Movies
Blue Roses
Blue Roses is an inspiring documentary film about Bob Jamison and other frontline community health workers who provide care for Ottawa’s inner-city rooming house residents, who often face poverty, addiction and mental illness. In the process, they challenge our conventional understanding of palliative (end of life) care. Blue Roses provides a fascinating and
Everybody Knows
Cannes Film Fest: Palme d’Or nominee! Fotogramas de Plata: Best Movie Actress award winner! Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister’s wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets
Rafiki
NewFest: New York’s LGBT Film Fest: Audience Award winner! Bratislava International Film Fest: Viewer’s Choice Award winner! Cannes: Queer Palme, and Un Certain Regard Award nominee! “Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two
Boyz N The Hood
A tribute screening for 2x Oscar nominated writer / director John Singleton (1968 – 2019). New York Film Critics: Best New Director award winner! LA Film Critics: New Generation Award winner for writer / director John Singleton! Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is sent to live with his father, Furious
Hotel Mumbai
Adelaide Film Fest: Audience Award winner! A gripping true story of humanity and heroism that recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi and a waiter who choose to
Edmond
December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the holidays. Only concern: it is not
Stockholm
Starts the Week of May 10th! Canadian Screen Awards: Adapted Screenplay, and Achievment in Hair award winner, plus Costume Design, Editing, Sound Editing, and Visual Effects nominee! Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards: Theatrical Feature Cinematography award winner! Method Fest: Best Actor winner for Ethan Hawke, Best Actress nominee
The Spring 2019 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival
The Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival is Ottawa’s original digital filmmakers’ festival, focusing on providing professional developmental opportunities for filmmakers to create and screen short films, as well as giving them opportunities to network and enter into the film and television industry. The Spring 2019 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival had the theme of
Girls of the Sun
Ottawa Premiere the Week of June 7th! Cannes: Palme d’Or nominee! Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists. “Hugely accomplished and highly entertaining
If These Walls Could Talk
OTLBC Spring Community Social and Video Release Let’s celebrate spring and the opening of Your Cottage in the City. The Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club (OTLBC) is one of Canada’s oldest tennis clubs and a historical asset of the Ottawa South Community. For the past 137 years, the