Salt Spring Film Festival

Building Peace Making History; 100 Years of Women’s Peace Building in Canada, a travelling exhibit coordinated by Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), begins its current BC tour on Salt Spring. It will be unveiled at 11:45 on Saturday morning as an important part of International Women’s Day at “Our Island, Our World Film Festival” in the GISS multipurpose room.

Festival coordinator Carol Grier is very pleased to have the exhibit as part of this weekend’s Festival. “Embracing hope, taking action is the festival’s motto, and Canadian women have certainly modeled that over the past century. Their perseverance, resilience and courage are inspirational, and encourage us to follow in their footsteps today.”

Building Peace, Making History highlights in archival photos and succinct text the poignant and little known history of Canadian women’s struggles and courageous steps taken from the beginning of the last century--the most tyrannical and bloodiest in history--to its merger with the global women’s peace movement.

Visions are often stepping-stones to realizations. If we believe violence is a solution to conflict, we are able to envision weapons of mass destruction. If, on the other hand, we believe that conflict can be resolved without resorting to violence, we can envision the structures required to facilitate trust, equality, justice and peace--a world culture of peace.

This exhibit is inspirational, innovative and educational and is a celebration of women’s work towards the vision of a UN General Assembly sponsored “Culture of Peace”. It is divided into five historical signposts: The suffrage or first wave, the Interwar Years, The Atomic Age, the Second Wave of Feminism, and the Era of Women’s Global Networks.

Building Peace, Making History was launched in the grand Pearson building in Ottawa, the home of Department of Foreign Affairs, and has been exhibited at the Imperial War Museum in London, England, at Canada’s Immigration Museum, Pier 21 in Halifax, at the 2007 Pugwash Conference on “Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament”, and at the United Steelworkers International Conference “Women of Steel: Building Power, Taking Action” among a few of the venues.

And now Salt Spring gets an opportunity to view this bilingual, five - module exhibit on International Women’s Day weekend. There is also a guest book, which we hope people will sign and 5” x 7” post cards to take away.

As a special bonus, attendees at “Our Island, Our World Film Festival” will have an opportunity to meet filmmaker, and VOW member from Toronto, Yuki Nakamura at the screening of No More Hiroshima, No More Nagasaki on Sunday, March 9th at 12:00 noon.

The writer is Past Chair of VOW National Board and Coordinator of Escalating Peace National VOW Conference held on Salt Spring in 2002.

Saving Luna started off a month-long winning streak by picking up the Audience Choice for Best Feature at California's Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 3. On the same day it also won the Audience Award at the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. Then, on February 10 it captured the award for Best Documentary at the Victoria Film Festival. The film most recently won a coveted Indie Award for Best Documentary by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association.

“It's been an amazing time,” said Suzanne Chisholm, the film's producer and co-director. “The audiences seem to love Luna and to find his story both charming and emotional. We couldn't ask for a better reception.”

“The story is just one surprising event after another,” said Michael Parfit, co-director, editor and narrator of the film, “so the story line is a lot like what you'd find in a fictional film, with a plot twist around every corner. I'm sure that's part of why it seems so appealing to people. But mainly, I think it's because Luna himself is such a great character, driven by a need to connect that we can all understand.”

Saving Luna had already won a major wildlife film festival award before its recent run of honours. In October it held its United States premiere at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, the largest of its kind in the world last year, and won the highly competitive award for “Best People and Animals.” It held its Canadian premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival, in October, where it was named among the “Best of the VIFF.” It also screened at the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival in China in December, and has been invited by the Canadian Consulate in Guangzhou for a special screening at the Department of Foreign Affairs’ La Francophonie film series in Guangzhou in early March.

Saving Luna will screen at several international festivals in the coming weeks, including the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece, the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC, the Bermuda International Film Festival, and the Byron Bay Film Festival in Australia, where it has been nominated for Best Documentary, Best Environmental Film, and Best Film. It will be broadcast in the fall on CBC Newsworld's The Lens.

A moving film about the life and death of Luna, the lonely orca who took up residence in Nootka Sound, was handed an Indie award for best documentary at a ceremony in Ottawa last night.

Saving Luna, a film produced by Suzanne Chisholm and written and edited by her husband, Michael Parfit, has been drawing praise and film festival awards since its premiere last fall.

