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Film festival
The International Film Festival of Ottawa (IFFO) is an international film festival, staged in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada, organized by the Canadian Film Institute that was to hold its inaugural edition from March 25 to March 29, 2020.[ 1] The festival, launched as a replacement for the defunct Ottawa International Film Festival , was to present 20 feature films and 20 short films and to be held at the Ottawa Art Gallery and other venues in downtown Ottawa .[ 2]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada , the 2020 festival was not staged as planned; however, over the next several months the Canadian Film Institute organized and hosted a number of online talks and workshops under the Screen Summit banner.[ 3] The festival was staged online in 2021, and launched its first in-person edition in March 2022.[ 4]
The festival principally screens recent Canadian and international feature films, although each year's program also includes one or two historically or artistically significant films from the history of Canadian cinema. Most films screen along with a thematically-related short film as an opener, although a few films screen alone and are instead followed by a talk with the filmmaker. The 2023 and 2024 editions of the festival both included a selection of early-cinema short films centred on women, under the "Cinema's First Nasty Women" banner.
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Year
Amanita Pestilens
René Bonnière
Canada
1963
Andrey Tarkovsky, A Cinema Prayer
Andrey A. Tarkovsky
Italy, Russia, Sweden
2019
Beans
Tracey Deer
Canada
2020
Coalesce
Les Affluents
Jessé Miceli
Cambodia, France
2020
Downstream to Kinshasa
En route pour le milliard
Dieudo Hamadi
Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Belgium
2020
Golden Voices
Evgeny Ruman
Israel
2019
It Must Be Heaven
Elia Suleiman
France, Canada, Palestine, Turkey
2019
Last Days of Spring
La última primavera
Isabel Lamberti
Netherlands, Spain
2020
Little Ballerinas
Petites danseuses
Anne-Claire Dolivet
France
2020
Love Can't Wait
El Amor no puede esperar
Juan Carlos Carrasco
Mexico
2019
Mouthpiece
Patricia Rozema
Canada
2018
My Name Is Baghdad
Meu nome é Bagda
Caru Alves de Souza
Brazil
2020
No Ordinary Man
Chase Joynt , Aisling Chin-Yee
Canada
2020
Passage
Sarah Baril Gaudet
Canada
2020
The Seeds We Sow
Les graines que l'on sème
Nathan Nicholovitch
France
2020
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman
Canada, United States
2020
A State of Madness
Mis 500 Locos
Leticia Tonos
Dominican Republic
2020
There Is No Evil
شیطان وجود ندارد
Mohammad Rasoulof
Iran
2020
Welcome to the USA
Assel Aushakimova
Kazakhstan
2019
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine
Alex Piperno
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Philippines
2020
You Will Die at Twenty
ستموت في العشرين
Amjad Abu Alala
Sudan
2019
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Year
Acting Out
Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon
Canada
2020
Amani
Alliah Fafin
Canada
2020
Bleach
Mattias Graham
Canada
2021
Bump
Maziyar Khatam
Canada
2022
Each Other
L'un l'autre
Clara Prévost
Canada
2021
Fanmi
Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers , Carmine Pierre-Dufour
Canada
2021
The First Goodbye
Ali Mashayekhi
Canada
2020
Flower Boy
Anya Chirkova
Canada
2021
Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night
Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit
Katerine Martineau
Canada
2020
The Horses
Liz Cairns
Canada
2020
Like the Ones I Used to Know
Les Grands claques
Annie St-Pierre
Canada
2021
Little Bird
Tim Myles
Canada
2021
A Man and His Murals
Adam Bowman
Canada
2021
Nalujuk Night
Jennie Williams
Canada
2021
Personals
Sasha Argirov
Canada
2021
The Pond, at Night
L'Étang, la nuit
Olivia Boudreau
Canada
2020
Preacher
Mark Corless
Canada
2022
The Project
Tresor Lubamba
Canada
2021
Sledgehammer
Kyle Marchen
Canada
2021
The Southern Wind
Aucéane Roux
Canada
2021
Telos or Bust
Brad Abrahams
United States
2021
Together
Albert Shin
Canada, South Korea
2021
Untitled (Moiroloi)
Guillaume Saindon
Canada
2022
The Untouchable
Avazeh Shahnavaz
Canada
2021
A Void
Dominique van Olm
Canada
2021
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Year
Balaban
Aysulu Onaran
Kazakhstan
2022
Bones of Crows
Marie Clements
Canada
2022
Carajita
Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra Guardiola
Dominican Republic, Argentina
2021
The Christmas Setup
Pat Mills
Canada, United States
2020
The Code of Silence
Una Femmina: The Code of Silence
Francesco Costabile
Italy
2022
Coyote
Le Coyote
Katherine Jerkovic
Canada
2022
The Flag
Alam
Firas Khoury
Palestine
2022
Fogareu
Flávia Neves
Brazil, France
2022
I Like Movies
Chandler Levack
Canada
2022
Ice Under His Feet
Kirill Nenashev
Russia
2022
The Maiden
Graham Foy
Canada
2022
A Male
Un Varón
Fabian Hernández
Colombia
2022
Mandabi
Le Mandat
Ousmane Sembène
Senegal
1968
Marcel!
