WORLD PREMIER

David Curtis | CANADA

91 min

Supported by the Central Student Association

At the far-flung edge of Canada’s boreal forest, outside the tiny sub-Arctic town of Dawson City, Yukon, a handful of unlikely farmers are growing everything from snow-covered Brussels sprouts to apples. These modern-day agrarians have carved out small patches of fertile soil in an otherwise unforgiving expanse of isolated wilderness to make a living and a life.

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Giorgio Ferrero & Federico Biasin | ITALY

93 min | Partial Subtitles

Co-presented by Guelph Music and The Wooly Pub

A symphonic journey into our obsessive consumption.
The many objects we accumulate begin their production journey in silent secluded industrial site where borderline men work in isolation without any interference, creating the objects that feed our bulimic material lifestyle.

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Nance Ackerman ⋅ Ariella Pahlke ⋅ Teresa MacInnes I CANADA 78 min

In Partnership with OPIRG

Not another “broken prison” film, this collaboration is a “broken society” film—an ambitious and inspired rebuild of our community from the inside out. By exploring alternatives to prison through the eyes of women behind bars and empowering them to reimagine their lives through artistic practices, the film compels viewers to examine why we imprison the most vulnerable among us, and at what cost.

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Co-Presented by Ed Video: Media Arts Centre and Earth to Table: Bread Bar

This symposium is open to all filmmakers and filmmaking enthusiasts that want to learn more about the backend workings and art of documentary filmmaking in Canada. The symposium will revolve around three in-depth and intimate workshops that dive into a specific aspect of doc filmmaking.

Editing for Documentaries with Tiffany Beaudin

Working with the NFB with Lea Marin

Doc Creation: From Concept to Distribution with Teresa MacInnes & Kent Nason

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