The 2009 Green Reel Environmental Film Festival in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada on January 16 & 17

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 28, 2008 under Green Reel Environmental Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The City Playhouse will again roll out the “Green” carpet on January 16 & 17, 2009 for the 2009 Green Reel Environmental Film Festival.  The festival features an environmentally-themed and thought provoking collection of award-winning international documentaries, mainstream Hollywood entertainment and independent productions.

The schedule of over twenty films includes several free screenings which are sponsored, in part, courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada.  The list of films includes  “Encounters At The End Of The World”, “Garbage Warrior”, “The Price of Sugar”, “Good Morning Khandahar” and “Sharkwater”, Morgan Spurlock’s controversial “Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?”, the Award Winning “Up The Yangtze” and the world premiere of the independent vermicomposting documentary “SQUIRM - The Story of Cathy’s Crawly Composters”.

Over 20 environmental vendors and community organizations will be showcasing their products and services in the theatre lobby area during the two day event. New for the whole family this year is a performance by the clown sisters Morro & Jasp in their critically acclaimed environmental show, “Go Green!” Morro & Jasp perform each morning at 10:30am. Tickets are $8 each or admission is included with the purchase of a Festival Pass or Day Pass

Tickets are $5 per person for each screening, $12 for a day pass or a Festival pass is $20 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the City Playhouse Box Office 905-882-SHOW (7469).

2009 SCHEDULE

JANUARY 16, 2009

10:30am - MORROW & JASP GO GREEN - tickets $8, free with Day Pass or Festival Pass

11:30am  - SQUIRM : The Story of Cathy’s Crawly Composters

12:30pm - Town At The Top of The World - free screening

1:30pm   - Darfur Now!

3:30pm   - El Contrato - free screening

4:30pm   - Five Ring Circus

6:00pm   - Shipbreakers - free screening

7:30pm   - SHARKWATER

9:00pm   - Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?

JANUARY 17, 2009

10:30am  - MORROW & JASP GO GREEN - tickets $8, free with Day Pass or Festival Pass

11:30am - Encounters At The Edge of The World

1:00pm   - Be The Change  - free screening

2:00pm   - Geologic Journey - The Great Lakes - free screening

3:00pm   - SQUIRM : The Story of Cathy’s Crawly Composters

4:00pm   - Up The Yangtze  - free screening

6:00pm   - The Price of Sugar

8:00pm   - Good Morning Khandahar - free screening

9:00pm   - Garbage Warrior

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Horizons of Friendship’s Summer Latin Film Festival

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 19, 2008 under Summer Latin Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

Four controversial films show the passion and resolution of marginalized groups in Latin America rising up against state-based oppression. Hosted by Horizons of Friendship, the Summer Latin Film Festival offers an alternative film experience and will take place every Thursday evening in August from 7- 9 pm at the Cobourg Public Library, Ontario, Canada. Exploring the histories of Latin America and its current realities, the themes of cross-border corruption, state violence, globalization, violence against women, and human rights will be explored through these must-see films. Selected films will be followed by discussions lead by guest speakers.

On August 7, in homage to World Indigenous Day, the Festival will kick off with a film that displays a powerful aboriginal movement in Central America, and parallels the efforts of indigenous groups all over the Americas. Sipakapa NO se vende (Sipakapa is Not for Sale) documents the Mayan people’s resistance to gold mining in San Marcos, Guatemala.  Facing a government that is swayed by a Canadian/US transnational corporation, the Mayan Sipakapan people’s struggle for autonomy and freedom is an important story to tell. Read more of this article »