Movies
Class of Nuke ‘Em High
The Troma Team describe this toxic T&A comedy as “The Breakfast Club, only not as stupid, and really, really drunk.” The plot? The students of Tromaville High become mutants after the plant-next-door floods with toxic goo.
Short Term 12
A good hearted young woman (Brie Larson) juggles her personal life and her difficult job working as a counsellor at a home for troubled teens. “ a sly wonder of a film.” (Detroit News)
Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children
PRESENTED BY THE CANADIAN RED CROSS | OFFICIAL SELECTION, HOT DOCS 2013 TICKETS $5 In 1994, General Roméo Dallaire bore witness on as the world turned its back on the Rwandan genocide. This chilling doc follows him as he returns to Africa with a new mission: to end the use
Day Job
PRESENTED BY STARTUP OTTAWA Day Job follows three start-up companies through the gruelling process of Torontos Extreme Startups Accelerator. Exploring the real-life stories of these entrepreneurs as they build their ideas into startup companies, the film shows how each faces their own unique set of challenges over the course of intense, 12-week program. Learn
Peace, Love and Understanding: featuring John Allaire and the Confederation
FUNDRAISER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE An evening of live music from Ottawas best songwriters in benefit of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, featuring John Allaire and the Confederation, plus: Ken Workman John Carroll Shannon Rose Jeff Tanguay Lynne Hanson Terry McLeish Jill Zmud Andrea Simms-Karp
Rulers of Darkness
When you search for the truth… You better pray you don’t find it. The story was inspired by declassified top secret files about the Falcon Lake Incident, a UFO encounter near the remote town of Falcon Lake, Manitoba, Canada which occurred on May 20, 1967. 43 years later, a Chicago
CBGB
OTTAWA PREMIERE | PRESENTED BY 106.9 THE BEAR, SPECTRASONIC & PUNK OTTAWA An eccentric club owner (Alan Rickman) opens a hole-in-the-wall bar that unexpectedly becomes the epicentre of the birth of punk rock, with Ramones, Blondie,Talking Heads, etc. playing their first
Warren Miller Ticket To Ride
The 64th annual sports-doc epic features great skiing on such locales as the Alaskan Tordrillos, Iceland’s Troll Peninsula, fjords of Greenland and the Big Sky country of Montana. Leaving tracks on that terrain are world-class athletes like Sean Pettit, Ted Ligety, Seth Westcott and Jess McMillian.
The Punk Syndrome
OTTAWA PREMIERE | PRESENTED BY SPECTRASONIC & PUNK OTTAWA A punk-rock doc with a twist: A group of mentally disabled men form their own band in Finland.
The Fifth Estate
A “dynamic” (Denver Post) recreation of the exploits of Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose Wikileaks exposed the dirty secrets of the world’s greatest power holders.