Past Film Festivals
Enjoy browsing films from past festivals. Films are now offline, but you can see descriptions and some trailers.
33rd World Community Film Festival – Feb 2nd & 3rd, 2024.
A Hybrid Festival (in-person or virtual).
World Community Virtual Film Festival took place Feb. 15 – 18, 2024
Friday, February 2 – 730pm – Sid Williams Theatre
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Saturday, Feb. 3 – Sid Williams Theatre (SID)
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Saturday, Feb. 3 – Florence Filberg Rotary Room (FFR)
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Saturday, February 3 – 8pm – Sid Williams Theatre
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Finding Solitude – 8:00 pm SID 22 min
Finding Solitude Closing Night 8:00 pm SID 22 min. 2019 www.findingsolitudefilm.com Filmmakers: Jaiden George & Tristan Hinder-Hohlweg Filmmakers attending. Finding Solitude is about saving the alpine, glaciers and forests on Vancouver Island....
From Seed to Seed – 8:00 pm SID 87 min.
From Seed to Seed Closing Night 8:00 SID 87 min. 2017 Bullfrog Films Filmmaker: Katharina Stieffenhofer In Southern Manitoba,Terry and Monique are pouring their hearts into a small, ecological farm. In love with the land, their methods are derived from...
Nae Pasaran! – 1:00 pm SID 96 min.
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,...
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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...
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...
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A Silent Transformation – 3:25 pm FFR – 55 min
A Silent Transformation Saturday 3:25 pm FFR 55 min. Powerline Films, 2017 Filmmakers: Simon Brothers, Luke Mistruzzi, Anton Smolski, & Mark Preston This is a film about the transformative power of the co-operative enterprise model. The co-op...
The Right to Remain – 3:30 pm LNS – 45 min
The Right to Remain Saturday 3:30 pm LNS 45 min. 2015 Director: Greg MasudaThe Right To Remain is a look at Vancouver's Downtown Eastside residents and their fight to save their community from development. The documentary is told from a Japanese-Canadian perspective...
Water Warriors – 12:35 pm UNS – 22 min
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...
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Atlantic – 3:15 pm SID – 75 min.
Atlantic Saturday 3:15PM SID 75 min. www.theatlanticstream.com, 2016 Director: Risteárd Ó Domhnaill Narrator: Brendan Gleeson Atlantic follows the fortunes of three small fishing communities in Ireland, Norway and Newfoundland, united and divided by the...
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....
The Sea Between Us – 12:15 pm LNS – 30 min.
The Sea Between Us Saturday 12:15PM LNS The Sea Between Us 22 min, 2016 Refuge 8 min, 2016 Filmmaker: Caoimhe Butterly The Sea Between Us was filmed in early 2016. These are the stories of some of the women, men and children who have made the perilous sea...
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Lowdown Tracks – 4:20pm 86min. SID
Lowdown Tracks Saturday 4:20pm SID 86 min. 2015 McNabb/ Connolly www.lowdowntracks.com Director: Shelley Saywell Music is an expression of the spirit for everyone. But for some who survive on the periphery of society, it can also be a life-saving coping...
Landfill Harmonic – 4:25pm 85min. UNS
Landfill Harmonic Saturday 4:25pm UNS 85 min. 2015 The Film Collaborative www.landfillharmonicmovie.com Director: Graham Townsley Landfill Harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of...
Hishuk-ish t’sawalk (Everything is One) – 12:45pm 15min. UNS
Hishuk-ish t'sawalk (Everything is One) Saturday 12:45pm UNS 15 min. 2013 Writer/ Producer: Drew Burke Filming and Editing: Mark Wyatt Our coast is one of the most beautiful places in the world, but decades of destructive logging, mining and development...
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8:00pm SID – 88 min. DamNation
Closing Night 8:00pm DamNation - 88 min. - SID IndieCan Directors: Travis Rummel & Ben Knight This powerful film odyssey across the US explores the sea change in attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future...
1:00pm SID – 88 min. Open Sesame
1pm Open Sesame; the Story of Seeds - 88 min. - SID Director: M Sean Kaminsky One of the world’s most precious resources is at risk. Seeds are essential to life, providing the basis for everything from fabric to...