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BRUCE PENINSULA ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL



Since 2007 BPEG and BPBO (Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory have hosted an annual Environmental Film Festival on the Bruce Peninsula in cooperation with Bruce Peninsula National Park and the Centre for the Environment, University of Toronto.

This on-going series, the brainchild of film festival host Dr. Stephen Scharper, offers a well-rounded group of documentaries and feature films on an environmental theme. Three screenings are presented at the excellent theatre at the Bruce Peninsula National Park’s Visitor Center and three at the Lion’s Head Anglican Church hall.

Dr. Scharper introduces each film and leads optional post-screening discussions. Tasty homemade treats are available at each screening. This film series has become a summertime social event on the Bruce Peninsula!

Funds raised from the festivals support the work of BPBO and BPEG.

For more information on:

Dr. Scharper and Centre for the Environment, University of Toronto. www.environment.utoronto.ca

Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory www.bpbo.ca

2011 Power

2010 Waterfest

2009 The Cost of Consumerism

2008 The Cost of Greed


2007 Opening Festival











  1. Bruce Peninsula Environmental Film Festival
    The theme chosen for the 2011 Festival is ‘Power’.  We are planning a program of films, both documentary and feature, which will explore various aspects of POWER. The production and sources of power, sustainable power sources, the use and abuse of power by politicians, corporations, and individuals, the empowerment of people and communities and other aspects of POWER.

Films being considered for 2011 include the following Documentaries:

Power. One River two nations.

Force of Nature.

The Solar Village.

Natural Home

The Corporation

And these Feature films on the theme of Power:

The China Syndrome

Pittsburgh.

The Festival in 2011 will run from July 8th – 16th and will again be held in the Visitor Centre of the National Park in Tobermory and the Anglican Church Hall in Lion’s Head. Watch this site for upcoming news!





  1. Bruce Peninsula Environmental Film Festival

WATERFEST


The opening began with a barbecue hosted by the Farmer's Market in Lion's Head.

Waterlife - a documentary about the Great Lakes

Niagara - movie classic – a ‘watery’ film noir with Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotton.

Moby Dick - John Huston’s epic starring Gregory Peck and Richard Basehart,

The Holier it Gets - Jennifer Baichwal returns her father’s ashes to the Ganges. 
    Jennifer joined us by Skype at the end of the film.

Flow -  the privatization of water and its ethical implications.

Singing in the Rain - a glorious 1952 technicolour musical with Gene Kelly. 
A joyful end to the Festival!

Sponsors for the 2010 Festival were:

A Mermaid’s Secret, Apollo Gallery, Blue Bay Motel, Bruce Peninsula Press, Circle Arts Galleries, E’Terra Inn, Harvest Moon Bakery, Humming Bird House, Angela S. King-Myles and others.



2009        Bruce Peninsula Film Festival
                 
 THE COST OF CONSUMERISM

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - documentary directed by Alex Gibney

A Place in the Sun - movie classic directed by George Stevens

The Truman Show - Feature film directed by Peter Weir

The 11th Hour - documentary directed by Leila Connors Petersen & Nadia Conners

What would Jesus Buy? - documentary

It should Happen to You - Movie Classic. Director: George Cuker





2008 Bruce Peninsula Environmental Film FestivalTHE COST OF GREED

Community Gardens - documentary by students from the local High School

The World According to Monsanto - documentary directed by Marie-Monique Robin

The Searchers - a classic western directed by legendary John Ford.

Soylent Green - a dark movie classic starring Charlton Heston, Joseph Cotton and Edward G. Robinson.

Thirst - a look at the commercialization of water. 
               Directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman.

Escape from Suburbia -   documentary by Gregory Green

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – a Jimmy Stewart classic!

The 2008 Festival was sponsored by T.D. Friends of the Environment








2007

 Bruce Peninsula Environmental Film Festival

The Grapes of Wrath  - movie classic directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda

Babette’s Feast - Danish film classic

                 Refugees of the Blue Planet -  documentary directed by Helen Cuoquette 
                                                                      and Jean-Phillipe Duvas

                 Winged Migration - documentary by Jacques Perry and Jacques Cluzaud

                 Who Killed the Electric Car? - a shocking documentary by Chris Paine

                 Modern Times - a Charlie Chaplin classic