24 Hour Drum 2015
34 min.
Carswell Films
Filmmaker: Ed Carswell
This film follows a 3 month journey taken by an Aboriginal Youth Leadership group in BC’s Sea to Sky corridor. Inspired and empowered by an Urban Ink slam poetry workshop, the youth created work around two chosen themes; 1) missing and murdered Aboriginal women and 2) what it is like to be Aboriginal today. They rehearsed and then performed spoken word and poetry in schools throughout the region at the 24 Hour Drum event on May 1, 2015. Twelve days later they performed to an audience of over 400 at the Canadian Association of Principals Conference in Whistler. Now there is no stopping them!
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 1:00pm
34 min.
Carswell Films
Filmmaker: Ed Carswell
This film follows a 3 month journey taken by an Aboriginal Youth Leadership group in BC’s Sea to Sky corridor. Inspired and empowered by an Urban Ink slam poetry workshop, the youth created work around two chosen themes; 1) missing and murdered Aboriginal women and 2) what it is like to be Aboriginal today. They rehearsed and then performed spoken word and poetry in schools throughout the region at the 24 Hour Drum event on May 1, 2015. Twelve days later they performed to an audience of over 400 at the Canadian Association of Principals Conference in Whistler. Now there is no stopping them!
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 1:00pm
After Winter, Spring 2013
74 min.
McNabb Connolly
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 of traditional farming ways in an age of EU homogenization. It makes a compelling case for re-imagining the policy assumptions that take us down a pathway for large scale, standardized agricultural methods. This farming community caught between tradition and an uncertain future struggles to hold on to their farms and to a set of values that comes from their intimate relationship with the natural world. The film reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history. Best Foreign Documentary, Arizona International Film Festival; Audience Award, Mill Valley Film Festival
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 1:30pm
74 min.
McNabb Connolly
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 of traditional farming ways in an age of EU homogenization. It makes a compelling case for re-imagining the policy assumptions that take us down a pathway for large scale, standardized agricultural methods. This farming community caught between tradition and an uncertain future struggles to hold on to their farms and to a set of values that comes from their intimate relationship with the natural world. The film reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history. Best Foreign Documentary, Arizona International Film Festival; Audience Award, Mill Valley Film Festival
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 1:30pm
ĀINA 2015
23 min.
Living Ancestors
Directors: Dave Mossop & Josh Thome
ĀINA (pronounced "eye-nah") means “that which feeds us” in the Hawaiian language. Some of the world's largest chemical companies use the island of Kaua`i as an open-air testing ground for pesticides on genetically modified crops. The film highlights a way to address some of the most pressing environmental and health crises facing the island of Kauai - and of island Earth. As ĀINA vividly illustrates, such is the power of sustainable agriculture. The focus is on solutions, the beauty of Kauaʻi and the wisdom of Hawaiian culture. Grand Jury Prize at the Oregon Film Awards
Screening on Thursday March 3rd at the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society (442 Leon Ave) at 7:00pm
23 min.
Living Ancestors
Directors: Dave Mossop & Josh Thome
ĀINA (pronounced "eye-nah") means “that which feeds us” in the Hawaiian language. Some of the world's largest chemical companies use the island of Kaua`i as an open-air testing ground for pesticides on genetically modified crops. The film highlights a way to address some of the most pressing environmental and health crises facing the island of Kauai - and of island Earth. As ĀINA vividly illustrates, such is the power of sustainable agriculture. The focus is on solutions, the beauty of Kauaʻi and the wisdom of Hawaiian culture. Grand Jury Prize at the Oregon Film Awards
Screening on Thursday March 3rd at the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society (442 Leon Ave) at 7:00pm
Bikes vs. Cars 2015
88min.
Director: Fredrik Gertte
Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we need to talk about; climate, Earth's resources, and cities where the entire surface is consumed by cars. The bike is a great tool for change. The powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business from the growing popularity of alternative modes of transportation. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, and who refuse to stop riding bikes despite all obstacles. Audience Award, UK Green Film Fest; Best Feature, San Francisco Green Film Festival; Grand Prize for Best International Documentary at Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 4:00pm
88min.
