Ottawa International Film Festival

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Ottawa International Film Festival
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LocationOttawa, Canada
Founded2010
No. of films31 (2011)
LanguageEnglish and French

The Ottawa International Film Festival (OIFF)[1] was an Ottawa-based, publicly attended film festival that held its first annual competition in 2010.[2] The festival ran annually for three days.[3] The festival screened shorts and feature-length films of any genre and of any country of origin.[4] The 2010 program yielded one full day of Canadian films and another day of international films.[5][6] Closely linked to local 72-hour film challenges, the Second Ottawa International Film Festival ran from August 17–21, 2011.[7] The 2011 program presented 24 short films and seven feature films, including three world premieres and one each of Canadian and Ottawa premieres.[8] The festival closed with a competition of locally produced music videos and bands. Hollywood producer Aaron Ryder had been linked to the festival and provided a Q + A after screening his films Donnie Darko and Memento in the August program.[9][10] Ottawa-based film A Violent State by director Adrian Langley was awarded the 2011 Lieutenant's Pump Award for Best Film.[11]

The festival was last staged in 2015.[12] In its place, a new International Film Festival of Ottawa (IFFO) was organized by the Canadian Film Institute to launch in 2020.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ottawa International Film Festival Official Website". OIFF. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Film Screenings in Ottawa". Ottawa Focus. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. ^ "The Festival - Ottawa International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  4. ^ "Ottawa International Film Festival". First Weekend Club. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  5. ^ saxby. "Ottawa International Film Festival was an afternoon well spent (and continues today!)". apt613. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  6. ^ Collins, Steve. "Cancon floods city's film fest". Metro News. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  7. ^ Bolton, Sheena. "Metro Minute at the film festival". Metro News. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  8. ^ Festivals, Ottawa. "Ottawa International Film Festival Lines Up Impressive Slate of Canadian, Ottawa & World Premieres". Ottawa Festivals. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  9. ^ "OIFF to Host an Evening with Hollywood producer Aaron Ryder". Smyth Casting. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  10. ^ "An Evening with Aaron Ryder". OIFF. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  11. ^ "A Violent State Wins Best Film". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  12. ^ Aedan Helmer, "Lights, camera, action on Ottawa International Film Festival". Ottawa Sun, October 15, 2015.
  13. ^ Saxberg, Lynn (January 28, 2020). "Ottawa to host new international film festival this March". Ottawa Citizen.