OFFICIAL SELECTION, SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 Director Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes) adapts Margaret Atwoods treatise on the fiscal and philosophical realities of debt drawing on examples that range from a blood feud in Albania to the incarceration of Conrad Black. A thoughtful and compelling meditation on global interconnectivity and
OTTAWA PREMIERE This startling doc examines the origins and reality of the militarization of space, and asks: will we weaponize space or keep it for peace? Must the world accept one super-power cop on the global beat? And what if it doesn’t?
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
The life and career of the breakthrough German painter, Paula Modersohn-Becker.
OTTAWA PREMIERE Paul Goodman was the guru of the New Left, a bestselling author and poet, a pacifist anarchist, an urban planner, an out, gay family man and even had a cameo in Annie Hall and yet today, hes all but forgotten. Get to know him in this doc
LOST MARBLES GEEK NIGHTS Two comic book geeks (the Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz team of Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) encounter an alien who, since hes voiced by Seth Rogan, is a smart-assed, perpetually-stoned slacker. Together, they race to escape the feds and reference/parody as many sci-fi
Toronto Film Critics & L.A. Film Critics winner – Best Actor: Adam Driver Gotham Awards nominee – Audience Award, Feature, Director, Actor: Adam Driver Cannes – Palme d’Or nominee Paterson (Adam Driver) is a hardworking bus driver in Paterson, N.J., who follows the same routine every day. He observes the
Iranian Student Association University of Ottawa and Alborz Film are pleased to announce that for the first time in Ottawa Parental House will be screened. Banned in Iran because of its controversial subject, Paternal House charts the legacy of patriarchal violence across a generation of a Tehran household, with a series
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid – Screening on July 29, 31! Monday July 29 at 9:15pm – Sam Peckinpah’s 122 min ‘Final Preview Cut’ from 1998 (aka, the ’Turner Preview Cut’) Wednesday July 31 at 9:00pm – the restored 2005 ’Special Edition’ 115 min edition. Advance ticket info coming
Past Redemption 2: The Coming Storm – Ottawa Premiere – Thursday June 16! Shot in and around Ottawa and West Quebec! A dead girl is found in an open field tied to a haystack. Where did she come from? Who killed her and why? It is the central mystery