Past Screenings and Events
Saskatoon Environmental Film Festival
15:37
STRONG COFFEE
was screened on
Saturday,
April 2nd, 2011 in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at The Roxy Theatre. The festival was
organized by the Saskatchewan Eco-network (SEN). SEN is a
non-profit, non-government organization whose members are
Saskatchewan environmental groups. SEN's website serves members and
the general public looking for information about Saskatchewan
issues and ways to get involved. SEN has been presenting an annual
Environmental Film Festival since 2005. For more information about
the festival: http://www.econet.sk.ca/filmfest/filmsstoon2011.html
Soroptimist International of White Rock
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the Women
In Film fundraiser on November 14th,
2009 in White Rock,
British Columbia. The fundraiser is a project of the Soroptimist
International of White Rock in partnership with the South Fraser
Women's Services Society and the First United Church. Soroptimist
International works to improve the lives of women and girls locally
and globally. For more information: Liz Aubert,
lizfizz@shaw.ca.
Antigonish International Film Festival
18:06
STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
Antigonish International Film Festival on October 24th,
2009 in Antigonish,
Nova Scotia. The screening was sponsored by: Antigonish Women’s
Resource Centre; Coady International Institute; Department of
Anthropology, StFX; and Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish.
www.antigonishfilmfest.org
Fundraiser for The Columbus International Film + Video Festival
08:19
STRONG COFFEE
was screened on
October
13th, 2009 in
Columbus, Ohio at Studio 35 Theater to raise money for the Columbus
International Film + Video Festival. The CIF+VF continues to
support professional, educational, and corporate filmmaking so that
every person, group, or cause has an equal voice, and these voices
can inform each other. For more information about the
festival: www.chrisawards.org.
Building Community Centred Economies
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STRONG COFFEE
made its Australian debut
at the Building
Community Centred Economies - Dialogue for Action
conference in Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia June 17th to 20th,
2009. This
conference is a collaboration between the International Association
of Community Development and Community Development Queensland. The
conference is designed to attract a diverse local, national and
international audience including community organizations and NGOs,
large and small business, all spheres of government, academics,
social enterprises and philanthropic trusts, writers, artists,
community development practitioners, policy makers, and
environmentalists just to name a few. Organizers are expecting
participants from over 30 countries from the Oceania Region and
around the world. Conference website: www.cdconference.com.au.
Specialty Coffee Association Exposition
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) 21st Annual
Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia on April 17th,
2009 at the Georgia
World Congress Center. A panel discussion followed the screening.
The SCAA Exposition provides an opportunity for leaders in the
specialty coffee industry to meet, grapple with critical issues,
and explore the most current innovations in thinking and products.
Exposition website: www.scaaexposition.org.
Global Film Festival Nanaimo
08:08
STRONG COFFEE
was shown on
March
21st, 2009 in
Nanaimo, British Columbia at the Global Film Festival Nanaimo. The
festival is a production of the Nanaimo Global Film Festival Group
in conjunction with the World Community Development Education
Society. For more information about the festival:
www.nanaimofilmfest.org.
Okanagan World Community Film Festival
11:44
STRONG COFFEE
was shown on
March
15th, 2009 in
Kelowna, British Columbia as part of the travelling World Community
Film Festival. The festival is an intensive four-day event,
including 30 Canadian and international documentaries on a wide
range of topics. Topics include the environment, war, human rights,
education, economics and more. For more information:
www.ocworldfilmfest.net.
International Women’s Day Celebration
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STRONG COFFEE
was shown on
March
7th, 2009 in Nelson,
British Columbia. The West Kootenay Women’s Association and Amnesty
International Nelson screened three films celebrating the
achievements of women as agents of change and the need to continue
to take action for women’s human rights. This was on the eve of the
30th anniversary of the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Langara World Community Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened on
February
14th, 2009 in
Vancouver, British Columbia at Langara College as part of the
Vancouver leg of the World Community Film Festival. The festival is
a project of CoDevelopment Canada (CoDev), a non-profit agency that
has spent more than 20 years building partnerships for global
justice. It works for social change and global education in the
Americas. This year's theme, Acts of Hope and Courage, includes
films on food security, women's issues, human rights, environmental
issues, international solidarity, and music for social change. For
more information about this film festival: www.codev.org/filmfest.
