{{Short description|Canadian film festival}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox Film Festival | name = Planet in Focus | image = Planet in Focus logo.png | caption = Planet in Focus Festival Logo | location = Toronto, Ontario, {{flag|Canada}} | founded = 1999 by Mark Haslam | awardsreceived = 2007 Green Toronto Awards: Leadership, 2008 Green Toronto Awards: Environmental Awareness | awards = Eco Hero Awards,<br />Mark Haslam Award, <br />Best Green Pitch, <br />Best Canadian Short, <br />Best International Short, <br />Best Canadian Long,<br />Best International Long. | host = Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival | number = 100+ | date = | language = International | website = http://www.planetinfocus.org/ }}
'''Planet in Focus''' is an environmental film festival based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref>Nicholas Sokic, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/09/27/three-canadian-docs-set-for-world-debut-at-planet-in-focus/ "Three Canadian docs set for world debut at Planet in Focus"]. ''Playback'', September 7, 2024.</ref>
== History == Planet in Focus is an incorporated not-for-profit environmental film organization founded in 1999, by festival director Mark Haslam.<ref name="Anderson">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/11/06/planet_in_focus_has_some_unexpected_pleasures.html|title=Planet in Focus has some unexpected pleasures|last=Anderson|first=Jason|date=16 November 2014|work=Toronto Star|accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="yFile">{{cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2015/10/14/york-u-has-deep-roots-in-planet-in-focus-film-festival/|title=York U has deep roots in Planet in Focus film festival|date=14 October 2015|work=yFile|publisher=York University|accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref> They are affiliated with the Planet in Focus Foundation, a registered charitable organization.
Planet in Focus operates year-round to produce the annual Environmental Film Festival every October,<ref>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/doc-highlights-at-planet-in-focus-environmental-film-fest/ "Doc Highlights at Planet in Focus Environmental Film Fest"]. ''Point of View'', October 11, 2023.</ref> as well as national and international film touring programs and a summer youth video production camp.
Their honorary patrons are the scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster David Suzuki, and philosopher, environmental activist and eco-feminist Vandana Shiva.
==Notable films== Notable films screened at the festival have included: * ''10 Billion: What's on Your Plate?'' - Valentin Thurn * ''After the Last River'' - Victoria Lean * ''Bad Coyote'' - Jason Andrew Young<ref>Jason Anderson, "Putting the planet in focus". ''Toronto Star'', November 22, 2013.</ref> * ''The Birdman of Cooper Island'' - Kevin McMahon * ''Blue Gold: World Water Wars'' - Sam Bozzo * ''Bombhunters'' - Sky Fitzgerald * ''Dead Before Dawn'' - April Mullen * ''Everest Dark'' - Jereme Watt * ''Fairy Creek'' - Jen Muranetz<ref>Rachel Ho, [https://povmagazine.com/fairy-creek-review-confronting-the-social-complexities-of-environmentalist-protests/ "Fairy Creek Review: Confronting the Social Complexities of Environmentalist Protests"]. ''Point of View'', October 17, 2024.</ref> * ''Geographies of Solitude'' - Jacquelyn Mills<ref name=2022awards>[https://povmagazine.com/planet-in-focus-announces-winners-for-2022-festival/ "Planet in Focus Announces Winners for 2022 Festival"]. ''Point of View'', October 24, 2022.</ref> * ''The Ghosts in Our Machine'' - Liz Marshall * ''The Gold of Others (L'Or des autres)'' - Simon Plouffe * ''Happy People: A Year in the Taiga'' - Werner Herzog<ref name="Knight">{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/electric-cars-german-stars-at-planet-in-focus-filmfest|title=Electric cars & German stars at Planet in Focus filmfest|last=Knight|first=Chris|date=11 October 2011|work=National Post|accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> * ''Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth'' - Frauke Sandig, Eric Black * ''The Magnitude of All Things'' - Jennifer Abbott<ref>[https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/entertainment/documentary-draws-intimate-parallels-between-experiences-of-grief/ "Documentary draws intimate parallels between experiences of grief"]. ''Comox Valley Record'', January 27, 2021.</ref> * ''Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again'' - Lyana Patrick * ''Nuisance Bear'' - Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden<ref name=2022awards/> * ''One Water'' - Ali Habashi, Sanjeev Chatterjee * ''perfectly a strangeness'' - Alison McAlpine * ''Powerful: Energy for Everyone'' - David Chernushenko * ''Score: A Hockey Musical'' - Avi Federgreen * ''Theater of Life'' - Peter Svatek * ''Umbrella'' - Du Haibin * ''Waghoba: Provider, Destroyer, Deity'' - Malaika Vaz * ''Water on the Table'' - Liz Marshall * ''Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines'' - Tristan Loraine * ''The Whale'' - Suzanne Chisholm * ''Yanuni'' - Richard Ladkani
== See also == *List of environmental film festivals
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