"We didn't think this would happen. The competition is at a very high level and there are some excellent films [nominated], so we are more than delighted," he said.

The Indie awards were created by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association to honour the achievements of Canada's independent producers.

"There is an incredible number of talented independent producers across Canada and this is a reality that is not celebrated nearly as often as it ought to be," said Guy Mayson, CFTPA president.

Saving Luna, produced by Mountainside Films of Sidney, was originally commissioned by CBC and will be aired on television next fall.

In the meantime, however, Parfit and Chisholm are hoping for a limited theatrical distribution.

This is the fifth award for the film, most of them coming from U.S film festivals.

"It's a compelling story. It's an emotionally powerful story and, for some reason, people can walk out in tears, but feeling OK," Parfit said.

THE FILM SCHEDULE for Our Island, Our World Film Festival is being finalized as we speak, with furious activity on updating the website, creation of a beautiful poster by Imagine That Graphics, a humourous festival trailer by Alan Bibby, bookmarks and other promotional materials taking shape behind the scenes.

FILM GUIDES: will be in The Driftwood on February 27 and will be distributed all over the Island on the "Weekender" racks. Some films are already listed on the website, with film synopses and links to trailers and the schedule to be added soon.

FOOD: Milly Sinclair and her culinary students along with festival committee member Gail Meyer and coordinator Dick Grier are setting a festival menu which will use as many locally produced ingredients as possible. Grier took part last weekend in the winter garden tour to alert local growers to our need for their products and has also connected with Island Natural Growers. If any of you have other sources for locally produced products, please call Gail at 653-4969 or email her at gmeyer@saltspring.com.

CHILDCARE: Sadly, as we announced in The Driftwood this week, another change in the Festival and sign of our times, is that childcare can no longer be offered due to insurance constraints. Neither our carrier nor the school’s insurance company are willing to cover the child care aspect. They think it’s too risky. We think it is a shame, because it makes the film festival less accessible to young families. We hope they'll get creative and work out some other possibility.........we'd miss seeing those young parents at the festival!

OPENING NIGHT: Phaat Phyve aka the GISS jazz combo will be on hand to energize the crowd on Opening Night, March 7 at 6 PM. Light dinner fare as well as desserts will be available for purchase. Join your friends in our colourful, candle-lit bistro atmosphere for a festive and fun evening. Saving Luna, our opening night film has just won a plethora of awards all up and down the west coast and will be screening in Greece, Bermuda, Australia and China this month and next. Luna's directors live on the Saanich peninsula and will be attending our Opening Night screening. Luna also been nominated for Best Documentary by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association. That award will be given February 22. The Danish Poet, a charming animated 17 minute "short" (NFB's 2007 Oscar winner) will also be screened that evening. These are both family friendly films.

SOCIAL JUSTICE BAZAAR: This feature which in past years has highlighted information and volunteer opportunities with various community groups will be enhanced with fair trade goods and locally produced items of a social justice nature for sale--including books from SS Books, and alternative modes of transportation by Chris Dixon's EV Riders.

RAFFLE: Raffle tickets for a dinner for two at the Hastings House, books by Michael Ableman; a $50 gift certificate to Natureworks and other fabulous prizes can be purchased throughout the festival for a Loonie apiece or six for $5. Winners will be announced at closing night festivities Sunday night at The Fritz. (need not be present to win).

FRITZ FILMS: We continue our partnership with the Fritz, with three festival worthy films: Across the Universe already screened at The Fritz, but we loved it so much, we convinced Michael to bring it back. If you grew up in the 60's and 70's this film captures the Zeitgeist of that era better than anything I've ever seen--from the innocence and naivete of the early sixties to the influence of drugs, sex and rock n roll to the radicalism spawned by the Vietnam war. This is a "rock musical" (and I generally don't like musicals) with all Beatles tunes as the backdrop for a nostalgic and VERY creative effort by director Julie Taymore. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a Romanian film that explores a young woman's choice to end her pregnancy--an apt CHOICE for International Women's Day weekend. Breakfast with Scot is a charming and hilarious film that is in the same style as C.R.A.Z.Y. a Quebecois film we screened several years ago. Here's a synopsis:

