Planet in Focus

2013 Planet in Focus Touring

Best of Planet in Focus Film Festival at the Yukon Beringia Centre

Yukon Beringia Centre, Whitehorse
March 12–28, 2013
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School Touring

Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay and other locations across Ontario

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2012 Planet in Focus Touring

Borneo Eco Film Festival
28 – 30 Sept. 2012
The Borneo Eco Film Festival is an annual event celebrating Borneo’s biocultural diversity through showcasing environmental films and nurturing local community filmmaking. The event will be held in Kompleks JKKN in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo Malaysia.
BEFF is about
(1) SUARA Community Filmmaking, and
(2) Environmental Cinema.

Best of Planet in Focus at ALLIANCE Museums of Natural History across Canada

For two years running Planet in Focus and the Alliance of Natural History Museums have reached an exciting agreement to create a national tour of a diverse selection of films—All premieres from Toronto’s internationally-acclaimed Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival produced for the past 13 years every October. 

Soon, eco-conscious Canadians—and those who just like a good real-life story—from St John’s to Whitehorse will have access to a startling array of award-winning documentaries on topics-of-concern as diverse as urban gardening in the delightful Truck Farm, Cacao farming in Elisha and the Cacao Tree, the science of climate change, The Polar Explorer, our “throw-away” society in the light-hearted The Clean Bin Project, saving a whale in The Whale (narrated by Ryan Reynolds), a filmmaker’s journey through the Tar Sands in White Water, Black Gold and the charming La Reine malade (The Ailing Queen) about the widespread ramifications of mass bee “hive collapse.”

“The international and Canadian films we are screening on the tour,” explains Artistic Director, Kathleen Mullen, “shine light on the state of the planet today and provide points of discussion and debate for the audience and guests in attendance.”

Visit the Best of Planet In Focus Environmental Film Festival Tour Locations:

Yukon Beringia Centre, Whitehorse

Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa

The Rooms in Newfoundland 

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

New Brunswick Museum in St. John

Book a film for your community.

Planet in Focus brings important films about the environment to audiences in communities and institutions across Canada and around the world.  Each year, Planet in Focus helps to raise awareness about important environmental issues by using the power of film to educate and engage new audiences, sparking greater understandings and meaningful conversations.

Our programming team works directly with communities and institutions to ensure the successful development and execution of an environmental film festival program.  We also help to facilitate single screenings of films that are relevant to your audience.

201o International Tour Stops included Kuwait, Bosnia, Norway, and China. 2011 Canadian tour stops included “The Best of the Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival” in French and English, in natural history museums including Ottawa, Ontario, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Victoria, British Columbia, Whitehorse, Yukon, Saint John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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For more information about the Touring Program or to organize a screening please BOOK A FILM or e-mail info@planetinfocus.org. We will get back to you shortly.

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