Family Day

A FREE 40-minute program of international short films curated especially for young people. Following the screening, Rishma Malik of Rishma Yoga will lead a youth yoga session. Please remember to bring your mats!

WHERE: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2018

10 AM to 11 AM – A light breakfast will be served in the Cafeteria

11 AM – 11:40 AM – Short Films Programme

11:40 AM – 12 PM – Yoga with Rishma Malik

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DAM! THE STORY OF KIT THE BEAVER

Director: Kjell Boersma

While Kit is busy discovering the world, her clan is busy building a dam. During her adventures in the forest, Kit teaches her clan about the value of working with others and she learns that progress can come in many forms. Through generosity and compassion, we can build relationships that strengthen and grow in ways that we could never imagine.

THE MOUNTAIN OF SGAANA

Director: Christopher Auchter

Christopher Auchter spins a magical tale of a young man who is stolen away to the spirit world, and the young woman who rescues him. The film brilliantly combines traditional animation with formal elements of Haida art, and is based on a story inspired by a old Haida fable.

SANS CHLOROPHYLL

Director: Phil Davis

An experimental animated choreography with autumn leaves. Get ready to dance!

PENGUIN PROTECTORS

Director: Jessie Ayles

We follow a group of dedicated conservationists around the Western Cape, South Africa, as they fight to keep the African penguin from extinction.

BECOMING

Director: Jan Van Ijken

A short film about the miraculous genesis of animal life. In great microscope detail, we see the “making of” an Alpine Newt in its transparent egg from the first cell division to hatching.

THE DRIP – A WETTISH TALE

Director: Tim Britton

A stop-frame animation exploring the issues that our water faces from pollution and misuse – from Source to Sea – all told in 5 minutes by a pencil, a brush and a hand.

RISHMA YOGA

Rishma Malik, Family Day Yoga Instructor

Toronto based Yoga Instructor Rishma Malik (E-RYT 1000 & E-RCYT), has been living, breathing and teaching Yoga for over 10 years. Rishma is a senior-level Yoga Instructor registered with the Yoga Alliance. She is trained in the Himalayan Yoga tradition and received her formal 1000-hour Yoga Master certification at Sananda Devi Yoga in 2004. She is also a registered kids yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance and holds 200-hour certification in kids yoga (E-RYCT), followed by yoga therapy and pre-natal certifications under the direction of many accomplished yoga teachers.

Rishma is known for her specificity and innovation in constructing programs for healing and breakthroughs for Actors, Producers, CEO’s, corporations, film-sets, working parents, families, kids with special needs, kids with confidence issues, adhd and autism.

Learn more at https://rishmayoga.com/