3:35 PM (88 min)
Filmmaker: Leslie Shampaine
Manish is a young and talented street dancer from Mumbai who is struggling against his parents’ insistence that he follow a traditional path because they are counting on their only son to support them.
Film Festival
Hebron Relocation
Filmmaker: Holly Andersen
3:30 PM – 15 min
In Hebron Relocation, Holly Andersen explores what makes a place a home as she learns more about her community’s connection to generations of displaced northern Labrador Inuit.
Thank you for attending the 30th Annual World Community Film Festival
Thank you for attending the 30th Annual World Community Film Festival - Feb. 5 - 13th
Gay Chorus: Deep South – 7:30pm SID 100 min.
Gay Chorus: Deep South Opening Night 7:30 SID 100 min. 2019 The Film Collaborative Director: David Charles Rodrigues In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws in Southern US states and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay...
Eating Up Easter – 10:00 am UNS 76 min.
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...
Celling Your Soul – 2:40 pm FFR 48 min.
Celling Your Soul Saturday 2:40 pm FFR 48 min. McNabb/ Connolly, 2017 Filmmaker: Joni Siani Celling Your Soul is a powerful and informative examination of how young people actually feel about connecting in the digital world and their love/hate relationship with...
Metamorphosis – 2:45 pm SID 95 min.
Metamorphosis Saturday 2:45 pm SID 95 min. NFB, 2018 Filmmakers: Nova Ami & Velcrow Ripper A poem for the planet, Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper’s film Metamorphosis takes the pulse of our earth and bears witness to a moment of profound change: the loss of one...
Ecology Transforms Youth – 2:45 pm UNS 35 min.
Ecology Transforms Youth Saturday 2:45 pm UNS35 min.youthecology.ca, 2018Filmmaker: Ed CarswellCarswellfilm.ca Travel with several youth as they explore the rivers and estuaries of the Comox Valley. Created by Wendy Kotilla in 2004, the Youth & Ecological...
Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees – 3:40 pm UNS 52 min.
Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees Saturday 3:40 pm UNS 52 min. Treespeak Films, 2018 Director: Jeff McKay We follow visionary scientist, conservationist and author, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, on her journey to the most beautiful forests of the northern...
Being the Change: A New Kind of Climate Documentary – 3:40 pm LNS 58 min.
Being the Change: A New Kind of Climate Documentary Saturday 3:40 pm LNS 58 min. www.treehugger.com, 2018 Filmmakers: Mary Grandelis and Dave Davis Is it possible to move away from fossil fuels and live a more joyful life? That is the question NASA atmospheric...
The Radicals – 3:40 pm FFR 55 min.
The Radicals Saturday 3:40 pm FFR 55 min. www.theradicalsfilm.com, 2018 Filmmakers: Brian Hockenstein & Tamo Campos With breathtaking cinematography, The Radicals follows four snowboarders and surfers driven to become social and environmental stewards through...
Satan & Adam – 4:40 pm UNS 80 min.
Satan & Adam Saturday 4:40 pm UNS 80 min. Cargo Film and Releasing, 2018 Filmmaker: Scott Balcerek Sterling Magee experienced firsthand the music industry’s exploitation of black musicians. So he walked away to play music on the Harlem streets. Re-inventing...
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives – 4:45 pm FFR 63 min.
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives Saturday 4:45 pm FFR 63 min. www.filmfreeway.com, 2018 Director: Jim Brown Singer, songwriter and social activist Holly Near has been performing for over 50 years and in the process created what Gloria Steinem called, “the first...
Gurrumul – Friday 7:30 pm SID – 100 min.
Gurrumul Opening Night 7:30 SID 100 min. Blue Ice Docs, 2018 Director: Paul Damien Williams Celebrated by audiences at home and abroad, indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of Australia....
Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters – Friday 7:30 pm SID – 92 min
Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters Opening Night 7:30 SID 92 min. 2017 Director: Natalie Boll & LaTiesha Fazakas Filmmakers LaTiesha Fazakas and Natalie Boll will be in attendance. Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters is a portrait of a Canadian...
Denial – 10:00 am UNS – 92 mins
Denial Satuday 10:00 am UNS 92 min. McNabb /Connolly, 2016 Filmmaker: Derek Hallquist Every day our changing climate pushes us closer to an environmental catastrophe, but the problem is easy to ignore. We often find it difficult to face change. We'd rather be in...
True Conviction – 10:00 am LNS – 84 min
True Conviction Saturday 10:00 am LNS 84 min. Film Collaborators, 2017 Director: Jamie MeltzerThere's a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, started by three exonerated men, with decades in prison served between them. True Conviction is a character-driven...