Ottawa International Film Festival Explained
Ottawa International Film Festival |
Caption: | OIFF Logo |
Number: | 31 (2011) |
Location: | Ottawa, Canada |
Language: | English and French |
Founded: | 2010 |
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Ottawa International Film Festival Official Website. OIFF. 5 June 2011.
- Web site: Film Screenings in Ottawa. Ottawa Focus. 5 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318013625/http://www.ottawafocus.com/events/OTTAWA+INTERNATIONAL+FILM+FESTIVAL.aspx. 18 March 2012. dead.
- Web site: The Festival - Ottawa International Film Festival. 2015-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006090209/http://www.oiff.ca/the-festival/. 2015-10-06. dead.
- Web site: Ottawa International Film Festival. First Weekend Club. 5 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718010252/http://firstweekendclub.ca/ottawa-international-film-festival-2.html. 18 July 2011. dead.
- Web site: saxby. Ottawa International Film Festival was an afternoon well spent (and continues today!). apt613. 5 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110904060838/http://www.apt613.ca/2010/08/22/ottawa-international-film-festival-was-an-afternoon-well-spent-and-continues-today/. 4 September 2011. dead.
- Web site: Collins. Steve. Cancon floods city's film fest. Metro News. 5 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20100825174807/http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/604872--cancon-floods-city-s-film-fest. 25 August 2010. dead.
- Web site: Bolton. Sheena. Metro Minute at the film festival. Metro News. 5 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110603072932/http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/607691--metro-minute-at-the-film-festival. 3 June 2011. dead.
- Web site: Festivals. Ottawa. Ottawa International Film Festival Lines Up Impressive Slate of Canadian, Ottawa & World Premieres. Ottawa Festivals. 28 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110827225119/http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/blog/interesting/ottawa-international-film-festival-lines-up-impressive-slate-of-canadian-ottawa-world-premieres/. 27 August 2011. dead.
- Web site: OIFF to Host an Evening with Hollywood producer Aaron Ryder . Smyth Casting. 5 June 2011.
- Web site: An Evening with Aaron Ryder. OIFF. 5 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110603105332/http://oiff.ca/2011/02/28/an-evening-with-hollywood-producer-aaron-ryder/. 3 June 2011. dead.
- Web site: A Violent State Wins Best Film. 12 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322001216/http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/blog/a-violent-state-wins-best-film-at-ottawa-international-film-festival/. 22 March 2012. dead.
- Aedan Helmer, "Lights, camera, action on Ottawa International Film Festival". Ottawa Sun, October 15, 2015.
- News: Saxberg . Lynn . Ottawa to host new international film festival this March . . January 28, 2020.