Movies
Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse
Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse – Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 3rd! The dark legend of the young woman and her struggle to preserve her own sanity, and tries to explore the fine line between ancient magic, faith and madness at a time when pagan beliefs in witches and nature
Babylon
A Classic Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 31st! Franco Rosso’s incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but went unreleased in the U.S. for “being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension” (Time Out). Raw and smoldering, it follows a young dance-hall DJ (Brinsley Forde,
Meeting Gorbachev
Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 24th! Rising from a farm boy to become President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev brought about changes that helped end the Cold War, toppled the USSR, enabled the reunification of Germany and transformed the world forever. From Sundance, Telluride, and 4x Cannes award
[CENSORED]
Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 17th! An essay film by filmmaker and archivist Sari Braithwaite, [Censored] offers an overview of film censorship in Australia, told through an ever-changing collage of images compiled from the footage that was cut from films released domestically between 1958 and 1971. Chicago International Film
Greta
A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems. From the Oscar, and BAFTA award winning director / screenwriter of The Crying Game! Dublin International Film Festival:
On The Basis of Sex
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination. Starring Oscar nominee Felicity Jones, and Golden Globe nominee Armie Hammer! 5 Stars! “downright inspiring…a serious movie that slowly earns its emotion
The Juniper Tree
Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 10th! This 1990 classic film from Iceland, Björk’s feature film debut, is newly restored by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. Sundance: Grand Jury Prize nominee! New York Times
Her Smell
Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 3rd! TIFF: Platform Prize nominee! AFI Fest: Audience Award nominee! Dublin International Film Fest: Special Jury Prize award winner! Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) is a ’90s punk rock superstar who once filled arenas with her grungy all-female trio Something She. Now she
Father
Free Screening or Pay by donation. Presented by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada in collaboration with the Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society
Minding the Gap
Ottawa Premiere the Week of April 26th – Presented by Top of the World! Oscar nominee: Best Documentary Feature! Sundance: Special Jury Prize winner, and Grand Jury Prize nominee! Full Frame Documentary Film Fest: Audience Award winner! Hot Docs: Top Audience Pick award winner! New