Hommage à une icône franco-ontarienne - Jocelyn Forgues
⏰ 4:00 PM ▶ Workshop 📍DARC Microcinema

Speaker: Kristel Viduka, Jocelyn Forgues

Joignez-vous à nous pour une conversation animée par l'estimée productrice franco-ontarienne Kristel Viduka d'ATO Média, qui s'entretient avec le réalisateur de télévision et de cinéma de longue date Jocelyn Forgues sur la façon dont il a tracé sa propre voie en tant que minorité dans une industrie dominée par les anglophones.

Atelier présenté uniquement en français.

Community Shorts Program
⏰ 6:00 PM ▶ Screening 📍OAG Alma Duncan Salon
presented by Digital Arts Resource Centre

75 minute program of short films created by Ottawa area filmmakers!

FULL PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE.

Filmmakers: Conor DeVries, Cheryl Pagurek, Emilie Azevedo, Nicole Blundell, Nickie Shobeiry, Madelyn Keys, Jennifer Mulligan, Deena A. Alsaweer

BIPOC Creators Microgrant
⏰ 8:00 PM ▶ Screening + Panel 📍OAG Alma Duncan Salon

Advance Tickets SOLD OUT - limited tickets available at the door

Presenting new and original films created through the Digi60 BIPOC Creators Microgrant. This screening is followed by a panel with the filmmakers and their mentor.

FULL PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE.

Filmmakers: Ladane Ali, Juan Manuel Huerta Galicia, Marie Jou (MJ) Comilang-Costales, Nana Boncano, Nick Gray

Panel Facilitator: Alexander Cruz

Party in the Club
⏰ 10:00 PM to Close ▶ After Party 📍Club SAW

Co-presented by Qu’ART & Digital Arts Resource Centre.
Featuring DJ Celestial from Pass the Vibes. Cash bar.

Pitching Masterclass
⏰ 10:00 AM ▶ Workshop 📍DARC The Loop

5 selected filmmakers will get to participate in a 3 hour masterclass to hone their pitching skills - and will be put to the test on the last day of the festival as they pitch to a live panel of producers

Instructor: Teri Loretto

This workshop is not open to the public and requires pre-selection.

Development Packages: Getting your project ready - SOLD OUT
⏰ 2:00-4:00 PM ▶ Workshop 📍DARC The Loop

This workshop is for filmmakers ready to take the leap from indie filmmaking to the professional Canadian film industry. Learn what it takes to develop a professional package to pitch your story with former producer and current development executive for Bell Media, Lauren MacKinlay.

Instructor: Lauren MacKinlay of Bell Media

60-Day Challenge Screening - BLOCK A
⏰ 4:00 PM ▶ Screening 📍OAG Alma Duncan Salon

Only 5 Advanced tickets left as of 8am, Dec 7

A collection of short films submitted for the 60-Day Challenge.

*The 60-Day Challenge Screenings often sell out quickly. Digi60 highly recommends purchasing your tickets or passes in advance.

60-Day Challenge Screening - BLOCK B
⏰ 6:00 PM ▶ Screening 📍 OAG Alma Duncan Salon

Advance Tickets SOLD OUT - Limited tickets at the door 30 minutes before the screening

A collection of short films submitted for the 60-Day Challenge.

*The 60-Day Challenge Screenings often sell out quickly. Digi60 highly recommends purchasing your tickets or passes in advance.

60-Day Challenge Screening - BLOCK C
⏰ 8:00 PM ▶ Screening + Awards 📍OAG Alma Duncan Salon

Advance Tickets SOLD OUT - Limited tickets at the door 30 minutes before the screening

A collection of short films submitted for the 60-Day Challenge.

*The 60-Day Challenge Screenings often sell out quickly. Digi60 highly recommends purchasing your tickets or passes in advance.

Party in the Studio
⏰ 10:00 PM ▶ After-Party Gala 📍Arts Court Studio

Cash Bar. Open to all ticket and pass holders.
Featuring DJ’s from Pass the Vibes.

Scream! Making Your First Horror Film
⏰ 10:00-12:00 PM ▶ Workshop 📍DARC The Loop

Join Christopher Giroux for an in-depth deep dive on how to produce your first low budget horror feature.

The session will cover a reverse-engineering strategy; a step-by-step discussion on how to maximize your resources to create your first horror film, from detailed prep, streamlining production schedules, plans for post, pathways to distribution and grassroots marketing.

Breaking Through
⏰ 10-:00-12:00 PM ▶ Workshop 📍DARC Microcinema - 1 Spot left!

How to turn your passion for acting into a tangible career, with longevity and purpose.

Join in on a comprehensive breakdown of actionable steps to "break through" the entertainment industry and cultivate your professional actor mindset, with particular emphasis on self-starting techniques, the modern-day auditioning landscape, grass roots self marketing and content creation.

Instructor: Ann Pirvu

Safety on Set – Stunts and Intimacy Coordination
⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ▶ Panel 📍Club SAW

Join our talk with professional stuntman Dennis Lafond and Intimacy Coordinator Tammy Everett. This panel discussion will engage the topics of safety on set, the jobs of stunt and intimacy coordinators and the future of set safety.

Instructors: Dennis Lafond & Tammy Everett

Speed Mentoring for Underrepresented Creatives
⏰ 12:00-2:00 PM ▶ Networking 📍Arts Court Studio

Meet over a dozen decision makers and leaders in Ottawa’s film and tv industry to ask questions and receive advice on your career. Click though to check out the mentors!

RSVP required, limited spots so please reserve early.

This mentorship opportunity is reserved for those who have been traditionally underrepresented by the film and tv industry: BIPOC, Women+, LGBTQ2SIA+, Persons with Disabilities and Francophones.

Live Pitching Panel
⏰ 4:00-6:00 PM ▶ Panel 📍Club SAW

5 creators will pitch their projects to a panel of decision makers to receive industry feedback and constructive advice!

Pitcheses: Marie Jou MJ Comilang-Costales, Yahya Syed, Tyler Platt, Thomas Sa and Benjamin Shimwa & Anne Sophie-Jetté.

Open to the public to attend!

Director Feedback
⏰ 2:00-4:00 PM ▶ Workshop 📍DARC Microcinema - SOLD OUT

Limited to 8 participants of the 60-Day Challenge who completed and screened their film at the 2024 festival.

Busy Ottawa Director Max McGuire will review the jury notes and give feedback directly to 60-Day Challenge participants in a constructive peer environment that will allow the filmmakers to take the advice, plan their next film and grow in their work.

Instructor: Max McGuire

This workshop always sells out. First come, first served.

Moms After Dark: Live
⏰ 3:00-4:00 PM ▶ Panel 📍Club SAW

Moms After Dark is an Instagram Live segment hosted by Maissa Houri. Join us for a live panel conversation with two mothers working in the film industry and navigating being a mother in a male dominated field. 

Panelists: Joyce Rivera, Amica Hewitt
Moderated by Maissa Houri