"Eric (Tom Cavanagh) lives for all things hockey. Now in his thirties, he’s managed to turn his stint as an ex- Toronto Maple Leaf into a full-time gig as commentator for sports TV. He’s living the dream! But when Eric’s boyfriend Sam (Ben Shenkman) announces that they’re to become temporary guardians of a young boy, Eric’s comfortable world shatters. Enter Scot (Noah Bernett) -- a recently orphaned, swishy 11-year-old sissy-of-a-boy -- and Eric’s mirror opposite. Freaked out by Scot’s ‘joie de vivre’, Eric and Sam gently nudge Scot away from scented hand cream and all things pink, towards a more ‘acceptable’ pastime – hockey. But after Scot’s disastrous first game, Eric begins to rethink the compromises he’s made in his own life in order to be ‘accepted’." Schedule for all these films will be in the film guide, coming February 27...........

Valdy will be joining us at Film Festival Cafe on February 28 at Barb's.......The film will be Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, and Valdy is excited to join us with his renditions of some of Pete's great songs.

It’s nearly Valentines’ Day, and Islanders thoughts may not turn to chocolates or roses necessarily, but perhaps instead to the quickly approaching Our Island, Our World Film Festival. Featuring films that focus on social justice and issues of the human heart, the ninth annual Our Island, Our World Film Festival will take place March 7-9 at Gulf Islands’ Secondary School (GISS) on Rainbow Road, and at The Fritz Cinema at Central Hall.

The Raging Grannies will offer up several of their latest songs to open Saturday morning. In addition to a lineup of over 70 films that will cater to a variety of tastes and issues, this year’s festival will include a celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) on Saturday March 8. An unveiling at noon of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace exhibit Building Peace, Making History; 100 Years of Women’s Peace-Building in Canada, kicks off the IWD celebration. “We are thrilled that the film festival is sponsoring the exhibit,” enthused Marion Pape, national VOW board member who organized the traveling retrospective.

Following the unveiling, a series of women-themed films will be screened in the dance room, leading off with the acclaimed NFB film Finding Dawn. Island filmmaker Christine Welsh will be in attendance. Other special programming is still being planned.

Local presenters as well as over a dozen visiting directors and producers will facilitate Q & A sessions following each film. A colourful social justice bazaar will offer fair-trade and locally made handicrafts for sale to festival patrons in addition to information on involvement opportunities with over 25 local non-profit groups.

Intermission Café, featuring take-away food and Ometepe fair-trade coffee will be available throughout the festival. The addition of “100 Mile Diet” concepts and ingredients to weekend festival food is a health and planet conscious change festival-goers can look forward to as Millie Sinclair and GISS culinary students prepare delicious hot lunches and other fare for hungry filmgoers.

Sadly, another change and sign of our times, is that childcare can no longer be offered due to insurance constraints. “Neither our carrier nor the school’s insurance company are willing to cover the child care aspect. They think it’s too risky. We think it is a shame, because it makes the film festival less accessible to young families.” Explained festival coordinator, Dick Grier.

Watch The Driftwood for continuing in depth stories and updates on the Festival including the film guide which will be published as an insert in the February 27 edition.

Award-winning Mogadishu film runs on Knowledge Network
By Gail Sjuberg - Gulf Islands Driftwood - January 18, 2008

Selected Festival Films available at Saltspring Library and Island Star Video

Some of you have asked how to purchase films. The easiest way is to find the distributor of the film by “googling” the title of the film or director. You can usually find the film’s homepage this way, and ordering instructions are often on the websites. Many of past years’ films are either at the library or Island Star Video.

Film Festival Screening to Raise Funds for Library Acquisitions
The Our Island, Our World Film Festival organizers will join with Michael Levy and The Fritz Cinema in presenting The White Planet. The film’s directors address global warming
in a very gentle way, with stunningly beautiful cinematography and a haunting soundtrack in a film suitable for all ages.

According to film notes, “The animals are present in full force, showing their ability to survive as well as their vulnerability in a changing environment. The film allows the simple, natural beauty of the Arctic to speak for itself and, silently, it makes a plea in favour of this strong yet fragile part of the world.” Bob Weedon will facilitate a discussion following the screening and there will be global warming information available.

