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Philosophy and Society 3 Films 89 min	Through The Eastern Gate SD / 52' / 2007 Switzerland By: Mironel De Wilde & Julien L. Balmer Through the Eastern Gate is a documentary film about the aspirations, practices and ways of life of three young Westerners who follow three different eastern spiritual traditions. For(r)est In The Des(s)ert 35 mm / 12' / 2006 Spain By: Luis Berdejo Forest does not live here anymore. Héroes No Hacen Falta Alas Para Volar HD / 25' / 2007 Spain By: ángel Loza Héroes is a film that depicts the remarkable tale of a talented DJ who was born without arms, but doesn’t let that stop him from leading an accomplished life.
Comedy 4 Films 149 min	155mile SD / 25' / 2007 South Korea By: Lee Hyung-suk Losing their video footage of Arctic animals, a TV station documentary team decides to venture into the Demilitarized Zone, hoping to find rare animals. El Tiempo Prestado 35 mm / 16' / 2008 Spain By: David González Marta's mind is on vacation... A Simple Curve 35 mm / 92' / 2005 Canada By: Aubrey Nealon Soon Caleb must face the fact that he's reached that treasured day when a boy becomes man enough to tell his father get lost. Eramos Pocos 35 mm / 16' / 2005 Spain By: Borja Cobeaga Fernando awakens to the sound of his wife shutting the door when she leaves him. He wakes their son, Joaquin, a young man. In desperation, they go to the rest home where the wife's mother lives; Once she sees that they just want her to cook and clean, what will she do?
Health 5 Films 122 min	Abre Sourati SD / 7' / 2008 iRAN By: Masoud Ghodsieh An outstanding animation about an old lady and her baby... Valkirias 35 mm / 19' / 2007 Spain By: Eduardo Soler A trip through the day of the chief nurse of an old age home; we see a future when the middle age for Europeans will be 44. These women are like the Valkirias of mythology accompanying fallen warriors to Valhalla. Médicalement SD / 3' / 2004 France By: Jean-gabriel Périot A rapid fire visual exploration of the medicalization of bodies in pop culture and institution. Vacuna Contra El Cáncer SD / 8' / 2008 Cuba By: Arnaldo Díaz Jiménez Cuban scientists have developed vaccines that enhance the immune system and enable people to combat cancer with their own defenses. On some occasions they have achieved remission of the disease and, in cases of Lung cancer, have been raising patients' life expectancy from 6 months to five years. Scientists are exploring these vaccines' potential for fighting HIV. Addicted To Plastic SD / 85' / 2008 US By: Ian Connacher From styrofoam cups to artificial organs, plastics are perhaps the most ubiquitous and versatile material ever invented. Addicted To Plastic is a global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses and why there’s so darn much of it.
Gala Opening 4 Films 190 min	Kiyoukta 35 mm / 40' / 2008 French and Canadian By: Aïda Maigre-touchet Between ice and waters, Kiyukta evokes a delicate wandering with the Inuit people, conscious and disquiet, who bring us along as time goes by... (Filmmaker present) Manejando Islas SD / 27' / 2008 Cuba By: Arnaldo Díaz Jiménez A highway contructed in the North of Central Cuba to develop tourism links the rest of the country with a group of small islands known as the Cayos, recognized as a treasure of biodiversity. People and nature meet for the first time in an interaction not free of contradictions. (Filmmaker present; Sunday workshop on Coastal Management) Clima Y Salud SD / 14' / 2008 Cuba By: Arnaldo Díaz Jiménez In Cuba, changes in climate have had impacts on people’s health that are manifested in dangerous conditions such as asma, cerebral illness and heart attacks. After years of study, investigators have introduced biometeorological forecasts in the centre of Cuba capable of alerting health centres and clinics of the dangers approaching. Filmmaker present. Kodo: One Earth Tour Special HD / 109' / 2003 Japan By: Kodo Featuring 19 musicians, and including both flute and chanting, Kodo teams with Kabuki theater art director Tamasaburo Bando to bring music lovers the ultimate percussion experience. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Art House 6 Films 60 min	Geeka (water's Edge) Digital Beta / 6' / 2008 British,Irish, Gitxaala By: Leena Minifie Geeka (Water's Edge) is a narrative modern native dance film that explores one Indigenous dancer as she interacts with the future when the most powerful rivers and pristine lakes run dry. Berbaoc 35 mm / 5' / 2008 Spain By: Arteleku A beautiful animation based on a music score by Xabier Erkizia, created from an interview with the musician Santiago Irigoyen. Elektrazensuite - A.e. 35 mm / 20' / 2007 Italy By: Alessandro Brucini Elektra, Agamemnon’s daughter, suffers the pain for father’s death, brooding over a blind anger. Motion SD / 4' / 2001 Britain By: Robin Whenary A spinning top is spun and several everyday actions become interconnected, through the power of editing. Then it all starts to go wrong... Ecstatic Vessels 16 mm / 20' / 2007 USA By: Diane Kitchen An immersion into autumn. Incidents, spontaneity and presence circle wildly in the natural world. Shift Super 8 / 5' / 2008 Canada By: Kathryn Best Moving earth and concrete, shifting lives and changing chords.
