Sponsorship and Advertising

In 2016 the Executive of the CCFSO approved a multi-year Canada-Chinese film project to help Canadians discover China and understand it better.

In 2017 we started with three films, and plan to grow the annual OCCFF into a more significant event to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Canada-China Diplomatic Relations in 2020.

The films chosen for the first year of the film festival provided telling and deeply moving stories of life and events spanning the last 150 years in China, and of Chinese immigrants to Canada. Two of the films had Canadian Directors. The films were produced in Hong Kong, Canada and mainland China. Special consideration is given to films about China or Chinese Canadians which also have meaningful Canadian content.

Virtually sold out (98.9%), the 2017 film festival was held in the small 110 seat theatre of the Canadian Museum of Nature. It attracted a diverse and enthusiastic audience. More than half of the audience had no known previous connection with the CCFSO.

To address the 2017 seating limitations, the 2018 festival will be at the 650 seat Bytowne Cinema, “Ottawa’s Home for International and Independent Movies”. Our advertising material will be included in the Bytowne’s Movie Guide with a circulation of 43,000 copies and on their web site. Average weekly attendance at the Bytowne is 2,500 patrons per week where the Ottawa Canada-China Film Festival programme will be available.