This world premiere will include the live Rob Stewart Eco-Hero Award Presentation at 6:30pm and a post screening live Q&A with the Director Jen Muranetz and Director of Photography/Co-Producer Sepehr Samimi. Screening starts at 7pm. Synopsis: A new chapter in the long standing battle for British Columbia’s pristine forests has unfolded on Vancouver island. Spirited environmentalists become embroiled in a series of often violent altercations with loggers and RCMP, after deploying a series of tactics to stop logging access to an old growth forested area. The activists show incredible conviction to their cause, while having compelling internal debates about whose voices are prioritized in the movement. In Fairy Creek, director Jen Muranetz documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, creating a searing portrait of contemporary environmental activism, bearing witness to the lengths activists are willing to take to protect British Columbia’s last old growth forests. *This film will be preceded by short film Save Solace (Canada, 11min). Synopsis: An environmental group embarks on a canoe trip to investigate the construction of a new logging road set to dissect the Solace Wildlands, the last unprotected roadless forest in Temagami.
Now in our 25th year, Planet in Focus is an environmental media arts organization with year-round programming. Our mandate is to produce cultural events that showcase engaging and artistic films that question, explore and tell stories about the world in which we live. We use film as a catalyst for public awareness, discussion and engagement on a broad range of environmental issues.