Proceeds from event donations will be used to purchase many of the top ten favourites from the March Festival including Tocar y Luchar (To Play and to Fight), Sound of the Soul, and The Slow Food Revolution for The Salt Spring Library.

“Over the years, the library has been a wonderful community partner with the Festival. This year, they showcased their growing collection of festival films both before and after the Festival, and have been working with us to make the films easier to find for library patrons. We now have a Festival logo on the spine of each of the films, and patrons can find Festival titles available in the card catalogue by searching on key word “film festival,” states Festival coordinator Dick Grier. “We so appreciate all the community support throughout the Festival and during the year that makes it possible for us to purchase these beautiful films that we want everyone to have a chance to see.”

The White Planet benefit will conclude Our Island, Our World’s 2006-2007 season and will take place at The Fritz Cinema. Suggested minimum donation for entrance to the film is $5 for adults, $2 for children.

Our Island, Our World Film Festival is happy to announce the addition of thirteen of the 2006 Festival Films to the Saltspring Library’s film collection.

The following titles have been catalogued and are now available for loan:

Sunset Story and The Stolen Spirits of Haida G’waii. are on order and will be available for checkout soon.

“We are pleased that we can make these films available at the library, because not everyone is on the Island for Festival weekend,” says Carol Grier, a Festival organizer. “These titles cover a wide range of subjects--from a controversial 9/11 film (Loose Change), to local housing issues (Sombrio and Saltspring: House Me). There are also films from past years’ Festivals, and many other film titles available in the library’s film collection.”

The various films are catalogued by subject, and their call numbers can be found in the electronic card catalogue at the library, or online at www.saltspringlibrary.com. The library is open 10-5 Monday through Saturday.

Islanders interested in farming and food security issues will not want to miss an exciting evening of film and discussion on Wednesday, June 14 at Central Hall. The first Salt Spring screening of "The Fight for True Farming" (2005, NFB) will be shown, as well as a ten minute short doc, "Fields of Plenty",featuring local organic farmer Michael Ableman and an organic potato farmer from Oregon.

Agriculture is in a global crisis. The multinational agribusiness' obsession with productivity and profit is harming the environment, the health of our food and leading to the rapid disappearance of the family farm. Today, less than 3% of the population engage in farming, and this number is shrinking annually. The Fight for True Farming is a passionate and poignant feature length film which documents the fight between global agribusiness and the local sustainable farming movement.

Quebec film maker Eve Lamont travels to farms across North America and Europe , meeting with pig and apple farmers in Quebec , grape growers and dairy farmers in France , and grain farmers in Western Canada and Northeast US . Her camera captures the damage done by factory farming and multinational agribusiness, the distress of local growers, the worries of citizens and the indignation of food policy experts, agronomists, veterinarians, physicians and biologists. It is a film of grim lucidity, but also irrepressible hope, as farmers' and citizens' movements unite to resist the forces of agrochemical multinationals, and present a sustainable vision of agriculture which maintain respect for the environment, self-sufficiency for farmers and food security for communities.

In Virgina Bogert's 10 minute pilot, "Fields of Plenty" (2004/2005), local SS organic farmer, author and photographer Michael Ableman introduces us to one such sustainable farmer, affectionately known as the Potato Man. Michael's new highly acclaimed book and photographic journey, Fields of Plenty, will also be available for purchase and signing.

Films start at 7pm , followed by a Q&A with a panel of local organic farmers including Dan Jason of Salt Spring Seeds, John Wilcox of Duck Creek Farm, and Michael Ableman of Madronna Valley B&B. Salt Springers' for Safe Food will also be on hand to discuss their latest campaign and distribute petitions. The event is by donation. Contact Michael Contardi 537-2922 for more info.

This month's "Film Festival Café" will take place Thursday, May 25 at Barb's Buns with the evening beginning at 5PM for those who wish to partake of food, beverages and conversations with friends, and the film starting at 7pm. "We've reverted to our pre-Daylight Savings time because we have such a jam packed evening with film, slides, and numerous and interesting guests," says Carol Grier, Café organizer.

