Wednesday, March 13 / 7:00 pm / Ottawa Art Gallery
Rush tickets may be sold starting at 6:50 pm.
Red Carpet: 6:00 PM
Program: Heat Spell, Seven Veils, Q&A with Atom Egoyan
Guests: Atom Egoyan, director and writer of Seven Veils; Marie-Pier Dupuis, director of Heat Spell
Reception: 9:30 PM
This program is presented in partnership with Andrex Holdings.
Feature presentation \
Seven Veils
2023 / 107 minutes / Canada
Director: Atom Egoyan
Writer: Atom Egoyan
Language: English
opera \ trauma \ family
In his first feature film since 2019’s Guest of Honour, internationally renowned, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Atom Egoyan returns with Seven Veils, a multi-layered drama involving the mounting of the fabled Richard Strauss opera, Salome. When a relatively inexperienced director named Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) is bequeathed the job of remounting a Canadian Opera Company production of Salome after the death of its creator, who was also her mentor, she must confront her shadowy personal history with the deceased man, the opera itself, and her own family history. In many ways out of her depth, Jeanine struggles to explain her vision to the opera company stars and to those working behind the scenes. As Jeanine’s personal and professional obsessions blur, the production itself may be jeopardized. Egoyan’s incorporation of the actual performance of the opera (which he directed for the Canadian Opera Company) into the backstage relationships and hidden agendas is breathtaking, as the opera’s dark narrative eerily reflects on what is happening in Jeanine’s life and the lives of others around her. Featuring an astonishing performance by Amanda Seyfried, Seven Veils is a haunting examination of memory, trauma, art, and identity. Stunning.
- Tom McSorley
PRESS
Atom Egoyan's newest dramatic film 'Seven Veils' is 'rooted in Victoria'
TIFF'23: Seven Veils twists and turns into one of the year's best films
AWARDS
Vancouver Film Critics Circle, 2024, Nominee, Best Director in a Canadian Film, Best Female Actor in a Canadian Film, Best Supporting Female Actor in a Canadian Film
TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten List
Short film \
Heat Spell
L'été des chaleurs
2023 / 14 minutes / Quebec
Director: Marie-Pier Dupuis
Language: French
On a hot summer day, an overwhelmed mother clashes with her eldest child. As the afternoon heat turns oppressive, time seems to move entirely differently for each person.
Impeccably crafting a tension that only continues to build, Heat Spell is a haunting, slow-burn depiction of every parent’s worst nightmare.
