Planet in Focus

Stars' Amy Millan Gets Award For Seed Saving Campaign Featuring Feist, Sam Roberts

Stars' Amy Millan Gets Award For Seed Saving Campaign Featuring Feist, Sam Roberts O

Film Fest Brings Earth into Focus

Film Fest Brings Earth into Focus Agent Orange screens during Plant In FocusLike many major urban hubs, Toronto boasts a plethora of film festivals, from high-brow (TIFF, Hot Docs) to absurdly niche (Darryl’s Hard Liquor and Porn, Breast Fest). But few come with the real-world gravitas of Planet in Focus, Canada’s largest environmental film festival,…

Carbon for Water is Solving Problems in Kenya

Carbon for Water is Solving Problems in Kenya A still from the film, Carbon for Water, by American directors Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez Carbon for Water is the name of both a life-changing program in Kenya and a 21-minute film about the project that was shown at Toronto’s Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival on Sunday afternoon.…

Planet In Focus Film Festival To Award Green Production Practices

Planet In Focus Film Festival To Award Green Production Practices Canadian environmental media arts organization Planet in Focus will hand out its inaugural Green Screen Award on October 14, during the Planet in Focus Film Festival, which runs from the 12th to 16th in Toronto. Sponsored by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund, the award will honour green…

Toronto’s Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival Set For October

Toronto’s Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival Set For October Margaret AtwoodToronto’s Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival, now in its 11th year, runs October 13 to 17 and will screen 90 feature films, documentaries and short films from Canada and around the world. The full line up will…