Director: Fredrik Gertte
Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we need to talk about; climate, Earth's resources, and cities where the entire surface is consumed by cars. The bike is a great tool for change. The powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business from the growing popularity of alternative modes of transportation. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, and who refuse to stop riding bikes despite all obstacles. Audience Award, UK Green Film Fest; Best Feature, San Francisco Green Film Festival; Grand Prize for Best International Documentary at Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 4:00pm
Boys and Men Healing
58min.
Director: Kathy Barbini
Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both the individual and society, and the importance of healing and speaking out for male survivors to end the devastating effects. The film portrays stories of three courageous non-offending men whose arduous healing helped them reclaim their lives—while giving them a powerful voice to speak out, and take bold action toward prevention for other boys. The film includes a support group of men and is testimony to the importance of men finding safe places to support one another and share their stories together. The film was produced under the sponsorship of the International Documentary Association.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 10:00am
58min.
Director: Kathy Barbini
Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both the individual and society, and the importance of healing and speaking out for male survivors to end the devastating effects. The film portrays stories of three courageous non-offending men whose arduous healing helped them reclaim their lives—while giving them a powerful voice to speak out, and take bold action toward prevention for other boys. The film includes a support group of men and is testimony to the importance of men finding safe places to support one another and share their stories together. The film was produced under the sponsorship of the International Documentary Association.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 10:00am
Circus Without Borders 2015
70 min.
Kinosmith
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 the globe who share the same dream -- to bring hope and change to their struggling communities through circus. Their dream unfolds in the Canadian Arctic and Guinea, West Africa, where they help Inuit and Guinean youth achieve unimaginable success while confronting suicide, poverty and despair. Seven years in the making, this tale of two circuses, Artcirq and Kalabante, is a culture-crossing performance piece that offers a portal into two remote communities and an inspiring story of resilience and joy.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:30pm
70 min.
Kinosmith
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 the globe who share the same dream -- to bring hope and change to their struggling communities through circus. Their dream unfolds in the Canadian Arctic and Guinea, West Africa, where they help Inuit and Guinean youth achieve unimaginable success while confronting suicide, poverty and despair. Seven years in the making, this tale of two circuses, Artcirq and Kalabante, is a culture-crossing performance piece that offers a portal into two remote communities and an inspiring story of resilience and joy.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:30pm
Desaparecidos 2015
70 min.
Director: Carla Novi
Protests erupted in Mexico after 43 students attending the rural teacher’s college of Ayotzinapa disappeared on the 26th of September 2014. People from different backgrounds, classes and ages, united and took to the streets to express their outrage. They organized peaceful rallies and demonstrations, demanding the government take action to find the students. As a result, many citizens involved in the demonstrations have been threatened, abducted as political prisoners, tortured and murdered. Desaparecidos follows the stories of a few Mexicans from the current generation who live with the risk of being disappeared because of their participation in the recent protests for the missing 43.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 1:30pm
70 min.
Director: Carla Novi
Protests erupted in Mexico after 43 students attending the rural teacher’s college of Ayotzinapa disappeared on the 26th of September 2014. People from different backgrounds, classes and ages, united and took to the streets to express their outrage. They organized peaceful rallies and demonstrations, demanding the government take action to find the students. As a result, many citizens involved in the demonstrations have been threatened, abducted as political prisoners, tortured and murdered. Desaparecidos follows the stories of a few Mexicans from the current generation who live with the risk of being disappeared because of their participation in the recent protests for the missing 43.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 1:30pm
Facing Fear 2014
23 min.
McNabb Connolly
Filmmaker: Jason Cohen
Worlds collide when a former neo-Nazi skinhead and the gay victim of his hate crime attack meet by chance 25 years after the incident that dramatically shaped both their lives. Together they embark on a journey of forgiveness that challenges both to grapple with their beliefs and fears, eventually leading to an improbable collaboration...and friendship. Nominated for Best Short Documentary, Academy Awards; Audience Award, Best Short Documentary, Outfest LA
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 1:00pm
23 min.
