Planet in Focus is an environmental film festival based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Nicholas Sokic, "Three Canadian docs set for world debut at Planet in Focus". Playback, September 7, 2024.
History Planet in Focus is an incorporated not-for-profit environmental film organization founded in 1999, by festival director Mark Haslam. 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,Pat Mullen, "Doc Highlights at Planet in Focus Environmental Film Fest". Point of View, October 11, 2023. 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 Notable 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 YoungJason Anderson, "Putting the planet in focus". Toronto Star, November 22, 2013. 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 MuranetzRachel Ho, "Fairy Creek Review: Confronting the Social Complexities of Environmentalist Protests". Point of View, October 17, 2024. Geographies of Solitude - Jacquelyn Mills"Planet in Focus Announces Winners for 2022 Festival". Point of View, October 24, 2022. 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 Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth - Frauke Sandig, Eric Black The Magnitude of All Things - Jennifer Abbott"Documentary draws intimate parallels between experiences of grief". Comox Valley Record, January 27, 2021. Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again - Lyana Patrick Nuisance Bear - Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden 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 List of environmental film festivals
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