ReelHeART International Film Festival

Choreographed by Nadine Helstroffer and filmed by John Bush in New York City parks, ZEPHYR features a trio of sleepy, wind-ruffled blossoms in the green soul of the city. At times giddy, at times poignant, this surreal take on spring celebrates the fluidity of being – the elusiveness of it all within the gift of each moment.

This award-winning music video marks Julia Witschger’s musical debut and was created for the award winning short film, ‘My Necklace, Myself.’ The song is enriched with a message that teaches young ‘tweens’ and teens to explore who they are and how to become independent without conforming to normal stereotype.

After a night of partying, Jonathan is forced to drive his ex-girlfriend Anna and her new boy toy home. During the ride home he finds himself in an uncompromising position with his ex-girlfriend and the other man. A moral decision he’ll end up regretting.

Author of many works about the irredeemable nature of civilization, Derrick Jensen advocates the violent take-down of industrialized civilization as the only way to save the planet and the human race. A group of students from a small alternative school in Toronto journey to the ’steel town’ of Hamilton to attend a lecture by Jensen. The documentary includes street interviews as well as interviews with the students, parents, and Derrick Jensen himself.

Shambhala is a unique story of a music festival, a family, a movement of underground music and arts that has captured the imagination of a generation. A decade in the making, this film, set amongst the Kootenay Mountains on the Salmon River Ranch is a glimpse at the culture of a people, the artistic freedom and a vision that has transformed a small valley into an international electronic music event.