Erotica 5 Films 12 min	Avant J’étais Triste SD / 2' / 2002 France By: Jean-gabriel Périot A tongue in cheek exploration of homosexuality and social mores. Gay? SD / 2' / 2000 France By: Jean-gabriel Périot Coming out. Devil Inside SD / 3' / 2004 France By: Jean-gabriel Périot What happens when sexuality is channeled into Nazi national building? Rain SD / 2' / 2004 France By: Jean-gabriel Périot Erotic Montage Topeka 35 mm / 3' / 2002 Spain By: Asier Altuna The men from a small village make a circle in the middle of the town square. In the middle of the circle, a fight between two rams.
Comedy 6 Films 64 min	Boletos Por Favor 35 mm / 14' / 2006 Spain By: Lucas Figueroa A train, a pursuit, only one way to escape … Dvd 35 mm / 17' / 2006 Spain By: Ciro Altabas boy-meets-girl story. Made In Japan 35 mm / 5' / 2007 Spain By: Ciro Altabás “… My mother admitted that the man who I thought was my father was not my father” Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan 35 mm / 15' / 2008 Spain By: Lucas Figueroa Naples (Italy), 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out on the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old lady's yard. They'll never play with their ball again … and for that the revenge will be deadly. Telemaco 35 mm / 4' / 2008 Spain By: Jorge M. Rodrigo A unexisting protagonist, a oneself’s search, a struggle against our own fears, a fighting for surviving to oblivion … The antistory within a story. Sintonía 35 mm / 9' / 2005 Spain By: Jose Mari Goenaga Sometimes, in a place where people pass each other by, in only a few minutes, you may find yourself connecting with someone.
Ecology 2 Films 196 min	The Green Chain 35 mm / 87' / 2007 Canada By: Mark Leiren-young The Green Chain is a powerful, funny and thought-provoking film about the conflicts between people on both sides of the battle who love trees -- and are willing to risk anything to protect their personal visions of the forest. The World According To Monsanto SD / 109' / 2008 Canada By: Marie-monique Robin Responsible since 1901 for the invention of PCBs, polystyrene, devastating herbicides like Agent Orange used during the Vietnam war, and bovine growth hormones, Monsanto has now re-branded itself as a “life sciences” company out to save the world. Where does the truth lie?
Politics - Workshop Room 1 Films 160 min	L'encerclement - La Démocratie Dans Les Rets Du Néolibéralisme 16 mm / 160' / 2008 Canada By: Richard Brouillette Through discussions on camera with intellectuals such as Omar Aktouf and Noam Chomski, Encirclement asks: behind the ideological smokescreen, behind the neat concepts of natural order and the harmony of interests in a free market, beyond the panacea of the « invisible hand, » what is really going on?
