Past Film Festivals

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PUSH – 1:00 pm UNS 92 min.

PUSH – 1:00 pm UNS 92 min.

  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 – 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...

The Whale and the Raven – 1:00 pm FFR 100 min.

The Whale and the Raven – 1:00 pm FFR 100 min.

  The Whale and the Raven  Saturday Films 1:00 pm FFR 100 min. 2019 NFB Director: Mirjam Leuze  Drawn to the rich food sources and quiet waters in the Kitimat fjord system, humpback whales, pods of orca, fin whales, and porpoises eat, play, and raise their young....

Emergency Brake – 3:00pm FFR

Emergency Brake – 3:00pm FFR

  Emergency Brake  Saturday Films 3:00pm FFR 4 min. 2019 Filmmaker(s): Macy How and the PRDFS class of 2019  Don’t miss this award-winning animation done by students at the Powell River Digital Film School. Using a speech by Greta Thunberg as the audio, this film...

The Guardians – 3:00 pm SID 60 min.

The Guardians – 3:00 pm SID 60 min.

  The Guardians  Saturday films 3:00 pm SID 60 min. 2018 Filmmakers: Ben Crosbie & Tessa Moran  A visually dazzling meditation on the delicate balance between humans and nature, The Guardians elegantly interweaves the lives of the iconic monarch butterfly...

Fashion’s Dirty Secrets – 3:05pm FFR 47 min.

Fashion’s Dirty Secrets – 3:05pm FFR 47 min.

  Fashion's Dirty Secrets  Saturday Films 3:05 pm FFR 47 min. 2019 BBC Filmmaker: Lucy Siegle  ‘Fast fashion’ has taken the clothing industry by storm. Retailers churn out affordable versions of the latest fashions from the runway to the store shelf, and we’re...

2040 – 4:10 pm UNS 92 min.

2040 – 4:10 pm UNS 92 min.

  2040  Saturday Films 4:10 UNS 92 min. 2019 LevelFILM Filmmaker: Damon Gameau  Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions to the climate crisis...

Assholes: A Theory – 4:15 pm FFR 81 min.

Assholes: A Theory – 4:15 pm FFR 81 min.

  Assholes: A Theory   Saturday Films 4:15 pm FFR 81 min. 2019 NFB Filmmaker: John Walker  Some grapple with the challenge of treating other human beings decently. Others are just… assholes, claims Professor Aaron James in his New York Times bestselling book,...

Finding Solitude – 8:00 pm SID 22 min

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 – 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...

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Hayashi Studio – 11:35 am FFR 25 min.

Hayashi Studio – 11:35 am FFR 25 min.

  Hayashi Studio  Saturday Films 11:35 am FFR 25 min. 2019 hayashistudio.com  Filmmaker: Hayley Gray Filmmaker will be in attendance.Hayashi Studio follows the diverse lives that came to Cumberland BC in the 1900s and Senjiro Hayashi, the Japanese photographer who...

Tree of Life and Its People – 12:10 pm UNS 25 min.

Tree of Life and Its People – 12:10 pm UNS 25 min.

  Tree of Life and Its People  Saturday Films 12:10 pm UNS 25 min. 2019 Spartan Media Group Filmmaker: Ria and Lee Milliken  Renowned First Nations carver and multimedia artist Rande Cook says “This story is about our land and all that comes from it... as...

Up, Down, and Sideways – 10:00am FFR 83 min.

Up, Down, and Sideways – 10:00am FFR 83 min.

  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...

WAJD: Songs of Separation – 1:00 pm LNS 88 min.

WAJD: Songs of Separation – 1:00 pm LNS 88 min.

WAJD: Songs of Separation Saturday 1:00 pm LNS 88 min. www.wajdfilm.com, 2018 Director: Amar Chebib Wajd: Songs of Separation introduces us to three men—Ibrahim, Abdulwahed, and Mohamad—all talented musicians, who have fled war-torn Syria and are re-assembling their...

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,...

Save Space Nugget – 1:45 pm SID 41 min.

Save Space Nugget – 1:45 pm SID 41 min.

Save Space Nugget Saturday 1:45 pm SID 41 min. 2017 Director: Trish Neufeld Save Space Nugget is the story of the determined community of Cumberland coming together to save their forest from the timber company who intended to harvest it for profit. It’s a David and...

Family Venue Films – 1pm – 2:30 pm Lower SID

Family Venue Films – 1pm – 2:30 pm Lower SID

Family Films 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Lower SID Theme: Trees & ForestsOne Forest in the World 6 min. A film by Fox & Bee Studio Young members of the Cumberland community share how the Cumberland Community Forest is a part of their lives and why they value this...