This month's film will be a documentary shown at the 2003 Our Island, Our World Film festival, " The Friendship Village." "Although many folks may have seen it, it's timely, given Canada's recently joining the 'War on Terror' in Afghanistan with so many Canadian troops," states Dick Grier, Café co-organizer. "Michelle Mason, the filmmaker of "The Friendship Village" will be one of our guests for the evening, and is looking forward to answering questions about the film. This may well be our last screening of the season until Fall, so I hope we have a good turnout."

The film is the story of George Mizo, who, while recovering in a Seattle hospital in 1968 from Vietnam war wounds, learns from a military newspaper that his whole platoon has been wiped out in what became known as "The Tet Offensive." Over the next 34 years, George embarked on a quest for spiritual healing and reconciliation that ultimately led him back to Vietnam to work alongside Sr. Lt.-General Tran Van Quang, the Vietnamese general responsible for planning and leading the attack that had wounded him and killed his entire platoon. In a poignant story of healing and reconciliation, the film shows how two former enemies worked together to build The Friendship Village, now a self-sustaining community in Vietnam for healing the wounds of war.

For a local twist on the evening's theme, Bruce Logan, a Vietnam War Veteran, and his partner Elaine Head will be special guests sharing slides and stories from their own recent reconciliation journey to Vietnam.

"We're excited that Michelle is coming to present the film and that Bruce and Elaine can join us. This is a propitious time to hear war veterans' stories, and to ask questions." says Carol Grier. "It seems like Canada's priorities are quietly shifting and we should take notice: last week's war games with the US military just off Vancouver Island, a new national budget which increases defence spending at the expense of healthcare and education, and Canadian youth signing up in droves at recruitment centers across Canada. These are all wake-up calls."

There will be no charge for The Friendship Village, but the Film Festival group will gladly accept donations to go towards purchasing much needed equipment, or for Bruce Logan's group, Tours of Peace.

The 17th Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba set to visit over 120 North American cities from mid-June to mid-July will have a Salt Spring Island presence this year. Hundreds of people will travel in painted school buses, trucks, ambulances and cars to Cuba with tonnes of medicine, computers, and school supplies collected by groups from across North America.

The Caravan, organized to challenge the longstanding U.S. trade blockade against the Caribbean country, will begin simultaneously at several Canadian-U.S. border crossings.

Salt Spring Island farmers and environmentalists have a special interest in Cuba because it is an excellent example of organic agriculture and its viability. The newly formed Salt Spring group plans to show its support for the Caravan by carpooling to the Peace Arch Canadian-U.S. border crossing, south of Surrey, on its day of departure. They will show solidarity for British Columbia and Alberta residents who are traveling on the Caravan's month-long journey through the United States and into Mexico.

In Mexico, the goods collected for Cuba will be loaded onto a ship while Caravan participants fly to Cuba for five days. The Salt Spring group is currently collecting new or nearly-new items as a local contribution to the Caravan shipment.

The list of items needed by Cubans is extensive. These include bicycles, bike parts, computer printer ribbons, notebooks, paper, pens, pencils, crayons, educational games, sheets, towels, toothbrushes, team sports equipment, new swimsuits, new tennis shoes, art supplies, new dance shoes, leotards, tights, fabric for dance costumes, sheet music paper; at least one laptop computer, digital camera and tape recorder.

The Salt Spring group plans to have a table at the Saturday Market until early June. Market goers can make monetary donations there. This money will be used to buy wholesale items to send on the Caravan along with donated items. At the market, the group will also provide lists of goods needed in Cuba and other information about Caravan to Cuba for anyone interested. Anyone who can volunteer a couple of hours to be at the Saturday Market table should contact Tanya at 538-0086.

Some members of the Salt Spring group are also interested in traveling on the Caravan to Cuba as Canadian witnesses to the American participants' protest against the U.S. embargo. Tanya Lester, who is planning to travel on the Caravan and write about it, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Unitarian Fellowship on Sunday, May 21. The Fellowship meets at Fulford Hall at 10:30 am. Donations are requested on May 21 to help defray Tanya's travel expenses.

Anyone interested in carpooling to the Peace Arch should contact George or Ellen Taylor at 538-1953 or eroztaylor@hotmail.com after mid-May. Those who would like to donate items or money to support the Caravan can deliver these to Lou Ellis at 117 Robinson Rd. on Salt Spring or call 537-5075 or e-mail: maizverdemusica@yahoo.ca to arrange pick-up.

