Taking Filmmaking to the Limit

 Think you can make a 7-minute short film in 60 days? The Digi60 Filmmakers Fest puts Ottawa film buffs to the test, providing a rewarding and challenging opportunity for the aspiring filmmaker. Ramsay and Mulligan. Image courtesy of Frank Pomerleau.   Jennifer Mulligan is a screenwriter and producer, originally from

Vote for Your Favourite #OIFF72 Film by February 20

 The #OIFF72 films are in – let the voting begin! Filmmakers had a gripping 72 hours to complete the Ottawa International Film Festival (OIFF) 72 Hour Film Challenge over the weekend. Through endless creativity and a lot of winter insulation, 20 great films have been submitted for this year’s competition.

MY FAIR ZOMBIE: a musical-comedy zombie film is having its Ottawa premiere!

     The rain in Spain stays mainly in the BRAINS! My Fair Zombie is a feature film shot entirely in the Ottawa region by prolific indie director Brett Kelly. The story of the film is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion and tells the lugubrious tale of Henry

An Actor’s Life Bonus Disc: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad (Film) World

 Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca   I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to

An Actor’s Life: The Sequel

 Disc I: Film City or Mr. Saracino Works in Ottawa The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in. – Harold Goddard A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no

An Actor’s Life or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Standing in an Alley in the Dead of Winter for 12 Straight Hours with only Linty Pocket Candy to Eat

 Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. George Eliot Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself. Rodney Dangerfield For nearly 30 years of my life,