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Vaughan, ON - The City Playhouse will again roll out the "Green" carpet on January 16 & 17, 2009 for The 2009 Green Reel Environmental Film Festival. The festival features an environmentally-themed and thought provoking collection of award-winning international documentaries, mainstream Hollywood entertainment and independent productions.
The schedule of over twenty films includes several free screenings which are sponsored, in part, courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada. The list of films includes "Encounters At The End Of The World", "Garbage Warrior", "The Price of Sugar", "Good Morning Khandahar" and "Sharkwater", Morgan Spurlock's controversial "Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?", the Award Winning "Up The Yangtze" and the world premiere of the independent vermicomposting documentary "SQUIRM - The Story of Cathy's Crawly Composters".
Over 20 environmental vendors and community organizations will be showcasing their products and services in the theatre lobby area during the two day event. New for the whole family this year is a performance by the clown sisters Morro & Jasp in their critically acclaimed environmental show, "Go Green!" Morro & Jasp perform each morning at 10:30am. Tickets are $8 each or admission is included with the purchase of a Festival Pass or Day Pass
Tickets are $5 per person for each screening, $12 for a day pass or a Festival pass is $20 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the City Playhouse Box Office 905-882-SHOW (7469).
2009 SCHEDULE
JANUARY 16, 2009
10:30am - MORROW & JASP GO GREEN - tickets $8, free with
11:30am - SQUIRM : The Story of Cathy's Crawly Composters
12:30pm - Town At The Top of The World - free screening
1:30pm -
3:30pm - El Contrato - free screening
4:30pm - Five Ring Circus
6:00pm - Shipbreakers - free screening
7:30pm - SHARKWATER
9:00pm - Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?
JANUARY 17, 2009
10:30am - MORROW & JASP GO GREEN - tickets $8, free with
11:30am - Encounters At The Edge of The World
1:00pm - Be The Change - free screening
2:00pm - Geologic Journey - The
3:00pm - SQUIRM : The Story of Cathy's Crawly Composters
4:00pm - Up The Yangtze - free screening
6:00pm - The Price of Sugar
8:00pm - Good Morning Khandahar - free screening
9:00pm - Garbage Warrior
For more information please contact Darcy Hoover at the City Playhouse Theatre 905-326-7469 or visit the upcoming shows area at the City Playhouse website www.greenreelfilmfestival.com for a complete listing of featured films and festival schedule.
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Media Contact:
Darcy Hoover
Marketing and Programming Manager
The City Playhouse
905-326-7469
darcy.hoover@vaughan.ca
Planet in Focus CELEBRATES EARTH MONTH IN APRIL with these Partners:
Ontario Science Centre Environmental Film Series presented by Planet in Focus
On-going throughout April, 2008
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/
Hot Docs Film Festival
April 26, 2008
Royal Ontario Museum, 2pm
DOC IT! Screens Tiny's Footprint, a Youth Camera Action production
http://www.hotdocs.ca/index.php/audience/youth/docit/
Earth Day Film Fest (Festival De Film De Jour De la Terre)
Tuesday April 22nd, 2008
Sudbury, Ontario
www.earthdaysudbury.ca
Ripple Effect Eco Film Festival, Hamilton, Ontario
April 22 - 24, 2008
RippleEffects.ca
Earth Day Film Festival in Craik, Saskatchewan
April 25 - 27, 2008 http://boilingfrog.ca
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