Embodying Water: A UofT x Water Docs Film Festival

This event is a student-organized afternoon film festival which showcases past Water Docs selections presented by our UofT Cinema Studies seminar class, "Sensory Ecologies: Theory and Praxis in Environmental Media Studies," taught by Professor Nadine Chan. In collaboration with Melanie Howe, the Lead Programmer and Project Manager of the Water Docs Film Festival, our class curated this year's festival under the theme of "Embodying Water," a concept which connects to issues of climate justice and decolonizing how we relate to our surrounding environments.

The screening will feature the following five short films: Wetlands (Persia Beheshti, 2019), The Lost Seahorse (Benjamin Fieschi-Rose and Kirsten Brass, 2021), Biolumin (Moe Clark, Victoria Hunt, and James Brown, 2020), Water Silhouettes (Siluetas De Agua) (Violeta Paus, 2020), and One Day We Will Dance With You (Alkis Papastathopoulos and Kate Adams, 2020).

The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion with filmmaker Benjamin Fieschi-Rose and student representatives from Climate Justice UofT. We are very excited to be hosting this festival and look forward to seeing you there! Please include a donation to Water Docs with your ticket and/or bring a non-perishable food item for our food drive!

Please remember to bring your own water bottle (there is a water station at the venue).

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Info: Non-perishable food donations and monetary donations collected by organizers. Community Marketplace opens.

Info: The festival begins in the Town Hall Cinema.

Info: Includes 5 short films: "Wetlands" (Persia Beheshti, 2019), "The Lost Seahorse" (Benjamin Fieschi-Rose and Kirsten Brass, 2021), "Biolumin" (Moe Clark, Victoria Hunt, and James Brown, 2020), "Water Silhouettes" ("Siluetas De Agua") (Violeta Paus, 2020), and "One Day We Will Dance With You" (Alkis Papastathopoulos and Kate Adams, 2020).

Info: Just outside of the screening room, share snacks and chat with the community groups and tablers, including Climate Justice UofT, the UofT Trash Team, Water Watchers, and more.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Canada