1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
A collection of films suited for the whole family.
Film Festival
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,...
Driving With Selvi – 3:15 pm UNS – 74 min.
Driving With Selvi Saturday 3:15PM UNS 74 min. Eyesfull Productions, 2015 Filmmaker: Elisa Paloschi Selvi, like so many girls living within India’s patriarchal culture, is forced to marry at a young age, only to find herself in a violent and abusive marriage....
Wheel of Life – 3:15 pm FFR – 15 min.
Wheel of Life Saturday 3:15PM FFR 15 min. Patchwork Films, 2015 Director: Ken Schneider Meet El Oso (the Bear), one of the founders of Casino, the Cuban dance that launched salsa. A simple man whose joie de vivre is a delight, Oso travels through his Havana regaling...
Havana Curveball – 3:35 pm FFR – 56 min.
Havana Curveball Saturday 3:35PM FFR 56 min. Patchwork Films, 2015 Director: Ken Schneider Havana Curveball is a heart-warming coming-of-age story about Mica, an ordinary American teenager who faces extraordinary challenges when he sets his heart on donating...
The Babushkas of Chernobyl – 4:40 pm UNS – 96 min.
The Babushkas of Chernobyl Saturday 4:40PM UNS 96 min. thebabushkasofchernobyl.com, 2015 Director: Holly Morris In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women scratches out an existence on some of the most toxic...
Prison Dogs – 4:40 pm FFR – 72 min.
Prison Dogs Saturday 4:40PM FFR 72 min. Journeyman Pictures, 2016 Directors: Perri Peltz and Geeta Gandbhir “Puppies Behind Bars” is a remarkable program that sees New York convicts raise and train service dogs for up to three years. The inmates live with the...
Family Films 1:15pm – 2:45pm Lower SID
Family Films 1:15pm – 2:45pm Lower SID (Fountain Area) One Forest in the World 6 min. A film by Fox & Bee Studio Young members of the Cumberland community share how the Cumberland Community Forest is a part of their lives and why they value this forest. Through...
Hadwin’s Judgement – Saturday 10:00am 91min. SID
Hadwin's Judgement Saturday 10:00am SID 91 min. 2015 NFB www.hadwinsjudgement.com Director: Sasha Snow Grant Hadwin loved the forest, and made his living finding the best routes for roads that cut deep into BC's remote and ancient forests for logging companies....
Bikes vs. Cars – Saturday 10:00am 88min. UNS
Bikes vs. Cars Saturday 10:00am UNS 88 min. 2015 Kinosmith www.bikes-vs-cars.com Director: Fredrik Gertten Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we need to talk about; climate, Earth's resources, and cities where the entire surface is consumed by cars....
Food Chains – Saturday 10:00am 86min. LNS
Food Chains Saturday 10:00am LNS 86 min. 2015 www.foodchainsfilm.com Director: Sanjay Rawal Farm labour has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the most vulnerable people. Exploitation still exists, ranging from...
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret – 10:00am 85min. FFR
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret Saturday 10:00am FFR 85 min. 2014 www.cowspiracy.com Filmmaker: Kip Andersen Cowspiracy follows filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers one of the most destructive industries facing the planet today and investigates why the...
The Hand That Feeds -11:40am 84min. LNS
The Hand That Feeds Saturday 11:40am LNS 84 min. 2014 McNabb Connolly thehandthatfeedsfilm.com Filmmaker: Robin Blotnick At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. Behind the...
24 Hour Drum – 11:40am 34 min. UNS
24 Hour Drum - Aboriginal Youth in the Sea to Sky Saturday 11:40am UNS 2015 Produced by School District 48 carswellfilm.ca Filmmaker: Ed Carswell This film follows a three month journey taken by an Aboriginal Youth Leadership group in BC’s Sea to Sky corridor....