Dust n’ Bones – 2:40 pm LNS 45 min.

Dust n’ Bones – 2:40 pm LNS 45 min.

Dust n' BonesSaturday 2:40 pm LNS 45 min. Less Bland Productions, 2018 Director: Leslie Bland Dust n' Bones examines the challenges and mysteries of dealing with the discovery, preservation, and re-interment of First Nations artefacts and remains. These themes are...

Celling Your Soul – 2:40 pm FFR 48 min.

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 – 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 – 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...

The Radicals – 3:40 pm FFR 55 min.

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 – 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 – 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 – 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....

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Kus-Kus-Sum: Unpave Paradise – 11:35 am FFR 7 min.

Kus-Kus-Sum: Unpave Paradise – 11:35 am FFR 7 min.

Kus-Kus-Sum: Unpave ParadiseSaturday 11:35 FFR 7 min. www.projectwatershed.ca, 2018 Filmmaker: Jessica SpeckThe community of the Comox Valley is banding together to tackle a large and ambitious restoration project - unpaving paradise at Kus-Kus-Sum. The project aims...

Love and Bananas: An Elephant Story – 10:00 am LNS 75 min.

Love and Bananas: An Elephant Story – 10:00 am LNS 75 min.

Love and Bananas: An Elephant Story Saturday 10:00 am LNS 75 min. Cargo Film and Releasing, 2018 Director: Ashley BellCinematography: Van Royko Elephant rescues in Thailand are rare, unpredictable and often life-threatening.  There is no need to abuse an elephant to...

The Forger – 12:35 pm FFR – 16 min

The Forger – 12:35 pm FFR – 16 min

  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 – 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...

The Road Forward – 1:10 pm UNS – 101 min

The Road Forward – 1:10 pm UNS – 101 min

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...

Bending the Arc – 1:15 pm SID – 102 min

Bending the Arc – 1:15 pm SID – 102 min

Bending the Arc Saturday 1:15 pm SID 102 min. Film Collaborators, 2017 Director: Kief Davidson Executive Producers: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck The film centers on three Harvard medical students: Jim Kim, current president of the World Bank, and Paul Farmer and...

Family Venue Films – 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Rotary Room – “Critters”

Family Venue Films – 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Rotary Room – “Critters”

Family Films 1:15pm – 2:45pm Rotary Room - “Critters” Free for children, $5 for adults without a pass (children must be accompanied by an adult) The Story of Flowers 4 min. Produced by AMKK Director: Azuma Makoto Illustrator: Katie Scott Animator: James Paulley Many...

Birthright: A War Story – 1:15 pm LNS – 100 min

Birthright: A War Story – 1:15 pm LNS – 100 min

  Birthright: A War Story   Saturday 1:15 pm LNS 100 min. Women Make Movies, 2017 Director: Civia Tamarkin In the US today, a radical movement has tightened its grip on state power, seeking to control whether and how women bear children. In this crusade,...

Finding Kukan – 3:05 pm SID – 75 min

Finding Kukan – 3:05 pm SID – 75 min

Finding Kukan Saturday 3:05 pm SID 75 min. New Day Films, 2015 Director: Robin Lung In the late 1930s China is in dire straits. The country will collapse under Japan’s military juggernaut if it doesn’t get outside help. Chinese American firebrand Li Ling-Ai jolts...

Vancouver: No Fixed Address – 3:05 pm UNS – 75 min

Vancouver: No Fixed Address – 3:05 pm UNS – 75 min

Vancouver: No Fixed Address Saturday 3:05 pm SID 75 min. Shore Films, 2017 Director: Charles WilkinsonWhat’s going on with exploding housing costs in key cities around the world? Vancouver: No Fixed Address focuses on the global housing bubble in a city often voted to...

The Radicals – 3:40 pm FFR 55 min.

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 – 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...

Rebels On Pointe – 4:30 pm UNS – 89 min

Rebels On Pointe – 4:30 pm UNS – 89 min

Rebels On Pointe Saturday 4:30 UNS 89 min. 2017 Director: Bobbi Jo Hart Exploring universal themes of identity, dreams and family, Rebels on Pointe celebrates the world famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The notorious all-male, comic, drag ballet company...

Evolution of Organic – 4:30 pm FFR – 87 mins

Evolution of Organic – 4:30 pm FFR – 87 mins

Evolution of Organic Saturday 4:30 pm FFR 87 min. www.evolutionoforganic.com, 2017 Director: Mark KitchellThis is the story of organic agriculture, told by those who built the movement. A motley crew of back-to-the-landers reject chemical farming and set out to...

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...