Film Festival Café continues to be a nexus between films touching on global and local issues and Island activists. Last month's film Bloqueo, about the USA blockade against Cuba, helped to seed a local group interested in the Pastors for Peace Caravan that makes a yearly trip to Cuba. Several Island residents will be joining the Peace Caravan in June for a trip to Cuba. Call Ellen and George Taylor for more information. 538-1953.

Following last evening's film, Kimiko Murakami: Triumph Over Internment, Rose Murakami gave a poignant presentation about her family. We're happy to note that the Salt Spring Island Japanese Garden Society is planning to build a memorial/reconcilition garden as a part of Peace Park. For more information on this project, or to get involved, call Catherine Crombie at 537-9387.

A launch party for the garden and a celebration of Japanese culture including a bonsai display, plant sale and live music by a renowned Japanese flutist will take place on Saturday, April 15 from 2-5 PM at Artspring. Rose Murakami and Mary Kitagawa will be honored guests. Due to the generosity of last night's filmgoers, Film Festival Cafe will make a donation to the Salt Spring Island Japanese Garden Society. Thank you!

The Intermission Cafe is located in the multi-purpose room at Gulf Islands Secondary School where the festival is being held. Serving from 6:00-8:00pm on opening night (March 3) and 10:00-5:00 on Saturday and Sunday, it will feature a variety of focaccia sandwiches and wraps along with fruit, muffins and cookies and Ometepe will once again be serving their popular organic coffee. The cafeteria is also located at the school and will be serving hot foods such as black bean and tomato soups as well as veggie pastas from 11:00-2:00pm Saturday and Sunday.

The Our Island, Our World Film Festival Guide was published in Wednesday's Driftwood (Feb.22). Please bring your Film Guide to the Festival.

Another packed house for "Bloqueo" at Barb's Buns. Thanks to everyone who came out. Anyone interested in joining the Pastors for Peace Caravan across the US and on to Cuba in June should contact John Waller.

The Raging Grannies will be performing at "Our Brothers Keepers", Sunday morning at 10:00 AM, in the Mahatma Gandhi Room.

Galiano Island's, Gulf Islands Film and Television School, in concert with Cinema Central and Ganges Village Market (GVM) are once again generously offering a full scholarship for a Media Intensive Program Week. The recipient will make her/his own film, in 6 days! Dramatic Video Production, Documentary, and Computer / 3D Animation, are a few of the courses offered for this program. This year a GISS Film Student will be the lucky winner of this scholarship. You can learn more about GIFTS programs at: http://www.giftsfilms.com/

Volunteers are still needed for billets and drivers for visiting filmmakers and guests; we also need people to help with childcare, and people to take two hour shifts with food service and at the entrance "hospitality" table. If you'd like to help contact us.

The next meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 3:00 pm.

Our Island, Our World Film Festival will host the second "Film Festival Café" evening at Barb's Bun's on Thursday, February 23rd. The evening will begin at 5PM for those who wish to partake of food, beverages and conversations with friends, with the film starting at 7pm.

This month's film will feature Cuba. With voices from the streets of Havana and the Cuban countryside, 'Bloqueo' (or blockade) lets Cubans speak for themselves about how they have been affected by the blockade, and what it means to live in Cuba today. The documentary also features analysis from activists travelling with the Pastors for Peace Caravan-an annual journey calling attention to this controversial policy.

'Bloqueo' looks at the successes that have made Cuba a model in healthcare, environmental stewardship, and other arenas that forge an alternative, and ultimately more sustainable, system. John Waller, the coordinator of the Peace Caravan will be on hand to introduce the film and answer questions following.

"Arrive early to get a good seat. We were packed to overflowing last time," suggests Carol Grier, Film Festival Café organizer. "Bloqueo" will be a tasty appetizer for the Film Festival. We're featuring over 60 films March 3-5, many with a Latin American theme. We'll also be showing numerous films on food, sustainability and farming. Don't miss the film guide in the Driftwood on February 22nd."

There will be no charge for 'Bloqueo', but the Film Festival will gladly accept donations to go towards purchasing much needed equipment, and for youth filmmaking in our community. For more info call 537-4406.