Comox Valley World Community Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the World
Community Film Festival in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island,
British Columbia on February 7th,
2009. The film
festival is a project of the World Community Development Education
Society (WCDES). WCDES runs several different projects in the local
community and is engaged in projects in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and
Assam, India. For more information about the film festival:
http://worldcommunity.ca/film2009.htm.
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the Wild
& Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City, California
on January 10th,
2009. The Wild and
Scenic Environmental Film Festival is the largest environmental
film festival in the United States... a festival for activists by
activists. At the festival, audiences learn new ideas from a
selection of inspiring environmental films with hardhitting topics
including bioengineering, water issues, wilderness preservation,
citizen activism, and more. Festival website: www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org
Wondercafé.live!
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Lumby United Church screened
STRONG
COFFEE at its
Wondercafé.live event in Lumby, British Columbia on
November
21st, 2008. The
purpose of the community gathering and discussion was to promote
the sale of Café Femenino, which is sold by the Vernon Women's
Centre and distributed locally by the Whitevalley Community
Resource Centre. www.wondercafe.ca/churches/lumby-united-church.
Amnesty International Film Festival
11:10
STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the Amnesty
International Film Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia
on November 16th,
2008 at Vancity
Theatre. This was the biggest Vancouver Amnesty International Film
Festival in its 13 year history—as always, cinema with a social
conscience. "The Amnesty International Film Festival believes in
the power of film to tell important stories about one of the most
pressing issues of our time—human rights." Festival website:
www.amnesty.ca/filmfest.
Southern Appalachian International Film Festival
22:26
STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
Southern Appalachian International Film Festival in Johnson City,
Tennessee on November 15th,
2008.
STRONG
COFFEE was shown at
East Tennessee State University as part of the GENDER SCREEN
sponsored by the ETSU Women's Studies Program. SOAPIFF's mandate is
to entertain, educate and also present speakers, seminars, and
other art forms that play collaborative roles in film production
and promotion. Festival website: www.soapiff.inflics.com
Café Femenino Coffee Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the Bagdad
Theater in Portland, Oregon on October 16,
2008 as part of a
fundraiser to benefit the Café Femenino Foundation.
McMenamins Bagdad
Theatre. For
information about the Foundation: www.cafefemeninofoundation.org.
Boston Latino International Film Festival
13:35
STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the Boston
Latino International Film Festival in Boston, Massachussetts
on October 9th,
2008. BLIFF aims to
present the latest films produced by Latinos and/or deal with
social issues in Latino communities in the US and Latin America.
Festival website: www.bliff.org
European Social Forum
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
European Social Forum in Malmö, Sweden on September 21st,
2008. More than
20,000 people were expected to participate in the forum, which is a
meeting place for social movements in Europe. STRONG COFFEE
was shown at a film seminar
organized by Amnesty International Malmö Groups and run by Diana
Mulinari, professor in Gender Studies at Lund University who has
written extensively on gender and “development” in Latin America
and looks at how inequalities are produced and reproduced through
social relations of class, “race” /ethnicity, gender and sexuality.
Forum website: www.esf2008.org.
Non Violence Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
had two screenings at the
Non Violence Film Festival in Ontario, Canada, September 17th and
19th, 2008. The
festival seeks to celebrate and explore the human spirit as well as
ideas and concepts of Non Violence in all forms. For more
information: www.nviff.com
Coffee Fest Seattle
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STRONG COFFEE
was shown at Coffee Fest in
Seattle, Washington on September 12th
and September 13th,
2008. Discussions
followed the screenings. www.coffeefest.com.
Washougal International Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
Washougal International Film Festival in Washougal, Washington
on August 21st
and August 23rd,
2008 and
was a Medallion Winner for
Most Ambitious Film. For more information: www.washougalfilmfest.org
Breckenridge Festival of Film
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
Breckenridge Festival of Film in Breckenridge, Colorado on
June 6th,
2008. For more
information: www.breckfilmfest.com
Movie Monday
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened in Victoria,
BC on May 31st, 2008
as a special MOVIE MONDAY
event. www.moviemonday.ca A Coffee Tasting
sponsored by
Shuswap Coffee Company
and Bean Around The
World followed
the screening.
