10am Marmato - 88 min - SID Calle Films Director: Mark Gieco If Colombia is the focal point of the new global gold rush, then Marmato, a mining town with over 500 years of mining history, is the new frontier. Gold, estimated to be worth 20...
Saturday
10:00am UNS – 84 min. The Secret Trial 5
10am The Secret Trial 5 - 84 min. - UNS Blue Ice Docs Director: Amar Wala Imagine spending years in prison without being charged with a crime or knowing exactly what you're accused of. A film about the human impact of the “War on...
10:00am LNS – 83 min. American Revolutionary
10am American Revolutionary - 83 min. - LNS Good Docs Director: Grace Lee Grace Lee Boggs is a 99-year-old Chinese American writer, activist, and philosopher. Rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her...
10:00am FFR – 72 min. Shameless Propaganda
10am Shameless Propaganda - 72 min. - FFR NFB Director: Robert Lower This feature film examines its own genre, the documentary, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthday,...
11:30am FFR – 70 min. Connected by Coffee
11:30am Connected by Coffee - 70 min. - FFR Stone Hut Studios Filmmakers: Aaron Dennis & Chelsea Bay Dennis The film follows two North American coffee roasters on a journey across Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua to...
11:40am LNS – 64 min. The Man Who Stopped the Desert
11:40am The Man Who Stopped the Desert - 64 min. - LNS 1080 Films Director: Mark Dodd As early as the 1970s, desertification began to creep southwards in the land between the Sahara Desert and forests of tropical Africa. By the...
11:45am SID – 54 min. The Revolutionary Optimists
11:45am The Revolutionary Optimists - 54 min. - SID Collective Eye Films Director: Nicole Newnham & Maren Grainger-Monsen The Revoluntionary Optimists draws us into the world of two 11-year olds with no access to clean...
11:45am UNS – 53 min. Bringing it Home
11:45am Bringing it Home - 53 min. - UNS McNabb/Connolly Directors: Linda Booker & Blaire Johnson A father’s search to find the healthiest building materials leads him to the completion of the first hemp house in the US. ...
1:00pm SID – 88 min. Open Sesame
1pm Open Sesame; the Story of Seeds - 88 min. - SID Director: M Sean Kaminsky One of the world’s most precious resources is at risk. Seeds are essential to life, providing the basis for everything from fabric to...
1:00pm FFR – 85 min. On The Side of the Road
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...
1:00pm UNS – 5 min. Tribal Canoe Journey
1pm Tribal Canoe Journey - 5 min. - UNS Carswell Productions Filmmaker: Ed Carswell This film captures a rare event that happened in 2014 on a warm July evening in the K'omoks Estuary, BC. As part of the annual Tribal Canoe Journey,...
1:00pm LNS – 84 min. Soft Vengeance
1pm Soft Vengeance; Albie Sachs and the New South Africa - 84 min. - LNS Director: Abby Ginzberg Soft Vengeance is an inspiring film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter. For his...
1:10pm UNS – 59 min. How a People Live
1:10pm How a People Live - 59 min. - UNS Moving Images Distribution Director: Lisa Jackson The Gwa'sala and the 'Nakwaxda'xw First Nations people lived as two distinct groups along BC's northwest coast. In 1964, for...
2:45pm SID – 88 min. All the Time in the World
2:45pm All the Time in the World: Disconnecting to Reconnect - 88 min. - SID www.allthetimeintheworld.ca Director: Suzanne Crocker Story Editor: Nettie Wild In search of a new perspective, a family of five leaves...
2:45pm UNS – 95 min. Above All Else
2:45pm Above All Else - 95 min. - UNS Fiege Films Director: John Fiege Above All Else is an intimate portrait of a group of landowners and activists in East Texas who take peaceful direct action to stop construction...
2:55pm LNS – 90 min. A Dangerous Game
2:55pm A Dangerous Game - 90 min. - LNS www.adangerousgame.org Director: Anthony Baxter A Dangerous Game is about the environmental, cultural, historical, and human costs of golf, a game that has been hijacked by...
2:55pm FFR – 84 min. The Malagasy Way
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;...