McNabb Connolly
Filmmaker: Jason Cohen
Worlds collide when a former neo-Nazi skinhead and the gay victim of his hate crime attack meet by chance 25 years after the incident that dramatically shaped both their lives. Together they embark on a journey of forgiveness that challenges both to grapple with their beliefs and fears, eventually leading to an improbable collaboration...and friendship. Nominated for Best Short Documentary, Academy Awards; Audience Award, Best Short Documentary, Outfest LA
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 1:00pm
The Fisherman's Son 2015
29 min.
FilmSprout
Filmmaker: Chris Malloy
Ramon Navarro, a third-generation subsistence fisherman and farmer who lives on the coast of Chile at Punta Lobos, learned to surf on a broken surfboard left by a visiting surfer. Since then he has become one of the top-ten big wave riders. He has used his surfing accomplishments to protect his home beaches and he is admired around the world as an environmental activist. He fights resort development on the point, the building of pulp mills on the coast and sewage pipes that pollute the ocean off Pichilemu, Chile.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 3:00pm
29 min.
FilmSprout
Filmmaker: Chris Malloy
Ramon Navarro, a third-generation subsistence fisherman and farmer who lives on the coast of Chile at Punta Lobos, learned to surf on a broken surfboard left by a visiting surfer. Since then he has become one of the top-ten big wave riders. He has used his surfing accomplishments to protect his home beaches and he is admired around the world as an environmental activist. He fights resort development on the point, the building of pulp mills on the coast and sewage pipes that pollute the ocean off Pichilemu, Chile.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 3:00pm
Food Chains 2015
86 min.
Director: Sanjay Rawal
Farm labour has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the most vulnerable people. Exploitation still exists, ranging from wage theft and sexual harassment to modern-day slavery. This exploitation is perpetuated by the corporations at the top of the food chain, supermarkets. Their buying power has kept wages pitifully low, but desperately poor people are willing to put up with almost anything to keep their jobs. In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm workers in the US.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 10:30am
86 min.
Director: Sanjay Rawal
Farm labour has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the most vulnerable people. Exploitation still exists, ranging from wage theft and sexual harassment to modern-day slavery. This exploitation is perpetuated by the corporations at the top of the food chain, supermarkets. Their buying power has kept wages pitifully low, but desperately poor people are willing to put up with almost anything to keep their jobs. In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm workers in the US.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 10:30am
Hadwin's Judgement 2015
91 min.
National Film Board
Director: Sasha Snow
Grant Hadwin loved the forest, and made his living finding the best routes for roads that cut deep into BC's remote and ancient forests for logging companies. But the utter devastation wrought by clear-cutting these beautiful forests began to obsess him and gradually drove him to commit an act that ran contrary to all he had come to love—killing the most beautiful and sacred tree on Haida Gwaii. Based on John Vaillant's award–winning book, The Golden Spruce, director Sasha Snow interweaves speculative re-enactments, Haida legends, interviews and stunning cinematography to explore the motives and pressures that led to Hadwin’s unprecedented crime. Hadwin’s Judgement charts his crusade against the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest—a crusade that ends tragically with his disappearance and prophetic warning, sealing Hadwin’s fate as both madman and visionary.
Screening on Friday March 4th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 7:15pm
91 min.
National Film Board
Director: Sasha Snow
Grant Hadwin loved the forest, and made his living finding the best routes for roads that cut deep into BC's remote and ancient forests for logging companies. But the utter devastation wrought by clear-cutting these beautiful forests began to obsess him and gradually drove him to commit an act that ran contrary to all he had come to love—killing the most beautiful and sacred tree on Haida Gwaii. Based on John Vaillant's award–winning book, The Golden Spruce, director Sasha Snow interweaves speculative re-enactments, Haida legends, interviews and stunning cinematography to explore the motives and pressures that led to Hadwin’s unprecedented crime. Hadwin’s Judgement charts his crusade against the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest—a crusade that ends tragically with his disappearance and prophetic warning, sealing Hadwin’s fate as both madman and visionary.
Screening on Friday March 4th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 7:15pm
The Hand That Feeds 2014
84 min.
McNabb Connolly
Filmmaker: Robin Blotnick
At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. Behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick.
Risking deportation and job loss, the workers team up with innovative young organizers and form their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers battle in back rooms and workers walk the picket line with support from the “Occupy” crowd. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent. But whatever happens, these workers will never be the same. Audience Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival; Audience Award, DOC NYC; Best of Fest, AFI Docs
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 1:30pm
84 min.
