One of the CFI’s most significant achievements is the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), founded in 1976. Held every September, it is one of the leading events of its kind in the world attracting a global audience of artists and enthusiasts. The festival offers Canadian filmmakers a prestigious platform to showcase their work, network, and participate in professional development activities. It provides unique experiences for Ottawa audiences and features many free events for school groups, teens, and families.
In 2019 the CFI identified a need in Ottawa for a major international live-action film event that would bring the best of the film festival circuit to local audiences while also allowing the CFI to double the amount of Canadian films that it was able to showcase. This Festival could reach different audiences within Ottawa with a diverse array of programming. It could also promote and develop the careers of local and Canadian filmmakers. And so in 2021, the CFI established the International Film Festival of Ottawa (IFFO), which now runs every March. Curated by the CFI’s programming team, IFFO showcases feature films from Canada and around the world, and includes a Canadian short film shown before each feature. Additional events at IFFO such as the “Screen Summit” and “Save As” offer panels focused on professional development and the preservation of Canadian and world cinematic heritage, respectively.
Beyond these flagship festivals, the CFI’s commitment to cinema extends throughout the year. Created in 1998, Café Ex is a guest artist series featuring Canada’s most daring moving image makers and offers the audience the opportunity to hear from and see the work of these experimental filmmakers in a casual setting. The Female Gaze series focuses on women not just behind the camera, but women on-screen and in the audience. The film and thematic talk of each screening explores, with the audience, the personal and cultural significance of films created by women, about women, and for women.
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