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: Tangles “Tangles is a visually stunning, deeply moving animated film that balances lighthearted humour with the emotional reality of caring for aging parents.” – Jith Paul 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: Mildlife “Cory Thibert’s MILDLIFE is empathetic, understated, and emotionally precise. It sits with its central tension rather than resolving it, letting the weight of imperfect choices linger.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Review: The Green Bench “Thoughtful, moving, and quietly powerful, THE GREEN BENCH is a reflection on memory, community, and human connection that reminds us wisdom becomes most valuable when it is shared.” – 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: Nika and Madison “Eva Thomas’ Nika and Madison is a tense and emotionally charged crime thriller about friendship, bonding over common roots, and challenging ingrained biases.” – 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: 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: C.R.A.Z.Y. “C.R.A.Z.Y. is ultimately heartwarming, funny and endearing, and well worth checking out. The film is marking its 20th anniversary this year.” – Jith Paul Categories Jith Paul
Interview: Abhish and Keero Birla An interview with directors, producers and brothers Abhish and Keero Birla about their documentary Tiger Tiger. Categories Jith Paul
