In This Newsflash:
1. Mixed Greens – NEXT FRIDAY, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario
2. PIF at the CFTPA
3. Employment Opportunity – 2008 Call for Programmers

1. Mixed Greens, Friday, February 29, 2008, 6:45pm Pay What You Can

Join us at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park on the last Friday of each month as we celebrate the best environmental films from our 2007 festival! Selected straight from our 2007 festival line-up, here is your chance to experience again or for the first time this rare and note worthy collection of films from around the country and around the world!

Screening Friday, February 29, 6:45pm

The Nature of Rebirth
Johanna Lampi
Finland, short, 2007
15 mins. (DV)
(Polish with English subtitles)

“If you are quiet in nature, the nature starts to reveal itself. We all die, but what is dying?” Europe’s oldest forest inspires reflection on the symbiosis of death and the nature of rebirth among four individuals deeply affected by its mysteries… Exquisitely shot, this poetic meditation on life and death introduces us to Zbigniew who takes care of the bisons, Jerzy - a passionate entomologist, Joanna an artist transformed by the solace of the forest, and Janusz who walks the forest and ruminates on the effects we humans have on nature. This is an environmental film for the ages.

Snow-White Blacknoses
Sylviane Neuenschwander
Switzerland, documentary, 2006
86 mins. (MiniDV)
(Swiss German with English subtitles)

Reinhold and his fellow sheep-breeding colleagues do shift work in the city, with the rest of their waking hours spent tending meticulously to their beloved Valais Blacknose sheep. The sheep of the Swiss Alps are not bred for their wool, nor for their meat, but rather for their good looks that bring pride and prestige to their owners. The obsession is lost on the wives and children of the sheep farmers; they are perplexed with this labour of love. A sensitive and charming tale about the strong affections between a farmer, his sheep and a vanishing way of life.

For complete program details, please visit our website at: www.planetinfocus.org/mixedgreens

2. PIF at the CFTPA

Candida Paltiel, Artistic Director of Planet in Focus will be joining film and media delegates at the 13th annual Prime Time, CFTPA (Canadian Film & Television Production Association) conference in Ottawa, Ontario, from February 20th through the 22nd.

Candida will be representing PIF and the Green Screen Toronto Alliance when she sits on the panel, The Need to go Green in the Production Sector with Trish Dolman (Moderator) - Producer, Screen Siren Pictures Shelley Billik - VP Environmental Initiatives, Warner Bros., Gordon Hardwick of Reel Green BC, BC Film Commission, Mary Young Leckie producer, Screen Door, and Peter Wintonick of the Green Code Project
In its 13th year, Prime Time will explore timely topics related to the current state of the production industry, maintaining a competitive edge, exploring emerging markets, the upcoming broadcast license renewals, the new distribution landscape for theatrical films, children’s and documentary programming and ensuring a Canadian presence in new media, among more exciting panels.

3. Employment Opportunities – 2008 Call for Programmers

We are currently looking to hire two programmers to assist us with programming films for our upcoming 2008, 9th annual Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film & Video Festival, October 22-26, 2008.

For more information, please visit our website at www.planetinfocus.org/employment