Global Film Festival Nanaimo will screen 38 films, and offer several workshops. Descriptions are below. Return to Main Menu
Note:Film classifications are included where known. Viewers should use their own discretion with films that are not classified.
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2008 Film Festival Progamme February 22- February 24

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film: follow the link to read the film description

Opening Night - Friday February 22 ~ Refreshments will be available in the theatre lobby, including Fair Trade coffee and Fair Trade chocolates.

7:00 pm

310/Theatre

Sacred Trust 10 min Director Monica Wysotski in attendance (Student Film Award Winner)

Trading Democracy 10 min Director Paul Manly in attendance

China Blue 88 min *Sponsored by Nanaimo, Duncan & District Labour Council*

Saturday February 23 Visit the Bazaar before your first film for coffee, tea, juice, muffins and fruit!

10 am

355/Rm 203

The Curse of Copper 34 min (Followed by a workshop in the lounge Room 211)

356/Rm 109

Empowering Youth 27 min

320/Choral

Radically Simple 35 min

10:45 am

355/Rm 203

Everything's Cool 94 min

356/Rm 109

The Devil Came on Horseback 85 min

320/Choral

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home 75 min

12 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break, Cafeteria Building 300 Buy some lunch and visit the Bazaar! Don't Miss the Sweatshop Fashion Show starting at 12:30, showcasing sweatshop garments and made in Canada clothing

1:30 pm

355/Rm203

Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey 55 min

356/Rm 109

Will to Survive ~ film & workshop on the Gullah/Geechee 75 min

320/Choral

Sir! No Sir! 84 min

200/Rm 203

King Corn 92 min

2:45 pm

355/Rm 203

iSalud! : Cuba & the Quest for Health 93 min

3:00 pm

356/Rm 109

Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope 49 min

320/Choral

Work for Peace: Stop Paying for War 10 min followed by 100% Cotton:Made in India

3:20 pm

320/Choral

100% Cotton:Made in India 30 min

200/Rm 203

Super Amigos 82 min

4:00 pm

320/Choral

Escape from Suburbia 96 min

356/Rm 109

My Dead Husband's Land 32 min

4:30 pm

355/Rm 203

The Refugees of the Blue Planet 53 min

4:45 pm

356/Rm 109

We Continue Forward ~ Multimedia performance about Kenya 50 min

200/Rm 203

The Faces of Homelessness Panel & Discussion 75 min

5:30 pm

200/Rm 203

Gimme Green 27 min

Join us for a delicious dinner professionally catered by the Basque Restaurant, at 5:30 in International Education Building (255)
Dinner tickets are $20 and a limited number are still available at the festival table on Saturday

Saturday Night February 23 ~ Refreshments will be available in the theatre lobby, including Fair Trade coffee and Fair Trade chocolates.

7:00 pm

Building 310 Theatre

Homeless in Nanaimo 10 min

The Cats of Mirikitani 74 min

Sunday February 24 Visit the Bazaar before your first film for coffee, tea, juice, muffins and fruit!

10 am

355/Rm 203

Corporations in the Classroom 45 min

356/Rm 109

Memories of a Dreamer 51 min

320/ Choral

Greenpeace: Making a Stand 48 min General

200/Rm 203

Toxic Trespass 52 min

11 am

355/Rm 203

One Man, One Cow, One Planet 56 min

356/Rm 109

Cottonland 54 min

320/Choral

A Life Among Whales 57 min

200/Rm 203

Shock Waves 52 min General

12 pm - 1 pm Lunch Break, Cafeteria Building 300 Buy some lunch and visit the Bazaar!

1:00 pm

355/Rm 203

Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad 93 min *Sponsored by Nanaimo District Teachers Association and CHLY Radio Malaspina*

356/Rm 109

War/Dance 107 min (Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary)

320/ Choral

Hoodwinked 93 min

200/Rm 203

Saving Marriage 90 min *Sponsored by Bend Over Backwards Yoga*

2:45 pm

320/ Choral

Indie Media Panel & Discussion 75 min

355/Rm 203

Journey Women - Reflections on the Survival Sex Trade 46 min