Planet in Focus
Planet in Focus is an environmental media arts organization with year-round programming which launched in 1999. Our mandate is to produce cultural events that showcase engaging and artistic films that question, explore and tell stories about the world in which we live. We use film as a catalyst for public awareness, discussion and engagement on a broad range of environmental issues.
Join us at the Paradise for the 25th edition of Planet in Focus Internal Film Festival, October 15th-2oth.
Planet in Focus: The Birdman of Cooper Island
- Wed, Oct 16
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 90 min.
George Divoky’s patient documentation of an Alaskan Black Guillemot colony on the shrinking sea ice was one of...
Planet in Focus: Rainbow Warrior
- Wed, Oct 16
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Edward McGurn Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 2022
The Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace ship that was bombed by operatives of the French government, in New...
Planet In Focus: Fairy Creek
- Thu, Oct 17
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Jen Muranetz Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2024
In Fairy Creek, director Jen Muranetz documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, creating a...
Planet In Focus: Asog
- Thu, Oct 17
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Seán Devlin Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2023 Language: Tagalog
Starring: Amelia De La Cruz, Arnel Pablo, Raul Ramos, Rey Jaya Aclao, Ricky Gacho Jr.
This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip...
Planet In Focus: The Hunt for the Oldest DNA
- Fri, Oct 18
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Niobe Thompson Run Time: 54 min. Release Year: 2024
Three million years ago, camels roamed through Greenland’s endless forests and our ancestors lived in the trees. It...
Planet In Focus: Knit’s Island
- Fri, Oct 18
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L'helgoualc'h Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2024
Somewhere on the internet is a land where communities pretend to live out a survivalist fiction. The avatars...
Planet In Focus: Family Day
- Sat, Oct 19
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 61 min.
HOW WATER MAKES CLIMATE by Rosa Pannitschka, Ludwig Schramm (Portugal, 12 mins) How Water makes Climate, is an...
Planet In Focus: Tea Creek
- Sat, Oct 19
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Ryan Dickie Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Jacob Beaton
Against the backdrop of colonization and the climate crisis, Jacob Beaton, a passionate Indigenous entrepreneur, has embarked on...
Planet in Focus: Incandescence
- Sat, Oct 19
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Nova Ami, Velcrow Ripper Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2024
Incandescence is an immersive cinematic experience that weaves together on-the-ground footage with extraordinary stories of survival and adaptation...
Planet In Focus: As The Tide Comes In
- Sat, Oct 19
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Juan Palacios Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: Danish
The 27 residents on the tiny Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø are used to severe weather and...
Planet In Focus: La Guardia Blanca
- Sun, Oct 20
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 110 min.
There is a growing recognition in Mexico of the collusion between industry, organized crime and the Mexican government,...
Planet In Focus: CLOSING NIGHT & AWARDS: Resident Orca
- Sun, Oct 20
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Sarah Sharkey Pearce, Simon Schneider Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2024
Join us at Paradise Theatre for the Closing Night Film Awards ceremony and a post-screening conversation with Lummi Elder/executive...