Movies
2018 Spring Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival
The 2018 Spring Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival will showcase local short films with the theme of “Connection”, profiling work from over 30 Ottawa new and emerging independent filmmakers. Presented by Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival Tickets: $10 This presentation is a rental, and not a Mayfair Theatre presentation. Membership rates do not apply
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket – Screening May 5, 9, 11! Advance tickets now available for Full Metal Jacket! A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Academy Awards: Adapted
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange – Screening on August 24, 27! Advance tickets now available for A Clockwork Orange! In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn’t go as planned. Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Writing, and Film Editing nominee!
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
May 7th and 8th – part of the Stanley Kubrick Festival screening throughout May! Winner of 4 BAFTA awards, including Best Film! Nominated for 4 Oscars, including Best Picture! An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to
Filmworker
Ottawa Premiere on May 18th! Cannes: Golden Eye award nominee! It’s a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else’s creative vision. Yet, that’s exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as ‘Lord Bullingdon’ in Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. The
C’est la vie!
Starts Friday May 4th! In French with English subtitles Nominated for 10 Cesar Awards, including Best Film, Director, and Original Screenplay! A hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff. “a delightful comedy about a long-suffering caterer hoping to
I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts
The Canadian premiere of “I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts”, a documentary following a group of Rohingya refugee youth who re-enact their memories of fleeing the violence in Burma and Bangladesh in a live theatre production. The screening will be accompanied by a Q&A with the cast and
The Leisure Seeker
Screening April 15th, 17th, and 19th! Venice Film Fest: Best Film Nominee! Starring Oscar winners Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, from 3 x Golden Globes winning director Paolo Virzi A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker, traveling from
The Invisible Heart
Ottawa Premiere on May 30th! What happens when capitalism and charity intersect? From Wall Street to life on the street,The Invisible Hearttracks the birth of one of the fastest growing social innovations in modern history: social impact bonds. An unorthodox marriage between government services and private-sector investments, this burgeoning financial
Borg vs McEnroe
Ottawa Premiere on April 28th! Noordelijk Film Festival: Best Film award winner! Camerimage: Best Directorial Debut award winner! The story of the 1980’s tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe. The narrative feature debut of the Cannes, Zurich Film Fest, and London Film Fest