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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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...

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...

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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...

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...

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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,...

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...

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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...

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,...

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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...

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...

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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...

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...