Film Festival

INHABITANTS: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World
INHABITANTS: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World

2:10 PM  (76 min)

Directors: Costa Boutsikaris & Anna Palmer

INHABITANTS follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans have successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain these processes. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the US are restoring their ancient relationships with the land. As the climate crisis escalates, these time-tested practices of North America’s original inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.

Long Distance Swimmer
Long Distance Swimmer

Director: Charly Wai Feldman
10:00 AM – 90 min

Syrian refugee Sara Mardini, along with her sister Yusra, pulled the sinking boat that carried them and another 18 refugees to safety in Greece. She now copes with the consequences of her ongoing activism. After volunteering as a lifeguard with Emergency Response Center International, Sara was arrested by Greek authorities on a variety of counts, including people trafficking.

Not Your Model Minority
Not Your Model Minority

Filmmaker: Jon Osaki
11:50 AM – 31 min

Not Your Model Minority explores the myth and the intersections with past and present anti-Asian violence. The film reveals the ways the model minority myth has been used to create a wedge between communities of colour, while also examining opportunities to address systemic racism.

Manufacturing the Threat
Manufacturing the Threat

Filmmaker: Amy Miller
1:05 PM – 84 min

Manufacturing the Threat examines the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. This is an action-packed and emotional film which looks at a deeply disturbing episode in recent Canadian history, when an impoverished couple was coerced by undercover law enforcement agents into carrying
out a terrorist bombing in Victoria, BC.

Tsunami: 11th Relative
Tsunami: 11th Relative

Filmmaker: Pieter Romer
2:50 PM – 27 min

Learn about the rich history of tsunami resilience on the Pacific west coast, and how combining traditional Indigenous knowledge with ocean science can better prepare communities for the next “big one”.

Kus-Kus-Sum: Unpave Paradise – 11:35 am FFR 7 min.

Kus-Kus-Sum: Unpave Paradise – 11:35 am FFR 7 min.

Kus-Kus-Sum: Unpave ParadiseSaturday 11:35 FFR 7 min. www.projectwatershed.ca, 2018 Filmmaker: Jessica SpeckThe community of the Comox Valley is banding together to tackle a large and ambitious restoration project - unpaving paradise at Kus-Kus-Sum. The project aims...

Cooperativa: La Lucha Sigue – 11:40 am UNS 40 min.

Cooperativa: La Lucha Sigue – 11:40 am UNS 40 min.

Cooperativa: La Lucha Sigue (The Struggle Continues) Saturday 11:40 am UNS 40 min. carswellfilm.ca, 2018 Filmmaker: Ed Carswell Produced by World Community, Cafe Etico & Carswellfilm.ca    Journey to organic coffee farms in the jungle highlands of Nicaragua...

Interspecies Relationships – Shorts – 11:45 am FFR 45 min.

Interspecies Relationships – Shorts – 11:45 am FFR 45 min.

Interspecies Relationships – Shorts Program - FFRPacific Herring: Small Fish, Big Problem 11:45 am - 10 min. Lotus Eater Filmsconservancyhornbyisland.org Pacific Herring need our help if we are to save the salmon, killer whales and other marine species in the Salish...

Haiti Betrayed – 12:55 pm FFR 90 min.

Haiti Betrayed – 12:55 pm FFR 90 min.

Haiti BetrayedSaturday 12:55 pm FFR 90 min. 2018 Director: Elaine BriereHaiti Betrayed is a point-of-view documentary revealing how Canada, in contravention of international law, allied with the US and France to overturn the democratically elected government in Haiti...

Defiant Lives – 1:00 pm UNS 85 min.

Defiant Lives – 1:00 pm UNS 85 min.

Defiant Lives Saturday 1:00 pm UNS 85 min. Women Make Movies, 2017 Filmmaker: Sarah BartonDefiant Lives is a triumphant film that traces the origins of the worldwide disability rights movement. It tells the stories of the extraordinary individuals who bravely put...

WAJD: Songs of Separation – 1:00 pm LNS 88 min.

WAJD: Songs of Separation – 1:00 pm LNS 88 min.

WAJD: Songs of Separation Saturday 1:00 pm LNS 88 min. www.wajdfilm.com, 2018 Director: Amar Chebib Wajd: Songs of Separation introduces us to three men—Ibrahim, Abdulwahed, and Mohamad—all talented musicians, who have fled war-torn Syria and are re-assembling their...

Treeline – 1:00 pm SID 40 min.

Treeline – 1:00 pm SID 40 min.

Treeline Saturday 1:00 pm SID 40 min. Patagonia, 2018 Director: Jordan ManleyTreeline celebrates the forests on which our species have always depended, and around which some skiers and snowboarders have based their entire lives. Follow a group of snow-seekers,...

Save Space Nugget – 1:45 pm SID 41 min.

Save Space Nugget – 1:45 pm SID 41 min.

Save Space Nugget Saturday 1:45 pm SID 41 min. 2017 Director: Trish Neufeld Save Space Nugget is the story of the determined community of Cumberland coming together to save their forest from the timber company who intended to harvest it for profit. It’s a David and...

Family Venue Films – 1pm – 2:30 pm Lower SID

Family Venue Films – 1pm – 2:30 pm Lower SID

Family Films 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Lower SID Theme: Trees & ForestsOne 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...

Dust n’ Bones – 2:40 pm LNS 45 min.

Dust n’ Bones – 2:40 pm LNS 45 min.

Dust n' BonesSaturday 2:40 pm LNS 45 min. Less Bland Productions, 2018 Director: Leslie Bland Dust n' Bones examines the challenges and mysteries of dealing with the discovery, preservation, and re-interment of First Nations artefacts and remains. These themes are...