Farm to Fork Film Festival continues

Additional Screenings Friday Nov 27 and Saturday Nov 28:

Please see previous posts for more detailed synopsis on the films being shown.

Friday

1 pm: Food Inc

2:30: The World According to Monsanto

4:00 King Corn

6:30: The Real Dirt on Farmer John


Saturday:

1 pm: Food Inc

2:30: The World According to Monsanto

4:00 The Real Dirt on Farmer John

Red Canoe Cafe will be serving a delicious selection of local foods. Free admission to screenings. Donation jar happily accepts contributions for festival expenses. For more info or reservations for meals please call 613-756-9515.

Film Festival Screening Schedule 2009

"From Farm to Fork" a provocative look at food and farming, is the theme of this years WFVF which runs from Thursday Nov 19-to Saturday Nov 21. Sunday Nov 22, we wind up this years festival with a Philosopher's Cafe centred on the pleasures and pitfalls of food and drink in our lives.

By request from film-goers The Wilno Film & Video Festival will be extended this year to run for two additional days on Friday Nov 27 & Nov 28 with screenings from 1 pm through 8 pm. Schedule will be posted shortly but will include all the major films screened in the first week. We will also be serving our "100 Mile Local Food" menu for lunch and dinner on both those days.

Screenings are at the Red Canoe Cafe at the Wilno Station Inn in our downstairs gallery. Admission is free (limited by space available) although a donation jar welcomes any contributions to the festival expenses such as film rentals, promotion etc.

The Red Canoe Cafe will be serving a special "100 Mile" local food menu during the festival.

Red Canoe Cafe "Feast of the Farm" Festival Menu
Price of $20.00 includes choice of soup (caldo verde or cream of tomato)
choice of
grilled organic sausage on braised red cabbage with warm german potato salad
organic lamb stew over curried potatoes
or organic meat loaf with fall vegetables and mashed potatoes.

dessert of maple pumpkin cake with whipped cream
AND INCLUDES: glass or red or white wine or pint of Wilno Heritage or Steamwhistle Beer.

Reserve your dinner/screening tickets now by email or at 613-756-9515 to ensure that you will have a seat for the films and for your meal.

SCREENING SCHEDULES:

Screening note: We regret that we will NOT be screening the feature films Julie & Julia or Chocolate during this weekend's festival lineup due to limited time and seating space.

Thursday Nov 19:

1 pm: El Contrato: (NFB 51 min): For 8 months of the year, a Southern Ontario town absorbs 4000 Mexican migrant labourers who pick tomatoes under conditions and wages that no local workforce will accept. Despite fear of repercussions, the workers finally voice their desire for dignity and respect, as well as for better wages and working conditions.

2 pm: Earth to Mouth: (NFB: 41 min) An exquisitely filmed meditative look at an 80 acre farm near Newcastle Ontario, providing Asian vegetables for the Chinese markets. Founded by Lau King-Fai who survived the loss of her father and siblings and husband in Hunan province, this Canadian farm has become oasis, income and independence for this fiesty mother, her son, and the half dozen Mexican farm workers who all in their own way, endure the rigors of farming and savour their moments of peace.

3 pm: The Fight for True Farming (NFB: 89 min) Crop and animal farmers in Quebec, the Canadian West, the U.S and France insist it is possible to grow food differently than the current norm of factory farming and agribusiness. A film of grim lucidity but also irrepressible hope.

5 pm: The World According to Monsanto (109 min): Monsanto's controversial past combines some of the most toxic products ever sold with misleading reports, pressure tactics, collusion and corruption in their race to genetically engineer and patent the world's food supply. One reviewer says this film will "freeze the blood in your veins".

7:30pm: Food Inc: (94 min) exposes how our food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the farmer, the safety of the workers, and the well-being of the environment. You'll never look at dinner the same way again.

Friday Nov 20:

1 pm: Re-Generation: A look at the post-Woodstock generation and the impact of the sixties in our culture. Partially filmed at MorningGlory Farm near Killaloe.

2:30 pm: King Corn: You Are What You Eat: (90 min) engrossing and eye-opening, King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of the fast food nation. Fueled by curiousity and naivety a pair of college buddies return to their ancestral home in Iowa to discover how the modest corn kernel has conquered America. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America's modern food system.

4:30: Fed Up: (57 min): The bio tech industry tells us that their technology is the only hope for feeding the world and saving the environment. A compelling and an entertaining look at our food production system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech Revolution and what we can do about it.

6:30 pm: The Future of Food (60 min) You'll never look at your dinner the same way again. A thought provoking examination of modern farming and agriculture practices.

8 pm: Backwoods Gourmet: (28 min): Local food afficionados turned film-makers develop a pilot for a cooking show set in the hills of Cormac/Killaloe. Starring Lee Lafont, Tim Storey and Barry Goldie with guest appearances by their friends. Cinematography by Antonin Llotsky.

8:30 pm: A series of short films about Cool Hemp, OVFC film, and other about local food producers.

Saturday Nov 21: Please refer to film profiles on Thursday and Friday schedules

12:30 Rooftop Gardens

12:45pm: The Real Dirt on Farmer John (80 min)

2: 30 pm: The World According to Monsanto: (109 min)

4 pm: Food Inc:

5:30 pm: The Future of Food

6:30 pm The Real Dirt on Farmer John

8 pm: Seeds of Change: Farmers, Bio-Technology and the New Face of Agriculture

Sunday Nov 22: 2 pm-4 pm: Philosopher's Cafe with Stan Skreszewski: Join us for a spirited discussion about the meaning of food and drink (and chocolate) in our busy modern lives. Free admission. Bring your favorite chocolate. Everyone welcome.