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Thank you!

A huge thank you to everyone who took supported, promoted, celebrated, and attended the 26th annual One World Film Festival. We at One World Arts are very grateful to our sponsors, volunteers, and audiences for making this year’s festival such a success. We look forward to seeing you next September for another round of thought-provoking documentaries on human rights, social justice, and…

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OWFF 2015: Day FOUR of the Film Festival in Pictures

OWFF 2015: Day FOUR of the Film Festival in Pictures

WHAT A DAY! After watching Documentaries about the Environment, Human Rights, Social Justice, Poverty, Pollution, and Aboriginal Rights, One World Film Festival Presented a full day of programming to help people find out how they can get involved and become vehicles for change in their own lives and the lives of others: “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” at St. Paul’s University In cooperation…

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OWFF 2015: Day Three of the Film Festival in Pictures

OWFF 2015: Day Three of the Film Festival in Pictures

On the third day of the 2015 festival, festival-goers were treated to a day of docs and talks with screenings of Canadian and indigenous documentary films and discussion panels with filmmakers  in attendance on our last day of programming at the National Gallery of Canada The day started off with an afternoon of Canadian Documentary Shorts with Ottawa Indie Fest screenings of shorts by Gary…

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OWFF 2015: Day Two of The Film Festival in Pictures

OWFF 2015: Day Two of The Film Festival in Pictures

Our SECOND day of the 2015 festival was just as exciting as the first!   The screenings of: ‘The Year We Thought About Love’ (U.S.A.) and ‘Landfill Harmonic’ (U.S.A.) showcased the power of youth to make the world a better place.  Both films were inspiring examples of youth overcoming prejudice, hardship, and expectations to lead a better life. Our Federal Election Candidates Debate in between…

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Welcome to One World Film Festival 2015

Welcome to One World Film Festival 2015

WELCOME TO OWFF2015! The Festival continues until Sunday, September 27th with more workshops and screenings at St PaulUniversity! Come check us out! For more info on our festival and the rest of our festival programming LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/oneworldfilm OR FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @OneWorldFilm OR VISIT US ONLINE AT: http://oneworldfilmfestival.ca/2015-festival-schedule/…

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Five Questions with Mar Y Sol, Director of Sayachapis – Ottawa Premiere September 26th

Five Questions with Mar Y Sol, Director of Sayachapis – Ottawa Premiere September 26th

“This film for me has a lot of meaning. My first thought about it is how does one come to terms with their past. If Sayachapis was able to heal himself from his suffering, if he found the strength to get help and heal himself, anybody can do it”, filmmaker Mar Y Sol tells Ottawa Indie Fest . Canadian filmmaker Mar Y Sol’s short documentary Sayachapis has its OTTAWA PREMIERE this Saturday,…

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OWFF 2015: Day One of The Film Festival in Pictures

OWFF 2015: Day One of The Film Festival in Pictures

Our first day of the 2015 festival  was amazing!  The screenings of ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ and ‘Democrats’ were well-received, and our discussion panel on power, politics and democracy that followed the screenings was insightful and revealing for both attendees and panelists! There was also time in between for attendees and volunteers to mingle and chat with our guests Professors Andriata…

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Redemption and The Middle East: 3 minutes with Ann Shin the Director of 'My Enemy, My Brother' screening TONIGHT at OWFF

Redemption and The Middle East: 3 minutes with Ann Shin the Director of ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ screening TONIGHT at OWFF

Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions about you most recent film. Your short film’s two main subjects, Zahed and Najah, are two former enemies from the Iran-Iraq War who become blood brothers for life after they meet again by sheer chance in Canada 25 years after one saves the other’s life on the battlefield. ‘My Enemy, My Brother‘ is an incredibly unique window into the…

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A short Q And A about laughter, art, and Escher with the Director of 'The Year We Thought About Love' Ellen Brodsky

A short Q And A about laughter, art, and Escher with the Director of ‘The Year We Thought About Love’ Ellen Brodsky

Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions about you most recent film. Your documentary tells the stories of the members of True Colors:OUT Youth Theater, an LGBTQ+ youth theatre troupe sponsored by Boston’s The Theater Offensive, who work collaboratively to create activist art in the cathartic, expressive, and communal environment of the stage.  It documents the hardships that come…

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Tune in to All In a Day on CBC-Radio One Thursday, September 24th for an interview with panelists from our 'Documenting Democracy' event

Tune in to All In a Day on CBC-Radio One Thursday, September 24th for an interview with panelists from our ‘Documenting Democracy’ event

THURSDAY ON CBC-Radio One, Allen Neil interviews the Institute of African Studies’ Blair Rutherford, Kamari Clarke, and Andriata Chironda on his show ‘All in a Day’ 3:15pm. Listen in to get a sample of what to expect at One World Film Fest…These people will also be joining  our panel on at our event on Thursday September 24th: Documenting Democracy: An evening of Film and Discussion on…

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'Jury Duty' at the One World Film Festival

‘Jury Duty’ at the One World Film Festival

We are thrilled to introduce the jury members for the 26th annual One World Film Festival who will be determining the top docs at this year’s festival, to be announced on Saturday, September 26th 2015 at 10pm. Kat Fournier, Theatre Critic for Capital Critics Circle Emily Ramsay, Co-Executive Director of Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival José Sánchez, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University…

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Interview with the director of 'Sayachapis' on CHUO-FM today at 6:15 pm

Interview with the director of ‘Sayachapis’ on CHUO-FM today at 6:15 pm

Tune into CHUO-FM 89.1 today at 6:15 pm to hear Basement 819 talk about the Ottawa Indie Fest and chat with the director of Sayachapis, Mar Y Sol . Sayachapis | Dir. Mar Y Sol| Quebec, Canada | 2014 | 21 mins On a small island off the coast of Vancouver, Sayachapis lives a solitary life. His memories of hard labour, starvation, rape, broken bones and other unimaginable horrors of a childhood…

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Memories Restaurant: Join us!

Memories Restaurant: Join us!

Celebrate your memories of the One World Film Festival over dinner, drinks, and a delicious cake at Memories Restaurant, 136 St. Patrick Street, right across from the National Gallery of Canada. Open until 12:30am Thursday, and until 1am Friday and Saturday. MemoriesRestaurant.ca Facebook.com/MemoriesOttawa Twitter: @MemoriesOttawa In the meantime, here are some pictures of their delicious cakes.…

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Q and A with the Director of 'Democrats' Camilla Nielsson

Q and A with the Director of ‘Democrats’ Camilla Nielsson

‘Democrats‘ is a film about the creation of a new constitution in Zimbabwe. In the wake of Robert Mugabe’s contentious 2008 presidential win, Zimbabwe convened a bipartisan constitutional committee in an effort to transition the country away from its corrupt authoritarian leadership. Your film follows two top politicians, Paul Mangwana and Douglas Mwonzora who have been appointed to lead the…

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"Bring the Kids!" Youth Programming at One World Film Festival

“Bring the Kids!” Youth Programming at One World Film Festival

Local E.C.E. teacher Brittanie Goodfellow partners with Roots2Fruits’ Alister Ogui Auge and Brittany Boychuk to provide a fun day of activities for young creatives aged 5+, as part of the One World Film Festival Youth Programming. Parents are welcome to attend our Saturday afternoon programme of Canadian and indigenous documentary films, while children learn about gardening, make dream catchers,…

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Five Questions with Jennifer Robbins, Director of Chajil Ch’upup - Ottawa Premiere September 26th

Five Questions with Jennifer Robbins, Director of Chajil Ch’upup – Ottawa Premiere September 26th

“I think there is something really powerful about caring about something so much that you would do anything to keep it alive. Meeting the members of Chajil Ch’upup, it really makes you wonder about your own life. Is there something you would get up every morning at the crack of dawn to fight for?” Jennifer Robbins, Director of Chajil Ch’upup Canadian filmmaker Jennifer Robbins’ short documentary…