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 27th edition of Planet in Focus Internal Film Festival, October 2oth-25th.
Planet in Focus: Nuisance Bear
- Tue, 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: Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its...
Planet in Focus: Nirilaurta: Let Us Eat
- Wed, Oct 21
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: Malaya Qaunirq Chapman Run Time: 52 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Inuktitut
On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, the community of Taloyoak, Nunavut, is working to feed its families....
Planet in Focus: Wild Inside
- Wed, Oct 21
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: Penny Lane Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
On February 2, 2023, Flaco — a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world...
Planet in Focus: Heat
- Thu, Oct 22
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: Jacqueline Zünd Run Time: 86 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: German
Starring: Carina Bouali, Emma Ramadan, Francis N., Sophy Njeri Jagnath
Climate change disrupts lives and relationships – especially in the Persian Gulf, where temperatures can exceed 50°C and...
Planet in Focus: The Blueberry Blues (Les Blues du Bleuet)
- Thu, Oct 22
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: Andrés Livov-Macklin Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: French
Summer unveils a new blueberry season in northern Canada. The fields are covered in blue and workers from...
Planet in Focus: The Wind’s Thirst
- Fri, Oct 23
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: Alejandro Valbuena Run Time: 84 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
In Colombia’s La Guajira desert, three Wayuu guardians fight corporate powers exploiting their ancestral land, as green energy...
Planet in Focus: In The Forest
- Fri, Oct 23
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: Pascale Ferland Run Time: 124 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: French, Anishinaabemowin, Innu-aimum
A documentary essay exploring the bonds between humans, animals, and the forest, revealing a complex world where protection...
Planet in Focus: The Family Day
- Sat, Oct 24
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: 65 min.
Join us for a FREE Family Day including an international film programme and a continental breakfast. Doors Open...
Planet in Focus: In the Path of Giants
- Sat, Oct 24
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: Fayed Khan, Kirsty Wells Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
In Southern Bangladesh, hungry wild elephants trapped by the world’s largest refugee camp are rampaging over the land...
Planet in Focus: Shorts Program: Clear Cut- Films About Land, Loss and Resilience
- Sat, Oct 24
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: 71 min.
This program brings six films to Toronto for the first time – each approaching landscapes and our relationship...
Planet in Focus: The Lake
- Sat, Oct 24
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: Abby Ellis Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
An environmental nuclear crisis threatens Utah. Two scientists and a politician urgently work to prevent an unprecedented catastrophe...
Planet in Focus: We Are Stardust
- Sun, Oct 25
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: Elisabeth Rasmussen Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Norwegian Bokmål
Starring: Elisabeth Rasmussen, Jan Braly Kihle, Jon Larsen, Mike Zolensky
For decades, astronomers around the world have searched for stardust in space and the remotest places on earth....
Planet in Focus: Daughters of the Forest
- Sun, Oct 25
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: Otilia Portillo Padua Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
Starring: Eliseete Ramírez Carbajal, Julieta Serafina Amaya Pérez
Deep in Mexico’s mushroom-rich forests, two women from indigenous communities have become mycologists. This immersive sci-fi documentary follows...