SkeenaWild Conservation Trust is taking its 11th annual film festival online this year in hopes of continuing to shine light on the people and the wilderness of what it considers to be one of the most beautiful places on earth B次元官网网址� northern B.C.
The film festival presents an amalgamation of short films, features, youth films and photographs from B.C. residents who live around or have visited the Skeena River. This yearB次元官网网址檚 festival will be available over on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
B次元官网网址淚 feel like itB次元官网网址檚 a great opportunity for people to view what north-west B.C has to offer. You have to give yourself the chance to discover it,B次元官网网址� said Joelle St-Gelais, SkeenaWild communications coordinator.
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Some of this yearB次元官网网址檚 films include a familyB次元官网网址檚 overnight hike through the mountains, the story of a man completing one lap of the Everest Challenge five years after breaking his neck and a droneB次元官网网址檚 eye view of berry picking in the north.
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This year, there are eight short films, two features and two youth films, for a total run time of just over 37 minutes. St-Gelais said they will be posting the films to their website for anyone who is unable to tune in Thursday night and viewers will be able to vote on their favourite films for the next week. The film festivalB次元官网网址檚 photographs will also be available on its for people to view and vote.
St-Gelais said the film festival is first and foremost about celebrating local talent, but they also hope it inspires people to take care of the natural beauty around them.
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B次元官网网址淚 hope people take time and really let it sink in that where we live is really amazing. Hopefully it will spike in peopleB次元官网网址檚 minds that we need to preserve it and enjoy it.B次元官网网址�
St-Gelais is also hopeful that when the COVID-19 pandemic passes, more people will be inspired to visit northern B.C. to see its rugged beauty for themselves.
The SkeenaWild Conservation Trust was created in 2007 with the goal of making the Skeena River region a global model of sustainability.
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