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
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Year
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| Amanita Pestilens |
René Bonnière |
Canada |
1963
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| 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
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| English title
|
Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Year
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| Acting Out |
Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon |
Canada |
2020
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| Amani |
Alliah Fafin |
Canada |
2020
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| Bleach |
Mattias Graham |
Canada |
2021
|
| Bump |
Maziyar Khatam |
Canada |
2022
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| 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
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| 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
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| Preacher |
Mark Corless |
Canada |
2022
|
| The Project |
Tresor Lubamba |
Canada |
2021
|
| Sledgehammer |
Kyle Marchen |
Canada |
2021
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| The Southern Wind |
Aucéane Roux |
Canada |
2021
|
| Telos or Bust |
Brad Abrahams |
United States |
2021
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| 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
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Year
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| 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
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| The Code of Silence |
Una Femmina: The Code of Silence |
Francesco Costabile |
Italy |
2022
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| Coyote |
Le Coyote |
Katherine Jerkovic |
Canada |
2022
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| The Flag |
Alam |
Firas Khoury |
Palestine |
2022
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| Fogareu |
Flávia Neves |
Brazil, France |
2022
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| 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
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| 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
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| We Might As Well Be Dead |
Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein |
Natalia Sinelnikova |
Germany, Romania |
2022
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| 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
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| English title
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Original title
|
Director(s)
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Production country
|
Year
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| 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
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| 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
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