Planet in Focus is an International Environmental Film and Video festival based in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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History

Planet in Focus is an incorporated not-for-profit organization founded in 1999 by Festival Director Mark Haslam. They are affiliated with the Planet in Focus Foundation, a registered charitable organization. They are currently run by a seven-member Board of Directors, assisted by various volunteer committees.

Their Honorary Patron is the scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster, Dr. David Suzuki

David Suzuki

David Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...

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Toronto Premieres

Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Blue Gold: World Water Wars is an award-winning 2008 documentary by Sam Bozzo, based on the book Blue Gold: The Right to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke....

 directed by Sam Bozzo

Sam Bozzo

Sam Bozzo is an American film director and author.Bozzo wrote, directed, and edited three short films. For Which It Stands was screened in the Sundance Film Festival. The Shadowed Cry was created as a Top 10 Director assignment for Project Greenlight, run by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck...

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)

Umbrella (film)

Umbrella or San is a Chinese documentary film directed by Du Haibin and released in 2007. The film documents the experiences of modern rural China, particularly five social groups: students, soldiers, tradespeople, and peasants...

 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

David Muñoz

David Muñoz born in 1996 in Ciudad de Mexico, Estado de Mexico, central Mexico is a Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter.- Biography :Economist. PhD in Financial Economics. He player for Patriots for several years and won 2 Superbowls...

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 (2008)

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

Elina Hirvonen

Elina Hirvonen is a Finnish writer, journalist and documentary film-maker.She was educated at the Helsinki University of Art and Design and also the University of Turku where she took literature at the Faculty of Humanities....

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

Mat Hames

Mat Hames is an American independent filmmaker known for his documentaries When I Rise, Last Best Hope, Fighting Goliath, and other film and television productions. He is a principal of production company Alpheus Media. In addition to productions for PBS, Sundance, and Discovery Channel, Alpheus...

Charcoal Traffic directed by Nathan Collett

Nathan Collett

-Overview:Collett's work focuses on those on the margins of society as well as on environmental issues. He has filmed across the world, including location footage in Somalia and South America. He works both in fictional films and on documentaries, with a specific focus on Kibera in Kenya, Africa's...

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)

One Water (documentary)

One Water is a documentary film directed by Sanjeev Chatterjee and Ali Habashi. The film premiered at the 2008 Miami International Film Festival on 22 February 2008.-Film:...

 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

Yorgos Avgeropoulos

Yorgos Avgeropoulos is a Greek journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is the creator of the Greek awarded documentaries series "Exandas"....

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

Yorgos Avgeropoulos

Yorgos Avgeropoulos is a Greek journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is the creator of the Greek awarded documentaries series "Exandas"....

Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines

Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines

Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines is a 2007 British investigative documentary film directed and produced by former airline captain Tristan Loraine on the subject of so-called aerotoxic syndrome.-Plot:...

 directed by Tristan Loraine

49 Words for Snow directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos

Yorgos Avgeropoulos

Yorgos Avgeropoulos is a Greek journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is the creator of the Greek awarded documentaries series "Exandas"....

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