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Death Isn’t The Same Anymore – Review – Alvin Wai Chung Tsang

Alvin Wai Chung Tsang reviewed the short film ‘Death Isn’t The Same Anymore’ from Shorts at Home: Volume 3.

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Dirt Town – Review – Alvin Wai Chung Tsang

Alvin Wai Chung Tsang reviewed the short film ‘Dirt Town’ from Shorts at Home: Volume 3.

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Ottawa Canadian Film Festival Opens Call for Submissions for 2021

The Ottawa Canadian Film Festival (OCanFilmFest) is accepting submissions for its 2021 Film Festival Program starting on February 1st.

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OCanFilmFest Board Welcomes Catharine Horsley

The Ottawa Canada Film Festival welcomes Catharine Horsley to our board.

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OCanFilmFest2020 Audience Favourite and Festival Wrap-up

As 2020 comes to a close we are pleased to announce the OCanFilmFest2020 Audience Favourite and say a thank you to folks who made this year’s festival a success.

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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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Tessellate – Review – Catharine Horsley

Jacobsen conveys how the individuals want to be perfect; their “imperfection breeds desire.” They are rewired to conceal their flaws and characteristics in order to become better people.

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The Great Disconnect – Review – Hamid Rasouli

Trying to survive these days is no longer the same as in the past, and now trying to communicate is an important point in everything that happens in the world today.

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World Of The Fluffs – Review – Catharine Horsley

Chaisi Glover’s World Of The Fluffs is a delightful animated feature that is inspired by a very real, and unfortunate habit.

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I Hope They Remember My Name – Review – Rachel Loewen

I Hope They Remember My Name is a timely film that paints an intimate portrait of the potential effects of social media on mental wellbeing.

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The Ottawa Canadian Film Festival is a cultural, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to recognize, promote and celebrate the art of cinema by showcasing Canadian films and filmmakers.

Our mission is grounded in the belief that Canadian film and filmmakers are distinctive and vital to our country’s culture and the development of the local economy.

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OCan21

Plans are in the works for our upcoming 2021 festival.

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Shorts at Home is a series of curated video-on-demand short film screenings. Click here for more details.

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Film613 is an OCanFilmFest Blog about film-related events in the Ottawa area.

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