WHAT: Regent Park Film Festival
WHEN: November 5-8
WHERE: Nelson Mandela Public School (440 Shuter Street)
The festival will feature both community and international films as well as other workshops, featured guests and a panel discussion on the issues of relocation.
This year’s theme is “community cinema from distant lands” and the festival will show films from places such as Kenya, Afghanistan, Burundi, as well as a First Nations village in B.C. as well as the works of local emerging filmmakers. The films touch on issues ranging from violence, homelessness, community connections, disappearing culture, and human rights.
Featured guests include Caroline Brunt, a street nurse featured in the Vancouver documentary Bevel Up as well as Mustafa Kia, a documentary filmmaker from Afghanistan who will be presenting his film Gol Pary, a documentary of a 12-year-old herion addict living on the streets of Kabul.
The festival wraps on on November 8 with a panel discussion will deal with the issues of relocation, development, and displacement. It will show films from China, Alberta, Greece, and Estonia and feature community activist and writer Helen Jefferson Lenskyj. Followed by a performance by dub poet Lillian Allen at the Dominion on Queen restaurant (500 Dundas St. E.).
The festival also features a live animation workshop taking place on November 1-2 at 11 am.
All screenings, as well as childcare, are free.
For more information visit www.regentparkfilmfestival.com.
Photo from the film Taxi Wali provided by RPFF
