Ottawa Film Society Ciné club d'Ottawa

02/03/2016

The Abyss shows tonight at The Bright Nights 6th Baltic-Nordic Film Festival Launch Party! Join the festivities at starting at 6:30, when this silent film will be shown, accompanied by live music played by a local Ottawa band, The Orienteers! Admission $8 at the door.
http://www.cfi-icf.ca/index.php?option=com_cfi&task=showscreening&id=1089&Itemid=1526

Canadian Film Institute - Institut canadien du film: Presenting and promoting regular public programmes of contemporary, historical, and international cinema in Canada's National Capital region.

01/31/2016

52 films by women Canadian twist! Ottawa Indie Fest!!
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This year, I joined thousands of other film fans who have taken on the challenge to watch 52 films directed by women in 2016. It’s part of a campaign using the hashtag . I’m throwing in an additional twist and making them all Canadian films. My selection for week 3 is the film The A…

01/28/2016

Join One World Arts and the One World Film Festival on January 28th, 2016 at 6:45PM at the ByTowne Cinema (325 Rideau St., Ottawa) for a one-night-only screening of the acclaimed documentary ON THE BRIDE’S SIDE.
The film follows five asylum-seekers from Syria and their European supporters as they travel from Milan, Italy to Stockholm, Sweden over four days in a fake wedding party.
A discussion on the war in Syria and responding to the refugee crisis with Dr. Rouba Al-Fattal (University of Ottawa), David Pepper (Refugee 613) and Wael Ismaeil will follow On The Bride’s Side.
Tickets are $12.00. Can be ordered online at https://www.universe.com/events/owff-takes-a-trip-with-syrian-refugees-january-28-tickets-ottawa-G2NDYP.
Media are invited to attend free of charge. Please RSVP to [email protected].


http://oneworldfilmfestival.ca/onthebridesside/

Join One World Arts and the One World Film Festival on January 28th, 2016 at 6:45PM at the ByTowne Cinema (325 Rideau St., Ottawa) for a one-night-only screening of the acclaimed documentary ON THE…

01/14/2016

Terminal Device by Ross Turnbull, showing at the Bytowne Cinema, February 4th, 7pm. Please stay for the Q&A after the show with the Director. Co-Presented by the MEGAPHONO Festival.
http://lostdominion.blogspot.ca/

01/13/2016

This week Ottawa Film Society (OFS) screens the acclaimed Canadian documentary All the Time in the World as part of the OFS' International Series from January 12-14 at the Mayfair Theatre.
All the Time in the World is a thought-provoking and personal documentary that offers a sociological commentary on what today's life has evolved into for most of us and what happens when a courageous family chooses a seemingly simpler life.
This film is the winner of 19 awards from around the world, including 3 for best picture, 3 environmental awards and 1 social justice award! Also, All The Time In The World was one of 15 feature film projects selected from across Canada for Telefilm Canada’s 2014-2015 Micro-Budget Production Program.
See the trailer at http://allthetimeintheworld.ca/?page_id=72

01/09/2016

The Toronto Film Critics Awards annual awards montage is here - all 25 films, including winners and runners up, from the 2015 awards!
http://torontofilmcritics.com/features/2015-awards-montage/

2015 Awards Montage January 6, 2016 TFCA President Brian D. Johnson’s beloved annual awards montage is here. It features all 25 films – winners and runners-up – considered in our 2015 Awards.

01/09/2016

"The Forbidden Room", Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s giddy mash-up of Golden Age adventure serials, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2015 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award – and $100,000. More info at
http://torontofilmcritics.com/features/the-forbidden-room-is-the-rogers-best-canadian-film-of-2015/

“The Forbidden Room” is the Rogers Best Canadian Film of 2015 January 6, 2016 The Forbidden Room, Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s giddy mash-up of Golden Age adventure serials, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2015 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award – and $100,000. The award was presented t…

01/09/2016

An original exhibition celebrating visionary artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol will be presented at TIFF Bell Lightbox this fall. Running from October 30, 2015 to January 24, 2016, Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen (organized by The Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and presented in collaboration with TIFF) will include photographs and artifacts from Warhol’s personal collection and related artworks from The Andy Warhol Museum that explore his fascination with fame and stardom.

http://www.tiff.net/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/andy-warhol-exhibition

01/09/2016

Happy New Year, everyone! Here's hoping 2016 will be our best film year yet! January 12 through 14 at the Mayfair Theatre, OFS is presenting two films in the International Series - "Leviathan", a Russian drama directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, and "All the Time in the World" from Canada, directed by Suzanne Crocker. Some shots from "Leviathan" below ...

12/06/2015

Woman in Gold will be screened on Thursday, December 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the NGC Auditorium. After the film, stay for a conversation between Anabelle Kienle Poňka, Associate Curator, European and American Art, and Maria Altmann’s son, Peter Altmann, who will share his mother’s first-hand experience. KW Catering will offer tapas and drinks from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
http://www.ngcmagazine.ca/recommendations/simon-curtis-woman-in-gold-a-testament-to-memory

12/06/2015

Nebraska!

12/06/2015

Wild Tales!