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Review: Stealing Vows

“Stealing Vows has everything you want in a con-artist film that goes beyond stealing, stealing, stealing and getting the prize by the end. It is definitely worth checking out.” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: A Good Day Will Come

“A Good Day Will Come is a painful watch in the best ways. It’s political, it’s atmospheric, and it’s gut wrenching. The experience was absolutely gripping from start to finish” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: Triage

“I found Triage very unsettling and impressive. It’s one of those films you do not want to watch with a date. Please check this one out. I hate that I enjoyed it, but wow, did I enjoy it.” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: Nix’s Symphony

“Nix’s Symphony is a beautiful animated short with an incredibly creative take on a musician’s writer’s block.” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: Radio Bingo

“Radio Bingo tells the story of a local radio station incorporating the Mohawk language into radio bingo. This one is worth checking out.” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: Desync

“Desync is a tightly-written story that offers many emotions and themes, and hits every one of them with delicate accuracy.” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: Bridge the Gap

“Bridge the Gap pleases with its absurdity and its balance between a monotone and artsy weirdness. This one is definitely worth checking out.” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: Safe Space

“Safe Space takes aim at how an AI bot compares in an emotionally-complex relationship between humans. It’s a fun and interesting short film worth checking out.” – Alvin Tsang

Categories Alvin Tsang

Review: Stealing Vows

“Stealing Vows is a highly entertaining, smart, and witty heist film with something for everyone.” – Jith Paul

Categories Jith Paul

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

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Film613 serves the film community in Ottawa and the Outaouais region with curated coverage of film, television, and the creative arts.

Founded in 2021 by the OCan Film Festival, film613 was relaunched in 2025 under Treepot Media.

Edited by Jith Paul, and curated by Zachary Chabot and Jith Paul, the blog brings together commissioned and volunteer-produced content.

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Ottawa and the Outaouais region boast a thriving and dynamic film scene. The area serves as a hub for various international, regional, and local film festivals, taking place at multiple venues. 

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  • Bernice De Gracia
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  • Lisa Meuser
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  • Philippe Macdonald
  • Rachel Loewen
  • Randy Kakegamic
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  • Uchechi Ogbonna
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Recent Posts

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  • Spotlight on Canadian Films for National Canadian Film Day 2026
  • Review: Perfect
  • One Battle After Another: Independent Cinemas Standing Their Ground
  • Review: The Pavilion at IFFO
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