The Ottawa International Film Festival (OIFF)
is an Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

-based, publicly-attended film festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

 that held its first annual competition in 2010. The festival runs annually for five days at the end of August. The festival screens shorts and feature length films of any genre and of any country of origin. The program for 2010 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 to August 21 2011. The 2011 Program holds 24 shorts films and 7 feature films, including 3 World Premieres and 1 each of Canadian and Ottawa Premieres. The festival closed with a competition of locally-produced music videos and bands. Hollywood producer Aaron Ryder has been linked to the festival and provided a Q + A after screening his films Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell...

 and Memento

Memento

A memento is a keepsake or souvenir of remembrance.Memento may also refer to:* Memento , a 2000 feature-length film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Guy Pearce* Memento , a Czech book written by Radek John...

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.