IFFO presents programs of international and Canadian films accompanied by Canadian shorts, special screenings of classic cinema, and Canadian filmmaker talks.

See the Schedule page for the full schedule and film guide.

Opening Night:
I Like Movies

Short film: Rocket Fuel
Walk the red carpet before and party with us after
Guest: Jessie Posthumus

When Night is Falling

A film restoration world premiere
Guests: Patricia Rozema

Return to Seoul

Short film: Brown Enough

Rush to Judgment

A film restoration world premiere
Guest: Ron Mann

Carajita

Short film: So I Married Myself
Guest: Amen Jafri

Queens of the Qing Dynasty

Short film: Pro Pool
Guest: Ziyin Zheng

R.M.N.

Short film: Paco

We Won’t Kill Each Other with Guns

Short film: Municipal Relaxation Module

Balaban

Short film: Blaze

Soft

Short film: The Passing

Bones of Crows

Short film: Spirit Emulsion
Guest: Marie Clements

Sonne

Short film: Simo

Ice Under His Feet

Short film: Tibi

Plan 75

Short film: Grown in Darkness
Guest: Devin Shears

Vicenta B.

Short film: Meeting with Robert Dole

Ordinary Failures

Short film: No Ghost in the Morgue

COyote

Short film: Baba
Guests: Katherine Jerkovic, Maziyar Khatam

We Might As Well Be Dead

Short film: Scaring Women at Night

Mandabi

A classic film restoration
Guest: Aboubakar Sanogo

We Will Never Belong

Short film: Adore
Guest: Beth Warrian

We Are Still Here

Short film: A Feller and the Tree

Canadian Masters: Mina Shum

Interview

Meditation Park

Shimoni

Short film: Irninnu Unikaara

A Male

Short film: More than Hair

Under the Fig Trees

Short film: Waiting for Lolo
Guest: Jules Ronfard

The Maiden

Short film: Song for the New World

Una Femmina - The Code of Silence

Short film: Shallots and Garlic
Guest: Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto

PHI 1.618

Short film: Corners

Until Tomorrow

Short film: Everything Will Be Alright
Guest: Farhad Pakdel

The Flag

Short film: Most of the Time We Are Just Waiting
Guest: Molly Shears, Michael Mandarano

“The Female Gaze” Maya Nilo (Laura)

Screening + talk

Guest: Emily Diana Ruth
Short film: Likeness

The Christmas Setup

Short film: Reply
Guest: Pat Mills

Cinema's First Nasty Women

A special presentation

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

A classic film restoration
Guest: Guy Maddin

Marcel!

Short film: Desi Standard Time Travel
Guest: Adolyn H.D

Fogareu

Short film: Ori Mi Agbe

The Worst Ones

Short film: N'xaxaitkw

 

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