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12:00pm • Sunday, Nov 29, 2026The Fire in Our Hearts (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
On British Columbia’s remote Southside, wildfire is not an abstract threat—it is a lived reality. As flames close in on a frontier community, the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and their neighbours face an impossible choice: evacuate, or stay to protect the land that defines them. With limited access and little outside support, the community responds collectively, drawing on Indigenous leadership, cooperation, and generations of knowledge to confront the fire in near isolation. In the aftermath, the burn reveals a long-erased Cheslatta village site, resurfacing a suppressed history just as their response gains wider attention as a model for resilience. But when the flames recede, new constraints emerge—raising questions about the limits of community-led action, and the fragile balance between survival, autonomy, and authority.
Sunday, November 29
Doors 11:30 am | Event 12:30 pm
THE FIRE IN OUR HEARTS (Josias Tschanz, 2026 / 86 mins / PG) Residents of the Southside must choose: evacuate or stay to defend their land. Isolated and with limited access, they unite to face the raging wildfire.
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3440 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2W8, Canada
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