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Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton in Penthouse North |
Crook
Dir. Adrian Langley, Canada, World
Premiere
Starring: Adam Beach, Leah Gibson,
Larry Day, Jon McLaren
Synopsis: Ottawa filmmaker Adrian
Langley, OIFF 2011 winner for the festival hit A Violent State, returns with a another dark and gritty crime
drama.
Screens with the short film The Game Changer (Dir. Peter Dillon,
Sally Clelford)
Friday, October 4:
Much Ado About Knotting
Dir. Geetika Narang Abbasi, Anandana Kapur; India, Canadian
Premiere
Documentary
Synopsis: Born into a society obsessed with marriages, a
young girl, a not-so-young man and an NRI couple are compelled by tradition to
look for matches via classifieds, matchmaking bureaus and websites.
Screens with the short film Vinyl Hearts (John Petti, Tim Clark)
Fire in the Blood
Dir. Dylan Gray, USA, Ottawa
Premiere
Documentary, narrated by William
Hurt
Synopsis: An intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and
malice", Fire in the Blood tells
the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked
access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of the global south in the
years after 1996 - causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths - and the
improbable group of people who decided to fight back.
Screens with the short film Bliss (Dir. Amanda Sage)
Saturday, October 5:
It’s All About Me
Dir. Antoine Gaber, Canada,
Ottawa Premiere
Documentary
Synopsis: This documentary examines the inflated sense of
entitlement among youth, it's consequences and the solutions for a better
future.
Screens with the short film Got is Tott (Dir. Chris Chitaroni)
Penthouse North
Dir. Joseph Ruben, USA, Canadian
Premiere
Starring: Michelle Monaghan, Michael
Keaton,
Synopsis: A reclusive
photojournalist lives quietly in a New York penthouse, until a smooth but
sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life.
Screens with the short film The Depths (Dir. Derek Price)
Sunday, October 6
Music Video Challenge
Music Video Challenge
Please visit www.oiff.ca and the OIFF Facebook page for
updates on venues and show times. Tickets to this year’s festival may be
purchased here.
See you at the festival!