News and Events
Film Screening: Being Michelle – Online Oct. 27 – 29th
Imagine being deaf and being the defendant in a court case with no access to an interpreter. World Community’s film series continues with the award-winning documentary, Being Michelle (80 min). The film follows the astonishing journey of a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse by a system that refused to accommodate her needs.
The film can be seen online from Oct. 27 – 29th. Click Here to Pre-order tickets.
Michelle’s trajectory changed when she met Kim Law, a volunteer life coach who teaches classes to people in prison. Today, Kim and Michelle are doing the difficult work of unraveling Michelle’s history of her traumatic childhood and her experiences in the Florida criminal justice system. Throughout the film Michelle’s artwork provides her own depiction of the trauma she survived as well as a means to her recovery. Being Michelle is a powerful story of redemption.
FMI: 250 334 1840
World Community AGM
Mark your calendars for our Annual General Meeting on Sunday, November 10 th at 2 pm at Creekside Commons, 2202 Lambert Drive, Courtenay, BC.
Volunteer opportunities
Fiesta Fair Trade Fair – November 16 and 17. We need a few people to sell our fair- trade products. Contact Chris Carter: chriscmp1@gmail.com or (250) 334-2699
Campbell River Global Market –November 30 and December 1. To volunteer, contact Janet Fairbanks: fairbanksbradley@gmail.com or (250) 650-1885
World Community postpones March 24 screening: Assholes : A Theory
As an action of social solidarity, World Community is postponing the screening of the popularfilm, Assholes: A Theory which was scheduled for March 24th at the Stan Hagen Theatre,North Island College. Please follow our World Community Facebook page to be notified...
Film Screening: Tuning the Brain with Music – Tues. March 3rd, 7pm at NIC
Tuning the Brain with Music, a new life-affirming documentary, highlights the creative encounter between music and neuroscience by featuring the moving stories of people whose mental health and lives have been saved by music. Award-winning director Isabelle Raynauld...
Film Screening: 2040, Tues. Feb. 11th, 7pm at NIC
The votes have been tallied from the recent World Community Film Festival. Audience pick for “Best of Fest” is the inspirational film “2040” which will be re-screened at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College. Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a...
Film Screening: Tues Jan. 21st – 7pm at NIC
THE SEQUEL - As we enter 2020, it’s a great time to imagine our collective future. Join World Community for the documentary, The Sequel, at the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College. The film explores the work of environmental economist David Fleming and the...
2014 World Community Film Festival – Film Descriptions
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Film Screening: Girls in the Band
Tues. Jan. 14th 7:00pm NIC Theatre, Courtenay "Girls in the Band" tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30′s to the present day. These incredibly talented women...
Sneak Preview film – Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30pm – NIC Theatre
The 23rd World Community Film Festival is coming to downtown Courtenay on Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2014. Once again, programmers have selected some great films that will make it difficult to decide which venue to attend. Get a head start on your festival viewing with...
2014 Sponsors – World Community Film Festival
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Film Screening: ‘Gold Fever’
by Amnesty & World Community Tues, Nov. 12th - 7:30 pm, NIC Theatre, Courtenay Don't miss this! It will not be in our Film Festival (Jan 31 and Feb 1st) Courtenay will join dozens of communities worldwide to screen Gold Fever, an “eye-opening and inspiring”...
World Community Film Features Young Farmers
World Community celebrates World Food Week with a screening of the award-winning film, GROW! Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 pm in the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College. Currently, the average age of farmers in North America is over 55, so it’s critical to encourage...
Film Series: Tues, Oct. 8th at 7:30 pm, Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College Courtenay
What's this about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in our food system? World Community continues it's film series with the new film, GMO/OMG, which explores some of the questions currently being discussed in the Comox Valley and elsewhere around the world. GMO...
Film Series – Tues Sept 24th – 730pm
World Community kicks off its fall film series Tues, Sept. 24th at 7:30pm in the North Island College theatre... This provocative film tackles one of the key issues of our time, climate change and the causes. The award-winning (and not so subtly-titled)...
Now Accepting Submissions for the 23rd World Community Film Festival
We are accepting submissions for the 23rd World Community Film Festival (www.worldcommunity.ca) to be held in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada January 31 and February 1, 2014. There is no entry fee. Simply forward a DVD (NTSC) to the address below. Alternatively,...
‘World Community’ Focuses on Local Food Security at AGM
World Community Development Education Society is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, July 4 at 7pm at Creekside Commons (2202 Lambert Drive, Courtenay). Please note that Lambert Drive is now accessed via 20th Street. Everyone is welcome to join us for...
World Community Joining World-wide Action to Avert Climate Crisis.
World Community is asking our supporters to join this week-long, world wide film screening event starting May 16 to educate our communities about the threat of impending climate crisis. We are asking you to host a small house screening of the 40 minute film, Do the...
Film Series: World Community screens Surviving Progress – Tuesday, May 7
“Progress” is generally assumed to be good. But author and Massey Lecturer, Ronald Wright, questions if that is always the case. Join World Community on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 pm at the NIC theatre for the screening of the film, Surviving Progress. Surviving Progress ...