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YouTube sensation Tiny Hamster in a Tiny Mansion screens at ODFF. |
The irony, though, is that the line-up is almost entirely available online. All but three of the films are are publicly available on the filmmakers’ YouTube and Vimeo accounts, which usually poses a tricky dilemma for film events that have enough trouble putting bums in the seats when audiences can’t watch the films at home for free. All of the films, moreover, have screened in Ottawa in some capacity whether online or at other film festivals and film challenges, primarily Digi60.With that being said, though, many of the selections are among the winners and standouts of the local film scene.
Ottawa filmgoers can therefore
see the inaugural ODFF as a second-run opportunity to catch films they missed
or to see some favourites a second time. Better yet, use the festival as a chance
to come out and show local filmmakers that there’s always an audience to see
their work on bigger and better screens than laptops and phones. It’s all about
enjoying movies together in the dark, people!
The 2015 ODFF line-up features:
Raymond Besharah
Jenesaisquoi
Marina Bruno
April Campbell
-->The Internet was made for this film!
This video has almost 2 million views on YouTube, which probably makes it the
most watched Ottawa production ever. (This is not a joke.)
Christopher Chitaroni
-Winner: Best Screenplay, Digi60
2014 Fall Festival
Lee Cyr
Leon Elliott
Amen Jafri
-Honourable mention: TVO Short Doc Contest
Christian Paolo Lat
Red Lights
Kristian Lariviere
Puritans
-Winner: Best Overall Film and Best
Directing (Open Category), Digi60 Fall 2013
Mark Parks
-Digi60 2014 Fall Festival
submission
Kristian Perrault
-Digi60 Spring 2014 submission (I
had a lot of fun judging that year!)
Kristian Perrault
-Winner: Best Director and Best
Technical Work, Digi60 2013
Andrew Robinson
-2014 Opening Night selection at
Ottawa’s Cellar Door Film Festival; Official Selection at the Toronto
Independent Film Festival
-A CDFF Programmers’ Pick by yours
truly!
Martin Rodriguez
-2014 #OIFF72 Challenge
submission
Martin Rodriguez, Justin Aresta
Martin Rodriguez, Lana Elizabeth
Bateman
-Digi60 2013 Fall Festival submission
Cory Thibert
-Tweet your review to @JamesFrancoTV after the show!
Cory Thibert
Do Not Touch
-2015 Ottawa Fringe Stiff
Quickies selection
Vincent Valentino
The 2015 Ottawa Digital Film
Festival screens Friday, May 15 at Rainbow Cinemas at 7:00 PM.
Please visit www.odff.ca for more info.
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