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7:00 PM THE 11TH HOUR (USA, 2007, documentary, 95 min, PG) Live Presentation with featured global environmental activist Tzeporah Berman Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this in-depth look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystem. Features interviews with Tzeporah Berman, Mikhail Gorbachev and Stephen Hawking and many more. "...staggering, in both its simplicity and breadth of impact" Reel.com
9:00 PM JOIN US (USA, 2007, documentary, 93 min, N/R) Live Presentation with Filmmaker Ondi Timoner Award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner, who brought us DIG! in 2005, presents her new film JOIN US, which follows four families as they leave a controlling and abusive church in South Carolina. This riveting documentary explores why America is the number one breeding ground of cults in the world, and how mind control can happen to just about anyone.
7:00 PM RATATOUILLE (USA, 2007, animation, 110 min, G) The Academy Award winning team behind “The Incredibles”, brings us the hilarious adventures of a rat named Remy who desper- ately wants to become a chef, despite family objections and the obvious pit-fall of being a rat in a traditionally rodent-free profession!
9:00 PM CHASING THE LOTUS – the Lost Reels of Weaver and Wills (USA, 2006, surf/documentary, 88 min, N/R) Live Presentation with Filmmaker Gregory Schell A cinematic journey around the world covering over 40 years of surf discovery (1960 to present) as captured by two underground surf cinematographers Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills. With epic unseen super 8mm footage of surfers Gerry Lopez, Sunny Garcia, Herbie Fletcher, Stacy Peralta, Rory Russell and many other surf legends. Narrated by Jeff Bridges.
7:00 PM OWL AND THE SPARROW (Vietnam/USA, 2007, drama, 97 min, N/R.) In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant. Winner - Audience Award, Los Angeles Film Festival
9:00 PM I MET THE WALRUS (Canada, 2007, animated short, 6 min, G) In 1969, 14 year old Jerry Levitan snuck into a Toronto hotel room and convinced his hero John Lennon to do an interview. 35 years later, with director Josh Raskin, Levitan has produced a short, animated film documenting the now legendary encounter. Winner - Outstanding Animation, Winnipeg International Film Festival.
100% WOMAN (Canada, 2004, documentary, 59 min, N/R) Live Presentation with Filmmaker Karen Duthie Shot over 2 years, ‘100% Woman’ follows controversial downhill mountain bike racer Michelle Dumaresq as she challenges gender definitions and raises questions of fairness in sport by entering women’s competition and becoming the first transsexual ever named to a national team.
7:00 PM ONCE (Ireland, 2007, music/drama, 88 min, R) A Dublin street musician attracts the attention of a young Czech immigrant who encourages him to record his songs. They write, rehearse and record during an eventful week that reveals their unique love story. Winner - Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival
9:00 PM Live Presentation of Short Films by Andrew Struthers - World Premiere of THE BEAR and THE ANT! Victoria/Tofino-based filmmaker/writer Andrew Struthers presents a series of short films including his Micro-Cinema International hit SPIDERS ON DRUGS (find out why it generated over a million hits in its first week on YouTube!) The evening also features filmmaker
StephenMcCallum presenting his beautifully animated short drama, FROM FLORES, which takes place in our own backyard...
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