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Climate Change is Coming to Town Film Festival Schedule Details
Schedule Tuesday, September 8th |
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| 7:00 pm | Free Workshop: | B1170 |
| Casualty of Climate Change: Tuvalu, a Disappearing Nation | 40 St. George Street | |
| Wednesday, September 9th | ||
| 6:45 pm | Climate Experience—Short Film Series | Bloor Cinema |
| Panel: Climate Experience | 506 Bloor Street West, | |
| east of Bathurst | ||
| Thursday, September 10th | ||
| 6:45 pm | Climate Change and Women—Short Film Series, | Bloor Cinema |
| Film: Robert, Mary and Katrina | ||
| Panel: Climate Change and Women, and the Marginalized Groups | ||
| Friday, September 11th | ||
| 6:45 pm | Film: The Venus Theory | Bloor Cinema |
| Panel: State of Climate Change, and State of Climate Change UNFCCC Negotiation | ||
| Saturday, September 12th | ||
| 1:00 pm | Film: H2Oil | Bloor Cinema |
| Panel: Tar Sands and Climate Justice | ||
6:00 pm |
Film: The Disappearing of Tuvalu: Trouble in Paradise | Bloor Cinema |
| Panel: Re-examine Humanity | ||
| Sunday, September 13th | ||
| 1:00 pm | Film: Weather Report | Bloor Cinema |
| Panel: Our Vision, and What We Should Do | ||
Schedule Details
Tuesday, September 8th, 7:00 pm B1170 40 St. George Street
Free Workshop:
Casualty of Climate Change: Tuvalu, a Disappearing Nation
Tuvalu is an island state in the Pacific. It will be the first island state goes underwater because of rising sea level caused by climate change.
Chris Horner will give a presentation of the impact of climate change on the island and its inhabitants.
Wednesday, September 9th 6:45 pm Bloor Cinema
Panel: Climate Experience
People from different parts of the world will talk about their experience of climate change and its impact on the communities and the regions.
Thursday, September 10th 6:45 pm Bloor Cinema
Film: Robert, Mary and Katrina
Directed by: Marjoleine Boonstra
An interview of an elderly couple from New Orleans about their family experience during and after hurricane Katrina. A powerful testimony of life and death, and the social undertone of hurricane Katrina tragedy.
Panel: Climate Change and Women, and the Marginalized Groups
How the impact of climate change generates more adverse effect on women and the marginalized group than the average. Many of the consequences are fatal.
Friday, September 11th 6:45 pm Bloor Cinema
Film: The Venus Theory
Directed by: Pasi Toiviainen
Will the Earth become another Venus if climate change is left unchecked? Through interviews of scientists the film looks at the mechanism and possible consequence of climate change. What were described in the film seems becoming reality.
Panel: State of Climate Change, and State of Climate Change UNFCCC Negotiation
The update information on the state of climate change and the state of climate change UNFCCC negotiation.
Saturday, September 12th 1:00 pm Bloor Cinema
Film: H2Oil
Directed by: Shanon Walsh
The scale of tar sands development in Alberta is gigantic. It will become one of the major green house gases emitters. The extraction of tar sands brings in large investment. It also comes with a heavy cost in terms of water pollution, destruction of boreal forest, human health, ecological health, and increase of green house gases emission etc. The film is a comprehensive examination of the tar sands development.
Panel: Tar Sands and Climate Justice
Members from the communities affected by tar sands development and other speakers will talk about the impact of tar sands development on the communities and the earth system.
Saturday, September 12th 6:00 pm Bloor Cinema
Film: The Disappearing of Tuvalu: Trouble in Paradise
Directed by: Chris Horner
Producer: Gilliane Le Gallic
Tuvalu is an island country in the Pacific. It will become the first island state goes underwater because of rising sea level caused by climate change. Different sectors of the Tuvalu community are woven together in this film to tell the story of a disappearing island country.
Panel: Re-examine Humanity
If climate change, environmental problems and other problems in the human societies are the symptoms, what are the root causes? It's time to take a hard look at human beings and human societies. This is an all women panel of all colours - black, white, red, brown, yellow and from all walks of life.
Sunday, September 13th 1:00 pm Bloor Cinema
Film: Weather Report
Directed by: Brenda Longfellow
A look at climate change in different parts of the world through the lens of diverse perspectives. Is it a opportunity to make a profit or a huge challenge we humans have to face?
Panel: Our Vision, and What We Should Do
Our vision of the future. What we should do locally, regionally and globally for a better world.