The Vancouver Just Film Festival allows for reflection, provides a forum for discussion, and prompts participants to action. Films featured in the festival come from all over the world. The festival runs from February 11 – 13.
With this festival, organizers want people to become more aware of their world around them and see other peoples’ perspectives presented through films. They also hope people to talk about the films they have seen. Finally, the organizers hope the films will lead viewers to take action through volunteer, leadership and positive action through locally based organizations.

Valentino’s Ghost
Country: USA/Middle East
Director/ Producer: Michael Singh
 
The 95-minute film features fresh, riveting perspectives from the legendary late American writer Gore Vidal; John Mearsheimer, author of “The Israel Lobby”, celebrated British war correspondent Robert Fisk, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anthony Shadid, Harvard and Oxford historian Niall Ferguson, historian Melani McAlister, TV star Tony Shalhoub, media expert Jack Shaheen, and Hollywood writer Alan Sharp.

Knitting Nanna’s
Country: Australia 
Director/ Producer: Rani Brown

Knitting Nannas Against Gas is a group of sweet ladies who ‘protest’ by unfolding some lawn chairs, popping the kettle on and knitting. The KNAGs, who formed in Australia in 2012, campaign against the growing coal-seam gas (CSG) industry, which they argue threatens to destroy prime farmland and unspoiled ecosystems. They are also absolutely delightful and effective.

Cooking Across Cultures
Country: Canada

Immigrants to Canada arrive healthier than the average Canadian, but this reverses in 5 to 10 years after arrival. This video looks at four groups – three immigrants and one Aboriginal – and discusses how food and culture affect them.

Milk Men
Country: USA
Director/ Producer: Jan Haaken

Psychologist and filmmaker Jan Haaken revisits the region where she spent childhood summers on her aunt and uncle’s dairy farm. MILK MEN explores as well the symbolic place of dairy cows in the public imagination, and societal discomfort with industrializing a business long associated with rural America.

Facing Fear
Country: USA
Director/ Producer: Jason Cohen

Worlds collide when a former neo-Nazi skinhead and the gay victim of his hate-crime attack meet by chance 25 years after the incident that dramatically shaped both their lives. Together they embark on a journey of forgiveness that challenges both to grapple with their beliefs and fears, eventually leading to an improbable collaboration and friendship.