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“Everybody hates fallers. It’s just the nature of the job” - BC faller. Once proud symbols of the great north woods, tree fallers in BC have seen their industry change for the worst in the past years. Due to excessive contracting and cutbacks on safety, the job simply isn’t what it used to be. The profession needs such physical strength and concentration that one false move or false calculation can mean losing a life or a severe injury. By signing up for this job, 6 out of 10 fallers are guaranteed an injury – the only question is how bad it will be. An eye-opening documentary showing us the harsh realities faced by workers in an industry suffering bad press, while risking their lives for the commodities dictating our way of life.
www.dilemmaproductions.ca
Beautiful and intriguing, this animation is set deep in an enchanted forest and tells the story of wildflowers whose lives are remarkably complicated for one of Nature’s smallest and most delicate of creatures. Friendship, deceit, longing and betrayal, this is ultimately a story of how, even from the darkest of evil, good can blossom.
The Leibovich family loves to eat, so much so, that one thinks that life is just an interval between meals. Dieting is an interesting part of the equation.
www.jsfs.co.il
What happens to our computers or electronic devices when we’re done with them? They cannot simply be tossed in the garbage with the rest of our waste, seeing as computer parts contain toxic and highly carcinogenic components. This dangerous waste needs to be carefully recycled, following strict specifications. Developed countries, however, find it easier and cheaper to export their electronic waste to poorer countries instead of managing it themselves. Entire villages in China have turned into recycling plants, where the population has no choice but to work in this highly toxic environment in order to provide for their families. The health costs are incalculable. Digital Cemeteries illuminates the giant footprint our waste leaves behind.
Taken from an original Canadian documentary series, Driven by Vision looks for unique artistic environments created by individuals in their own communities. Very talented artists from across North America dedicate their art and incredible gifts to creating unique and meaningful surroundings for themselves and their community to enjoy. In some cases it is their sole occupation, in others it serves as a hobby or as a form of therapy to escape from their day jobs. In many of these cases the artists use found objects from discarded junk and recycle them in imaginative ways.