Fogo island Film Weekend: Resistance and Resilience
Date: Nov 22
6:30 pm
- 9:00 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 6:30-9:00 pm Island of the Hungry Ghosts: On an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, land crabs migrate in their millions from the jungle to the sea. The same jungle hides a high-security Australian detention centre where thousands of asylum seekers have been locked away indefinitely. Their only connection to the outside world is trauma counsellor Poh Lin Lee. Island of the Hungry Ghosts is a hybrid documentary that moves between the natural migration and the chaotic and tragic migration of the humans, which is in constant metamorphoses by the unseen decision-making structures. Gabrielle Brady. Germany, UK, Australia, 2018, 94 min. Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Gabrielle Brady. Saturday November 23rd 1:00-2:10 Winning submissions from the Fogo Island Film 2019 international open call for short films. La Pesca - Pablo Alvarez-Mesa, Fernando Lopez Escriva. Colombia, 2017, 22 min. Eulogy for the Dead Sea - Polina Teif. Canada, 2018, 24 min. Gems and Minerals - Diane Borsato. Canada, 2018, 25 min. 2:30-4:06 A Whale of a Tale Megumi Sasaki. Japan, 2017, 96 min. Sunday November 24th 1:00-2:10 Winning submissions from the Fogo Island Film 2019 international open call for short films. 2:20-3:16 pm Naturales Historiae Pauline Julier. Switzerland, 2018, 56 min. 3:30-4:50 pm When Lambs Become Lions Jon Kasbe. USA, 2018, 79 min. 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
Events & Programs
Taking inspiration from Toby Rabinowitz’s exhibition, A World Within A World, visitors can choose an animal silhouette provided by us and decorate it with brightly-coloured patterns using various shapes and materials.
Toby’s artwork is full of bright, imagined worlds with magical creatures and friends playing together. She says her work is for kids and happy adults – make sure you stop in to look for yourself in the art gallery on level 4.
What magical creature will you create?
Drop-in program – no registration is required.
Celebrating biodiversity! Get Hands on with our Province’s plants, animals and wild spaces at The Rooms with Nature NL!
Nature Nook is a monthly hands-on session to interact with real specimens like seal pelts, skulls, whale baleen, antlers, moose fur, and a variety of rocks and minerals. Join us to learn more about nature and ask our volunteers all your questions about Newfoundland and Labrador’s wildlife!
Included with cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.
Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou
In this exhibition, find out about the impacts of the First World War on Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and how events overseas dramatically altered our lives at home.
Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.