Review: Ayam Zaman (The Old Days) “The gentle and culturally-rich world of the film, the intimacy, love and trust portrayed by the performers – wow, just wow. There’s real gold here, and it’s breathtaking.” – Alvin Tsang Categories Alvin Tsang
Review: OCD “Its message is sophisticated and thought provoking. I highly recommend checking this one out.” – Alvin Tsang Categories Alvin Tsang
Review: Flow at OIAF24 “Flow is a film powered by a unique visual language. It is about friendship, camaraderie, making connections with unlikely companions, not forcing yourself on the world and just going with the flow.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Memoir of a Snail at OIAF24 “Memoir of a Snail is an engaging bitter-sweet slow burn. The film is a rollercoaster of emotions that builds to one heck of a movie ending.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: The Wild Robot preview at OIAF24 “The Wild Robot is a film about family–both the family you are born into and the family you sometimes find yourself stumbling into after a shipwreck.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Desync “As writers, we are told to ‘write what you know,’ and as the film suggests, sometimes that approach can be taken very literally. ” – Zach Chabot Categories Zachary Chabot
Review: La folle traversée de Philippe “La folle traversée de Philippe is an incredible and moving documentary that will have you crying tears of sadness and joy.” – Nicole Bedford Categories Nicole Bedford
Review: A Good Day Will Come “A Good Day Will Come is a haunting and heartbreaking film that serves as a powerful reminder of the human cost of resistance.” – Fitch Jean Categories Fitch Jean
Review: OCD “Barely a few seconds in, you begin to understand OCD, the effect on its sufferers and those around them.” – Daniel Perras Categories Daniel Perras
Interview: The OCan24 Jurors “The Ottawa Canadian Film Festival announced the jury for the 2024 festival earlier this year. I interviewed OCan24 Jury President Zachary Chabot and jurors Daniel Perras, Fitch Jean, and Nicole Bedford” – Blair Campbell Categories Blair Campbell
Review: Jester’s Flaming Hot Mac’n Cheese “The storyline is very colourful and is stylistically similar to that of Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction if the films centred around a non-perishable food.” – Catharine Horsley Categories Catharine Horsley
Review: Laundry Day “The filmmaking team wanted to create a short that involved a relationship dynamic that you typically don’t often see on-screen, and I believe they succeeded.” – Catharine Horsley Categories Catharine Horsley
Interview: Julie Bruns and Steven Kammerer Julie Bruns and Steven Kammerer lead the creative team behind the short film ‘Ada’. Blair Campbell interviewed them recently. Categories Blair Campbell
Review: Dead Cat “Dead Cat is a well executed short film. There are times when the camera cuts away from a reaction or punch line so quickly that joke sets in during the sequence that follows, making it even funnier.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Interview: Kim Thúy Kim Thúy Ly Thanh is a Vietnamese-born Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ru won the Governor General’s Award for French-language fiction in 2010. Ru, a film adaptation of Thúy’s novel, was directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud and was released in 2023. Categories Jith Paul
Review: A Conversation In Passing A Conversation in Passing is a light-hearted film that creates a dialogue about what happens when we die. The film is very enjoyable and creative, and it also provokes some reflection. ” – Catharine Horsley Categories Catharine Horsley