McNabb Connolly
Filmmaker: Robin Blotnick
At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. Behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick.
Risking deportation and job loss, the workers team up with innovative young organizers and form their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers battle in back rooms and workers walk the picket line with support from the “Occupy” crowd. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent. But whatever happens, these workers will never be the same. Audience Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival; Audience Award, DOC NYC; Best of Fest, AFI Docs
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 1:30pm
The Harversters 2012
60 min.
Director: Diego Briceño
Each spring, rural Latin America villages are emptied of their men. Their destination : the fields of Quebec where they labour on farms to earn up to four times the salary of those who stayed at home.
The Harversters follows Mario, Jose Manuel and Edwin, who leave Chimaltenango, Guatemala for a full season to work in the fields of the Montérégie. When they arrive at the Forino family farm, they find themselves plunged into the middle of an agricultural industry where their daily lives are dictated by the whims of supply and demand.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 10:30am
60 min.
Director: Diego Briceño
Each spring, rural Latin America villages are emptied of their men. Their destination : the fields of Quebec where they labour on farms to earn up to four times the salary of those who stayed at home.
The Harversters follows Mario, Jose Manuel and Edwin, who leave Chimaltenango, Guatemala for a full season to work in the fields of the Montérégie. When they arrive at the Forino family farm, they find themselves plunged into the middle of an agricultural industry where their daily lives are dictated by the whims of supply and demand.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 10:30am
How To Change the World 2015
110 min.
Kinosmith
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Greenpeace was founded on tight knit, passionate relationships forged in Vancouver in the early 1970s. Together these pioneers created a template for environmental activism which mixed daring iconic feats with worldwide media; placing small rubber inflatables between harpooners and whales, blocking ice-breaking sealing ships with their own bodies, spraying the pelts of baby seals with dye to make them valueless in the fur market. The group had a prescient understanding of the power of media, knowing that the advent of global mass communications meant that the image was becoming a very effective tool for change.
How To Change The World is an intimate portrait of the group's original members and of activism itself; idealism vs. pragmatism, principle vs. compromise. They agreed that a handful of people could change the world; they just couldn't always agree on how to do it. Environmental Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest ; Special Jury Award for Editing, Sundance.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 3:00pm
110 min.
Kinosmith
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Greenpeace was founded on tight knit, passionate relationships forged in Vancouver in the early 1970s. Together these pioneers created a template for environmental activism which mixed daring iconic feats with worldwide media; placing small rubber inflatables between harpooners and whales, blocking ice-breaking sealing ships with their own bodies, spraying the pelts of baby seals with dye to make them valueless in the fur market. The group had a prescient understanding of the power of media, knowing that the advent of global mass communications meant that the image was becoming a very effective tool for change.
How To Change The World is an intimate portrait of the group's original members and of activism itself; idealism vs. pragmatism, principle vs. compromise. They agreed that a handful of people could change the world; they just couldn't always agree on how to do it. Environmental Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest ; Special Jury Award for Editing, Sundance.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 3:00pm
Jumbo Wild 2015
60 min.
FilmSprout
Director: Nick Waggoner
For decades, First Nations, conservationists, backcountry skiers and snowboarders have fought a proposed large-scale ski resort deep in the Purcell Mountains near Invermere, BC. After 24 years of opposition, what more will it take to keep Jumbo wild for good? Vancouver-based architect, Oberto Oberti, hopes to develop this valley as the site of North America’s premiere ski area, his lifelong dream. As an emblem of the conflict between development and nature, Jumbo quickly becomes an ideological battle about how we value land and why we care so deeply about our wild backyards. Jumbo Wild features intimate access to key players on all sides of a divisive issue. Stunning cinematography!
Screening on Friday March 4th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:00pm
60 min.
