (Moviegoing) -The Liberation Men
Friday May 19 – Thursday May 25!
-Plan 75- Ottawa Premiere! Cannes Film Festival: Golden Camera Award winner! -Beau Is Afraid- 4/4 Stars! (The Aisle Seat) -Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind- “a companionable and highly entertaining documentary” (Variety) -Renfield- 5 Stars! (The Mary Sue) -The Canvasser- Local Film Premiere! -The
Friday May 20 – Thursday May 26!
-The Rose Maker- Annapolis Film Fest: Audience Award/Best Feature Film award winner! “Very, very charming.” (Film Week – NPR Los Angeles) “a warm, funny and heartfelt delight.” (NYC Movie Guru) -Petite Maman- 97% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes! Stockholm Film Fest: Best Film award winner! 4/4
Friday May 22nd – Thursday May 28th!
Woman In Gold, starring Helen Mirren & Ryan Reynolds A pair of Ottawa Premieres: Cast No Shadow, and Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me The return of It Follows, Monkey Kingdom, and the 69th consecutive month of screening The Room Plus, a special one-night-only premiere screening of Jesse James: Lawman, with
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 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 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 November 11 – Thursday November 17!
-The Return Of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile- Ottawa Premiere! SXSW Film Festival: Audience Award winner! “richly creative, utterly captivating” (Montclair Film Festival) -Don’t Worry Darling- 5 Stars! “Wistfully wonderful, Wilde’s psychological thriller is mid-century marvelous…enthralling. Alice is a phenomenal character” (Common Sense Media) -Lawrence Of Arabia- 60th Anniversary!
Friday November 20th – Thursday November 26th!
Truth – Held Over for a 2nd week! Suffragette – Mothers. Daughters. Rebels. The award winning historical drama starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Meryl Streep Victoria – One girl. One city. One night. One take. Winner of 3 Berlin Int Film Fest awards, and 6 German Film Awards!
Friday November 21st – Thursday November 27th!
Friday November 21st – Thursday November 27th Interstellar – The brand new sci-fi epic from director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception), starring Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, and Michael Caine. Guardians Of The Galaxy – Marvel delivers yet another hit cinematic adaptation (this time based on characters that