Haida and Aboriginal Youth 21 Films 123 min	Islands Of The People SD / 5' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Amber Good, Justin Klevgaard, Jesse Williams And R Amber Good, Justin Klevgaard, Jesse Williams and Raven Hausmann-hayward, seeing the world through their Na'anaa (haida for grandmother) Mary's eye's and explore the importance of being haida and speaking their language. March Point SD / 54' / 2008 USA By: Tracy Rector; Annie Silverstein; Cody Cayou; Travi Cody Nick and Travis, three teens from the Swinomish Tribe, wanted to make a gangster movie. But they were asked to investigate the impact of two oil refineries on their tribal community. March Point follows their journey as they come to understand themselves, and the threat their people face. Grounded In Tradition SD / 5' / 2009 Haida Gwaii By: Gwaliga Hart A young Haida boy visits his ts’inii for story time, and is transported into a world of Haida language, thought, and tradition. Untitled SD / 2' / 2009 Haida Gwaii By: Tow Stocker A surrealist contemplation on change. Our World SD / 2' / 2009 Haida Gwaii By: Kiefer Collison A bold short film stating that the community needs to listen to the youth because they are the future and must be heard. The Lost Raven Finding His Way SD / 4' / 2009 Haida Gwaii By: Curtis Ambrose Brown A young Haida dancer tries to find the Raven dance and its meaning which he had lost touch with when he moved to the city. The Power Of The Haida People SD / 3' / 2009 Haida Gwaii By: Brandon Brown A stop-motion animation that explores the power of Haida art and the importance of sustaining it. We Are Not Alone SD / 4' / 2009 Haida Gwaii By: Kristy Bell A young woman struggles to belong, but finds comfort in a place closer than she expects. The Importance Of Shoes SD / 2' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Dorian Freign Take a walk in Dorian's shoes, Dorian explore from the ground up, the importance of shoes at George M. Dawson Secondary School in Masset. The Qay Center-qay’llnagaay SD / 4' / 2007 Haida Gwaii By: Tyson Young, Cassandra Cross, Stephanie & Brant Tyson Young introduces the Haida Heritage Centre at QAY'LLNGAAY, (sea Lion Town). He shares a short history of the Haida after contact, of all his ancestors have lived through and the importance of the centre, which is a milestone in the path toward healing, to the Haida People today. Revival & Survival SD / 5' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Konrad, Tow, Mallory, Jenna, Emma & Leona Six youth from masset introduce the Haida Language, Artwork, Artists, the home land, traditional jewelry and the Haida beliefs. Persevere SD / 3' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Jonna, Tyra, Courtney, Allanah Joanne tells us about the importance of sports in her friends lives and in her own life. The story will reveal that if the women persevere they can be every bit as athletic as the male athletes. Thunderstruck SD / 3' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Victoria, Jaime, Allanah, Caitlin & Vanessa Victoria tells us about her victorious past with her post secondary soccer team. Victoria and her team mates work hard toward making it to the provincials for the second year. Warriors SD / 4' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Nico, Theo & Skyler Nico, Theo & Skyler proudly introduce us to their soccer team The Haida Warriors. They are proud to share their victories and they show us the dedication it takes to "play good ball." The Teen Center SD / 2' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Nathaniel, Ryan, Jamie Nathaniel, Ryan & Jamie describe the importance of the teen centre in their community. They describe that without the teen centre there is nowhere else for youth to go. Teens In The Halls SD / 2' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Shawn, Sarah & Alissa Shawn explains the sociology of the hallways of Queen Charlotte Secondary. He describes some of what takes place day in day out at QCSS and how these hallways actually lead to the doorways of the rest of their lives. The Teen Centre SD / 4' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Brandy, Keisha & Brentt Brandy, Keisha & Brentt are all teenagers who live on Haida Gwaii, and have for most of their lives. Brandee explains the importance of the teen centre, who it's run by and how much it means to the youth who live on the island. Out Of The Garbage Bin SD / 3' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Kris, Gabriel, Kyle, Brett, Kristen & Lisa Six youth from Masset describe how litter is destroying the overall appearance of their hometown. Sushi Night SD / 2' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Cyle, Jesse & Kyle We are invited to join the youth at the teen centre for sushi night at the teen centre. we are shown step by step how to make sushi, Haida Gwaii style! Unseen Teens SD / 3' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Eric, Josh, Sam & Justin Eric introduces us to the Teen Centre, an important destination for many youth on Haida Gwaii. Unfortunately, the teen centre is in desperate need of renovation! The Golden Spruce SD / 7' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Haidawood The Haida story of the Golden Spruce told in Haida with beautiful stop motion animation.
