DAILY EVENT LISTINGS

Festival Schedule Day 4 – Saturday October 27

FROM 11:00am UNTIL 5:00pm (Saturday & Sunday)
INNIS TOWN HALL

COMMUNITY ECO EXCHANGE AT INNIS COLLEGE
Participating groups include: Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Alter Eco Alternative Art, Bullfrog Power, Avani Creations, TREC, EcoFlora, EcoMedia Direct, Greenteam Couriers, The Promotional Specialists, Youth Action Network, Rabble, Global Aware, Alternatives Journal & The Vegetarian Association

11:00am
INNIS TOWN HALL

Fledgling Expectations (24/UK)
In the Marlborough Vineyards of New Zealand the war between winegrowers and pest birds is a hopeless one.

Friday's at the Farm (19/USA)
Feeling disconnected from their food, a filmmaker and his family decide to join a community supported organic farm in suburban Philadelphia

Saba & the Rhino's Secret (52/UK)
Saba Douglas Hamilton a wildlife conservationist, journeys into the Namibian desert to uncover the hidden life of the endangered misunderstood Black Rhino.

1:00pm
INNIS TOWN HALL

Can't Do it in Europe (46/Sweden)
A visit to Bolivia’s dangerous Silva mines makes one wonder about contemporary eco tourism.

Mitumba-The Second Hand Road (53/Italy)
Co-Presented by EcoMedia Direct

One person’s castaway is another person’s treasure. Mitumba is the story of a of a T-shirt, how it made its way from the recycled bins of Europe into the hands of thriving African markets.

 
3:00pm
INNIS TOWN HALL

Il Giardino, the Gardens of Little Italy (46/Canada)
(Community Partner: Coach House Books)

Red ripe tomatoes, fresh green basil and sweet bell peppers grow in the historic Toronto neighbourhood of Little Italy.

Panel – GreenTOpia: A vision of Toronto’s green future
Moderator: Former Mayer, David Crombie.

Participants:
Karen Shenfeld, (Director of Il Giardino, The Gardens of Little Italy), Eva Ligeti (ED, Clear Air Partnership), Colin Ripley (Partner, RVTR), Wayne Reeves (City of Toronto, Parks, Forestry & Recreation), Alice Klein (CEO and co-founder, Now Magazine)

 
5:30pm
INNIS TOWN HALL

Land out of Time (53/USA)
Home to some of the most pristine landscapes in the United States, the American Rockies are under threat by the oil and gas industries.

Director in Attendance

Mountain Top Removal (57/USA)
Coal is the source of 50% of electricity in the US. Citizen activists from southern Appalchia struggle to preserve their communities and culture from the damage caused by mountain top removal coal mining.

Director in Attendance

 
7:30pm
INNIS TOWN HALL

Gabra2 (11/Germany)
Mr. Hansen is threatened by a multinational pharma company, Genomics Healthgroup Ltd.: they have patented a human gene that Hansen still owns.

Gambit (107/Switzerland)
(Community Partner: Student Association of George Brown College)

A mysterious explosion erupts in the northern Italian town of Seveso at its Icmesa factory, in 1976. At the heart of the storm is Jorg Sambeth, technical director of Givaudon a company belonging to the Swiss Hoffmann La-Roche pharmaceutical conglomerate.

 
9:30pm
INNIS TOWN HALL

Broken Arrow, Nuclear Accident in Palomares (96/Spain)
On a routine mission in 1966, two American B-52 bombers carrying four hydrogen bombs, collided over Palomares, Spain, then under General Franco’s iron rule.

 
11:30pm (Pay-What-You-Can Screening)
INNIS TOWN HALL

Cocalero (94/Argentina)
An Aymara Indian named Evo Morales backed by Coca Life farmers leads a historic bid to become Bolivia’s first indigenous president.
 

 
11:00am & 12:00PM
INNIS COLLEGE RM 222

Children's Short Program and Live Performance
(Presented by the Zukerman Family Foundation)

Cow vs. Clown (5/Canada)
A cow narrowly misses the chopping block at Clown's meat-processing factory.

Warming (4/Canada)
A short animated film this addresses the issue of climate change in a lyrical and visually contemplative manner.

Weapons of Mass Production (1/Canada)
A look at evolution and the great consequences of mass production in simple drawings.

The Water Detectives (12/Canada)
In Matamoros, Mexico, a severe water shortage led the city to take the unusual step of putting local children in charge of changing adult attitudes and habits.

