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| La Pirogue opens and closes DiverCiné 2013 |
Francophones in the Ottawa area can see films in their
native tongue when the annual DiverCiné festival returns March 8th
to March 17th. DiverCiné brings films from other French-speaking nations
to Ottawa in a week-long celebration of film and culture. The event is
organized by the Embassy of France to Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage,
in partnership with the Canadian Film Institute and the ByTowne Cinema. “The
DiverCiné festival offers us once more an opportunity to pay homage to the
talent and the creativity of filmmakers in Canada and in the other countries of
the Francophonie,” says French Ambassador Philippe Zeller. “For the 11th year
in a row, Canadian Heritage and the Embassy of France have come together around
DiverCiné to celebrate the cultural diversity of all the French-speaking
countries of the world through cinema.” Films at DiverCiné represent
Francophone cinema from all corners of the globe with films from Canada and
Europe on the programme alongside offerings from Africa and Asia.
The festival is bookended by Ottawa premieres of the
Senegalese film La Pirogue, which
competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. La Pirogue opens the festival with a
screening in its original Wolof and French soundtrack with French subtitles.
The film also closes the festival with a screening that includes English
subtitles to accompany the original dialogue.
This year’s DiverCiné includes a greater number of films
with English subtitles than in previous years. It’s a welcome change that
ensures these films can open a bigger window to Francophone cinema, but can also
be appreciated by as large an audience as possible. Last year, for example,
included the only Ottawa screenings of acclaimed films like the Dardenne Brothers’
A gamin au vélo (The Kid with a Bike) or the Moroccan entry Omar m’a tué (Omar Killed Me)
in French without English subtitles. Not all screenings include subtitles, so
please make sure to consult the programme before the screening. Or, better yet,
rafraîchir votre français!
DiverCiné screens
March 8-18, 2013
The screening list is as follows:
La Pirogue (The Pirogue)
Dir. Moussa Touré | Senegal | 87
min | No English subtitles
Friday, March 8, 2013, 7:00 pm, ByTowne Cinema
Camille redouble
Dir. Noémie
Lvosky | France | 115 min. | English sub-titles
Saturday, March 9, 9:00 pm, ByTowne Cinema
Trailer
(embedding disabled)
Ernest and Célestine
Dir. B.
Renner, V. Patar, Stéphanie Aubier | France/Belgium/Luxembourg | 79 min. | English
subtitles
Sunday,
March 10, 2 :30 pm, ByTowne Cinema
Yema
Dir.
Djamila Sahraoui | Algeria | 90 min. | No
English subtitles
Sunday, March 10, 6 :15, Bytowne Cinema
The Floating Lives
Dir. Nguyen Phan Quang Binh | Vietnam | 113 min. | No English subtitles
Monday, March 11, 6:40, ByTowne Cinema
Selection of Short
Films from the Canadian Francophonie
Dir. Various | Canada | 90 min. | English subtitles
Tuesday, March 12, 6:30 pm, Club SAW
Everybody in Our Family
Dir. Radu
Jude | Romania | 107 min. | No English
subtitles
Tuesday,
March 12, 8 :55pm, ByTowne Cinema
The Virgin, the Copts, and Me
Dir. Namir Abdel Messeeh | Egypt/France/Qatar | 91 min. |
English subtitles
Wednesday, March 13, 8:55pm, ByTowne Cinema
Camion
Dir. Rafaël
Ouellet | Canada | 94 min. | English subtitles
Thursday, March 14, 6 :55pm, ByTowne Cinema
Rebelle
Dir. Kim Nguyen | Canada/Congo (DRC) | 90 min. | No English subtitles
Friday, March 15, 9:05 pm, ByTowne Cinema
Sister
Dir. Ursula
Meier | Switzerland | 97 min. | English subtitles
Saturday, March 16, 7 :05pm, ByTowne Cinema
Le Jour des Corneilles
Dr.
Jean-Christophe Dessaint | France/Canada | 96 min. | English subtitles
Sunday,
March 17, 1 :15pm, ByTowne Cinema
La Pirogue (The Pirogue)
Dir. Moussa
Touré | Senegal | 87 min. | English subtitles (but no French subtitles)
Sunday, March 17, 6:20pm, ByTowne Cinema.
Tickets for single screenings are $10 for general admission;
$7 for Seniors, ByTowne members, and CFI members; and $4 for full time
students. There are also packages for 5 films or 11 films, so please visit www.divercine.com and www.facebook.com/DiverCineFestival
for more information.
