ReelHeART International Film Festival

Theater 222,  Innis College,
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
(1 block south of St. George Subway)

It’s the end of another vegetable-producing season in Québec, Canada. Nature takes over and time does its work. We follow a market gardener close to the end of his career, searching for someone to take over his agricultural business. A documentary film which examines family relationships as well as the problems facing Québec farmers.

Uxbridge is a small rural community in Ontario. Surrounded by highways, farmland and new housing developments its landscape embodies a country in constant change. The York-Durham Heritage Railway service is one of the town’s trademarks. Through interviewing passengers, locals, workers, historians and government officals, the story of this railway line is a perfect example of how trains were a vital part in Canadian history.

This is a island that touched the hearts of many people. Experience the journey of a man piecing together a fragmented story of a rich landscape. From Native American culture to the architectural splendor of the early 20th century, this island encapsulates the essence of diversity.

Chesapeake Bay watermen and farmers believe environmentalists threaten their cultural and economic identities. When Heaven Meets Earth chronicles how Susan Emmerich, a Christian environmentalist, mediated the conflicts through faith-based stewardship.
It almost cost Emmerich her life. Here is the inspiring story of how people at odds found hope and healing by embracing and applying their faith to stewardship of the Bays resources and loving their neighbor.

To The Tar Sands follows a group of nineteen young environmentalists as they cycle over 1300 kilometres northbound across Alberta to witness the impacts of the tar sands boom firsthand. They ask farmers, moms, an urban planner, oil industry workers, the chief of a First Nations community, and others “How has the tar sands boom affected you?” The cyclists learn that with their greasy bike chains, they have oil on their hands too.