 
1:00pm
INNIS COLLEGE RM 222

Worms in the Big Apple (18/USA)
Worms in the Big Apple unveils the fascinating world of composting in New York City.

City of Cigars (29/Nicaragua/Denmark)
In Estili, a city in Nicaragua, the old tobacco factory is infested with toxins, and the workers get sick without really knowing why.

Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (54/USA)
Cuba creates a sustainable local economy focusing largely on organic agricultural methods while preserving its socialist ideals, in the midst of its own peak oil crisis.

 
5:00pm
INNIS COLLEGE RM 222

49 Megawatts (31/Canada)
A disturbing close look at the future of British Columbia’s rivers after the province issues hundreds of private water licenses for power production.

When Whales Weep (28/Germany)
In protest of their illegal, yet allegedly scientific whaling practices in Antarctic waters, Greenpeace parks a giant whale carcass outside the Japanese Embassy in Berlin for all to see.

Thin Ice: Saattuq (47/Canada) SP
Thin Ice provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of climate change in the high Arctic.

Director & Producer in Attendance

 
7:00pm
INNIS COLLEGE RM 222

La Gallina Ciega (7/Spain)
A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that his strength lies in recognizing his own vulnerability.

You are Here/We are There (2/Canada)
In Iceland, a landscape is being submerged under 57 square kilometers of water to create a reservoir, for the purpose of providing hydroelectric energy to a nearby Alcoa aluminum smelter.

At Earth's Confines (80/Spain) SP
For five years, a Spanish team of scientists and adventurers explored the seas and peaks of Antarctica, including the most devastated and coldest point on earth.

 
9:00pm
INNIS COLLEGE RM 222

Roosters (9/Spain)
A young Albanian immigrant is haunted by memories and grief over the massacre of his family.

The Last Lacondones (56/Sweden)
Bor, an illegal immigrant in the United States goes back to find his identity and some clues to his past among the Lacondones tribe, who have lived hidden in the immense forest of southern Mexico.

Director in Attendance

Beyond the Himalayas: Tibet's Children in Exile (44/Germany)
“Beyond the Himalayas” is a moving story about the Tibetan diaspora, in particular the children who have escaped over the snowy Himalayan passes to Nepal and India on their own.

1:00pm
ROYAL

The Battle of Chernobyl (92/France)
Top secret documents have finally surfaced on the systematic cover-up by the Soviet government of the Chernobyl disaster. This is the true story.

 
3:00pm
ROYAL

Carpa Diem (2/Italy)
Before sleeping, a child in her apartment is lovingly watching a fish (just a carp) in the aquarium…

Dead in the Water (52/Canada)
There's a problem with the world's water supply. One in four people on earth do not have access to clean drinking water.

The Water Front (53/Canada)
In 2001, when the Detroit neighbourhood of Highland Park was on the verge of bankruptcy, the city appointed an emergency financial manager who decided to privatize the water supply.

Director in Attendance

 
5:00pm
ROYAL

Ullumi (52) SP
(Co-presented by the ImagineNative Film & Media Arts Festival)

In just over 50 years, the Inuit have gone from the igloo to the internet- a profound transformation that would shock any society.

Director in Attendance

Antarctic Mission: Islands at the Edge (52/Canada) SP
A team of adventurous scientists and filmmakers, sail aboard the Canadian ship SEDNA IV to the remote windswept islands of South Georgia, Antarctica to document the impact of climate change.

Director in Attendance

 
7:00pm
ROYAL

When Ecology Came (50/Brazil)
When ecology came, it resulted in the establishment of a national park in Brazil. Not everyone was happy.

My Village Doesn't Live Here Anymore (62/Portugal)
The village of Luz Portugal disappears beneath the waters of the Alqueva Dam, its people relocated and left with their memories.

 
9:15pm (Please note time change)
ROYAL

But Some Are Brave (5/Canada)
An innovative, multi textured animated poetic chronicle of unrecorded contributions of women throughout history.

Sounds of Sand (92/Belgium/France)
(Community Partner: Student Association of George Brown College, Deloitte & Touche)

In search of precious water, Rahne, his wife Mouna, and their three young children head south with their livestock through desert sands. War and death are omnipresent in this beautiful tale of exodus and hope.

 
Box Office: 416 – 967-1528
Special Events & Information: 416 – 531-4689
Venues: Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street
Ticket prices: $10 adults, $8 student/seniors, $5 children

 
For more information:
www.planetinfocus.org
information@planetinfocus.org