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Ottawa Premiere on February 27th, encore screening on March 1st! Four deadly tales directed by four deadly women! A new all-female helmed horror anthology featuring four dark tales written and directed by fiercely talented women: Annie Clark (St. Vincent) rocks her directorial debut with THE BIRTHDAY PARTY; Karyn Kusama (THE
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X – Screening April 15, 17, 18, 19! Advance tickets for X now available! In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
OTTAWA PREMIERE | JULY 4 & 8 Zombies invade the Australian Outback in this brain-splattered, Mad Max-meets-the-undead thrill ride. When an apocalyptic event turns everyone around him-including his wife and daughter-into marauding zombies, everyman mechanic Barry arms himself to the teeth, soups up his car, and hits the road in
Wrong Way To Hope: A Story of Young Adults and Cancer
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE A group of ordinary Canadians embark on a journey of a lifetime down the Owyhee River, one of the most remote and unforgiving in North America. But these young adults all cancer survivors know a thing or two about beating the odds. Co-director/producer Mike Lang
Wrong
OTTAWA PREMIERE | GRAND JURY PRIZE NOMINEE, SUNDANCE 2012 A man risks everything including his sanity to find his lost dog in director Dupieuxs (predictably) surreal follow-up to Rubber. A weird and awesome mind-bending, chopped and screwed wild and hilarious ride of absurdity [all in the cause of]
Wrong
OTTAWA PREMIERE | GRAND JURY PRIZE NOMINEE, SUNDANCE 2012 A man risks everything including his sanity to find his lost dog in director Dupieuxs (predictably) surreal follow-up to Rubber. A weird and awesome mind-bending, chopped and screwed wild and hilarious ride of absurdity [all in the cause of]
Writing with Fire
Writing With Fire – Ottawa Premiere the Week of March 18! Advance tickets now available for Writing With Fire! Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature nominee! In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions,
Writers Festival presents They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children with Roméo Dallaire
THE OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL WRITERS FESTIVAL AT THE MAYFAIR For more information or advance tickets, please visit writersfestival.org Tuesday, December 2 7:00 PM: They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children with Roméo Dallaire $15 general | $10 students or seniors | Free for festival members
Writers Festival presents New Perspectives on the Middle East with Israels Sayed Kashua and Egypt’s Ahdaf Soueif
Check writersfestival.org for the most up-to-date listings. Sunday, Apr. 22 3:00 PM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE MIDDLE EAST with Israels Sayed Kashua and Egypts Ahdaf Soueif (host TBA) The event includes a special screening of an episode of the hit television series Arab Labour, written by Sayed Kashua. $15 general
Writers Festival presents Canada with Richard Ford
Check writersfestival.org for the most up-to-date listings. Monday, June 18 7:00 PM: CANADA with Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford $15 general | $10 students or seniors | Free for festival members