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All films in the 2012 Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival


78 Dayspg.43

78 Days

Director Jason Nardella and tree planter Corey Crysler in at...

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A Sea Turtle Story

A Sea Turtle Story

This charming stop-motion animation vividly depicts the life cycle of a sea turtle. &nb...

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Jennifer Baichwal Head Shot

An Evening with Jennifer Baichwal with Edward Burtynsky and Nicholas de Pencier

Pay What You Can Moderated by Adam Nayman Plane...

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As Above, So Below pg.67

As Above, So Below

Shedding light on local and global acts of alchemy, As Above, So Below is a deepl...

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Bay of Saintspg.31

Bay of All Saints

Seated atop the sullied waters of Brazil’s Bay of All Saints, rows of palafitas...

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BitterSeeds

Bitter Seeds

$5 Screening Motivated by personal tragedy, aspiri...

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BonesStillpg.54

Bones

A split-frame collage of Super 8 footage pans and mirrors decaying tree trunks scattered a...

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Sc_3_Sh_13 copy

Bunty’s Tree

A childhood carving jolts a logging executive back to his earliest bond with nature in thi...

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Canary in the Minepg.55

Canary in the Mine

Director Danielle Heifa and Producer Steve Henderson in atte...

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Caniculapg.41

Canícula

Director Jose Álvarez in attendance With his thou...

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Cerro Rico, Tierra Ricapg.65

Cerro Rico, Tierra Rica

Two distinct mining communities in southwestern Bolivia are portrayed in this haunting ele...

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Birthday Canyon, Greenland ice sheet

Closing Night Gala: Chasing Ice

...

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Colosse-A Wood Talepg.46,47

Colosse – A Wood Tale

When a giant wooden puppet accidentally cuts his lifeline, a woodpecker finds a creative w...

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Crown of Life Filmpg.66

Crown of Life (Chevelure de la vie)

Director of Nanameshkueu, awarded Best Short Film at the 2011 Planet in Focus Env...

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Dead Ducks64

Dead Ducks

Director Brenda Longfellow in attendance Darkly hu...

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Dolime Dilemma

Dolime Dilemma: Water Proof?

Director Kristy Neville in attendance The global f...

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ecoloshe

Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Be Sexy”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe3

Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Chips ‘n’ Roses”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe

Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “The Birth”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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EyesInTheForest_EDITED

Eyes in the Forest: The Portraiture of Jim Lawrence

Director Miriam Needoba in attendance ...

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FeatheredBullets

Feathered Bullets

Director David Fyfe in attendance The Peregrine Fa...

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SNAPpg.46,47

FREE Children’s Program (ages 5–12)

Join us for an exciting day of fun and engaging programming ...

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Future Weatherpg.56

Future Weather

When her single mom runs off to California to pursue her dream of becoming a make-up artis...

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Hanging_Around

Hanging Around

Perched in a jungle tree, a playful leopard attempts to wake a sloth from its slumber. ...

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3937_Chan_K'in_in_Canoe

Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth

$5 Screening As the end of the ancient Mayan calen...

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Dolime Dilemmapg50,51

Home Grown – Local Filmmakers Speak Out!

This program showcases short films about local issues made by Toronto-based emerging filmm...

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Hot & Botheredpg33

Hot and Bothered

The “telly” sells the answer to a couple’s struggle with intimacy in the midst of an...

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In Organic We Trustpg.62

In Organic We Trust

$5 Screening In Organic We Trust is an ey...

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Just Do It G20 Stillpg.33

Just Do It: A Tale of Modern Day Outlaws

Making a cup of tea is just one of the strategies for change that Marina Pepper, a classif...

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Keep on Rollingpg.64

Keep on Rolling: The Dream of the Automobile (Sobre Ruedas: El Sueño Del Automóvil)

In just over a century, the automobile has revolutionized our way of life. We allocate as ...

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Manufactured Landscapespg

Manufactured Landscapes

$5 Screening Award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Baic...

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Maori Boy Geniuspg.59

Maori Boy Genius

What if some shrewd filmmaker had recognized Barack Obama’s boyhood promise and docu...

