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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.
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 AGM
Film Series: Walk On: The Horse Healer – Online Oct. 8-11.
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Film Screening: One of Ours
Black and Indigenous identity issues are the focus of the powerfully intimate documentary, One of Ours (88 min) being co-presented by World Community and the Immigrant Welcome Centre. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs and will be available online at any...
Film Screening – Los Hermanos: The Brothers
Take a musical trip to Cuba with World Community’s next film series offering, Los Hermanos: The Brothers available online anytime from September 10 – 12. CLICK HERE for film trailer & link to purchase tickets ($10/ individual, $16/ household, $8/ limited income....
Film Screening: The Music of Strangers
Music Film Back by Popular Demand! The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (96 min.), from the creators of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, is being re-screened by World Community at 7 pm on Tuesday, May 16 at the Stan Hagen...
They Were Promised the Sea (74 min.) on Tuesday, April 18 at 7pm in the Upper Florence Filberg Centre, Courtenay.
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FIlm Screening: “Seed: The Untold Story” March 7, 7pm at NIC
Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, treasured since the dawn of humankind. World Community presents the multi award-winning film, SEED: The Untold Story (94 min.) on Tuesday, March 7 at 7pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College. Seeds...
World Community Screens “Best of Fest”
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World Community Film Festival – Feb 3 – 4, 2017 – Opening Night Film: Koneline
Friday February 3rd, 730pm at the Sid Williams Theatre KONELĪNE is a sensual, cinematic celebration of northwestern British Columbia, and all the dreamers who move across it. Some hunt on the land. Some mine it. They all love it. Set deep in the traditional territory...
Film Screening: Toad People – Monday, January 9th at NIC
World Community has teamed up with the Wilderness Committee to screen the new film,Toad People (76 min.) on Monday Jan. 9 at 7 pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College. The film features people in communities across BC who are taking action to save the...
Get Tickets to our Film Festival
Ticket on sale NOW at the Sid Williams Theatre. We have early bird ticket prices if purchased by Dec. 31st. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS. See all film schedules & descriptions on our website! ______________________________________ VOLUNTEER CALL-OUT FOR WORLD...
Film Screening: Us & Them Wednesday Dec 7th – 7pm NIC
How do we relate to people who are homeless? Can we make meaningful connections with people who seem to be quite different from us? These are some of the themes explored in the film Us and Them being co-presented by World Community and the Immigrant Welcome Centre on...
Film Screening: Tues, Nov. 22nd, 7pm at NIC Theatre, Courtenay
Sonic Sea is a 60-minute documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. The film begins with a mystery: the unexplained stranding and mass mortality of several species of whales in the Bahamas in March...
Film Screening: Two Trains Runnin’ – Monday Nov. 7th, 7pm at NIC
Music, history and politics are laced in Sam Pollard's rousing new documentary, Two Trains Runnin' You had to be very brave or very foolish to venture into Mississippi in the summer of 1964. The civil rights movement was coming to a boil. But three East Coast music...
Film Screening: Spirit Unforgettable – Tuesday, Oct. 25th 7pm
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World Community and Transition Society partner with Amnesty Int’l for Film Screening at “Just Desserts”
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