Jasmine Trinca
Italy
2022
Maya Nilo (Laura)
Lovisa Sirén
Sweden, Finland, Belgium
2022
Meditation Park
Mina Shum
Canada
2017
Ordinary Failures
Běžná selhání
Cristina Groşan
Czech Republic
2022
Phi 1.618
Theodore Ushev
Bulgaria, Canada
2022
Plan 75
Chie Hayakawa
Japan, Philippines, France, Qatar
2022
Queens of the Qing Dynasty
Ashley McKenzie
Canada
2022
R.M.N.
Cristian Mungiu
Romania, France, Belgium
2022
Return to Seoul
Retour à Seoul
Davy Chou
France, Germany, Belgium, Cambodia
2022
Rush to Judgment
Emile de Antonio
United States
1967
Shimoni
Angela Wanjiku Wamai
Kenya
2022
Soft
Joseph Amenta
Canada
2022
Sonne
Kurdwin Ayub
Austria
2022
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Guy Maddin
Canada
1988
Under the Fig Trees
Taht alshajra
Erige Sehiri
Tunisia, France, Switzerland
2021
Until Tomorrow
Ta farda
Ali Asgari
Iran, France, Qatar
2022
Vicenta B.
Carlos Lechuga
Cuba, Colombia, France, Norway
2022
We Are Still Here
Beck Cole , Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean , Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi , Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa , Richard Curtis, Chantelle Burgoyne
Australia, New Zealand
2022
We Might As Well Be Dead
Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein
Natalia Sinelnikova
Germany, Romania
2022
We Will Never Belong
Nunca seremos parte
Amelia Eloisa
Mexico
2022
We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns
Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas
María Ripoll
Spain
2022
When Night Is Falling
Patricia Rozema
Canada
1995
The Worst Ones
Les Pires
Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
France
2022
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Year
Adore
Beth Warrian
Canada
2022
Baba
Anya Chirkova, Meran Ismailsoy
Canada
2022
Blaze
Brasier
Émilie Mannering
Canada
2022
Brown Enough
Kent Donguines, Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto
Canada
2021
Corners
James Brylowski
Canada
2022
Desi Standard Time Travel
Kashif Pasta
Canada
2022
Everything Will Be Alright
Farhad Pakdel
Canada
2022
A Feller and the Tree
Kalainithan Kalaichelvan
Canada
2022
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
Sidney Olcott
United States
1910
Grown in Darkness
Devin Shears
Canada
2022
Irninnu Unikaara
Ipeelie Ootoova
Canada
2022
Likeness
Emily Diana Ruth
Canada
2019
Meeting with Robert Dole
Rencontre avec Robert Dole
François Harvey
Canada
2022
More Than Hair
Plus que des cheveux
Fitch Jean
Canada
2021
Most of the Time We Are Just Waiting
Molly Shears
Canada
2022
Municipal Relaxation Module
Matthew Rankin
Canada
2022
The Night Rider
Jay Hunt
United States
1920
No Ghost in the Morgue
Marilyn Cooke
Canada
2022
N'xaxaitkw
Asia Youngman
Canada
2022
Ori Mi Agbe
Ayunade Judah
Canada
2021
Paco
Kent Donguines
Canada
2022
The Passing
Jackson Harvey
Canada
2022
Pro Pool
Piscine pro
Alec Pronovost
Canada
2022
A Range Romance
[unknown]
United States
1911
The Red Girl and the Child
James Young Deer
United States
1910
Reply
Elle Mills
Canada
2022
Rocket Fuel
Jessie Posthumus
Canada
2022
Scaring Women at Night
Karimah Zakia Issa
Canada
2022
Shallots and Garlic
Bawang Merah dan Bawang Putih
Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto
Canada
2022
Simo
Aziz Zoromba
Canada
2022
So I Married Myself
Amen Jafri
Canada
2022
Song for the New World
Chanson pour le nouveau monde
Miryam Charles
Canada
2022
Spirit Emulsion
Siku Allooloo
Canada
2021
Tibi
Jarrett Twoyoungmen
Canada
2022
Waiting for Lolo
En attendant Lolo
Jules Ronfard
Canada
2022
What's the World Coming To?