FilmSprout
Director: Nick Waggoner
For decades, First Nations, conservationists, backcountry skiers and snowboarders have fought a proposed large-scale ski resort deep in the Purcell Mountains near Invermere, BC. After 24 years of opposition, what more will it take to keep Jumbo wild for good? Vancouver-based architect, Oberto Oberti, hopes to develop this valley as the site of North America’s premiere ski area, his lifelong dream. As an emblem of the conflict between development and nature, Jumbo quickly becomes an ideological battle about how we value land and why we care so deeply about our wild backyards. Jumbo Wild features intimate access to key players on all sides of a divisive issue. Stunning cinematography!
Screening on Friday March 4th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:00pm
Knitting Nannas 2013
22 min.
Frogmouth Films
Director: Rani Brown
Knitting Nannas Against Gas is a group of sweet ladies who ‘protest’ by unfolding some lawn chairs, popping the kettle on and knitting. The KNAGs, who formed in Australia in 2012, campaign against the growing coal-seam gas (CSG) industry, which they argue threatens to destroy prime farmland and unspoiled ecosystems. They are also absolutely delightful and effective.
From the Nannafesto: “We peacefully & productively protest against the destruction of our land, air, and water by corporations and/or individuals who seek profit and personal gain from the short-sighted and greedy plunder of our natural resources. We support energy generation from renewable sources, and sustainable use of our other natural resources. We sit, knit, plot, have a yarn and a cuppa, and bear witness to the war against those who try to rape our land and divide our communities.”
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 10:00am
22 min.
Frogmouth Films
Director: Rani Brown
Knitting Nannas Against Gas is a group of sweet ladies who ‘protest’ by unfolding some lawn chairs, popping the kettle on and knitting. The KNAGs, who formed in Australia in 2012, campaign against the growing coal-seam gas (CSG) industry, which they argue threatens to destroy prime farmland and unspoiled ecosystems. They are also absolutely delightful and effective.
From the Nannafesto: “We peacefully & productively protest against the destruction of our land, air, and water by corporations and/or individuals who seek profit and personal gain from the short-sighted and greedy plunder of our natural resources. We support energy generation from renewable sources, and sustainable use of our other natural resources. We sit, knit, plot, have a yarn and a cuppa, and bear witness to the war against those who try to rape our land and divide our communities.”
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 10:00am
The Land of Migrant Women
The Guerrero Mountain: land of women migrants, shows the reality faced by indigenous women who are employed as agricultural day labourers in the fields of three different entities of the Mexican Republic.The lack of access on equal terms for decent work and lack of protection against unemployment are the main factors that threaten social security and contravene human rights for indigenous women in the mountains of Guerrero.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 5:15pm
The Guerrero Mountain: land of women migrants, shows the reality faced by indigenous women who are employed as agricultural day labourers in the fields of three different entities of the Mexican Republic.The lack of access on equal terms for decent work and lack of protection against unemployment are the main factors that threaten social security and contravene human rights for indigenous women in the mountains of Guerrero.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 5:15pm
Landfill Harmonic 2015
85 min.
The Film Collaborative
Director: Graham Townsley
Landfill Harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. With the guidance of their music director, they must navigate this new world of arenas and sold out concerts. However, when a natural disaster devastates their community, the orchestra provides a source of hope for the town. The film is a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit. VIFF Impact: Int'l Audience Award
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:45pm
85 min.
The Film Collaborative
Director: Graham Townsley
Landfill Harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. With the guidance of their music director, they must navigate this new world of arenas and sold out concerts. However, when a natural disaster devastates their community, the orchestra provides a source of hope for the town. The film is a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit. VIFF Impact: Int'l Audience Award
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:45pm
A Last Stand for Lelu Island 2016
24 mins.
VoVo Productions
Directors: Farhan Umedaly & Tamo Campos
A great injustice is being done on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, B.C., the sacred and traditional territory of the Lax Kw'alaams people for over 10,000 years. The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on the island – Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian energy giant Petronas, without consent.
The Lax Kw'alaams are the keepers of Lelu Island and its connected Flora Bank, a massive sand bar that is part of the Skeena River estuary and known by fisheries biologists as some of the most important salmon habitat in Canada. The project would devastate the Skeena River, the natural wildlife and countless communities in the path of the LNG pipeline that will feed the terminal with fracked gas from Northeastern B.C.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 4:15pm
24 mins.
