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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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 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...
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...
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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 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...
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...
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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 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...
Seeking Wisdom: Students & Elders in the Sea to Sky – 11:50 am UNS – 24 min
Seeking Wisdom: Students & Elders in the Sea to Sky Saturday 11:50 am UNS 24 min. Carswellfilm.ca © Squamish Nation & School District 48, 2017 Director: Ed Carswell Students from School District 48's Aboriginal Leadership Group travel...
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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 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...
Alive and Kicking: The Soccer Grannies of South Africa – 11:45am SID – 19 min.
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...
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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 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...
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...
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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 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...
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...