Movies
Pavarotti
Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, this documentary examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti. From 2x Oscar, and 2x Directors Guild of America award winning director Ron Howard! “a warm, emotional and completely involving film about the celebrated tenor.” (Los Angeles Times) “exploring
Twin Flower
Ottawa Premiere the Week of September 6th! In a South of Italy full of beauty and hidden dangers, two adolescents, abused and damaged by life, Anna, whose father has been murdered and Basim, an immigrant orphan, escape together towards a new start. Seattle International Film Fest: Youth Jury Award, and
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Ottawa Premiere the Week of August 30th! When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events. Spanish with English Subtitles. Toronto After Dark Film Fest:
The Queen (1968)
A Classic Ottawa Premiere / 4k Restoration of the 1968 documentary! Starts the Week of August 23rd! We’re happy to have the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity on hand to present this 1968 Classic Ottawa Premiere documentary! They’ll be in attendance opening night to intro
The White Crow
Captures the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with
The Indian Tomb
Fritz Lang Film Fest – Sunday August 25th & Monday August 26th! For the first time in North America – Ottawa Premiere! A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur’s fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Fritz Lang Film Fest – Sunday August 18th & Monday August 19th! Ottawa Premiere! 60th Anniversary! Screening for the first time in North America! In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer. 3.5 / 4 Stars! “unbelievably gorgeous digital restorations
The Big Heat
Fritz Land Film Fest – Sunday August 11th & Monday August 12th Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. Edgar Allen Poe Awards: Best Motion Picture award winner! National Film Preservation Board, USA: National Film Registry in 2011! 4/4 Stars! “one of the cinema’s great
Ministry of Fear
Fritz Lang Film Fest – Sunday August 4th & Monday August 5th Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn’t seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and
All Is True
The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only