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Planet in Focus is an environmental film festival based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario,  Canada |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 by Mark Haslam |
| Awards received | 2007 Green Toronto Awards: Leadership, 2008 Green Toronto Awards: Environmental Awareness |
| Awards | Eco Hero Awards, Mark Haslam Award, Best Green Pitch, Best Canadian Short, Best International Short, Best Canadian Long, Best International Long. |
| Hosted by | Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival |
| No. of films | 100+ |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.planetinfocus.org/ |
History
editPlanet in Focus is an incorporated not-for-profit environmental film organization founded in 1999, by festival director Mark Haslam.[2][3] They are affiliated with the Planet in Focus Foundation, a registered charitable organization.
Planet in Focus operates year-round to produce the annual Environmental Film Festival every October,[4] as well as national and international film touring programs and a summer youth video production camp.
Their honorary patrons are the scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster David Suzuki, and philosopher, environmental activist and eco-feminist Vandana Shiva.
Notable films
editNotable films screened at the festival have included:
- 10 Billion: What's on Your Plate? - Valentin Thurn
- After the Last River - Victoria Lean
- Bad Coyote - Jason Andrew Young[5]
- The Birdman of Cooper Island - Kevin McMahon
- Blue Gold: World Water Wars - Sam Bozzo
- Bombhunters - Sky Fitzgerald
- Dead Before Dawn - April Mullen
- Everest Dark - Jereme Watt
- Fairy Creek - Jen Muranetz[6]
- Geographies of Solitude - Jacquelyn Mills[7]
- The Ghosts in Our Machine - Liz Marshall
- The Gold of Others (L'Or des autres) - Simon Plouffe
- Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Werner Herzog[8]
- Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth - Frauke Sandig, Eric Black
- The Magnitude of All Things - Jennifer Abbott[9]
- Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again - Lyana Patrick
- Nuisance Bear - Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden[7]
- One Water - Ali Habashi, Sanjeev Chatterjee
- perfectly a strangeness - Alison McAlpine
- Powerful: Energy for Everyone - David Chernushenko
- Score: A Hockey Musical - Avi Federgreen
- Theater of Life - Peter Svatek
- Umbrella - Du Haibin
- Waghoba: Provider, Destroyer, Deity - Malaika Vaz
- Water on the Table - Liz Marshall
- Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines - Tristan Loraine
- The Whale - Suzanne Chisholm
- Yanuni - Richard Ladkani
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Nicholas Sokic, "Three Canadian docs set for world debut at Planet in Focus". Playback, September 7, 2024.
- ↑ Anderson, Jason (16 November 2014). "Planet in Focus has some unexpected pleasures". Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "York U has deep roots in Planet in Focus film festival". yFile. York University. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ Pat Mullen, "Doc Highlights at Planet in Focus Environmental Film Fest". Point of View, October 11, 2023.
- ↑ Jason Anderson, "Putting the planet in focus". Toronto Star, November 22, 2013.
- ↑ Rachel Ho, "Fairy Creek Review: Confronting the Social Complexities of Environmentalist Protests". Point of View, October 17, 2024.
- 1 2 "Planet in Focus Announces Winners for 2022 Festival". Point of View, October 24, 2022.
- ↑ Knight, Chris (11 October 2011). "Electric cars & German stars at Planet in Focus filmfest". National Post. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Documentary draws intimate parallels between experiences of grief". Comox Valley Record, January 27, 2021.