Documentary / Peoples 5 Films 178 min	Asämara 35 mm / 9' / 2008 Spain By: Jon Garaño, Raúl López Asämara: “mandados a trabajar”, "Mandated to work, errands to get by." That is the reality that, despite his extreme youth, millions of children face in Africa today. In the city or in rural areas their struggle is the same: survival. The Molky Way 35 mm / 25' / 2008 Spain By: Gonzalo Ballester Mrs. Molky is a 73 year old iranian woman, and a widow for 14 years now. She lives alone in a humble house in the small town of Baragun, Iran. Mrs. Molky wants to travel to Isfahan, with the excuse of visiting some relatives which she had not seen in over 20 years. One Man, One Cow, One Planet 35 mm / 60' / 2007 New Zealand / Canada By: Tom Burstyn This film is a blueprint for a post-industrial future. It takes you into the heart of the world's most important renaissance. The outcome of the battle for agricultural control in India may just dictate the future of the earth Waiting At The Edge SD / 29' / 2000 Canada By: Greg Hancock Waiting at the Edge... tells the story of the unique relationship between seals and Inuit of the Canadian Arctic. My Ancestors Were Rogues And Murderers 35 mm / 55' / 2005 Canada By: Anne Troake It was a PR coup that launched the animal rights movement onto the international stage. It's 1977 and Brian Davies, head of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, has brought Brigitte Bardot to Newfoundland to protest the seal hunt. The villains of the piece are the inhabitants of the island's northern outports, their image transmitted to the world as the epitome of brutality. (Filmmaker present)
Horror 7 Films 102 min	The Calling SD / 8' / 2008 Canada By: Alyssa King 'The Calling' is the story of Ashlynn Rose who wants nothing more than to escape the poverty and negativity she suffers. Lately, she has been sensing that someone is watching her. Through the thin walls, in the next apartment lives Shelley, a tarot reader and soothsayer. She senses Ashlynn's pain and holds the burden of being the only one who can help the girl. Blunder HD / 7' / 2008 Britain By: Simon J Riley Jack, a sales rep, witnesses the kidnapping of a female jogger. After following the kidnapper to his house and trying to save the jogger, Jack realises things aren't quite what they seem. Autorretrato 35 mm / 14' / 2008 Spain By: Javi Alonso, Raúl López Alma is a very talented young painter. Sponsored by a wealthy businessman working on his next exhibition. But when his dream is about to turn receives an unexpected visit from a woman. Cotton Candy 35 mm / 11' / 2008 Spain By: Aritz Moreno The cold always complicates things. Golgota 35 mm / 27' / 2008 Spain By: Román Rubert Ródeno, family father of a rural zone, finds a letter of his wife Gólgota. El Tren De La Bruja 35 mm / 17' / 2003 Spain By: Koldo Serra A man volunteers as guinea pig for an experiment in human behaviour when faced with extreme terror. Tercero B 35 mm / 18' / 2002 Spain By: Jose Mari Goenaga It's too late to turn back now. He's 40, short and anonymous. She is a bit younger, size 42. Just the recipe for disaster. There's a secret they both know but which cannot go beyond those four walls. At least not if they can help it.
Food and Industry 2 Films 130 min	Know Your Mushrooms SD / 73' / 2007 Canada By: Ron Mann KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi. Eating Alaska SD / 57' / 2008 USA By: Ellen Frankenstein What ensues is a humorous and enlightening journey as the filmmaker heads to the mountains with women hunters, fishes for wild salmon, communes with vegans, talks moose meat with a group of Alaska Native teens in a high school in the Arctic and more, all in search of a meal that makes sense politically, socially, spiritually and tastefully.
