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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
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Opening Night - Friday February 22 ~ Refreshments will be available in the theatre lobby, including Fair Trade coffee and Fair Trade chocolates.
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7:00 pm
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310/Theatre
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Sacred Trust 10 min Director Monica Wysotski in attendance (Student Film Award Winner)
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Trading Democracy 10 min Director Paul Manly in attendance
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China Blue 88 min *Sponsored by Nanaimo, Duncan & District Labour Council*
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Saturday February 23 Visit the Bazaar before your first film for coffee, tea, juice, muffins and fruit!
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10 am
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355/Rm 203
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The Curse of Copper 34 min (Followed by a workshop in the lounge Room 211)
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356/Rm 109
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Empowering Youth 27 min
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320/Choral
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Radically Simple 35 min
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10:45 am
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355/Rm 203
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Everything's Cool 94 min
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356/Rm 109
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The Devil Came on Horseback 85 min
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320/Choral
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Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home 75 min
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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
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1:30 pm
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355/Rm203
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Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey 55 min
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356/Rm 109
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Will to Survive ~ film & workshop on the Gullah/Geechee 75 min
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320/Choral
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Sir! No Sir! 84 min
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200/Rm 203
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King Corn 92 min
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2:45 pm
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355/Rm 203
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iSalud! : Cuba & the Quest for Health 93 min
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3:00 pm
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356/Rm 109
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Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope 49 min
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320/Choral
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Work for Peace: Stop Paying for War 10 min followed by 100% Cotton:Made in India
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3:20 pm
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320/Choral
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100% Cotton:Made in India 30 min
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200/Rm 203
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Super Amigos 82 min
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4:00 pm
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320/Choral
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Escape from Suburbia 96 min
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356/Rm 109
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My Dead Husband's Land 32 min
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4:30 pm
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355/Rm 203
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The Refugees of the Blue Planet 53 min
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4:45 pm
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356/Rm 109
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We Continue Forward ~ Multimedia performance about Kenya 50 min
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200/Rm 203
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The Faces of Homelessness Panel & Discussion 75 min
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5:30 pm
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200/Rm 203
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Gimme Green 27 min
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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
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Saturday Night February 23 ~ Refreshments will be available in the theatre lobby, including Fair Trade coffee and Fair Trade chocolates.
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7:00 pm
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Building 310 Theatre
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Homeless in Nanaimo 10 min
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The Cats of Mirikitani 74 min
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Sunday February 24 Visit the Bazaar before your first film for coffee, tea, juice, muffins and fruit!
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10 am
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355/Rm 203
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Corporations in the Classroom 45 min
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356/Rm 109
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Memories of a Dreamer 51 min
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320/ Choral
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Greenpeace: Making a Stand 48 min General
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200/Rm 203
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Toxic Trespass 52 min
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11 am
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355/Rm 203
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One Man, One Cow, One Planet 56 min
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356/Rm 109
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Cottonland 54 min
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320/Choral
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A Life Among Whales 57 min
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200/Rm 203
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Shock Waves 52 min General
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12 pm - 1 pm Lunch Break, Cafeteria Building 300 Buy some lunch and visit the Bazaar!
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1:00 pm
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355/Rm 203
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Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad 93 min *Sponsored by Nanaimo District Teachers Association and CHLY Radio Malaspina*
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356/Rm 109
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War/Dance 107 min (Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary)
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320/ Choral
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Hoodwinked 93 min
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200/Rm 203
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Saving Marriage 90 min *Sponsored by Bend Over Backwards Yoga*
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2:45 pm
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320/ Choral
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Indie Media Panel & Discussion 75 min
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355/Rm 203
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Journey Women - Reflections on the Survival Sex Trade 46 min
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