The Ottawa International Film Festival (OIFF) was an

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

-based, publicly attended

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

that held its first annual competition in 2010. The festival ran annually for three days. The festival screened shorts and feature-length films of any genre and of any country of origin. The 2010 program yielded one full day of Canadian films and another day of international films. Closely linked to local 72-hour film challenges, the Second Ottawa International Film Festival ran from August 17–21, 2011. The 2011 program presented 24 short films and seven feature films, including three world premieres and one each of Canadian and Ottawa premieres. The festival closed with a competition of locally produced music videos and bands. Hollywood producer

Aaron Ryder Aaron Ryder is a prolific and Academy Award nominated feature film producer. Early in his career, he was a key creative element of Christopher Nolan's '' Memento'' (2000) and ''The Prestige'' (2006), and cult classic ''Donnie Darko'' (2001). As ...

had been linked to the festival and provided a Q + A after screening his films ''

Donnie Darko ''Donnie Darko'' is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and produced by Flower Films. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katha ...

'' and '' Memento'' in the August program. Ottawa-based film ''A Violent State'' by director Adrian Langley was awarded the 2011 Lieutenant's Pump Award for Best Film. The festival was last staged in 2015. In its place, a new

International Film Festival of Ottawa The International Film Festival of Ottawa (IFFO) is an international film festival, staged in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, organized by the Canadian Film Institute that was to hold its inaugural edition from March 25 to March 29, 2020. The festival, ...

(IFFO) was organized by the

Canadian Film Institute The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) (french: Institut canadien du film (ICF)) Canadian Film Institute involves Canada in the film production, study, appreciation process of film/moving images for cultural and educational purposes. The Canadian Film ...

to launch in 2020.

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