Borders 5 Films 108 min	On The Line 35 mm / 12' / 2008 Spain By: Jon Garaño Adam, an American lower-middle class, farewell to his wife and children to undertake his weekly task. Is a day he will never forget! The Graffiti SD / 30' / 2008 Dine\' known as Navajo First Nations By: Arlene Bowman Although Jean Biah Lee, an Anishinabe First Nations woman is unsuccessful to change the racism of two white, redneck males: their graffiti scribbled around Vancouver and aimed at Indian people, she rebounds from injustice by writing about it. Una Vida Mejor 35 mm / 13' / 2008 Spain By: Luis Fernandez Reneo Based on a true story, A Better Life is the faithful account of 3 Mexican children who got lost in the Sonoran desert while trying to cross the U.S. border. A history that repeats itself every week in the border towns of Mexico, feeding one of the most profitable illegal businesses: Immigrant smuggling. Los Mexicanos “the Struggle For Justice Of Patricia Perez” SD / 43' / 2007 Canada By: Charles Latour Every year, some 4,000 migrant foreign workers coming mostly from Mexico labour in Quebec farms to plant and pick our vegetables. In the summer of 2006, Patricia Perez, a pro-union militant speaking for the United Food and Commercial Workers, launches a major drive to organize the workers in several farms South of Montreal. La Guerra 35 mm / 10' / 2005 Spain By: Luis Berdejo / Jorge Dorado World War II. There is a boy in a wardrobe...
Kids 6 Films 138 min	La Tuerca 35 mm / 9' / 2007 Spain By: Azul Melissa Martínez This is the story of a little girl and a nut. It is also the story of a middle-aged woman who has lost all contact with dreams. La Tuerca is about magic, memories and the significance of small things that we sometimes forget when we become adults. The Boy, The Bike, And The Apple SD / 4' / 2001 Britain By: Robin Whenary A chance encounter: as a boy cycles up a quiet country lane, an apple falls from a tree and rolls downhill towards him. Off Side 35 mm / 90' / 2006 Netherlands By: Arend Steenbergen Off-side is a film about soccer and friendship. Twelve year old Don is kicked out of school. At his new school he is an outcast because of his priviledged background, but they soon learn of his soccer talent. Can he overcome the school bully and get the team ready for the big final? Genji 35 mm / 15' / 2006 Netherlands By: Diederik Van Rooijen Bo is a little eight year old Chinese girl. She is hooked on reading and be friends with tall blind girl Lot. Both girls are bullied by nasty boy Vincent. Bo wants to help Lot, but she doesn’t know how since she’s frightened for Vincent. But when Bo learns Aikido she overcomes not only her own fear but also Vincent in a fight. Yaanii Ku’kaa SD / 7' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Haidawood A little girl who won’t eat her food who and is kidnapped by a witch. …ya No Puede Caminar 35 mm / 13' / 2001 Spain By: Luis Berdejo Pacheca's father teaches him to overcome the repulsion he feels for bugs.
Gala Closing 4 Films 66 min	Tluu: The Haida Canoe SD / 3' / 2007 Haida Gwaii By: Dafne R. Salazar Tluu trailer is about history, archeology, practice and institution of Haida Canoes feature film in production... Making Haida History SD / 30' / 2007 Canada By: Nate Jolley Making Haida History is a half hour documentry that tells the powerful story of a Haida family and their succesful fight to breathe new life into their cultural traditions. The Golden Spruce SD / 7' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Haidawood The Haida story of the Golden Spruce told in Haida with beautiful stop motion animation. Monumental Pole Raising SD / 26' / 2008 Haida Gwaii By: Alexander Macdonald Over a six-day period in early June 2001, six monumental totem poles were raised with great pride, traditional regalia, song, dance and ceremony at Kaay Llnagaay on Haida Gwaii.
Late Show 2 Films 181 min	Machuca 35 mm / 121' / 2004 Chile By: Andrés Wood The bourgeois boy Gonzalo Infante (Matías Quer) and the boy from the slum Pedro Machuca (Ariel Mateluna) become great friends, while the conflicts on the streets leads Chile to the bloody and repressive military coup of General Augusto Pinochet on 11 September 1973, changing definitely their lives, their relationship and their country. Death In The Forest HD / 60' / 2007 Canada By: Gordon Mclennan Tree fallers of British Columbia were once proud icons of the great north woods. But like millions of other Canadians, their workplaces have been transformed in recent years through deregulation, cutbacks and contracting out. And because of the inherent hazards of their job, fallers are paying for these changes with their lives.