Canada's Environmental Film Festival announces 2008 dates

The country's most acclaimed environmental film festival, Planet in Focus, has announced it’s ninth edition will run October 22 through October 26 in Toronto with over 80 (of over 450 entries) of the world's premiere films and videos on a wide range of environmental themes and subjects by Canadian and international filmmakers.

This year’s Spotlight Program - Food: The Big Picture - features thought-provoking films from around the world examining a wide range of issues on this topic. It will highlight the local and global concerns about food production, food security, food policy, its cultivation, manufacture, handling, distribution and, ultimately, the direct connection between the state of the environment with what, and how, we eat. The festival will also host panels and discussions in an exploration of the global food crisis as well as recent developments within Canada.

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