8:00 PM (104 min)
Filmmaker: Maureen Gosling
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane illuminates the extraordinary story of a trailblazer and an unsung hero of American roots music: folk, blues and jazz singer, social justice activist, feminist, record producer, and general troublemaker.
The Superfood Chain Saturday Films 10:00 am LNS 70 min. 2019 Fathom Film Group Director: Ann Shin The Superfood Chain explores the story behind the rise of superfoods like quinoa, teff, coconuts, and wild salmon, revealing the ripple effect the superfood...
Up, Down, and Sideways Saturday Films 10:00 am FFR 83 min. 2017 Collective Eye Filmmaker: Anushka Meenakshi & Iswar Srikumar Phek is a village in the Indian state of Nagaland near the border with Myanmar, with around 5,000 inhabitants, nearly all...
Yalis Rising: Celebrating the T'lisalagi'lakw School Saturday Films 11:30 am UNS 29 min. 2020 Produced by 'Namgis First Nation Filmmaker: Ed Carswell carswellfilm.ca Filmmaker attendingConceived and built by the 'Namgis First Nation, the...
Five Acres Saturday Films 11:30 am LNS 30 min. 2019 Manly Media Filmmakers: Paul Manly & Laurie Mac Millan Filmmaker attendingThe Five Acre Farm in the Harewood area of Nanaimo has a long history of producing local food. It's one of the last intact farms in...
Pre-Crime Saturday 10:00 am FFR 88 min. Rise and Shine, 2017 Directors: Monika Hielscher & Matthias Heeder What if tomorrow's murders could be prevented today? To predict a future crime scene and to prevent a murder seems like something from a sci-fi movie. To...
Footprint: Population, Consumption and Sustainability Saturday 11:35 am LNS 82 min. Women Make Movies, 2017 Director: Valentina Canavesio Footprint takes a dizzying spin around the globe, witnessing population explosions, over-consumption, limited resources, and...
The Silent Land Saturday 11:40 am SID 75 min. 2017 Director: Jan Van den Berg In Cambodia, more and more fertile land is being taken over by large-scale farming industries while small-scale farmers are fighting to keep ownership of their land in order to maintain...
19 Paper Cranes Saturday 11:45 am FFR 6 min. L'Arche International, 2017 Director: Michael Joseph On July 25th, 2016, a young man attacked a centre for people with disabilities in Japan, killing 19 and wounding 26. He had sent a letter to the president of the Japanese...
Seeking Wisdom: Students & Elders in the Sea to Sky Saturday 11:50 am UNS 24 min. Carswellfilm.ca © Squamish Nation & School District 48, 2017 Director: Ed Carswell Students from School District 48's Aboriginal Leadership Group travel...
Love the Sinner Saturday 11:55 am FFR 17 min. Women Make Movies, 2017 Filmmakers: Jessica Devaney & Geeta Gandbhir This is a personal documentary exploring the connection between Christianity and homophobia in the wake of the 2016 shooting at Pulse nightclub in...
116 Cameras Saturday 12:15 pm FFR 16 min. Birdling Films, 2017 Director: Davina Pardo As the Holocaust survivor community ages, the Shoah Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, has embarked on an...
Link Arms with Us Saturday 12:30 UNS 5 min. Council of Canadians Comox Valley Chapter, 2017 Video footage by Clayoquot Action and Sea Wolf Adventures Post production: carswellfilm.ca In late August, 2017, First Nations leaders and members of the 'Namgis, Mamalilikala,...
Water Warriors Saturday 12:35 pm UNS 22 min. Storyline Inc., 2017 Director: Michael Premo Water Warriors is the story of a community’s successful fight to protect their water from the oil and natural gas industry. In 2013, Texas-based SWN Resources arrived in New...
The Forger Saturday 12:35 pm FFR 16 min. NY Times Documentary and Manual Cinema Studios, 2016 Filmmakers: Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia, Pamela Druckerman It’s 1944 in occupied Paris. Four friends spend their days in a narrow room atop a Left Bank...
We Are Protectors of the Water Saturday 1:00 pm UNS 2 min. Island Soul Films, 2017 Filmmaker: Shane Philip Poem: Yarrow WillardBeautifully filmed local watersheds, lakes and rivers provide the images for Yarrow Willard's poem and call to action, “We Are Protectors of...
The Road Forward Saturday 1:10 pm UNS 101 min. NFB, 2017 Director: Marie ClementsThe Road Forward, a musical documentary, connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First...
