2018 Canada FILM SHOWCASE

SEPTEMBER 5 - 8, 2018

Alma Duncan Salon, Ottawa Art Gallery
10 Daly Ave. (Level 3)

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VENUS
VENUS

Wed. Sept 5th at 7pm

At once hilarious and serious, smart and sassy, Eisha Marjara’s articulate, absorbing, and lively gender shifting comedy, Venus, is the witty tale of Sid (featuring New York-based actor Debargo Sanyal in a brilliant performance), a transitioning woman whose life takes a surprising turn when a 14-year-old boy named Ralph arrives at her door with the surprising announcement that he is her son.

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CARDINALS
CARDINALS

Fri. Sept. 7 at 7pm

When Valerie Walker (portrayed in a towering performance by I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing’s Sheila McCarthy) returns from prison after serving her sentence for killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on, reconnect with her daughters, and reconstruct her life.

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PORCUPINE LAKE
PORCUPINE LAKE

Sat. Sept. 8 at 4pm

During a hot and hazy summertime in northern Ontario, 13-year-old Bea (Charlotte Salisbury) wants a best friend more than anything else, but when she meets boisterous Kate (Lucinda Armstrong Hall), she gets more than she imagined.

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ALL YOU CAN EAT BUDDHA
ALL YOU CAN EAT BUDDHA

Sat. Sept. 8 at 7pm

At the Palacio, a rather forlorn all-inclusive resort somewhere in the Caribbean, there arrives an unusual guest, a gentle French-Canadian behemoth named Mike. After his arrival, unexpected and unusual events begin to take place in this quiet, shabby, sundrenched sanctuary.

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TICKETS:

  • General Admission: $13
  • CFI Members, Seniors, Students, Children: $9

Tickets available at the door (cash, credit, debit, Apple pay) or online (link on each screening page).

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Canadian Film Showcase

The CFI is proud to kick off its 2018-2019 programming season with a four film mini-festival of Ottawa premieres of some of the best recent Canadian films. From comedy and coming of age stories, to tales of reconciliation and magic realist love obsessions, this quartet of contemporary Canadian indies is the perfect launch to the Canadian Film Institutes 84th year of presenting the best of world cinema to National Capital Region audiences.