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MyBrotherpg50,51

My Brother

Filmmakers Frederick King and Rochelle Chambers in attendan...

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Northwordspg.30

Northwords

Director Geoff Morrison and Shelagh Rogers will be in attend...

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occupylove-picpg.59

Occupy Love

Director Velcrow Ripper in attendance A profound s...

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lost_riverspg27

Opening Night Gala: Lost Rivers

Director Caroline Bâcle and Producer Katarina Soukup in att...

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Orange Witnesspg.55

Orange Witness

Sickened after visiting severely disfigured children who were born from parents and ...

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Passive Passionpg.37

Passive Passion

$5 screening  Tracing the roots of the Passive Ho...

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Rainforestpg.66

Rainforest: The Limit of Splendour

Director Richard Boyce in attendance Kwaxsistalla,...

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Raising Resistancepg.53

Raising Resistance

“Soy is like a ticking bomb to me,” says Geronimo Arevelos, a campesino (farm...

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Remains_pg67

Remains

Bourque’s elegiac hand-processed film reflects on the tenacity of the human spirit, even...

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Birthday Canyon, Greenland ice sheet

School Program: Chasing Ice

James Balog, National Geographic photographer and founder of the Extreme Ice Surv...

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romantic dinner1

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “A Romantic Dinner”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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ecoloshe

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Be Sexy”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe3

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Chips ‘n’ Roses”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe3

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Funny Games”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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romantic dinner4

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Heal the World 1″

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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romantic dinner4

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Heal the World 2″

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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NoeldeWalterandTandoori_pg82

School Program: Le Noël de Walter et Tandoori

In the midst of the Christmas shopping season, the picturesque mountainside village of Har...

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Green Mind Still_pg81

School Program: The Green Mind (À l’an vert)

Director Linda Desormeaux in attendance “If we ...

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DCIM100GOPRO

School Program: The Pipedreams Project

In May of 2010, Enbridge Inc. submitted an application for the construction of a network o...

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Water Brothers Still

School Program: The Water Brothers

The Water Brothers will be in attendance ...

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World's Saviours 3.0.pg

School Program: World’s Saviours 3.0

They’re young and they’re plugged in. They Skype, they post, they Tweet, and they have...

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Seeking the Current (Chercher le Courant)

Director Alexis de Gheldere will be in attendance $5 scree...

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photo by hope hall

Semper Fi: Always Faithful

$5 Screening Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensmin...

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Silent Skiespg49

Silent Skies

$5 Screening Su Ryna...

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SNAPpg.46,47

SNAP

Itching for a meal, Snap the Water Haggis looks to another species to learn the ancient ma...

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Spoke

Spoke

Director Lulu Wei in attendance Cycling to work an...

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Switch48

Spotlight on Renewable Energy and Sustainability

In the UN’s International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, we have decided to spotlig...

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Switch48

Switch

$5 Screening What will it really take to wean an e...

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A009_C046_030632

The Buffalo Wolves

$5 Screening Established in 1922, Wood Buffalo Nat...

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Carbon Rush, Thepg.32

The Carbon Rush

Director Amy Miller and Producer Byron A. Martin in attendan...

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The Girl and the Foxpg.46,47

The Girl and the Fox

A young girl’s empathy is rewarded when she is saved by the very same fox she had set ou...

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Joy of Living

The Joy of Living (La joie de vivre)

Eleven-year-old filmmaker Jérémy Vassiliou divulges how taking care of his three turtles...

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Little Bird and the Leafpg.46,47

The Little Bird and the Leaf (Der klein vogel und das blatt)

When winter winds whisk away fall’s lingering foliage, a young bird is determined to res...

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PolarExplorer3 copy

The Polar Explorer (School Program) – 2011 Film Festival

Director Mark Terry and Dr. Pete Ewin, ...

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Slug and the Snail, Thepg.46,47

The Slug and the Snails (Limaçon & Caricoles)

A curious slug tries to find his place among the snails.   Subtitles will be re...

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Zen of Rowing

The Zen of Rowing

Director Kevin Caners in attendance A solo sculler...

