Director: Matthieu Rytz Narration: Jason Momoa
10:00 AM – 85 min
This exquisite environmental documentary is also a gripping tale of geopolitical, scientific, and corporate intrigue. It exposes the destructive machinations of a secretive organization, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), empowered to greenlight massive extraction of metals from the deep seafloor.
Family Films 1:00pm – 2:30pm Lower SID (Fountain Area) Leon in Wintertime 27 min. By Pierre-Luc Granjon & Pascal Le Notre In this puppet animation we meet Léon, an 8-year-old adopted bear suffering from an identity crisis. The distraught cub runs away from home...
Nae Parsaran! Saturday Films 1:00 pm SID 96 min. 2018 Filmmaker: Felipe Bustos Sierra https://naepasaran.comNae Pasaran! reveals the incredible impact made by Scottish factory workers 40 years ago against the repressive dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In 1974,...
PUSH Saturday Films 1:00 pm UNS 92 min. 2019 Blue Ice Docs Filmmaker: Fredrik Gertten Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unlivable cities and an...
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Saturday Films 1:00 pm LNS 99 min. 2019 NFB Filmmaker: Tasha Hubbard On August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property...
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Nice People Closing Night 8:00PM SID 91 min. Kinosmith, 2015 Directors: Anders Helgeson, Karin af Klintberg The predominantly white community of the rural town of Borlänge is changed within two years by the influx of 3,000 Somalis who have fled war and come to...
KONELĪNE: Our Land Beautiful Opening Night 7:30 SID 96 min. Canada Wild Productions, 2016 Director: Nettie Wild (in attendance) Cinematography: Van Royko KONELĪNE is a sensual, cinematic celebration of northwestern British Columbia, and all the dreamers who...
Angry Inuk Saturday 10:00AM SID 83 min. NFB, 2016 Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril In her film Angry Inuk, Inuit director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Though...
A New Economy Saturday 10:00AM UNS 85 min. Domain 7 Studio Director: Trevor Meier What if working together for the good of all was the most common business model? Watch, as several organizations strive towards building a more cooperative future. By rewarding...
Seeds of Justice: In the Hands of Farmers Saturday 10:00AM LNS 37 min. USC Canada in collaboration with the Gaia Foundation, 2015 Filmmaker: Jess Phillimore Seeds of Justice follows Ethiopian plant geneticist Dr Melaku Worede’s inspirational work to value...
The Brainwashing of My Dad Saturday 10:00AM FFR 90 min. www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com, 2016 Filmmaker: Jen Senko As filmmaker, Jen Senko, tries to understand the transformation of her father from a non political, life-long US Democrat to an angry right-wing...
Pan: Our Musical Odyssey Saturday 10:45AM LNS 53 min. www.pan.tt , 2015 Directors: Jerome Guiot and Thierry Teston During World War II, Trinidad & Tobago's underprivileged urban gangs stole oil drums to create a new musical instrument - the Steelpan. This...
Alive and Kicking: The Soccer Grannies of South Africa Saturday 11:45AM SID 19 min. 2015 Filmmaker: Lara-Ann deWet Filmed in the heart of Limpopo, South Africa, the village grannies (aged 55 - 84) lace up their soccer boots and start kicking their way through...
WEconomics Saturday 11:45AM UNS 20 min. McNabb/ Connolly, 2016 Filmmakers: Mark Dworkin & Melissa Young The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy has one of the highest concentrations of cooperative businesses in the developed world. The capital, Bologna,...
Planetary Saturday 12:10PM SID 53 min. McNabb/Connolly, 2015 Director: Guy Reid Planetary is a provocative and breathtaking wake-up call – a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. It is a poetic and...
We Regret to Inform You Saturday 12:10PM FFR 11 min. NFB, 2016 Filmmakers: Eva Colmers & Heidi Janz In a check-box society that functions by dividing us into neatly-defined categories, where does someone with a strong mind and a weak body fit in? Dr. Heidi...
