August 30, 2016 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB). New this fall on NFB.ca: more than 60 new films can be viewed free of charge as of now, including several recent documentaries that have won awards in Canada and abroad, by renowned filmmakers such as Alanis Obomsawin, Paul Cowan, William D. MacGillivray and Justin Simms. Continue reading More than 60 new films now available free on NFB.ca
The 16th Annual Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival will feature 50 of the best environmental films, as well as special events with our 2015 Eco-Heroes Dr. Vandana Shiva (author & activist) and Amy Millan (musician & activist), panels, workshops, an Industry Day, a Family Program, a marketplace, and a pancake brunch! Continue reading 16th Annual Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival – October 21-25, 2015
People of a Feather is an award winning documentary film about a unique Inuit culture that relies on birds for food and clothing, and the challenges they share adapting to changing sea ice ecosystems. Continue reading Documentary: People of a Feather
The Carbon Rush, a new documentary directed by Amy Miller, counters the propaganda around carbon-trading by featuring the voices of those most affected. Continue reading The Carbon Rush
The 13th Annual Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival kicks off October 10 with the World Premiere of Caroline Bacle’s “Lost Rivers”! The Festival features film screenings, a School Program, Industry Series, and free Children’s Program. Continue reading Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, October 10–14
A trailer of the five-part film “The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse,” based on the book by Daniel Rirdan. Continue reading The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse
Featuring groundbreaking footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay. Connecting past present and future is a unique cultural relationship with the eider duck. Continue reading Documentary: People of a Feather
THE WHALE tells the true story of a young, wild killer whale – an orca – nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and turned up alone in a narrow stretch of sea between mountains, a place called Nootka Sound. Continue reading Film: The Whale
Carbon for Water, directed by Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez Abramson, premieres at this year’s Planet in Focus. Continue reading Planet in Focus: Carbon for Water
Brick by Brick: The Story of Evergreen Brick Works is a one-hour documentary that chronicles the transformation of a 125-year-old former industrial site into a multimillion-dollar ecological and cultural centre, the first of its kind in the world. Continue reading Brick by Brick: The Story of Evergreen Brick Works
David York’s acclaimed feature documentary explores one man’s controversial battle against gas development. Wieibo Ludwig is the prime suspect in a string of 2008 bombings. The bombings echo a campaign of sabotage he waged against the oil and gas industry in the 1990s. Continue reading Wiebo’s War: One man’s controversial battle against gas development
April is Cancer Prevention Month, and the Women’s Healthy Environments Network is presenting a PWYC “Wannabe Toxic Free” film series at Toronto’s Centre for Social Innovation (215 Spadina Ave., 4th Floor, 7-9 pm). Continue reading “Wannabe Toxic Free” film series
