Category: OCanFilmFest Talks

OCanFilmFest Talks – Tarek Mounib (documentary ‘Free Trip to Egypt’, #PlegeToListen)

Tarek Mounib recently stopped by CKCU’s studios to chat with A Luta Continua host Monique Fuller the morning after the Canadian premiere of the documentary film Free Trip to Egypt.  

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OCanFilmFest Talks – Stephen Coleman (Project Cold Days, Transmuting Suffering)

Director Stephen Coleman recently stopped by CKCU’s studios to chat with A Luta Continua host Monique Fuller about life as an artist, the motivation and back-story surrounding the creation and distribution of “Project Cold Days” and his latest project, a 10-part web series “Transmuting Suffering”.

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OCanFilmFest Talks – After Horizons (Pixie Cram, Matthieu Hallé and Andrés Salas)

After Horizons was an evening of short films presented by SAW Video in partnership with Cinema Politica featuring works by Pixie Cram, Matthieu Hallé and Andrés Salas. Zoë Mallett moderated a discussion following the screening at Knot project space on November 30, 2018.

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OCanFilmFest Talks – The Podcast

OCanFilmFest Talks is now available as an audio podcast

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OCanFilmFest Talks

OCanFilmFest Talks is a video series of panels and artist talks presented in collaboration with partners and sponsors.

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Nathan Hauch – Radio Interview #ocanfilmfest2018

Interview with Nathan Hauch about his film ‘the art of the morning’ in the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival and working as a disabled artist.

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Local Ottawa Showcase – Lesley Marshall

Her life in the arts started young, and her perseverance to see projects and ideas come off the ground is sure encouragement for any filmmaker. It was a wonderful opportunity for Ocan Film festival to hear first hand from Lesley Marshall in an artist talk hosted by Isabel Barsive in June.

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Bonnie Robinson

Bonnie Robinson is the founder of YOW Productions.  A professional writer, producer and director, on this episode she talks about her favourite types of films to make and where she likes to go to see movies in Ottawa.  She also reminds us that making films is most often a collaborative endeavour and has some great tips for aspiring filmmakers looking...

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Howard Adler

Howard Adler is a filmmaker and curator and founder of Ottawa’s Asinabka Film Festival.  Howard tells us about his first experience with video editing in high school, how he worked with a group of friends to start a new film festival and what makes Ottawa an amazing place for a media artist. The Ottawa Indie Filmmakers web series is produced by...

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Roger D. Wilson

Roger D. Wilson is an independent film artist based in Ottawa, Ontario. Described as an “experimental film scientist”, his films are infused with thematically-related techniques such as layering images, adding textures and hand processing and printing the film. Roger’s films have screened at festivals across Canada. The Ottawa Indie Filmmakers web series is produced by Jith Paul in collaboration with Apartment613.

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Rhiana Chinapen

Filmmaker Rhiana Chinapen’s interest in social justice issues drew her to documentaries and her work planning Ottawa’s One World Film Festival which celebrated its 28th anniversary in 2017.  She recently completed her first film, an exploration of Capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art which she practices) with the assistance of SAW Video Media Arts Centre’s Jumpstart Program. The Ottawa Indie Filmmakers web series is produced...

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Shannon Lough, Emanuela Campanella, Sarah Turnbull and Fangliang Xu

This episode features Shannon Lough, Emanuela Campanella, Sarah Turnbull and Fangliang Xu, four students from the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. They have just completed their first film together, a documentary called “Secret War” about the innovative War Horse project which utilizes horses to help veterans dealing with the traumas of war.  “Secret War” is an Official Selection at this year’s Yorkton Film Festival....

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