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PLANET IN FOCUS Co-Presents SWITCH OFF at Hot Docs
Planet In Focus is pleased to announce a Co-Presentation with Hot Docs Documentary Festival for the landmark Environmental Documentary Switch Off.
 

SWITCH OFF
Director: Manel Mayol, Spain
(85minutes)
 
[World Premiere] ROM Theatre April 25 1:00 PM
 Innis Town Hall April 23 6:45 PM

Tickets: $10
available from Hot Docs box office (512 Bloor St. W. at Bathurst) or by phone 416-530-8105
 

Film Description: "Betrayed by a multi-national hydro-electric company and the Chilean government, the Pehuenche-Mapuche are tried as terrorists for resisting expulsion from their ancestral lands.  An impassioned plea against globalization and corporate interests that put profits before people." In Mapudungu and Spanish with English subtitles.

Hot Docs Documentary Festival
is celebrating 12 years of showcasing the best in documentary film from Canada and around the world. From April 22 to May 1, Hot Docs will present 100 groundbreaking docs from 23 countries to audiences in Toronto, Ontario.
For details on other Hot Docs screening during this year’s festival, please visit www.hotdocs.ca/festival_schedule.cfm
 

 

NFB Ontario Arts council CBC Television
Canada Council for the Arts Trillium Foundation
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
ACLC NOW Toronto The Nature of Things
City of Toronto
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Environment Canada
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
 
 
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