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19 Paper Cranes – 11:45 am FFR – 6 min

19 Paper Cranes – 11:45 am FFR – 6 min

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...

Pre-Crime – 10:00 am FFR – 88 min

Pre-Crime – 10:00 am FFR – 88 min

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...

Unbroken Ground – 12:20 pm UNS – 26 min.

Unbroken Ground – 12:20 pm UNS – 26 min.

Unbroken Ground Saturday 12:20PM UNS 26 min. Patagonia, 2016 Director: Chris Malloy   Unbroken Ground explores the critical role food plays in finding solutions to the environmental crisis. The vast majority of our food is produced using methods that reduce...

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...

River Blue – 1:15 pm UNS – 96 min.

River Blue – 1:15 pm UNS – 96 min.

River Blue Saturday 1:15PM UNS 95 min. riverbluethemovie.com , 2016 Director: Roger Williams   Following international river conservationist, Mark Angelo, River Blue spans the globe to infiltrate one of the world’s most polluting industries, fashion. Narrated by...

Drumbeats & Dreams – 1:15 pm FFR – 12 min.

Drumbeats & Dreams – 1:15 pm FFR – 12 min.

Drumbeats and Dreams Saturday 1:15PM FFR 12 min. CarswellFilm.ca, 2016 Filmmaker: Ed Carswell (in attendance)   Zena is graduating from Merritt Secondary School but the journey was not easy. From the haunting past of residential schools to the ongoing lack of...

Family Films 1:15 pm – 2:45 Lower SID (Fountain Level)

Family Films 1:15 pm – 2:45 Lower SID (Fountain Level)

Family Venue (5 Films) 1:15pm – 2:45pm Free for children, $5 for adults without a pass (children must be accompanied by an adult) Water Detectives 12 min. NFB After a severe water shortage in Matamoros, thousands of children were trained as water detectives with the...

Migrant Dreams – 1:20 pm SID – 90 min.

Migrant Dreams – 1:20 pm SID – 90 min.

Migrant Dreams Saturday 1:20PM SID 90 min. www.migrantdreams.ca, 2016 Director: Min Sook Lee   Migrant Dreams exposes the underbelly of the Canadian government's Temporary Foreign Worker Program which empower brokers and growers to exploit and deceive migrant...

The Resurrection of Victor Jara – 1:20 pm LNS – 89 min.

The Resurrection of Victor Jara – 1:20 pm LNS – 89 min.

The Resurrection of Victor Jara Saturday 1:20PM LNS 89 min. 2015 Filmmaker: John Travers   This feature documentary presents the heroic yet tragic story of Victor Jara: from his rise to prominence as a noted theater director, to his years as a folk-inspired...

Keepers of the Coast – 1:35 pm FFR – 38 min.

Keepers of the Coast – 1:35 pm FFR – 38 min.

Keepers of the Coast Saturday 1:35PM FFR 38 min. 2016 Filmmaker: Twyla Roscovich (in attendance)   The central coast of BC is one of the most spectacular and biologically rich places left on the planet – where ancient temperate rainforest intertwines with the...

Tracing Roots – 2:25 pm FFR – 35 min.

Tracing Roots – 2:25 pm FFR – 35 min.

Tracing Roots Saturday 2:20PM FFR 35 min. New Day Films, 2014 Director: Ellen Frankenstein   Tracing Roots is a portrait of an artist and a mystery. The film follows master weaver and Haida elder Delores Churchill on a journey to understand the origins of a...

How I Got Over – 3:05 pm LNS – 87 min.

How I Got Over – 3:05 pm LNS – 87 min.

How I Got Over Saturday 3:05PM LNS 87 min. McNabb/ Connolly, 2014 Director: Nicole Boxer   How I Got Over is an intimate profile of 15 formerly homeless and incarcerated African-American women that dramatically reveals the social causes of their plight and how...

Atlantic – 3:15 pm SID – 75 min.

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 – 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....

Wheel of Life – 3:15 pm FFR – 15 min.

Wheel of Life – 3:15 pm FFR – 15 min.

Wheel of Life Saturday 3:15PM FFR 15 min. Patchwork Films, 2015 Director: Ken Schneider Meet El Oso (the Bear), one of the founders of Casino, the Cuban dance that launched salsa. A simple man whose joie de vivre is a delight, Oso travels through his Havana regaling...

Havana Curveball – 3:35 pm FFR – 56 min.

Havana Curveball – 3:35 pm FFR – 56 min.

Havana Curveball Saturday 3:35PM FFR 56 min. Patchwork Films, 2015 Director: Ken Schneider   Havana Curveball is a heart-warming coming-of-age story about Mica, an ordinary American teenager who faces extraordinary challenges when he sets his heart on donating...

