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