Support Local Film Festivals 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. Categories Jith Paul
Review: Lost in Starlight at OIAF “Lost in Starlight is a gentle, relatable animated romance film about love, long distance, and chasing big dreams.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: We Are Aliens at OIAF “Kadowaki translates a fractured bond between childhood friends into a unique visual style, using expressive hand-drawn animation to capture how emotional memory reshapes the past.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Bon Cop, Bad Cop (Crave Series) “BON COP, BAD COP: THE SERIES blends action and comedy against the backdrop of intersecting English, French, and Mi’kmaq languages and cultures.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Spotlight on Canadian Films for National Canadian Film Day 2026 “I have curated a collection of feature-length and short films which have been reviewed in the film613 blog as a celebration of National Canadian Film Day (NCFD) this year.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul/Zachary Chabot
Review: The Pavilion at IFFO “Pixie Cram’s The Pavilion is a WWII-era period piece with intricate attention to detail, beautiful cinematography and immersive soundscape. A magical experience.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: A Useful Ghost at IFFO “A Useful Ghost is a quirky and unpredictable, and oddly sincere exploration of grief, oppression, capitalism, reincarnation and ghost-busting.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Sirât at Genre Gems “Oliver Laxe’s film Sirat is an unforgettable experience in tension set to a deafening EDM soundtrack.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Dreams at Genre Gems “The lop-sided power dynamic between an undocumented ballet dancer and a wealthy philanthropist in Michel Franco’s ‘Dreams’ is confrontational, prescient, beautiful, and thought-provoking.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Mamiko’s Poop at OIAF “Yasuteru Ohno’s film did not disappoint. It was a relatable story told in an energetic way and cleverly framed with the surreal look of a painting.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: To a Land Unknown at IFFO “The shifting tones of ‘To a Land Unknown’ go from buddy-comedy, to crime-thriller, culminating in a memorable, emotionally resonant ending.“ – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Honeymoon at IFFO “Shot in Ukraine, director Zhanna Ozirna makes use of one location, simple staging, and wide locked-off shots to draw the audience into the story of newlyweds trapped in their apartment.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: Can I Get A Witness? at IFFO “Ann Marie Fleming directs a quiet, contemplative, thought-provoking film that feels extremely relevant in today’s world.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
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