Red Whale Coffee Company
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The Red Whale Coffee Company in
Rothesay, New Brunswick screened STRONG COFFEE
at two events to raise
funds for the Saint John affiliate of "Dress for Success" and the
Café Femenino Foundation. May 29
and May 30, 2008.
www.redwhalecoffee.com
Female Eye Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the 6th
Annual Female Eye
Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario on
March
29th, 2008.
www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com
Women's International Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
Women's
International Film Festival in South Florida as part of the Hola
South America Program on March 29th,
2008. The Festival
brings together women from all over the world to explore, share,
and dialogue about issues concerning women through arts. It is
believed the images of women on film directly affect how women are
perceived, valued, and treated in society. www.wiffonline.org
EUROMED Sustainable Connections Project
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STRONG COFFEE
made its European debut at
the EUROMED Sustainable Connections Project at the Bellagio
Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy on March 26th,
2008. The Project is
part of A World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity-Hellas
(AWISHhellas), a nonprofit educational corporation (NGO) organized
to promote understanding and education in community sustainable
development. Click for Agenda.
Lethbridge International Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the 23rd
Annual Lethbridge
International Film Festival in Lethbridge, Alberta on
March
12th, 2008 at the
Theatre Gallery. www.chinookarch.ab.ca
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
21:18
STRONG COFFEE
was shown as part of
the Flagstaff
Mountain Film Festival on March 9th,
2008 in Flagstaff,
Arizona. The Festival highlights a collection of the most inspiring
and thought-provoking social, environmental, and adventure-related
outdoor films from around the world. For more information:
www.flagstaffmountainfilms.com.
Our Island Our World Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
Our Island
Our World Film Festival on Salt Spring Island, BC on
March 8,
2008.
STRONG
COFFEE was voted 3rd
top audience favourite from a group of over 70 films. The Festival
fosters awareness of justice, sustainability, and development
issues. For more information about the festival:
www.saltspringfilmfestival.com.
Women In Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the
2008 Women in
Film Festival in Vancouver, BC on March 6th,
2008. The event
included a Café Femenino coffee reception. Café Femenino coffee
beans were sold as a fundraiser for the Downtown Eastside Women's
Centre. Festival info: www.wiffbc.com
Mission Screening
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened on
Saturday, March 1st,
2008 in Mission, BC.
Event included a coffeehouse by donation. Contact: Dave Perritt
at javadavecan@netscape.net or 604.217.4095.
Shuswap Film Society
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened on
Sunday, January 27,
2008 at the Salmar
Classic Theatre in Salmon Arm, BC. Tickets included a coffee
tasting by Shuswap Coffee Company. www.shuswapfilm.net. To view photos, click
here.
Coffee For Change
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The "Coffee For Change" group in
Vernon, BC screened STRONG COFFEE
as a fundraiser for the
Vernon Women's Centre on January 26th,
2008.
Tickets
included a coffee tasting by Shuswap Coffee Company.
www.coffeeforchange.com For photos, click here.
Fair Trade Week 2007
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STRONG COFFEE
was shown on
November
20, 2007 as part
of Fair Trade Week
2007, a week of
events organized by the Centre for Public Interest Accounting at
the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. Free
fair trade coffee and popcorn were served.
Global Visions Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
was screened at the 26th
Global Visions Documentary Film Festival in Edmonton, Alberta
on November 4th,
2007. Special thanks
to Earth's General Store for providing samples of Café Femenino
coffee. www.globalvisionsfestival.com
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
had its U.S. Premiere at
the Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival in Colorado Springs,
Colorado on November 3rd,
2007. For more
information about the festival: www.rmwfilmfest.org
Coffee Tea and Me Expo
11:18
STRONG COFFEE
was shown at the Coffee,
Tea, and Me Expo in Pasadena, California on October 20,
2007. The Coffee Tea
& Me Expo benefited the Café Femenino Foundation.
www.coffeeteaandmeexpo.com
Calgary International Film Festival
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STRONG COFFEE
had its World Premiere at
the Calgary International Film Festival in Calgary, Alberta
on September 29th,
2007. Thanks to
everyone who helped with the screening and the coffee tasting...and
thanks to all who attended and supported the film. Very special
thanks to the women of Shuswap Coffee
Company for
donating their time and coffee. Festival website:
www.calgaryfilm.com.
For photos taken before the event, click here.
