Planet in Focus
{{Short description|Canadian film festival}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox Film Festival
| name = Planet in Focus
| image = Planet in Focus logo.png
| caption = Planet in Focus Festival Logo
| opening =
| closing =
| location = Toronto, Ontario, {{flag|Canada}}
| founded = 1999 by Mark Haslam
| awardsreceived = 2007 Green Toronto Awards: Leadership, 2008 Green Toronto Awards: Environmental Awareness
| awards = Eco Hero Awards,
Mark Haslam Award,
Best Green Pitch,
Best Canadian Short,
Best International Short,
Best Canadian Long,
Best International Long.
| host = Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival
| number = 100+
| date =
| language = International
| website = http://www.planetinfocus.org/
}}
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival (PIF) is an incorporated not-for-profit film festival and registered charitable organization, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival (PIF) is an incorporated not-for-profit film festival and registered charitable organization, founded in 1999, by Mark Haslam.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/11/06/planet_in_focus_has_some_unexpected_pleasures.html|title=Planet in Focus has some unexpected pleasures|last=Anderson|first=Jason|date=16 November 2014|work=Toronto Star|accessdate=19 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2015/10/14/york-u-has-deep-roots-in-planet-in-focus-film-festival/|title=York U has deep roots in Planet in Focus film festival|date=14 October 2015|work=yFile|publisher=York University|accessdate=19 October 2015}}
PIF is currently run by a volunteer Board of Directors and a small staff including Executive Director, Katherine Bruce, Programs Director, Alessandra Cannito, Programmers Julian Carrington and Lesley Johnson, and Pre-Screeners, Ron Ma, Hui 'Jane' Wang, Gesila Azorbo, Michael John Long, and Gabriela Aguilar.
Planet in Focus operates year-round to produce the annual film festival in October, as well as year round programs such as the Cross Canada Campus Tour, Green School Tours and Eco-Film Lab filmmaking workshop for elementary students.
PIF grants yearly Eco-Hero Awards, and patrons include David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Rob Stewart, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Autumn Peltier, Ron Finley, Col. Chris Hadfield, Jennifer Baichwal, Margaret Atwood, Edward Burtynsky, and James Balog, among others.
= Award Winners =
::Best Canadian Short Film - The Pipe Dreams Project directed by Faros Des Roches and Ryan Vandecasteyen
::Best Canadian Short Film Honourable Mention - Spokedirected by Lulu Wei
::Best Canadian Feature Film - Occupy Love directed by Velcrow Ripper and produced by Ian Mackenzie and Nova Ami
::Best Canadian Feature Film Honourable Mention - Lost Rivers directed by Caroline Bacle and produced by Katarina Soukoup
::Best International Short Film - HOT & BOTHERED (UK) directed by Giannina Lasalvia
::Best International Feature Film - Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth directed by Frauke Sandig and Eric Black
::The Mark Haslam Award - Rainforest: The Limit of Splendourdirected by Richard Boyce
::The Mark Haslam Award Honourable Mention - Just Do It! directed by Emily James
::The Green Pitch Award - Honey For Sale directed by Amanda Strong
::The Green Screen Award sponsored by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund - Warehouse 13, Honorable Mention, In Organic We Trust directed by Kiplin Pastor2011
= Award Winners =
::Best Canadian Short Film - Nanameskueu (Tremblement de terre) directed by Réal Junior Leblanc
::Best Canadian Feature Film - Waking the Green Tiger directed by Gary Marcuse
::Best International Short Film - Carbon for Water directed by Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez Abramson
::Best International Feature Film - There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho directed by Briar March
