Movies
The General
November is Buster Keaton Month! The General – November 11th and 14th! During America’s Civil War Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray’s beloved locomotive The General – his lady love, Annabelle Lee, aboard an attached boxcar – and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The
Three Ages
November is Buster Keaton Month! Three Ages – November 3rd and 5th! The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a
The Great Buster: A Celebration
November is Buster Keaton Month! The Great Buster: A Celebration – Ottawa Premiere on November 23rd! A celebration of the life and career of one of America’s most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as
Hezarpa
Presented by the Persian arts and cultural society of Ottawa (PACSO) Reza and his friend Mansoor are pickpockets. When Reza by his mother becomes aware that a rich girl has taken an oath to marry a war injured person he decides to get close to her and find a way to
All About Nina
Ottawa Premiere the week of November 16th! A young, stand-up comedian flees to Los Angeles to escape her disastrous ex and prepares for a prospectively life-changing audition. Tribeca Film Fest: Best Narrative Feature nominee!
Crown And Anchor
Ottawa Premiere the week of November 9th! A raw look at the effects of childhood trauma through the eyes of two estranged cousins. Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival: Audience Award winner! We will be having an in-person Q&A with cast and producers hosted by Séan McCann on Friday November 9th!
Take It Out In Trade
Ottawa Premiere of the long lost Ed Wood Classic – the week of November 23rd! New preservation from the only remaining print in existence! Ed Wood: the filmmaker behind GLEN OR GLENDA and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, the author of hundreds of adult novels, a pallbearer at Bela Lugosi’s
In The Name Of Your Daughter
Heartwarming and inspiring, In The Name Of Your Daughter is a documentary about the bravest girls in the world, Tanzanian children as young as eight who face a choice no child should ever have to make: submit to female genital mutilation and child marriage, or risk her life and run away from
A Silent Transformation
Celebrate Co-op Week with a screening of A Silent Transformation, a film about co-ops. The film weaves together the fascinating history of the co-op movement with profiles of innovative co-ops in Ontario, making the case for why the co-op model is more relevant than ever. A panel discussion featuring
