Environmental Film Festival - April 22 & 24, 2008

Secondary Grand-Prize Winner Screening

The Story of Stuff (20 minutes) is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. It exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home (74 minutes) This documentary asks an average urban family to keep every scrap of garbage they create for three months then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it’s doing to the world. Garbage! helps people connect the dots between their actions and the environment and be inspired to change their polluting ways.

Post-Secondary Grand Prize Winner Screening

Beyond Organic (28 minutes) tells the story of a farm called Fairview Gardens and its long battle to survive in the face of rapid suburban development. It draws a sharp contrast between community supported agriculture and conventional chemical farming. See how the efforts of Michael Ableman and his staff turn the farm into a source of inspiration for future generations.

Tableland (65 minutes) This Vancouver-made documentary is a cinematic journey of the small scale, local food producers in North America. It explores sustainable food production from the orchards of Interior BC to the Napa Highlands and rural Quebec.  Tableland is filled with fun stories, entertaining facts and tasty treats.