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...

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Pan: Our Musical Odyssey – 10:45 am LNS – 53 min.

Pan: Our Musical Odyssey – 10:45 am LNS – 53 min.

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...

A New Economy – 10:00 am UNS – 85 min.

A New Economy – 10:00 am UNS – 85 min.

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...

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...

The True Cost – 1:10pm 92min. FFR

The True Cost – 1:10pm 92min. FFR

The True Cost Saturday 1:10pm FFR 92 min. 2015 McNabb/Connolly truecostmovie.com Director: Andrew Morgan   This is a story about clothing. It is about the clothes we wear, the people who make them and the impact it's having on our world. The price of “fast...

Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley – 1:15pm 91min. LNS

Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley – 1:15pm 91min. LNS

Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley Saturday 1:15pm LNS 91 min. 2014 Naretiv Productions resistenciathefilm.com Filmmaker: Jesse Freeston   In 2009, the first coup d’état in a generation overthrows the elected president of Honduras, plunging the whole...

A Sorry State – 2:05pm 47min. UNS

A Sorry State – 2:05pm 47min. UNS

A Sorry State Saturday 2:05pm UNS 47 min. 2012 McNabb/Connolly mitchmiyagawa.com Filmmaker: Mitch Miyagawa   Is saying "sorry" enough? In 1988, Mitch Miyagawa’s Japanese-Canadian family received an apology from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for the internment of...

After Winter, Spring – 3:00pm 74min. UNS

After Winter, Spring – 3:00pm 74min. UNS

After Winter, Spring Saturday 3:00pm UNS 74 min. 2013 McNabb/Connolly afterwinterspring.com Director: Judith Lit   After Winter, Spring is a beautiful and intimate look into the lives of contemporary French peasants who heroically struggle to maintain the dignity...

Jumbo Wild – 3:05pm 60min. SID

Jumbo Wild – 3:05pm 60min. SID

Jumbo Wild Saturday 3:05pm SID 60 min 2015 FilmSprout Director: Nick Waggoner   For decades, First Nations, conservationists, backcountry skiers and snowboarders have fought a proposed large-scale ski resort deep in the Purcell Mountains near Invermere, BC. After...

The Fisherman’s Son – 3:10pm 29min. LNS

The Fisherman’s Son – 3:10pm 29min. LNS

The Fisherman's Son Saturday 3:10pm LNS 29 min. 2015 FilmSprout Filmmaker: Chris Malloy   Ramon Navarro, a third-generation subsistence fisherman and farmer who lives on the coast of Chile at Punta Lobos, learned to surf on a broken surfboard left by a visiting...

We Call Them Intruders – 3:10pm 56min. FFR

We Call Them Intruders – 3:10pm 56min. FFR

We Call Them Intruders Saturday 3:10pm FFR 56 min. 2015 Cinécoop Productions wecallthemintruders.wordpress.com Filmmakers: Susi Porter-Bopp & Tamara Herman   How well do you know your money? Two Vancouver-based filmmakers trace their investments to Canadian...

Knitting Nannas – 3:50pm 22min. LNS

Knitting Nannas – 3:50pm 22min. LNS

Knitting Nannas Saturday 3:50pm LNS 22 min 2013 Frogmouth Films www.knitting-nannas.com Director: Rani Brown   Knitting Nannas Against Gas is a group of sweet ladies who ‘protest’ by unfolding some lawn chairs, popping the kettle on and knitting. The KNAGs, who...

Lowdown Tracks – 4:20pm 86min. SID

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 – 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...

ĀINA – 8:00pm 23min. SID

ĀINA – 8:00pm 23min. SID

ĀINA Closing Night – 8:00 pm SID 23 min. 2015 Living Ancestors Directors: Dave Mossop & Josh Thome   ĀINA (pronounced "eye-nah") means “that which feeds us” in the Hawaiian language. Some of the world's largest chemical companies use the island of Kaua`i as...

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World – 8:00pm 75min. SID

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World – 8:00pm 75min. SID

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Closing Night 8:00pm SID 75 min. 2015 Shore Films Director: Charles Wilkinson   Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World focuses on life on the archipelago along the northern B.C. coast. It tells the story of the people and the...

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...

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24 Hour Drum – 11:40am  34 min. UNS

24 Hour Drum – 11:40am 34 min. UNS

24 Hour Drum - Aboriginal Youth in the Sea to Sky Saturday 11:40am UNS 2015 Produced by School District 48 carswellfilm.ca Filmmaker: Ed Carswell This film follows a three month journey taken by an Aboriginal Youth Leadership group in BC’s Sea to Sky corridor....

