Fogo island Film Weekend: Resistance and Resilience

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Date: Nov 24
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Theatre
Film

Fogo Island Film is an annual series organized by Fogo Island Arts devoted to international films that consider the diversity of relationships between nature and society. This year's theme is Resistance and Resilience, featuring the following events: Friday November 22nd 6:00-9:00pm Island of the Hungry Ghosts. Gabrielle Brady. Germany, UK, Australia, 2018, 94 min. Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Gabrielle Brady. Saturday November 23rd 1:00-2:10 pm Winning submissions from the Fogo Island Film 2019 international open call for short films. 2:30-4:06 pm A Whale of a Tale. Megumi Sasaki. Japan, 2017, 96 min. Sunday November 24th 1:00-2:10 pm Winning submissions from the Fogo Island Film 2019 international open call for short films. A Tree is like a Man - En la maloca de Don William Thorbjorg Jonsdottir. Colombia, Iceland, 2019, 30 min. A Poetic Truth in a Pathetic Fallacy Elise Rasmussen. Ireland, South Africa, UK, USA, 2018, 16 min. 60 Elephants Michael Klein, Sasha Pirker. Austria, France, 2018, 22 min. 2:20-3:16 pm Naturales Historiae. Pauline Julier. Switzerland, 2018, 56 min. Through different natural stories filmed between China, France and Italy, Naturales Historiae questions our way of thinking and representing nature. Each chapter explores a situation of human beings grappling with Nature and its images, which reveals their obsessions and shakes up our certainties 3:30-4:50 pm When Lambs Become Lions. Jon Kasbe. USA, 2018, 79 min. In the Kenyan bush, a small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife ranger who hasn't been paid in months, they both see a possible lifeline. Director Jon Kasbe followed the film's subjects over a three-year period, gaining an extraordinary level of access and trust as he became part of their everyday lives. The result is a rare and visually arresting look through the perspectives and motives of the people at the epicentre of the conservation divide. Image Credit: Jon Kasbe, When Lambs Become Lions. Film still. USA, 2018, 79 min. Members, please call Visitor Services at 757-8090 to reserve your seat.