On December 6, 1989, 14 young women at Montréal’s Ecole Polytechnique were systematically murdered solely because they were female. A group of Vancouver feminists set out to create Canada’s first national monument to name and remember the 14 women.
Ed Carswell
Dear Audrey – Thursday, December 1st -7pm
Dear Audrey (89 min.) is a new award-winning documentary about remarkable love that endures through all the challenges that Alzheimer’s can present. World Community’s film series continues with this extraordinary film on Thursday, December 1st at 7 pm in the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College, Courtenay. Everyone is welcome. Admission is by donation.
We Moved to the south side of the same building in Tin Town
Visit us at our NEW LOCATION ACROSS THE STREET at 2449D Rosewall Cres.
Free Film: Beans – Wednesday April 20th, 7pm at NIC
From July to September 1990, two Mohawk communities in Quebec — Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawá:ke — were thrust into a resistance against the Sûreté du Québec, the RCMP, and the Canadian Armed Forces.
FILM SCREENING – Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music (online & in-person)
This ground-breaking documentary explores the individual and collective journeys of a group of LGBTQ+ women and their allies who have successfully navigated the male-dominated landscape of southern music.
Watch a 30 sec. video about our Film Series – films will be starting again in Sept 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsEkYQ1vHIA
Film Screening: Birth of a Family -Wed, June 28 – 7 pm
Aboriginal History Month Film: Birth of a Family Location: K’omoks Band Hall, 3320 Comox Rd., Courtenay Three Indigenous sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families, meet together for the first time in this moving documentary. Removed from their...
Come see us at MusicFest – July 14-16, 2017 – Watch a 30 sec. video –
Film Screening: Silent Land: The Fight for Fair Food
Monday, June 5th - 7pm - Stan Hagen Theatre NIC. Filmmaker Jan den Berg in attendance. In Cambodia, more and more fertile land is being taken over by large-scale farming industries while small-scale farmers are fighting to keep ownership of their land in order to...
Film Screening: The Music of Strangers
Music Film Back by Popular Demand! The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (96 min.), from the creators of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, is being re-screened by World Community at 7 pm on Tuesday, May 16 at the Stan Hagen...
They Were Promised the Sea (74 min.) on Tuesday, April 18 at 7pm in the Upper Florence Filberg Centre, Courtenay.
Celebrate National Canadian Film Day ! This is the story of a people whose identity as Arab Jews challenges the very notion of enemy. Informed by director Kathy Wazana's family history, the film investigates the exodus that virtually emptied Morocco of its Jewish...
FIlm Screening: “Seed: The Untold Story” March 7, 7pm at NIC
Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, treasured since the dawn of humankind. World Community presents the multi award-winning film, SEED: The Untold Story (94 min.) on Tuesday, March 7 at 7pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College. Seeds...
World Community Screens “Best of Fest”
The votes are in from the recent World Community Film Festival and the audience pick for a “Best of Fest” re-screening is “The Brainwashing of My Dad” (90 min.) to be held on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 pm in the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College, Courtenay. As US...
World Community Film Festival – Feb 3 – 4, 2017 – Opening Night Film: Koneline
Friday February 3rd, 730pm at the Sid Williams Theatre KONELĪNE is a sensual, cinematic celebration of northwestern British Columbia, and all the dreamers who move across it. Some hunt on the land. Some mine it. They all love it. Set deep in the traditional territory...
Film Screening: Toad People – Monday, January 9th at NIC
World Community has teamed up with the Wilderness Committee to screen the new film,Toad People (76 min.) on Monday Jan. 9 at 7 pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College. The film features people in communities across BC who are taking action to save the...
Get Tickets to our Film Festival
Ticket on sale NOW at the Sid Williams Theatre. We have early bird ticket prices if purchased by Dec. 31st. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS. See all film schedules & descriptions on our website! ______________________________________ VOLUNTEER CALL-OUT FOR WORLD...
Film Screening: Us & Them Wednesday Dec 7th – 7pm NIC
How do we relate to people who are homeless? Can we make meaningful connections with people who seem to be quite different from us? These are some of the themes explored in the film Us and Them being co-presented by World Community and the Immigrant Welcome Centre on...