::The Mark Haslam Award - Keepers of the Water directed by Ayelen Liberona
::The Green Pitch Award - Carpe Diem directed by Charlotte Engel
::The Green Screen Award sponsored by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund - Score: A Hockey Musical directed by Avi Federgreen, Honorable Mention, Powerful: Energy for Everyone directed by David Chernushenko
::Canadian Eco-Hero - Kevin McMahon
::International Eco-Hero - Ric O'Barry
= Toronto Premieres =
::Urban Roots directed by Mark MacInnis
::On Coal River directed by Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood
::La Reine Malade (The Ailing Queen) directed by Pascal Sanchez
::Waseya Dizihin directed by Kevin Papatie
::White Water, Black Gold directed by David Lavallee
::The Clean Bin Project directed by Grant Baldwin
::L'Homme de glace (Ice Philosophy) directed by Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins
::There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho directed by Briar March
::Darwin directed by Nick Brandestini
::Solartaxi: Around the World With the Sun directed by Erik Schmitt
::Waking the Green Tiger directed by Gary Marcuse
::Spoil directed by Trip Jennings and Andy Maser
= Canadian Premieres =
::Revenge of the Electric Car (Opening Night Gala Presentation) directed by Chris Paine{{cite news|url=http://torontoist.com/2011/09/planet-in-focus-announces-2011-line-up/|title=Planet in Focus Announces 2011 Lineup|last=Rearson|first=Kiva|date=23 September 2011|work=Torontoist|accessdate=19 October 2015}}
::The Whale (Closing Night Gala Presentation) directed by Suzanne Chisholm
::Future of Hope directed by Henry Bateman
::Happy People: A Year in the Taiga" directed by Werner Herzog{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/electric-cars-german-stars-at-planet-in-focus-filmfest|title=Electric cars & German stars at Planet in Focus filmfest|last=Knight|first=Chris|date=11 October 2011|work=National Post|accessdate=20 October 2015}}
::Silent Snow: The Invisible Poisoning of the World directed by Jan van den Berg and Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann
::Der Tag des Spatzen (Day of the Sparrow) directed by Philip Scheffner
::Enjoy Your Meal!:How Food Changes the World directed by Walter Grotenhuis
::L'Or des autres (The Gold of Others) directed by Simon Plouffe
::Powerful: Energy for Everyone directed by David Chernushenko
::Leonids Geschichte (Leonids Story) directed by Rainer Ludwigs
::Second Nature: The Biomimicry Evolution directed by Guy Lieberman
::The Polar Explorer directed by Mark Terry
::Last Stand on the Island directed by Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez Abramson
::To Reveal the Fourteen Windows directed by Christina Battle
::Cowboys in India directed by Simon Chambers
::Le White (White Houses) directed by Simona Risi
= North American Premieres =
::Up in Smoke directed by Adam Wakeling
= World Premieres =
::Portrait of Resistance: The Art & Activism of Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge directed by Roz Owen
::The Past as Future directed by Ton van Zantvoort
::From Chernobyl to Fukushima: A Campaigner's Journey directed by Aube Giroux
::Brick by Brick: The Story of the Evergreen Brickworks directed by Catherine Annau
::Niger River: A River Under Siege directed by Bernice Notenboom
::Carbon for Water directed by Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez Abramson
::On the Line directed by Frank Wolf
Toronto Premieres
::Blue Gold: World Water Wars directed by Sam Bozzo
::Peace with Seals directed by Miroslav Novak
::Boreal Forest Expedition directed by Nick and Lindsay Bradford-Ewart
::Northland: Long Journey directed by Edie Steiner
::Chasing Wild Horses directed by Matt Trecartin and John Wesley Chisholm
::Howser in Peril directed by Tom Prior
::Death in the Forest directed by Gordon McLennan
::Being Innu directed by Catherine Mullins
::Waste = Food directed by Rob Van Hattum
::Addicted to Plastic directed by Ian Connacher
