Filmmaker: Ali Grant
11:45 AM – 47 min
Might a genetic mutation be the very thing that allows this nice Jewish butch lesbian to be fully seen at last? Meet Sarah, 57. Lesbian? For sure. Jewish? Yes and no. Mother? In all but one sense. Trans? No, just often mistaken as such. Breast cancer survivor? Well, that’s the plan, the survival bit, but without the cancer or the breasts. Not Quite That is an intimate and insightful exploration of how we are seen, how we see ourselves, and why it matters.
The Whale and the Raven Saturday Films 1:00 pm FFR 100 min. 2019 NFB Director: Mirjam Leuze Drawn to the rich food sources and quiet waters in the Kitimat fjord system, humpback whales, pods of orca, fin whales, and porpoises eat, play, and raise their young....
Emergency Brake Saturday Films 3:00pm FFR 4 min. 2019 Filmmaker(s): Macy How and the PRDFS class of 2019 Don’t miss this award-winning animation done by students at the Powell River Digital Film School. Using a speech by Greta Thunberg as the audio, this film...
The Guardians Saturday films 3:00 pm SID 60 min. 2018 Filmmakers: Ben Crosbie & Tessa Moran A visually dazzling meditation on the delicate balance between humans and nature, The Guardians elegantly interweaves the lives of the iconic monarch butterfly...
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...
The Sea Between Us Saturday 12:15PM LNS The Sea Between Us 22 min, 2016 Refuge 8 min, 2016 Filmmaker: Caoimhe Butterly The Sea Between Us was filmed in early 2016. These are the stories of some of the women, men and children who have made the perilous sea...
Unbroken Ground Saturday 12:20PM UNS 26 min. Patagonia, 2016 Director: Chris Malloy Unbroken Ground explores the critical role food plays in finding solutions to the environmental crisis. The vast majority of our food is produced using methods that reduce...
Diversity & Inclusion - 2016 Comox Valley Art Gallery Youth Media Project - Saturday 12:25PM FFR Tales of Kona 3 min. A film by Michaela Planomaniac A fun and light play on the roles of service dogs Identity Crisis 2 min. A film by Sienna Orbell Educating...
River Blue Saturday 1:15PM UNS 95 min. riverbluethemovie.com , 2016 Director: Roger Williams Following international river conservationist, Mark Angelo, River Blue spans the globe to infiltrate one of the world’s most polluting industries, fashion. Narrated by...
Drumbeats and Dreams Saturday 1:15PM FFR 12 min. CarswellFilm.ca, 2016 Filmmaker: Ed Carswell (in attendance) Zena is graduating from Merritt Secondary School but the journey was not easy. From the haunting past of residential schools to the ongoing lack of...
Family Venue (5 Films) 1:15pm – 2:45pm Free for children, $5 for adults without a pass (children must be accompanied by an adult) Water Detectives 12 min. NFB After a severe water shortage in Matamoros, thousands of children were trained as water detectives with the...
Migrant Dreams Saturday 1:20PM SID 90 min. www.migrantdreams.ca, 2016 Director: Min Sook Lee Migrant Dreams exposes the underbelly of the Canadian government's Temporary Foreign Worker Program which empower brokers and growers to exploit and deceive migrant...
The Resurrection of Victor Jara Saturday 1:20PM LNS 89 min. 2015 Filmmaker: John Travers This feature documentary presents the heroic yet tragic story of Victor Jara: from his rise to prominence as a noted theater director, to his years as a folk-inspired...
Keepers of the Coast Saturday 1:35PM FFR 38 min. 2016 Filmmaker: Twyla Roscovich (in attendance) The central coast of BC is one of the most spectacular and biologically rich places left on the planet – where ancient temperate rainforest intertwines with the...
Tracing Roots Saturday 2:20PM FFR 35 min. New Day Films, 2014 Director: Ellen Frankenstein Tracing Roots is a portrait of an artist and a mystery. The film follows master weaver and Haida elder Delores Churchill on a journey to understand the origins of a...
How I Got Over Saturday 3:05PM LNS 87 min. McNabb/ Connolly, 2014 Director: Nicole Boxer How I Got Over is an intimate profile of 15 formerly homeless and incarcerated African-American women that dramatically reveals the social causes of their plight and how...
Atlantic Saturday 3:15PM SID 75 min. www.theatlanticstream.com, 2016 Director: Risteárd Ó Domhnaill Narrator: Brendan Gleeson Atlantic follows the fortunes of three small fishing communities in Ireland, Norway and Newfoundland, united and divided by the...