VoVo Productions
Directors: Farhan Umedaly & Tamo Campos
A great injustice is being done on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, B.C., the sacred and traditional territory of the Lax Kw'alaams people for over 10,000 years. The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on the island – Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian energy giant Petronas, without consent.
The Lax Kw'alaams are the keepers of Lelu Island and its connected Flora Bank, a massive sand bar that is part of the Skeena River estuary and known by fisheries biologists as some of the most important salmon habitat in Canada. The project would devastate the Skeena River, the natural wildlife and countless communities in the path of the LNG pipeline that will feed the terminal with fracked gas from Northeastern B.C.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 4:15pm
Little Moccasins 2014
10 min.
Ken Matheson Productions
Little Moccasins is about young students honouring First Nations children who died and were buried in unmarked graves while attending the Dunbow Indian Residential School near Calgary from 1889 to 1924. Elementary students in the Strathcona Tweedsmuir Outreach Program are shocked to learn that the Dunbow Indian Residential School had been located only 15 minutes from their present day classroom. Struggling to come to terms with this dark period in Canadian history, the students embark on a journey to honour, give voice and identity to First Nations children who were buried and forgotten there long ago. Best Documentary, Vancouver Short Film Festival
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 3:00pm
10 min.
Ken Matheson Productions
Little Moccasins is about young students honouring First Nations children who died and were buried in unmarked graves while attending the Dunbow Indian Residential School near Calgary from 1889 to 1924. Elementary students in the Strathcona Tweedsmuir Outreach Program are shocked to learn that the Dunbow Indian Residential School had been located only 15 minutes from their present day classroom. Struggling to come to terms with this dark period in Canadian history, the students embark on a journey to honour, give voice and identity to First Nations children who were buried and forgotten there long ago. Best Documentary, Vancouver Short Film Festival
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 3:00pm
Lowdown Tracks 2015
86 min.
McNabb Connolly
Director: Shelley Saywell
Music is an expression of the spirit for everyone. But for some who survive on the periphery of society, it can also be a life-saving coping mechanism and the last stand of their dignity. Emmy-winning Director Shelley Saywell’s moving and inspiring documentary was created with singer/activist Lorraine Segato. It captures the music and stories of five musicians who are homeless or on society’s margin. The causes, from abuse to mental health to simple bad luck, are all touched on in their stories in the film. But at its heart, Lowdown Tracks is about bringing into focus the heartache and the beautiful potential we should see when we walk by someone on the street. In the end, it is a celebration of the power of music and survival. Second Place Audience Favourite Film at Hot Docs 2015
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 1:30pm
86 min.
McNabb Connolly
Director: Shelley Saywell
Music is an expression of the spirit for everyone. But for some who survive on the periphery of society, it can also be a life-saving coping mechanism and the last stand of their dignity. Emmy-winning Director Shelley Saywell’s moving and inspiring documentary was created with singer/activist Lorraine Segato. It captures the music and stories of five musicians who are homeless or on society’s margin. The causes, from abuse to mental health to simple bad luck, are all touched on in their stories in the film. But at its heart, Lowdown Tracks is about bringing into focus the heartache and the beautiful potential we should see when we walk by someone on the street. In the end, it is a celebration of the power of music and survival. Second Place Audience Favourite Film at Hot Docs 2015
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 1:30pm
Nefertiti's Daughters 2015
39 min.
Icarus Films
Director: Mark Nickolas
Nefertiti's Daughters is a story of women, art and revolution. Told by prominent Egyptian artists, this documentary witnesses the critical role revolutionary street art played during the Egyptian uprisings. Focused on the role of women artists in the struggle for social and political change, it spotlights how the iconic graffiti of Queen Nefertiti placed her on the front lines in the ongoing fight for women's rights and freedom in Egypt today. Remi Award, Houston Int'l Film Fest; Grand Jury Prize, Athens Film and Video Festival
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:00pm
39 min.
Icarus Films
Director: Mark Nickolas
Nefertiti's Daughters is a story of women, art and revolution. Told by prominent Egyptian artists, this documentary witnesses the critical role revolutionary street art played during the Egyptian uprisings. Focused on the role of women artists in the struggle for social and political change, it spotlights how the iconic graffiti of Queen Nefertiti placed her on the front lines in the ongoing fight for women's rights and freedom in Egypt today. Remi Award, Houston Int'l Film Fest; Grand Jury Prize, Athens Film and Video Festival
Screening on Sunday March 6th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 6:00pm
Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley 2014
91 min.
