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Nanaimo Global Film Festival Group is a central Vancouver Island coalition of peace and social justice groups interested in screening films about the world situation and the Canadian context. Members of the NGFFG believe that a better world is possible and that ordinary people need better information about the world and its systems.
In February 2005, the group hosted the first Nanaimo Global Film Festival as part of the Travelling World Community Film Festival. It is intended that this festival will become an annual, self-sustaining event in Nanaimo with an expanding program of awards for local filmmakers working on social justice themes.
The coalition includes: Global Village Nanaimo (GVN); Council of Canadians; Nanaimo Duncan & District Labour Council (NDDLC); Malaspina Faculty Association (MFA); Media Studies, Malaspina; Rights & Democracy, Nanaimo Delegation; Nanaimo District Teachers' Association, and CHLY 101.7 Radio Malaspina. This year's media sponsors are: Synergy Magazine, Nanaimo News Bulletin, CHLY Radio, and The Mind’s Eye. This year's Film Award sponsors are Mid Island Co-op, Rights and Democracy, Nanaimo, Global Village, and Malaspina Media Research Lab/SSHRC.
Nanaimo, Duncan & District Labour Council is sponsoring the film China Blue. CHLY Radio and Nanaimo District Teachers' Association are sponsoring Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad. Bend Over Backwards Yoga is sponsoring Saving Marriage. The African Heritage Society are sponsoring three films for Black History Month Empowering Youth ~ Eco-leadership Across Africa, My Dead Husband's Land, andShock Waves.
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