::Umbrella (film) directed by Du Haibin
::Birth of the Smoked Meat directed by Jeanne Pope and Zoe Mapp
::Tableland directed by Craig Noble
::Papiroflexia directed by Jaoquin Baldwin
::The Poet of Grappa directed by Stefano Scarafia
::Flowers of Rwanda directed by David Muñoz
::Intestines of the Earth directed by Barbier Olivier
::Gimmie Green directed by Isaac Brown and Eric Flagg
::Mama Coco: The Sacred Leaf directed by Felix Atencio-Gonzales
::Rallco, a Bad Business directed by Nicholas Garcia and Xavier Vasqué
::Pick me Up directed by Andrea Bussman
::Gates of the Arctic directed by Rory Banyard
= Canadian Premieres =
::Our Wonderful Nature directed by Tomer Eshed
::Michael Schmidt: Organic Hero or Bioterrorist directed by Norman Lofts
::Heron Pond: A Boardwalk View directed by Cade Bursell
::Eviction directed by Terra Schnoor
::Terra Sacer directed by Alberto Guevara, Elysee Nouvet
::A Massacre Foretold directed by Nick Higgins
::The Beggars in Addis Arabia directed by Jakob Gottschau
::Paradise- Three Journeys in this World directed by Elina Hirvonen
::The Sacred Food directed by Jack Pettibone Riccobono
::My Inventions directed by Robert Holbrook
::Global Food: Once Upon a French Fry directed by Pierre-Olivier François
::Land of Writers directed by Silvio Ciuccetti
::Slow Food directed by Vanja Ohna
::Greina directed by Villi Hermann
::On Relations directed by Jorge Acebo
::Roaming Around directed by Brigette Bertele
::Fighting Goliath- Texas Coal Wars directed by Mat Hames
::Charcoal Traffic directed by Nathan Collett
::Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Impact of War directed by Alice and Lincoln Day
::Where Do They Go? directed by Julianne Becker
::The Right to Survive- Turtle Conservation and Fisheries Livelihoods directed by Rita Banerji, Shilpi Sharma
::The Squid Daddy’s Labour Room directed by Ke Chin Yuan
::Today the Hawk Takes One Chick directed by Jane Gillooly
::We Belong to this Country directed by Alison Leonard
::One of the Last directed by Paul Zinder
::Fate of the Lhapa directed by Sarah Sifers
::Sounds of the Seas directed by Volker Barth
::The Last Nomads directed by Andrew Gregg
::Eternal Mash directed by Catherine van Campen
::Journey of a Red Fridge directed by Lucian and Natasa Muntean
::Strange Homeland directed by Jens Schanze
::Boomrang directed by Daryoush Gharibzadeh
::One Water (documentary) directed by Ali Habashi and Sanjeev Chatterjee
::Justice Now directed by Martin O’Brien, Robbie Proctor
::Alethea directed by Petra Holzer, Ethem Ozguven
::Crossed Wires directed by Elida Schogt
::The Green Dragon directed by Caroline Harrison
::Digital Cemeteries directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos
::Crabs on the Road directed by Gabriela Dominguez
::Atlantis Approaching directed by Elizabeth Pollock
::This Much I Know directed by Bridget Hanna
::A Moment of Clarity directed by Sarah Cowhey, Louise Davidson
::If Man Could Fly directed by Yael Kipper Zaretzky
::Ma’rib directed by Rainer Komers
::Farms Without Farmers directed by Jessica Weisberg, Benjamin Thorp Brown
::The Hunger Season directed by Beadie Finzi
::Are There Still Any Shepherds directed by Jorge Pelicano
= North American Premieres=
::Begging for Change directed by Dave Jones
::Alchemy directed by Eva Bakkeslett
::Showdown at the Top of the World directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos
::Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines directed by Tristan Loraine
::49 Words for Snow directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos
= World Premieres =
::Driven By Vision directed by Michael McNamara
::The Falldown directed by Ben Graeme
::Tales of a Yellow Bike directed by Tina Hahn
::Soldiers of Peace directed by Timothy Wise
::Breadmakers directed by Yasmin Fedda
::Return to Nepal directed by Robert Lang
::Thirst directed by Gail Maurice
See also
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