Past Film Festivals

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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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A Crack in the Mountain

Director: Alistair Evans
7:30 PM – 100 min

Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam, lies a magnificent underground kingdom. Hang Son Doòng which translates as “mountain river cave, is located in Quang Bình Province. In the middle of a UNESCO world heritage site, it is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of spectacular beauty.

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

Common Ground

Directors: Josh Tickell & Rebecca Tickell
8 PM – 105 min

Fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the sustainable food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind a broken food system. The film reveals how racist practices forged the current farm system in the US.

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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up – 1:00 pm LNS 99 min.

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up – 1:00 pm LNS 99 min.

  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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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,...

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Dolores – 8:00 pm SID – 98 mins

Dolores – 8:00 pm SID – 98 mins

Dolores Closing Night 8:00pm SID 98 min. PBS Distribution, 2017 Director: Peter Bratt Producer: Carlos Santana Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first US farm workers' union...

We Are Protectors of the Water – 1:00 pm UNS – 2 min

We Are Protectors of the Water – 1:00 pm UNS – 2 min

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...

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The Babushkas of Chernobyl – 4:40 pm UNS – 96 min.

The Babushkas of Chernobyl – 4:40 pm UNS – 96 min.

The Babushkas of Chernobyl Saturday 4:40PM UNS 96 min. thebabushkasofchernobyl.com, 2015 Director: Holly Morris   In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women scratches out an existence on some of the most toxic...

Prison Dogs  – 4:40 pm FFR – 72 min.

Prison Dogs – 4:40 pm FFR – 72 min.

Prison Dogs Saturday 4:40PM FFR 72 min. Journeyman Pictures, 2016 Directors: Perri Peltz and Geeta Gandbhir   “Puppies Behind Bars” is a remarkable program that sees New York convicts raise and train service dogs for up to three years. The inmates live with the...

4 Short Films – 12:25 – 12:55 pm FFR

Diversity & Inclusion  - 2016 Comox Valley Art Gallery Youth Media Project - Saturday 12:25PM FFR  Tales of Kona 3 min. A film by Michaela Planomaniac A fun and light play on the roles of service dogs Identity Crisis 2 min. A film by Sienna Orbell Educating...

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How to Change the World – Opening Night 7:30pm 110min. SID

How to Change the World – Opening Night 7:30pm 110min. SID

How To Change the World Opening Night 7:30pm SID 110 min. Kinosmith, 2015 www.jerryrothwell.com Director: Jerry Rothwell   Greenpeace was founded on tight knit, passionate relationships forged in Vancouver in the early 1970s. Together these pioneers created a...

The Pass System – 1:10pm 50min. UNS

The Pass System – 1:10pm 50min. UNS

The Pass System Saturday 1:10pm UNS 50 min. 2015 Director: Alex Williams www.facebook.com/thepasssystem www.twitter.com/ThePassSystem www.tamarackproductions.com   The Pass System illuminates Canada’s hidden history of racial segregation. For over 60 years, the...

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1:00pm UNS – 5 min. Tribal Canoe Journey

1:00pm UNS – 5 min. Tribal Canoe Journey

1pm Tribal Canoe Journey - 5 min. - UNS   Carswell Productions Filmmaker: Ed Carswell This film captures a rare event that happened in 2014 on a warm July evening in the K'omoks Estuary, BC.  As part of the annual Tribal Canoe Journey,...