DOXA DAY FIVE! 


INDUSTRY MASTERCLASS: DOCUMENTARY RELATIONSHIPS


MONDAY MAY 8 | 3:00PM - 4:30PM | THE POST AT 750, 110-750 HAMILTON ST.

How do you capture the intimate details of personal interactions and fashion them into a compelling and structured narrative. How do you navigate the intricate and potentially fraught issues of conveying the intimate reality of your subject's life, while respecting their privacy and their humanity? The class will encompass the practical necessities of building trust with your subjects, as well as engaging with more complex ideas such as how to turn a personal relationship into a universal story. With:  Jérôme Clement-Wilz Director,  Être Cheval (Horse-Being)
 
 



2017 DOXA Audience Survey

Fill out this audience survey and you will be entered to win a prize pack featuring a $100 Big Rock gift card, a $50 JJ Bean gift card and a $50 Modo credit!  There is even a 2018 DOXA Documentary Film Festival Pass up for grabs. 

All additional comments can go to survey2017@doxafestival.ca








 
MON MAY 8 | 9:30PM | CINEMATHEQUE
THU MAY 11 | 3:00PM | ANNEX
Whether it's basket making in Northern Quebec, or selling plastic toys in urban China, this collection of short films calls attention to our increasingly complex and contradictory relationship with our stuff.

Read an interview with
Fixed! director Cat Mills here

Check out the trailer for My Father's Tools, a Wapikoni co-production, here.

BUY TICKETS TO STUFF: SHORTS PROGRAM  



AN AFTERNOON AT THE ANNEX...


*FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE*

MON MAY 8 | 12:30PM | ANNEX

In 2014, activists, ranging from new Canadians to First Nations people, ascended Burnaby Mountain to make a camp on the future route of the proposed pipeline. They were willing to do whatever it took to prevent the project from going forward; a critical necessity in their eyes, if the earth was to be preserved for future generations. 
 
*SPOTLIGHT ON TROUBLEMAKERS*
*ONLY SCREENING*

MON MAY 8 | 2:30PM | 
ANNEX

Dolores Huerta may just be the most vocal activist you've never heard of. Along with Cesar Chavez, Huerta was responsible for organizing minority farm workers all across California and founding United Farm Workers Dolores is a vibrant and long overdue tribute to a trailblazing 20th century feminist.


MON MAY 8 | 4:45PM | ANNEX

Despite the environmental damage and pollution that have depleted his bee colonies, Lao Yu, a stalwart beekeeper in Northern China, is determined to keep his family tradition alive. After a year of living in the city, Lao's son has returned home to their mountain village. It doesn't take long before conflicts erupt between father and son.




AND AN EVENING AT MOV!



SPECIAL SCREENING OF
AT THE MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER
7:00pm
*OPEN TO YOUTH UNDER 18*

Join us for the Canadian premiere of Bart Simpson's sublime urban documentary film, Brasilia: Life After Design, followed by discussion with critic of architecture and urbanism Trevor Boddy and documentary filmmaker Bart Simpson. 

TICKETS/REGISTRATION HERE 

Can't make tonight's screening? Catch our repeat screening SUN MAY 14 at 4:45pm at Vancity Theatre.


  Buy a raffle ticket: 3 for $20 to win our grand prize of a roundtrip Helijet flight and one night hotel stay in Victoria BC and tickets for Rifflandia. Our second prize is a two night stay at Hollyhock on Cortes Island!

SNAG YOUR TICKETS FROM A VOLUNTEER AT THE FESTIVAL OR CLICK THIS BUTTON AND GRAB YOURS RIGHT NOW! 




ADVANCE TICKETS SOLD OUT


Only RUSH and PASSHOLDER tickets remain for these screenings: 
Ada for Mayor  | TUE MAY 9 | 7:00PM | CINEMATHEQUE
City Voices: Shorts Program  | TUE MAY 9 | 6:30PM | VANCITY
The Road Forward | WED MAY 10 | 12:30PM | ANNEX
Swagger | THU MAY 11 | 12:30PM | ANNEX
Unrest | FRI MAY 12 | 8:30PM | CINEMATHEQUE 
For Dear Life | SUN MAY 14 | 12:00PM | CINEMATHEQUE 
Manifesto | SUN MAY 14 | 6:30PM | VANCITY



VERY LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN


Far Away Lands  | MON MAY 8 | 6:45PM | ANNEX
Burning Out | MON MAY 8 | 7:00PM | CINEMATHEQUE
Fattitude |  TUE MAY 9 | 12:30PM | ANNEX
Quest | WED MAY 10 | 7:00PM | CINEMATHEQUE
Praia | WED MAY 10 | 7:00PM | VANCITY
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | FRI MAY 12 | 9:00PM | VANCITY
Unrest | SAT MAY 13 | 12:00PM | CINEMATHEQUE
Manifesto | SAT MAY 13 | 8:00PM | SFU


BUY TICKETS HERE


 
 
 
TONIGHT! 






MONDAY MAY 8 | 7:30PM | VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE

In this exhilarating documentary by Philippe Béziat, French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay and director Jean- François Sivadier re-imagine Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece, La Traviata. In French with English subtitles.
 
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