Escape the mid-March blues with an adventurous and fun evening with the One World Arts (OWA) community and escape to the Amnesia Escape Games. Come with a group of friends or on your own and show your support for OWA! … Continue reading Escape Room Night
Join One World Arts and Gallery 101 on December 13 for two special one-night-only screenings of Canadian documentaries from the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival lineup: BIRTH OF A FAMILY and THE ROAD FORWARD. The screenings will take … Continue reading Birth of a Family and The Road Forward | December 13 at Gallery 101
Over 20 years ago, Attiya Khan was in an abusive relationship with her then-boyfriend Steve. Today, she’s a prominent feminist who has worked for women’s shelters across the U.S. and Canada. Khan and co-director Lawrence Jackman teamed up to create … Continue reading A Better Man Doc and Talk | 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Event | December 2
Thanks to all volunteers for making the 28th One World Film Festival a success! Presentation of our gift, by Ottawa artist Jane Burnstein, to the Art House Cafe. Continue reading Volunteer Party – November 2017
A Bridge Between Two Worlds tells the story how Muslim and Catholic farmers, on the Island of Flores, Indonesia, wage a battle to defeat their poverty and to enhance their environment with the support of “honour loans” from North American … Continue reading A Bridge Between Two World with Ottawa Indie Fest at OWFF 2017 | Sept 30 at 12PM
From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, 500 YEARS tells a sweeping story of recent mounting resistance played out in Guatemala, through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised … Continue reading 500 YEARS: Life in Resistance | Screening and Director Q&A | September 29 at OWFF 2017
As we launch our 28th annual edition of the One World Film Festival, One World Arts is the grateful recipient of the support of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ottawa Centre MP and Minister of the Environment and … Continue reading Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Mayor of Ottawa, and Canadian Prime Minister Welcome Festival Goers to OWFF 2017
“If there’s anything I want audiences to take away from this film is that we have the ability to go out into the world and fearlessly change it. The people in my film are examples of everyday role models. Some … Continue reading The Sunrise Storyteller | 5 Questions with Kasha Sequoia Slavner | OWFF and Cuso International October 1
Monica Virtue‘s short documentary Freedom Drum returns to the big screen in Ottawa for a special 10th anniversary screening with Amnesty International Canada on the opening night of the 28th Annual One World Film Festival on September 28th at Saint … Continue reading 10th Anniversary Screening of Freedom Drum with Amnesty International Canada | September 28 at OWFF 2017