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Transformedpg50,51

Transformed

Directors Hanieh Taghizadeh, Krishna Bhatt and Punit Gandre...

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Trashed57

Trashed

Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons pulls up his wellies to cross littered beaches in...

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uponthefarm1

Up on the Farm

Diane Nerwen in attendance. A meditation on urban...

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Wavumba Film Stillpgpg.54

Wavumba

Director Jeroen van Velzen will be in attendance ...

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What's Up James

What’s up James (Qué tal James)

A man made out of plasticine comes to life one night as his young creator sleeps. As he tr...

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WildLilly copy

Wild Lilly (Uitgekraakt)

Born into a community situated deep in the  woods, Lilly enjoyed boundless freedom to roa...

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You Are What You Eatpg50,51

You Are What You Eat

Directors Audrey Fang, Maurice Loraine and Sohrab Rehzai wi...

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$5 Screenings

We’re pleased to offer the first screening of each day at a discounted rate of $5.


BitterSeeds

Bitter Seeds

$5 Screening Motivated by personal tragedy, aspiri...

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3937_Chan_K'in_in_Canoe

Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth

$5 Screening As the end of the ancient Mayan calen...

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In Organic We Trustpg.62

In Organic We Trust

$5 Screening In Organic We Trust is an ey...

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Manufactured Landscapespg

Manufactured Landscapes

$5 Screening Award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Baic...

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Passive Passionpg.37

Passive Passion

$5 screening  Tracing the roots of the Passive Ho...

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Birthday Canyon, Greenland ice sheet

School Program: Chasing Ice

James Balog, National Geographic photographer and founder of the Extreme Ice Surv...

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romantic dinner1

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “A Romantic Dinner”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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ecoloshe

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Be Sexy”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe3

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Chips ‘n’ Roses”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe3

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Funny Games”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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romantic dinner4

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Heal the World 1″

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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romantic dinner4

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Heal the World 2″

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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NoeldeWalterandTandoori_pg82

School Program: Le Noël de Walter et Tandoori

In the midst of the Christmas shopping season, the picturesque mountainside village of Har...

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Green Mind Still_pg81

School Program: The Green Mind (À l’an vert)

Director Linda Desormeaux in attendance “If we ...

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DCIM100GOPRO

School Program: The Pipedreams Project

In May of 2010, Enbridge Inc. submitted an application for the construction of a network o...

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Water Brothers Still

School Program: The Water Brothers

The Water Brothers will be in attendance ...

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World's Saviours 3.0.pg

School Program: World’s Saviours 3.0

They’re young and they’re plugged in. They Skype, they post, they Tweet, and they have...

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Seeking the Current (Chercher le Courant)

Director Alexis de Gheldere will be in attendance $5 scree...

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photo by hope hall

Semper Fi: Always Faithful

$5 Screening Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensmin...

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Silent Skiespg49

Silent Skies

$5 Screening Su Ryna...

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Switch48

Switch

$5 Screening What will it really take to wean an e...

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A009_C046_030632

The Buffalo Wolves

$5 Screening Established in 1922, Wood Buffalo Nat...

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Children's Films

Fun and engaging films specially programmed for children. Free and open to all.


A Sea Turtle Story

A Sea Turtle Story

This charming stop-motion animation vividly depicts the life cycle of a sea turtle. &nb...

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Sc_3_Sh_13 copy

Bunty’s Tree

A childhood carving jolts a logging executive back to his earliest bond with nature in thi...

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Colosse-A Wood Talepg.46,47

Colosse – A Wood Tale

When a giant wooden puppet accidentally cuts his lifeline, a woodpecker finds a creative w...

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SNAPpg.46,47

FREE Children’s Program (ages 5–12)

Join us for an exciting day of fun and engaging programming ...

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Hanging_Around

Hanging Around

Perched in a jungle tree, a playful leopard attempts to wake a sloth from its slumber. ...

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SNAPpg.46,47

SNAP

Itching for a meal, Snap the Water Haggis looks to another species to learn the ancient ma...

