Movies
Long Way North
Ottawa Premiere on Saturday October 22! Tokyo Anime Award – Grand Prize winner! Annecy International Animated Film Festival – Audience Award winner! In 1882, a young Russian aristocrat goes on an epic adventure to find out what happened to her grandfather and save her family’s reputation.
Tower
Ottawa Premiere on Friday October 21st! Nearly fifty years ago, a gunman rode the elevator to the twenty-seventh floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire. TOWER, an animated and action-packed documentary, shares the untold story of that day – when the worst in one man brought out
Oppam
Oppam is the upcoming Malayalam Crime Thriller Film scripted and Directed by Priyadarshan, which is based on the story idea by Govind Vijayan. The film is produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner Aashirvad Cinemas. The Movie features Mohanlal, Renji Panicker, Chemban Vinod Jose, Aju Varghese, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Kunchan, Nedumudi
Don’t Look Down
Ottawa Premiere on Friday November 11th! The story behind Richard Branson’s attempts to break world records flying in a hot air balloon. Using interviews with Branson, his team, archive and dramatic recons, the film tells a story of courage, determination, despair and triumph.
Monster Pool: Chapter 2
Ottawa’s Horror Anthology Returns! A feature-length film, akin to V/H/S or Creepshow, comprised of several horror segments from some of Ottawa’s most twisted minds! This year’s anthology features new work from: Jennifer Allanson Ray Besharah James Campbell Kyle Martellacci Fiona Noakes & Deniz Berkin
31
Ottawa Premiere on Friday October 14th! From Rob Zombie, the visionary director of House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects and Halloween (2007), comes the horrific story of five carnival workers who are kidnapped the night before Halloween. At the mercy of their captors, they are forced to play a
Milton’s Secret
Twelve-year-old Milton Adams (William Ainscough) feels his world is in crisis. With his parents stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, he is constantly anxious. When Milton’s optimistic grandfather (Donald Sutherland) comes to visit, he learns the secret to finding true happiness from a man
Light Between Oceans, The
Tom is a World War I veteran who maintains a lighthouse off the shore of Australia with his wife Isabel, a woman desperate to have a baby. Her prayers are answered when an infant washes up on shore in a rowboat. Tom thinks they should notify the authorities but ultimately
Girl Asleep
Ottawa Premiere on October 30th, November 2nd and 3rd! The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can’t bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. Adelaide Film Festival – Best Feature
Zapas
Presented by the Persian Arts and Cultural Society of Ottawa (PACSO) and Aria Persys Film Production Zapas” (Spare Tire) is a whos who of the comedic talent in Iranian cinema. Power couple Amir Jafari and Rima Raminfar star alongside TV superstar Javad Ezzati (also at CineIran with Paradise) and Ahmad