Category: OCanFilmFest Talks

OCanFilmFest2020 Filmmaker Panel 4

Canadian filmmakers get together at the last panel discussion of the 2020 Ottawa Canadian Film Festival to talk about their films, The Great Disconnect, I Hope They Remember My Name, Tessellate, and Guardians of the Grasslands.

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Monique Fuller interviews Jith Paul and Tamer Soliman

Monique Fuller interviews Ottawa Canadian Film Festival co-founder Jith Paul and “The Great Disconnect” producer/director/co-writer Tamer Soliman on November 20, 2020.

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OCanFilmFest2020 Filmmaker Panel 3

In our second part of the Weekend 2 Filmmaker Q&A, we got to talk to filmmakers who were behind Westbound/Eastbound, World of the Fluffs, and Social Mediation. We got to chat about the craft of telling a story with intention, reflecting on the backstory of how these films came together, and sharing some hope for the future.

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OCanFilmFest2020 Filmmaker Panel 2

We spoke with Tom Knowlton (StreetSauce!) and Derek Lamoureux (Inhale) whose films screened during the second weekend of the OCanFilmFest. We got to answer some audience questions, and talked about different approaches to telling a story through documentary filmmaking.

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OCanFilmFest2020 Filmmaker Panel 1

A conversation with the filmmakers featured in the first weekend of the 2020 Ottawa Canadian Film Festival. We talk about the importance of building trust and relationships, approaching filmmaking from different perspectives, creating stories that are meaningful, and how COVID-19 has impacted filmmaking.

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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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