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.

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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Way of the Hunter – 12:15 pm LNS 17 min.

Way of the Hunter – 12:15 pm LNS 17 min.

  Way of the Hunter  Saturday Films 12:15 pm LNS 17 min. 2019 NFB Filmmaker: Robert Moberg  Deep in the Great Bear Rainforest, against the backdrop of British Columbia’s breathtaking wilderness, a former hunter comes to terms with his past and looks with hope...

Beauty – 12:15pm FFR 23 min.

Beauty – 12:15pm FFR 23 min.

  Beauty  Saturday Films 12:15 pm FFR 23 min. 2017 NFB Filmmaker: Christina Willings    Beauty explores the lives of five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their own sense of what it means to be fully human. Whether it’s dealing with...

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...

Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees – 3:40 pm UNS 52 min.

Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees – 3:40 pm UNS 52 min.

Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees Saturday 3:40 pm UNS 52 min. Treespeak Films, 2018 Director: Jeff McKay We follow visionary scientist, conservationist and author, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, on her journey to the most beautiful forests of the northern...

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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Cooperativa: La Lucha Sigue – 11:40 am UNS 40 min.

Cooperativa: La Lucha Sigue – 11:40 am UNS 40 min.

Cooperativa: La Lucha Sigue (The Struggle Continues) Saturday 11:40 am UNS 40 min. carswellfilm.ca, 2018 Filmmaker: Ed Carswell Produced by World Community, Cafe Etico & Carswellfilm.ca    Journey to organic coffee farms in the jungle highlands of Nicaragua...

Interspecies Relationships – Shorts – 11:45 am FFR 45 min.

Interspecies Relationships – Shorts – 11:45 am FFR 45 min.

Interspecies Relationships – Shorts Program - FFRPacific Herring: Small Fish, Big Problem 11:45 am - 10 min. Lotus Eater Filmsconservancyhornbyisland.org Pacific Herring need our help if we are to save the salmon, killer whales and other marine species in the Salish...

1948: Creation and Catastrophe – 10:00 am FFR 85 min.

1948: Creation and Catastrophe – 10:00 am FFR 85 min.

1948: Creation and Catastrophe Saturday 10:00 am FFR 85 min. Collective Eye Distribution, 2018 Director: Andy Trimlett & Ahlam Muhtaseb Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis,  1948: Creation & Catastrophe reveals...

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...

Children of Redress – 3:05 pm UNS – 18 min

Children of Redress – 3:05 pm UNS – 18 min

Children of Redress Saturday 3:05 pm UNS 18 min. 2013 Director: Greg Masuda In 1942 the Canadian government ordered the uprooting of 22,000 men, women and children in one of the nation's largest and cruelest dispossession and dispersals ever. A generation later,...

The Hands That Feed Us – 3:05 pm FFR – 16 min

The Hands That Feed Us – 3:05 pm FFR – 16 min

The Hands That Feed Us Saturday 3:05 FFR 16 min. 2017 Director: Devon CookeFirst and foremost, a farm is a business, but it takes more than just business sense to run a successful farm. Amara Farm succeeds because it’s a marriage. Love and dedication to the land, and...

A Silent Transformation – 3:25 pm FFR – 55 min

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 – 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...

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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Love the Sinner – 11:55 am FFR – 17 min

Love the Sinner – 11:55 am FFR – 17 min

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 – 12:15 pm FFR – 16 min

116 Cameras – 12:15 pm FFR – 16 min

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...

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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WEconomics – 11:45 am UNS – 20 min.

WEconomics – 11:45 am UNS – 20 min.

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 – 12:10 pm SID – 53 min.

Planetary – 12:10 pm SID – 53 min.

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...

Seeds of Justice: In the Hands of Farmers – 10:00 am LNS – 37 min.

Seeds of Justice: In the Hands of Farmers – 10:00 am LNS – 37 min.

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...

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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Circus Without Borders – 11:40am 70min. SID

Circus Without Borders – 11:40am 70min. SID

Circus Without Borders Saturday 11:30am SID 70 min. 2015 Kinosmith circuswithoutborders.com Director: Susan Gray   Circus Without Borders is a documentary about Guillaume Saladin and Yamoussa Bangoura, best friends and world-class acrobats from remote corners of...

Facing Fear – 12:30pm 23min. FFR

Facing Fear – 12:30pm 23min. FFR

Facing Fear Saturday 12:30pm FFR 23 min. 2014 McNabb Connolly www.facingfearmovie.com Filmmaker: Jason Cohen   Worlds collide when a former neo-Nazi skinhead and the gay victim of his hate crime attack meet by chance 25 years after the incident that dramatically...

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret – 10:00am 85min. FFR

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret – 10:00am 85min. FFR

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret Saturday 10:00am FFR 85 min. 2014 www.cowspiracy.com Filmmaker: Kip Andersen   Cowspiracy follows filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers one of the most destructive industries facing the planet today and investigates why the...

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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11:40am LNS – 64 min. The Man Who Stopped the Desert

11:40am LNS – 64 min. The Man Who Stopped the Desert

  11:40am The Man Who Stopped the Desert - 64 min. - LNS   1080 Films Director: Mark Dodd As early as the 1970s, desertification began to creep southwards in the land between the Sahara Desert and forests of tropical Africa. By the...

11:45am SID – 54 min.  The Revolutionary Optimists

11:45am SID – 54 min. The Revolutionary Optimists

  11:45am The Revolutionary Optimists - 54 min. - SID   Collective Eye Films Director: Nicole Newnham & Maren Grainger-Monsen The Revoluntionary Optimists draws us into the world of two 11-year olds with no access to clean...

10:00am UNS – 84 min.  The Secret Trial 5

10:00am UNS – 84 min. The Secret Trial 5

 10am The Secret Trial 5 - 84 min. - UNS   Blue Ice Docs Director: Amar Wala Imagine spending years in prison without being charged with a crime or knowing exactly what you're accused of. A film about the human impact of the “War on...