Richard Wallace
United States
1926
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Year
Archangel
Guy Maddin
Canada
1990
Atikamekw Suns
Soleils Atikamekw
Chloé Leriche
Canada
2023
Chuck Chuck Baby
Janis Pugh
United Kingdom
2023
Close to You
Dominic Savage
Canada, United Kingdom
2023
Close Your Eyes
Cerrar los ojos
Victor Erice
Spain, Argentina
2023
Driving Mum
Á Ferð með Mömmu
Hilmar Oddsson
Iceland
2022
Elaha
Milena Aboyan
Germany
2023
Evil Does Not Exist
Aku wa Sonzai Shinai
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
2023
Funny Boy
Deepa Mehta
Canada
2020
The Gullspång Miracle
Maria Fredriksson
Sweden
2023
A Happy Day
Hisham Zaman
Norway, Denmark
2023
I Used to Be Funny
Ally Pankiw
Canada
2023
If Only I Could Hibernate
Baavgai Bolohson
Zoljargal Purevdash
Mongolia, France, Switzerland, Qatar
2023
Inshallah a Boy
Inshallah Walad
Amjad Al Rasheed
Jordan, France
2023
Kidnapped
Rapito
Marco Bellocchio
Italy
2023
Lazaro's Daughter
La Hija de Lázaro
Gustavo Fallas
Costa Rica
2023
Let the Dance Begin
Empieza el baile
Marina Seresesky
Argentina, Spain
2023
Loch Ness: They Created a Monster
John MacLaverty
United Kingdom
2023
Seven Veils
Atom Egoyan
Canada
2023
Seven Winters in Tehran
Steffi Niederzoll
Germany, France
2023
Sira
Apolline Traoré
Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal
2023
Sisterhood
Nora El Hourch
France
2023
Solo
Sophie Dupuis
Canada
2023
Tiger Stripes
Amanda Nell Eu
Malaysia
2023
The Wars
Robin Phillips
Canada
1983
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Year
6 minutes/km
Catherine Boivin
Canada
2023
All the Days of May
Tous les jours de mai
Miryam Charles
Canada
2023
The Anger of Mrs. Plumette
La fureur de Mme Plumette
[unknown]
France
1912
Betty's Boat
Le bateau de Léontine
Romeo Bosetti
France
1911
Betty's Flight
Léontine s'envole
Romeo Bosetti
France
1911
Blond Night
Nuit blonde
Gabrielle Demers
Canada
2023
The Company We Keep
Wojtek Jakubiec
Canada
2023
Cunégonde the Nasty Woman
Cunégonde femme crampon
[unknown]
France
1912
Dead Cat
Chat mort
Annie-Claude Caron, Danick Audet
Canada
2022
Donna
Keenan MacWilliam
Canada
2023
Dream Tricks: Over a Six Stair
Adam Seward
Canada
2022
Emak Bakia
Man Ray
France
1926
L'Étoile de mer
Man Ray
France
1928
Execution Triptych
Giran Findlay
Canada
2022
Father Archie
Todd Fraser
Canada
2023
The Flower Darkens
À la fontaine
Philippe Berthelet
Canada
2023
Have a Good Day
Lisa Soper
Canada
2024
Heat Spell
L'Été des chaleurs
Marie-Pier Dupuis
Canada
2023
Katshinau
Les Mains sales
Julien G. Marcotte , Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
Canada
2023
Laughing Gas
Edwin S. Porter
United States
1907
The Legend of Ismael LBG
Connor DeVries
Canada
2023
Léontine Keeps House
Léontine garde la maison
Romeo Bosetti
France
1912
Mary Jane's Mishap
George Albert Smith
United Kingdom
1903
The Mess We're In
Jamie Lam
Canada
2022
Motherland
Jasmin Mozaffari
Canada
2023
Les Mystères du Château du Dé
Man Ray
France
1929
Our Grandmother the Inlet
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George
Canada
2023
A Passage Beyond Fortune
Weiye Su
Canada
2022
Quiche
Suzannah Moore
Canada
2022
Le Retour à la raison
Man Ray
France
1923
Rosalie and Her Phonograph
Rosalie et son phonographe
Romeo Bosetti
France
1911
Rosalie Moves In
Rosalie emménage
Romeo Bosetti
France
1911
Rowdy Ann
Al Christie
United States
1919
Scissors
Les Ciseaux
Katia Kurtness
Canada
2022
The Tadpole Trilogy
La trilogie des têtards
Léonard Giovenazzo
Canada
2023
Tilly's Party
Lewin Fitzhamon
United Kingdom
1911
We Would Be Freer
Rana Nazzal Hamadeh
Canada
2023