Projecting Change Film Festival

Who says you can’t be environmental and entertaining at the same time. Being green can mean having your own film festival. A group called Projecting Change has just announced a new film fest to take place in Vancouver May 8-11th at the Ridge. The group advocates change through entertainment, with each day’s film’s focused on a specific theme. The promise is for provocative and positive films on sustainability and the environment. They’ve lined up an impressive array of international films, including:

FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER (Dir. Irena Salina, USA, 2007) Water is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. ‘Flow’ confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause.

KING CORN (Dir. Aaron Woolf, USA 2007) is a fun feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives a fast-food nation.

EVERYTHING’S COOL (Dir. Daniel B. Gold & Judith Helfand, USA, 2007) as toxic comedy about global warming.

MINE YOUR OWN BUSINESS (Dir. Phelim McAleer, U.K., 2006) exposes the dark side of environmentalism and hacks away at the cosy image of environmentalists as well meaning, harmless activists.

TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAAATHAI (Dir. Lisa Merton and Alan Dater, 2008) tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy.

SAVING LUNA (Dir. Suzanne Chisholm & Michael Parfit, Canada, 2007) is the true and heartfelt story about a young killer whale, nicknamed Luna, who was separated from his pod off the West Coast of Vancouver Island.

You can find out more and get tickets online at www.projectingchange.ca

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