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The Girl and the Foxpg.46,47

The Girl and the Fox

A young girl’s empathy is rewarded when she is saved by the very same fox she had set ou...

read more »
Joy of Living

The Joy of Living (La joie de vivre)

Eleven-year-old filmmaker Jérémy Vassiliou divulges how taking care of his three turtles...

read more »
Little Bird and the Leafpg.46,47

The Little Bird and the Leaf (Der klein vogel und das blatt)

When winter winds whisk away fall’s lingering foliage, a young bird is determined to res...

read more »
Slug and the Snail, Thepg.46,47

The Slug and the Snails (Limaçon & Caricoles)

A curious slug tries to find his place among the snails.   Subtitles will be re...

read more »
WildLilly copy

Wild Lilly (Uitgekraakt)

Born into a community situated deep in the  woods, Lilly enjoyed boundless freedom to roa...

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Home Grown: Shorts Program


Dolime Dilemma

Dolime Dilemma: Water Proof?

Director Kristy Neville in attendance The global f...

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ecoloshe

Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Be Sexy”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe

Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “The Birth”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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FeatheredBullets

Feathered Bullets

Director David Fyfe in attendance The Peregrine Fa...

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Dolime Dilemmapg50,51

Home Grown – Local Filmmakers Speak Out!

This program showcases short films about local issues made by Toronto-based emerging filmm...

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MyBrotherpg50,51

My Brother

Filmmakers Frederick King and Rochelle Chambers in attendan...

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Spoke

Spoke

Director Lulu Wei in attendance Cycling to work an...

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Zen of Rowing

The Zen of Rowing

Director Kevin Caners in attendance A solo sculler...

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Transformedpg50,51

Transformed

Directors Hanieh Taghizadeh, Krishna Bhatt and Punit Gandre...

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You Are What You Eatpg50,51

You Are What You Eat

Directors Audrey Fang, Maurice Loraine and Sohrab Rehzai wi...

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School Program Films

Enriching and informative films for elementary, middle, secondary and French immersion students.


Birthday Canyon, Greenland ice sheet

School Program: Chasing Ice

James Balog, National Geographic photographer and founder of the Extreme Ice Surv...

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romantic dinner1

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “A Romantic Dinner”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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ecoloshe

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Be Sexy”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe3

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Chips ‘n’ Roses”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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birth of ecoloshe3

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Funny Games”

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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romantic dinner4

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Heal the World 1″

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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romantic dinner4

School Program: Ecoloshe & The Green Revolution: “Heal the World 2″

This short film was created by the participants of the ...

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NoeldeWalterandTandoori_pg82

School Program: Le Noël de Walter et Tandoori

In the midst of the Christmas shopping season, the picturesque mountainside village of Har...

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Green Mind Still_pg81

School Program: The Green Mind (À l’an vert)

Director Linda Desormeaux in attendance “If we ...

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DCIM100GOPRO

School Program: The Pipedreams Project

In May of 2010, Enbridge Inc. submitted an application for the construction of a network o...

read more »
Water Brothers Still

School Program: The Water Brothers

The Water Brothers will be in attendance ...

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World's Saviours 3.0.pg

School Program: World’s Saviours 3.0

They’re young and they’re plugged in. They Skype, they post, they Tweet, and they have...

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Spotlight: Renewable Energy & Sustainability

The films in the 2012 Spotlight examine the challenges and changing perspectives on building a safe and ethical sustainable energy future.


Dead Ducks64

Dead Ducks

Director Brenda Longfellow in attendance Darkly hu...

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Keep on Rollingpg.64

Keep on Rolling: The Dream of the Automobile (Sobre Ruedas: El Sueño Del Automóvil)

In just over a century, the automobile has revolutionized our way of life. We allocate as ...

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Passive Passionpg.37

Passive Passion

$5 screening  Tracing the roots of the Passive Ho...

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Seeking the Current (Chercher le Courant)

Director Alexis de Gheldere will be in attendance $5 scree...

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Switch48

Spotlight on Renewable Energy and Sustainability

In the UN’s International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, we have decided to spotlig...

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Switch48

Switch

$5 Screening What will it really take to wean an e...

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Tour Films

Films selected for the Touring Program