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Film Festival Feast 2024
Film Festival Feast 2024
Saturday Feb 3rd at 6pm – Upper Native Sons’ Hall
Join us for a delicious local feast. Chef Bobby Herron will prepare a meal of comfort food made with an abundance of local ingredients. Starters include Hornby Island Pate, Chutney and Cobbs Bread. Enjoy a Garden Salad with Citrus Dressing. Warm up with Pork Tagine and Winter Vegetables or a Vegetarian option. The event is licensed and includes coffee, tea and dessert.
Tickets are $24 (limited number).
PLEASE NOTE: Pre-sales for Dinner tickets are now closed. There will be a few tickets available at the festival table in the Lobby of the Sid Williams Theatre starting at 6:30 Friday evening on a first come basis.
World Community will compile a list of payees.
Rethinking Women’s Rights
What influence did Indigenous women have on the women’s rights movement? Learn about this hidden history and celebrate International Women’s Day with World Community’s film screenings, available any time from March 6 – 8. CLICK HERE to PRE-ORDER TICKETS. Without a...
Black History Month Film Screenings
To celebrate Black History Month, we're screening several films online - available any time over the weekend of Feb. 26 - 28. CLICK HERE to PRE-ORDER TICKETS & watch trailers. This is a great opportunity to learn more about this history both in Canada and the US....
Thank you for attending the 30th Annual World Community Film Festival
Thank you for attending the 30th Annual World Community Film Festival - Feb. 5 - 13th
FILM SCREENING: I AM GRETA – JAN. 15-19TH
** Click Here to Pre-Order Tickets (Individual $10, Household $16, Low Income & Students $6) (2020, 100 min.) This is the compelling story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the...
Film Screening: Arctic Defenders – January 19th, 7pm – NIC
Award-winning film, Arctic Defenders, takes us on a journey to Canada's “true north” in World Community's first film screening of 2016 on Tuesday, January 19 at 7 pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College. Set in the dramatic and alluring landscape of the...
Past Events: Film Screening : Fractured Land
Wednesday, Nov. 4th - 7:00 pm at North Island College Theatre, Courtenay Come see the award-winning documentary film Fractured Land - the coming-of-age story of young Aboriginal lawyer Caleb Behn and his struggle to reconcile the fractures within himself and the...
Film Screening: The Wanted 18
Tuesday, October 27th 7:00 pm at the NIC Theatre, Courtenay Through a clever mix of animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm...
Film Screening: Tues, Sept 29, 7pm – NIC
World Community kicks off its fall film series at the North Island College theatre in Courtenay with the award-winning documentary... 'Til the Cows Come Home'. The cast of colourful characters includes irate farmers, passionate nuns, and endearing ex-cons. When the...
We’re Open Every Thurdsay – 10am – 12pm
We are located in TinTown at 2440 Rosewall Crescent, Courtenay (click here for a map).
FREE film screening: Highway of Tears - Tuesday, July 21 - 7 pm (76 min.) Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College, Courtenay As part of the Walking With Our Sisters events commemorating missing and murdered Aboriginal women, World Community is honoured to present...
AGM & Film Screening: 24 Hour Drum
In our 25th year, World Community is holding our Annual General Meeting on Thursday, June 25 at 7pm at Creekside Commons, Courtenay. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served. FMI: 250 337-5412 We're excited to present the premiere screening of Ed Carswell's...
World Community Screens Award-winning Film, The Secret Trial 5
Imagine spending years in a Canadian prison without being charged with a crime or knowing exactly what you’re accused of. This disturbing reality is exposed in the award-winning film, The Secret Trial 5, to be screened by World Community on...
Open Sesame; The Story of Seeds
Tuesday, March 31st 7:00pm – NIC Theatre Admission by donation. Seeds are essential to life, providing the basis for everything from fabric to food to fuels. Approximately 90 percent of the fruit and vegetable varieties that existed 100 years ago no longer exist...
A CHOCOLATE AFFAIR – Friday, March 20th
World Community presents A CHOCOLATE AFFAIR Celebrating FAIR TRADE Chocolate Friday, March 20th, 2015 - 7pm Upper Florence Filberg Hall Come enjoy chocolate treats created by local chefs, the music of Anela Kahiamoe, and a film screening! There will be a silent...
Film Screening: Becoming Bulletfproof & Bulletproof Jackson
By popular demand....... World Community is re-screening the opening night feature from the recent Film Festival. Becoming Bulletproof (82 min.) tells the story of a group of people with an array of mental and physical challenges who come together each year to...
Just Desserts: Film Screening & Guest Speakers
Tues, Feb 17th 7:00 pm North Island College Theatre, Courtenay. (Admission is by donation) “Just Desserts” is an evening of film and discussion about the impact our local investment decisions have around the world. Defensora (40 min.), is a film about indigenous...