Film Friday: Rhymes with random

 New 25th European Union Film Fest video now up on the CFI Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/CanadianFilmInstitute

New EUFF contest being run by the Embassy of Finland, Ottawa: Win cash & swag!

http://www.finland.ca/Public/default.aspx?contentid=204921&nodeid=41324&culture=en-US

Available Light Screening Collective presents: Horror Vérité
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas, Saturday, Nov. 13, 7:30pm

"Horror Vérité showcases works that combine horror movie and documentary aesthetics, exploring the dichotomy between the ‘real’ and ‘unreal.’"

http://artengine.ca/community/calendar-event-en.php?id=3149

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2710050297

DIGI60 Film Festival - Nov. 16, 8 pm
Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd

"The DIGI60 is Ottawa's Original Digital Film Festival challenging filmmakers to create a short film inside a specific time frame based around a catch. Gala Screening for the 2010 edition is being held at the Shenkman Arts Centre."

 

http://www.digi60.org

Last Chance: Monthly Polish film screenings end Dec. 2

"This overview of the Contemporary Polish Cinema is a result of a special co-operation project between the Ottawa Festival Society (OFS), the Polish Embassy in Ottawa, and Filmoteka Narodowa in Warsaw, with financial support from the Polish Film Institute. These screenings will be the Canadian premieres for all the films except for The Welts. Since there are no Canadian distributors, all the film prints will arrive directly from Poland. As an added bonus, the Polish Embassy in Ottawa will host a reception on the opening night Thursday, September 9.

"All the films included in our program have been made by a new generation of Polish filmmakers oriented towards now and towards the future rather than towards the past. The stories should give you a good insight into the moods, aspirations, and social problems faced by Poles during, and after the transition period of opening Poland towards a free-market economy, democracy, and EU membership."

http://www.filmfilmfilm.ca/mini_10.html

http://www.filmfilmfilm.ca/

Acting up at the OPL: Take another look at your local library

Shakespeare on the Boards - Tuesday, Nov. 23, 6 pm
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe St.

"The finest Shakespearean orators from Ottawa high schools will compete on the Library's stage." http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/main/program?eid=17092

DVD Swap - Saturday, Nov. 27, 2 pm
Ottawa Public Library, Blackburn Hamlet Branch, 199 Glen Park

"Bring in DVDs that you would like to trade with others. All different genres to be swapped, including, kids, westerns, science fiction." http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/main/program?eid=17224

Writing Out the Notes: Life in Great Big Sea - Thursday, Dec. 2, 1pm
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe St.

"Ken Rockburn speaks with Bob Hallett (of Great Big Sea) about his new book Writing Out the Notes: Life in Great Big Sea." Great Big Sea (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1670086/) featured on the film soundtracks for State of Play (2009) and The Shipping News (2001), and I guess their off-screen tunes are also a little bit kinda popular...

http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/main/program?eid=21406

Thanks for checking in.