Director: Matthieu Rytz Narration: Jason Momoa
10:00 AM – 85 min
This exquisite environmental documentary is also a gripping tale of geopolitical, scientific, and corporate intrigue. It exposes the destructive machinations of a secretive organization, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), empowered to greenlight massive extraction of metals from the deep seafloor.
Mental Ilness was affecting 1 in 5 Canadians even before Covid 19 increased those numbers. The new documentary, Orchestrating Change (85 min) tells the inspiring story of the Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental...
What influence did Indigenous women have on the women’s rights movement? Learn about this hidden history and celebrate International Women’s Day with World Community’s film screenings, available any time from March 6 – 8. CLICK HERE to PRE-ORDER TICKETS. Without a...
To celebrate Black History Month, we're screening several films online - available any time over the weekend of Feb. 26 - 28. CLICK HERE to PRE-ORDER TICKETS & watch trailers. This is a great opportunity to learn more about this history both in Canada and the US....
Thank you for attending the 30th Annual World Community Film Festival - Feb. 5 - 13th
The World Community Film Festival, in its 24th year, is the longest-running social justice film festival held in BC. Every year hundreds of people participate in our festival. Over 25 of the finest documentaries from around the world cover topics including: arts and...
Get a head start on the World Community Film Festival with a sneak preview of the award winning documentary, Above All Else, Tuesday, Jan. 20th - 7pm North Island College Theatre, Courtenay. (Admission is by donation) Above All Else is an intimate portrait of...
1:00pm FFR - 85 min. On the Side of the Road Naretiv Productions Filmmaker: Lia Tarachansky Tarachansky grew up in Israel's largest settlement, Ariel. When the second Intifadah broke out in 2000 her family moved to Canada where, for the first...
2:55pm FFR - 84 min. The Malagasy Way Director: Lova Nantenaina “The Chinese make everything and the Malagasy fix everything.” The people of Madagascar pride themselves on producing things out of nothing;...
4:35pm SID - 78min. Alive Inside www.filmsalescorp.com Director Michael Rossato-Bennett Alive Inside is a joyous cinematic exploration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity....
Now for some good news...come see The Future of Energy (79 min.), a positive film about the renewable energy revolution and the creative people who are re- imagining their relationship with the earth and with each other. The screening will be held at the North Island...
Film Screening: Coastal Tarsands Wed, Nov 19 at 7pm at the NIC theatre, Courtenay. Remember the Enbridge Corporation's $350 million animated TV ads that deleted islands, flattened the Rockies and widened the passages in order to convince us that pipelines and tanker...
World Community will screen the new film On the Side of the Road Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7pm at the NIC theatre, Courtenay. Filmmaker Lia Tarachansky will be in attendance for a discussion after the screening. Tarachansky grew up in Israel's largest settlement, Ariel....
World Community kicks off World Food Week with the film, Food Stamped (60 min.) - Wednesday, October 15 - 7pm at NIC Theatre, Courtenay. An award winning film, Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy,...
Once again, World Community will be at the Vancouver Island Music Festival in Courtenay. We will be set up near the main entrance to the Concert Bowl, beside White Caps Coffee (the big green bus). We'll be there from Friday afternoon July 11 until Sunday night July...
World Community Development Education Society is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, June 5 at 7pm at the Lower Native Sons Hall Everyone is welcome to join us for refreshments, updates on our work and a special presentation about the Nicaraguan health...
As part of Mayworks celebration of arts and labour, World Community screens the dramatic 1954 film“Salt of the Earth” May 20, 7pm at NIC theatre Courtenay. Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against...
