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6:30 PM
We Might As Well Be Dead
Film screening|International Film Festival Ottawa (IFFO) 2023
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ByTowne Cinema, Ottawa
- Language Original version with English subtitles.
- Price General admission: 15 $
We might as well be dead
Wir könnten genauso gut tot seinGermany | 2021 | 96 mins
Director: Natalia Sinelnikova
With: Ioana Iacob, Pola Geiger, Şiir Eloğlu, Jörg Schüttauf, Mina Özlem Sağdıç, Susanne Wuest uvm.
Original version with English subtitles.
It may only be a tower block on the edge of a forest, but you can tell by the look on the faces of the people hoping to join the building’s community that this must be one of the last bastions of civilisation in a world that has fallen apart. To live here, shielded from a dangerous environment, is the goal. But when the caretaker’s dog disappears, an irrational fear spreads among the residents. Security officer Anna makes an appeal for reason and begins to search for the animal. Meanwhile, her daughter Iris locks herself in the bathroom. She is convinced that, with her "evil eye", she herself is responsible for the dog’s disappearance. When a newly formed vigilante group demands stricter security measures and a renewed suitability test for the entire community, Anna begins to fear for her right to stay.
In Natalia Sinelnikova's feature film debut, the microcosm of the high-rise provides the setting for a timeless dystopian experiment. At the film's centre is the power of fear – a self-replicating system that can shatter social cohesion, and has long dictated current social and political discourses. - filmportal.de
International Film Festival Ottawa
The International Film Festival of Ottawa (IFFO) is a new event bringing the best of the global film festival circuit to Canada’s Capital. The Festival’s third edition will take place March 8 - 19, 2023 in venues across Ottawa’s downtown core.
IFFO was founded by the Canadian Film Institute (CFI) to bring an exciting, high-profile film festival to the Capital in the tradition of a ‘festival of festivals’. IFFO provides international cinema to Ottawa in a way it hasn’t seen before, expanding the cinematic scope of the city alongside existing theatres and festivals. This live-action film festival complements the CFI’s other major film event, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, creating another opportunity for this established organization to bring exceptional film content to Ottawa.
Complete festival program: https://www.iffo.ca/2023/programs