[Sust-mar] Halifax's 2012 Oceans Film Festival: June 6, 13 and 20

[Claudette LeBlanc]

Building on the success of the last two years, Halifax's 2012 Oceans Film
Festival is taking place on three consecutive Wednesday evenings in Oceans
Month, with free film screenings, short presentations, and open discussion -
see http://internationaloceaninstitute.dal.ca/FilmFest.htm for additional
details, including links to trailers.


Wednesday, 6 June
TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Venue: Scotiabank Auditorium, Marion McCain Building,
           Dalhousie University, 6135 University Avenue
Time: 6:30 pm (doors open at 6)

Featuring "remarkable underwater footage", this family-friendly documentary
(81 mins) follows a loggerhead turtle as she travels 10,000 miles from her
birthplace in Florida, swimming around the North Atlantic to Africa, and
ultimately back to the beach where she was born. Kathleen Martin of the
Canadian Sea Turtle Network will also lead a discussion on turtles in
Atlantic Canadian waters.


Wednesday, 13 June
OFFICIAL PREMIERE OF SALMON WARS: AQUACULTURE,
WILD FISH, AND THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITIES
Venue: Spatz Theatre, Citadel High School, 1855 Trollope Street
Time: 6:30 pm (doors open at 6)

Award-winning author, columnist and educator, Silver Donald Cameron, will
join us for the official premiere of his film, and for a discussion on
aquaculture on Canada's east coast.  His documentary (70 mins) is a
wide-ranging exploration of net cage salmon aquaculture and its social,
economic and environmental impact on the communities where it operates.


Wednesday, 20 June
A NIGHT OF LOCAL SHORTS AND STORIES
Venue: Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street
Time: 6:30 pm (doors open at 6)

- Hinterland Who's Who, presented by Sean Brillant,
  Canadian Wildlife Federation
- Thrill of the Catch, official premiere presented by local
   film-makers Jarrett Corke, Brendal Davis and Aurelie Godin
- Ship to Shore, presented by Ashley David, Clean Nova Scotia
- L'Nuk: The People, presented by Randy Angus, Mi'kmaq
  Confederacy of Prince Edward Island

Film-makers and experts will be on site following each screening.

IOI-Canada would like to thank all its 2012 Film Festival partners: Canadian
Wildlife Federation, Ecology Action Centre, Marine Affairs Program of
Dalhousie University, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Museum of Natural
History, and WWF-Canada. For further information, please email ioi at dal.ca or
phone 494-6918.