Naretiv Productions
Filmmaker: Jesse Freeston
In 2009, the first coup d’état in a generation overthrows the elected president of Honduras, plunging the whole region into a chaotic state of uncertainty. In protest, the farmers of the Aguan Valley take over several palm oil plantations belonging to the country’s largest landowner, all amidst the birth of a nation-wide resistance movement against the oppressive new regime. The camera follows three of the movement's protagonists and one brilliant journalist from the capital city over the four years between the coup and the elections that the farmers hope will return democracy to Honduras. But will the same people who took power by the bullet, give it up with the ballot?
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 10:30am
91 min.
Naretiv Productions
Filmmaker: Jesse Freeston
In 2009, the first coup d’état in a generation overthrows the elected president of Honduras, plunging the whole region into a chaotic state of uncertainty. In protest, the farmers of the Aguan Valley take over several palm oil plantations belonging to the country’s largest landowner, all amidst the birth of a nation-wide resistance movement against the oppressive new regime. The camera follows three of the movement's protagonists and one brilliant journalist from the capital city over the four years between the coup and the elections that the farmers hope will return democracy to Honduras. But will the same people who took power by the bullet, give it up with the ballot?
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 10:30am
A Sorry State 2012
47 min.
McNabb Connolly
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 Japanese Canadians during WWII. Mitch’s stepmother Etheline was a young victim of residential schools for Aboriginal children. His stepfather, Harvey, is the son of Chinese immigrants who were burdened with a racist head tax. Both also received official apologies from the Canadian government. But what do these apologies mean, to his parents, his young children and to his country? A Sorry State investigates how we deal with past traumas perpetrated by governments, explores our sense of nationhood and identity and witnesses the different ways we pass these dark legacies down to future generations. Screenwriting Award for Documentary, Writers Guild of Canada, 2013
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 3:00pm
47 min.
McNabb Connolly
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 Japanese Canadians during WWII. Mitch’s stepmother Etheline was a young victim of residential schools for Aboriginal children. His stepfather, Harvey, is the son of Chinese immigrants who were burdened with a racist head tax. Both also received official apologies from the Canadian government. But what do these apologies mean, to his parents, his young children and to his country? A Sorry State investigates how we deal with past traumas perpetrated by governments, explores our sense of nationhood and identity and witnesses the different ways we pass these dark legacies down to future generations. Screenwriting Award for Documentary, Writers Guild of Canada, 2013
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 3:00pm
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There You Go! 2009
3 min. Survival International Writer: Oren Ginzberg Narrator: David Mitchell Around the world, development is robbing tribal people of their land, self-sufficiency and pride and leaving them with nothing. This short, satirical film tells the story of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of development. Screening on Thursday March 3rd at the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society (442 Leon Ave) at 6:45pm |
The True Cost 2015
92 min.
McNabb Connolly
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 fashion” clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary that pulls back the curtain on an unseen part of our world and asks each of us to consider who pays the price for our clothing.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 8:00pm
92 min.
McNabb Connolly
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 fashion” clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary that pulls back the curtain on an unseen part of our world and asks each of us to consider who pays the price for our clothing.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 8:00pm
The Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd 2014
52 min short version or 99 min full.
National Film Board
Director: Patricio Henriquez
This feature documentary recounts the incredible odyssey of 22 men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. These Turkic-speaking Muslims, persecuted by the authorities in Beijing, escaped to the Middle East where they were captured and sold as terrorists to the American forces. From northern China to Guantánamo, Cuba, this documentary by Patricio Henríquez charts the incredible odyssey of three of these “prisoners of the absurd,” wrongly linked to worldwide terror networks through no fault of their own.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 11:30am
52 min short version or 99 min full.
