Eating Up Easter Saturday Films 10:00 am UNS 76 min. 2019 Kartemquin Films & Plastic Oceans Int’l Director: Sergio M. Rapu The iconic statues and sensationalized "mysteries" of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) have drawn the interest of the world for...
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Five Acres – 11:30 am LNS 30 min.
Five Acres Saturday Films 11:30 am LNS 30 min. 2019 Manly Media Filmmakers: Paul Manly & Laurie Mac Millan Filmmaker attendingThe Five Acre Farm in the Harewood area of Nanaimo has a long history of producing local food. It's one of the last intact farms in...
Hayashi Studio – 11:35 am FFR 25 min.
Hayashi Studio Saturday Films 11:35 am FFR 25 min. 2019 hayashistudio.com Filmmaker: Hayley Gray Filmmaker will be in attendance.Hayashi Studio follows the diverse lives that came to Cumberland BC in the 1900s and Senjiro Hayashi, the Japanese photographer who...
Tree of Life and Its People – 12:10 pm UNS 25 min.
Tree of Life and Its People Saturday Films 12:10 pm UNS 25 min. 2019 Spartan Media Group Filmmaker: Ria and Lee Milliken Renowned First Nations carver and multimedia artist Rande Cook says “This story is about our land and all that comes from it... as...
Way of the Hunter – 12:15 pm LNS 17 min.
Way of the Hunter Saturday Films 12:15 pm LNS 17 min. 2019 NFB Filmmaker: Robert Moberg Deep in the Great Bear Rainforest, against the backdrop of British Columbia’s breathtaking wilderness, a former hunter comes to terms with his past and looks with hope...
Wilder Than Wild: Fires, Forests & the Future – 3:00 pm UNS 57 min.
Wilder Than Wild: Fires, Forests & the Future Saturday Films 3:00 UNS 57 min. 2018 Filmmaker: Stephen Most & Kevin White www.wilderthanwildfilm.orgWilder Than Wild recounts recent California megafires, revealing how fuel build-up and climate change have...
Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts – 3:00 pm LNS 66 min.
Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts Saturday Films 3:00 pm LNS 66 min. 2019 Anglican Church of Canada Filmmaker: Lisa Barry The Doctrine of Discovery, proclaimed over 500 years ago, continues to profoundly impact Indigenous and Settler people...
Fashion’s Dirty Secrets – 3:05pm FFR 47 min.
Fashion's Dirty Secrets Saturday Films 3:05 pm FFR 47 min. 2019 BBC Filmmaker: Lucy Siegle ‘Fast fashion’ has taken the clothing industry by storm. Retailers churn out affordable versions of the latest fashions from the runway to the store shelf, and we’re...
2040 – 4:10 pm UNS 92 min.
2040 Saturday Films 4:10 UNS 92 min. 2019 LevelFILM Filmmaker: Damon Gameau Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions to the climate crisis...
Assholes: A Theory – 4:15 pm FFR 81 min.
Assholes: A Theory Saturday Films 4:15 pm FFR 81 min. 2019 NFB Filmmaker: John Walker Some grapple with the challenge of treating other human beings decently. Others are just… assholes, claims Professor Aaron James in his New York Times bestselling book,...
Finding Solitude – 8:00 pm SID 22 min
Finding Solitude Closing Night 8:00 pm SID 22 min. 2019 www.findingsolitudefilm.com Filmmakers: Jaiden George & Tristan Hinder-Hohlweg Filmmakers attending. Finding Solitude is about saving the alpine, glaciers and forests on Vancouver Island....
From Seed to Seed – 8:00 pm SID 87 min.
From Seed to Seed Closing Night 8:00 SID 87 min. 2017 Bullfrog Films Filmmaker: Katharina Stieffenhofer In Southern Manitoba,Terry and Monique are pouring their hearts into a small, ecological farm. In love with the land, their methods are derived from...