Nefertiti’s Daughters – 11:40am	 39min. FFR

Nefertiti’s Daughters – 11:40am 39min. FFR

Nefertiti's Daughters Saturday 11:40am FFR 39 min. 2015 Icarus Films www.nefertitisdaughters.com Director: Mark Nickolas   Nefertiti's Daughters is a story of women, art and revolution. Told by prominent Egyptian artists, this documentary witnesses the critical...

Food Chains – Saturday 10:00am 86min. LNS

Food Chains – Saturday 10:00am 86min. LNS

Food Chains Saturday 10:00am LNS 86 min. 2015 www.foodchainsfilm.com Director: Sanjay Rawal   Farm labour has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the most vulnerable people. Exploitation still exists, ranging from...

1:00pm FFR – 85 min. On The Side of the Road

1:00pm FFR – 85 min. On The Side of the Road

1:00pm FFR - 85 min. On the Side of the Road  Naretiv Productions Filmmaker: Lia Tarachansky Tarachansky grew up in Israel's largest settlement, Ariel. When the second Intifadah broke out in 2000 her family moved to Canada where, for the first...

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,...

1:00pm LNS – 84 min. Soft Vengeance

1:00pm LNS – 84 min. Soft Vengeance

  1pm Soft Vengeance; Albie Sachs and the New South Africa - 84 min. - LNS   Director: Abby Ginzberg Soft Vengeance is an inspiring film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter. For his...

1:10pm  UNS – 59 min.  How a People Live

1:10pm UNS – 59 min. How a People Live

  1:10pm How a People Live - 59 min. - UNS   Moving Images Distribution Director: Lisa Jackson The Gwa'sala and the 'Nakwaxda'xw First Nations people lived as two distinct groups along BC's northwest coast. In 1964, for...

2:45pm SID – 88 min.   All the Time in the World

2:45pm SID – 88 min. All the Time in the World

  2:45pm All the Time in the World: Disconnecting to Reconnect - 88 min. - SID   www.allthetimeintheworld.ca Director: Suzanne Crocker Story Editor: Nettie Wild In search of a new perspective, a family of five leaves...

2:45pm UNS – 95 min.  Above All Else

2:45pm UNS – 95 min. Above All Else

  2:45pm Above All Else - 95 min. - UNS   Fiege Films Director: John Fiege Above All Else is an intimate portrait of a group of landowners and activists in East Texas who take peaceful direct action to stop construction...

2:55pm LNS – 90 min.  A Dangerous Game

2:55pm LNS – 90 min. A Dangerous Game

  2:55pm A Dangerous Game - 90 min. - LNS   www.adangerousgame.org Director: Anthony Baxter A Dangerous Game is about the environmental, cultural, historical, and human costs of golf, a game that has been hijacked by...

2:55pm FFR – 84 min. The Malagasy Way

2:55pm FFR – 84 min. The Malagasy Way

  2:55pm FFR - 84 min. The Malagasy Way     Director: Lova Nantenaina “The Chinese make everything and the Malagasy fix everything.” The people of Madagascar pride themselves on producing things out of nothing;...

4:35pm UNS – 74 min.  Just Eat It

4:35pm UNS – 74 min. Just Eat It

  4:35pm Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story - 74 min. - UNS   Peg Leg Films Filmmakers: Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustmeyer We all love food, so how could we possibly be throwing away nearly half of it? Filmmakers Jen and...

4:35pm SID – 78min.  Alive Inside

4:35pm SID – 78min. Alive Inside

  4:35pm SID - 78min.  Alive Inside   www.filmsalescorp.com Director Michael Rossato-Bennett Alive Inside is a joyous cinematic exploration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity....

8:00pm SID – 88 min.  DamNation

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...

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10:00am FFR – 72 min.  Shameless Propaganda

10:00am FFR – 72 min. Shameless Propaganda

10am Shameless Propaganda - 72 min. - FFR   NFB Director: Robert Lower This feature film examines its own genre, the documentary, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthday,...

11:30am FFR – 70 min. Connected by Coffee

11:30am FFR – 70 min. Connected by Coffee

11:30am Connected by Coffee - 70 min. - FFR   Stone Hut Studios Filmmakers: Aaron Dennis & Chelsea Bay Dennis The film  follows two North American coffee roasters on a journey across Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua to...

10:00am SID – 88 min.  Marmato

10:00am SID – 88 min. Marmato

10am Marmato - 88 min - SID Calle Films Director: Mark Gieco If Colombia is the focal point of the new global gold rush, then Marmato, a mining town with over 500 years of mining history, is the new frontier. Gold, estimated to be worth 20...