Cinema

The fourth annual Irish Film Festival Ottawa is on its way with some promising performances and a number of outstanding films from this year’s Irish film directors, actors, screenwriters and animation houses.

SAW Video’s Resolution 2018 screening will take place at Arts Court Theatre on Saturday February 24 at 7:30pm. Admission is pwyc, all ages and open to the public.

Unikkaaqtuarniq: Stories from the North is screening from 6–9pm, February 1–4 outside of the Aberdeen Pavilion in Lansdowne Park (1525 Princess Patricia Way). Dress for the weather. Admission is free.

The 9th Wakefield Doc Fest is running from February 3 to March 4 at the Centre Wakefield La Pêche.

The 3rd Mirror Mountain Film Festival will be at Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave) from December 1–3, 2017.

Sanita Fejzic: “This year marks the festival’s best year to date… So why keep the important things in the closet? Bring them out into the open next time, please.”

An American in Paris is one of Hollywood’s most spectacular musicals ever produced. The legendary movie will be screened in the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall, accompanied live by the NAC Orchestra, November 16-18.

The inaugural Ottawa Adventure Film Festival (OAFF) is taking place at the Mayfair Theatre on November 18 and 19.

Sanita Fejzic: “All queer cinema is should be celebrated and I hope you’ll check this film out and enjoy it for what it is: a lighthearted coming out story told from an immigrant perspective.”

The Inside Out Film Festival is back in town from November 10–12, 2017 at the National Gallery of Canada.

For decades, the Ottawa International Animation Festival has attracted film and animation buffs, art lovers and filmmakers from around the globe. You won’t want to miss this year’s exciting line-up of screenings, workshops, panels and parties.