Schedule of films + speakers
2012 schedule coming soon! Join us for six days full of festival goodness this April.
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ThursdayMay 267:00PMOpening Night Gala – Postponed
See details in event description.
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FridayMay 2710:00AMWhat’s On Your Plate?
WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE is a witty and provocative documentary produced and directed by award-winning Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old multi-racial city kids as they explore their place in the food chain.
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FridayMay 2712:45PMThe Clean Bin Project
The Clean Bin Project is a feature documentary film about a regular couple and their quest to answer the question “is it possible to live completely waste free?”. Come find out!
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FridayMay 272:45pmPowerful: Energy For Everyone
Green economy educator David Chernushenko explores where our energy comes from, who controls and profits from it, and what it will take to ensure a safe, reliable energy future.
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FridayMay 274:30PMVanishing of the bees
Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives.
Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables -
FridayMay 276:00PM-8:00pmSocial Issue Documentary Workshop
Join a panel of local filmmakers and marketing professionals who will their expertise on making social issue docs from choosing your subject to marketing your completed project.
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FridayMay 276:45PMEco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
Eco-Pirate tells the story of a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. The film follows “professional radical ecologist” Captain Paul Watson as he repeatedly flouts the law, so that he may apprehend what he sees as the more serious law-breakers; the illegal poachers of the world.
SPEAKER – Captain Paul Watson
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FridayMay 279:30PMWomen are Heroes
From Rio’s shanty towns to Kenyan slums, through Indian and Cambodian streets, the legendary French photographer, JR pays tribute to those women who, in spite of the hurdles, keep smiling, keep fighting and keep hoping for a better life.
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SaturdayMay 2810:00AMUrban Roots
URBAN ROOTS, directed by Detroit-native Mark McInnis is a documentary that tells the powerful story of a small group of unique individuals involved in Detroit’s urban agricultural movement.
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SaturdayMay 2812:15PMWhite Water, Black Gold
White Water, Black Gold is an investigative point-of view documentary that follows David Lavallee on his three year journey across western Canadian watersheds (Edmonton, Vancouver, Fort McMurray, Fort Chipewyan, Kitimat) in search of answers about the activities of the world’s thirstiest oil industry.
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SaturdayMay 282:30PMThe Pipe
Irish farmers and fisherman rise up in protest when Shell tries to build a pipeline for natural gas through their county. The local confrontation reflects an international concern for how energy companies affect the environment and communities.
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SaturdayMay 285:00PMLiving Downstream
Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.. Living Downstream follows Sandra as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links.
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SaturdayMay 287:15 PMClimate of Change
Academy Award® winner Tilda Swinton narrates this documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Brian Hill (Songbirds) focusing on the efforts of everyday people all over the world who are making a difference in the fight against global warming. From Indian middle school students organizing demonstrations and major recycling efforts, to citizen lobbyists in Appalachia protesting the strip-mining that is destroying their communities and livelihood, to Papua New Guineans who refuse to allow commercial logging on their rainforest land, these are stories of ordinary humans doing extraordinary things.
SPEAKER – Severn Suzuki
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SaturdayMay 289:30PMEnjoy your meal: How food changes the world
Throughout the year a world of food is lying on our plate and changes the world. Has our food, from being both a temptation for our taste buds and a source of social gathering, degenerated to a matter of conscience?
SPEAKER – C Restaurant’s Executive Chef Robert Clark
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SundayMay 2910:00AMThe Clean Bin Project
The Clean Bin Project is a feature documentary film about a regular couple and their quest to answer the question “is it possible to live completely waste free?”.
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SundayMay 291:00PMWith my own two wheels + Marion Stoddart: The Work of 1000
Double Bill! WITH MY OWN TWO WHEEL weaves together the experiences of these five individuals into a single story about how the bicycle can change the world…one pedal stroke at a time. Followed by a discussion with co-director Isaac Seigel-Boettner, Ka-hay Law, Lundin for Africa and form Director of Southern Africa for Engineers Without Borders Canada and Michael Kollins, Chief Operating Officer, World Bicycle Relief.
MARION STODDART: THE WORK OF 1000 is a documentary about the parallel journey of two characters, one a young woman discouraged at her future as a suburban housewife, the other a river – once beautiful and teeming with wildlife – now a hopeless, toxic sludge pit. Followed by a Q&A with director/producer Susan Edwards. -
SundayMay 294:00PMWade in the water children
Through a passionate mixture of private videos, uncensored interviews and school-day adventures, the children of New Orleans notoriously violent Central City neighborhood have created a riveting portrait of childhood at the heart of an ongoing American crisis.
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SundayMay 297:00PMClosing Night Gala Presentation
Gala tickets include movie, speaker and after party at Nu Restaurant with refreshments and live music by Phontaine.
Mother: Caring Our Way Out Of The Population Dilemma shows in a human and sensitive way how population silently fuels our most pressing environmental, social, and humanitarian crises.