Digi60 Film Festival ready for a big weekend

 This weekend the Digi60 Film Festival returns for its 17th year. Digi60 is thee film festival in Ottawa if you are an emerging filmmaker. For close to two decades it has been providing a platform for filmmakers to develop their talents and have multiple resources at their disposal. As someone who has attended

EVE Film Festival Delivers in Sophomore Year!

 The second annual Eve Film Festival took place this past weekend and I was fortunate enough to attend. The website describes it as a ‘feminist event that showcases and supports work by women (cis and trans) and genderqueer directors in film’. The word ‘feminist’ can have a stereotype but I

TIFF Returns to Ottawa

 Has it been a year already? Approximately a year ago The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) came to Ottawa where it showcased films that were recognized as the best Canadian films of the year or as it’s affectionately known, Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival. If you have read anything I

Ottawa Welcomes Inside Out’s 11th LGBT Film Festival

 For decades members of the LGBTQ community have struggled with representation in media, with strong heteronormativity displayed in everything from advertisements to blockbuster productions. Despite Hollywood’s increasing display of diversity in its movies, the underground, dedicated LGBTQ film scene remains just as present as before, and is here to stay.

A Reason to Go Outside: The Baltic-Nordic Film Festival

 A record-setting snowfall just hit Ottawa. Many of us scrambled to unearth our streets and sidewalks in vain, digging our cars out from under massive layers of cold powder, staring numbly at the flakes as they kept falling. The lucky among us stayed indoors, huddled around the glow of a

Bringing the Inside Out

 All photos by Skylan Hill Since 2007, The Ottawa LGBT Film Festival has been the talk of the town. Now in its eighth year in Ottawa, the festival is among the top five LGBT film fests in Canada. Its aim is to showcase the best and most diverse films by,

Cue the Cure!

 This time two years ago, Jennifer Mielke and Jennifer Mulligan probably felt like cancer was coming at them from every angle. In August 2013 Mielke found out that a lump in her breast was “indicative of cancer.” A month before that, Mulligan lost her mother to pancreatic cancer. Vixens' executive

Celebrate independent filmmaking at Treepot Indie Filmmaker Showcase 4

 After three successful events at movie theatres and parks, The Treepot Indie Filmmaker Showcase returns to the historic ByTowne Cinema on October 4th at 6:45pm. Treepot4’s line-up features short films and music videos by local indie filmmakers Derek Price, Jeremy Kennedy, Zack Duncan & Jenna Matias, Kevin Preece, Timothy D Riel,