National Film Board
Director: Patricio Henriquez
This feature documentary recounts the incredible odyssey of 22 men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. These Turkic-speaking Muslims, persecuted by the authorities in Beijing, escaped to the Middle East where they were captured and sold as terrorists to the American forces. From northern China to Guantánamo, Cuba, this documentary by Patricio Henríquez charts the incredible odyssey of three of these “prisoners of the absurd,” wrongly linked to worldwide terror networks through no fault of their own.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in the OC Student Centre Theatre at 11:30am
The Wanted 18 2015
75 min.
National Film Board
Directors: Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan
It started simply enough, with the purchase of 18 cows. Bought by residents of the West Bank town of Beit Sahour, the cows were a symbol of freedom and resistance, allowing them to provide milk for their children rather than buying it from an Israeli company.
But these were not ordinary times. The first Palestinian popular movement in the West Bank was rising and soon the illegal cows, cherished by the Palestinians, were being sought by the Israeli army. With humour and passion, The Wanted 18 captures the spirit of the 1987 uprising through the personal experiences of those who lived it, bringing to life one of the strangest chapters in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Best Documentary, Traverse City Film Festival; Palestine Oscar nomination.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 4:00pm
75 min.
National Film Board
Directors: Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan
It started simply enough, with the purchase of 18 cows. Bought by residents of the West Bank town of Beit Sahour, the cows were a symbol of freedom and resistance, allowing them to provide milk for their children rather than buying it from an Israeli company.
But these were not ordinary times. The first Palestinian popular movement in the West Bank was rising and soon the illegal cows, cherished by the Palestinians, were being sought by the Israeli army. With humour and passion, The Wanted 18 captures the spirit of the 1987 uprising through the personal experiences of those who lived it, bringing to life one of the strangest chapters in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Best Documentary, Traverse City Film Festival; Palestine Oscar nomination.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 4:00pm
The War on Whistleblowers 2013
66 min.
Brave New Films
Director: Robert Greenwald
War on Whistleblowers highlights the stories of four whistleblowers, including Edward Snowden, who noticed government wrong-doings and turned to the media to expose the abuse they discovered. In addition to their personal accounts, the film includes interviews with journalists and legal experts sharing their knowledge of the challenges whistleblowers face today. In spite of promises to protect them, Obama's administration has attacked more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all previous administrations combined.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 3:00pm
66 min.
Brave New Films
Director: Robert Greenwald
War on Whistleblowers highlights the stories of four whistleblowers, including Edward Snowden, who noticed government wrong-doings and turned to the media to expose the abuse they discovered. In addition to their personal accounts, the film includes interviews with journalists and legal experts sharing their knowledge of the challenges whistleblowers face today. In spite of promises to protect them, Obama's administration has attacked more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all previous administrations combined.
Screening on Sunday March 6th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 3:00pm
We Call Them Intruders 2015
56 min.
Cinécoop Productions
Filmmakers: Susi Porter-Bopp & Tamara Herman
How well do you know your money? Two Vancouver-based filmmakers trace their investments to Canadian mines in Eastern and Southern Africa. If you live and work in Canada, chances are you’re connected to Canadian mining companies, whether you know it or not, through your savings, taxes, Canada Pension Plan contributions, RRSPs and other investments. We Call Them Intruders is a documentary that travels from Canada to Africa and back again to unearth the stories behind some of the continent’s largest Canadian-owned mining projects. The film brings viewers on a journey, taking a hard look at why communities, governments and corporations are so often pitted against each other in an explosive battle over extracting the Earth’s riches. Filmmakers will attend.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 11:30am
56 min.
Cinécoop Productions
Filmmakers: Susi Porter-Bopp & Tamara Herman
How well do you know your money? Two Vancouver-based filmmakers trace their investments to Canadian mines in Eastern and Southern Africa. If you live and work in Canada, chances are you’re connected to Canadian mining companies, whether you know it or not, through your savings, taxes, Canada Pension Plan contributions, RRSPs and other investments. We Call Them Intruders is a documentary that travels from Canada to Africa and back again to unearth the stories behind some of the continent’s largest Canadian-owned mining projects. The film brings viewers on a journey, taking a hard look at why communities, governments and corporations are so often pitted against each other in an explosive battle over extracting the Earth’s riches. Filmmakers will attend.
Screening on Saturday March 5th in OC Theatre 2 (H115) at 11:30am
