H2OIL

H2OIL NEWS: UK, US, and Canada + DVDs

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:45:24 +0000

TUESDAY JUNE 15^th across the UK

H2Oil will be released across the UK for one night ONLY Tuesday June 15^th 2010

Check this link for tickets and show times:

http://toxicfuels.com/apps/list_all.html

http://www.dogwoof.com/cinemas/h2oil-in-cinemas-june-15th/

WEDNESDAY JUNE 16^th across CANADA

Global Television will be screening a version of the film this June 16^th at 10pm. Spread the word about this national diffusion.

http://news.globaltv.com/story.html?id=3107138

http://www.globaltv.com/schedule/index.html?callsign=CKMI

H2Oil on the DISCOVERY CHANNEL this fall

Keep posted here for when H2Oil will screen on the Discovery Channel’s Planet Green slot.

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/reel-impact/watch-h2oil.html

H2Oil DVD RELEASE as part of HotDocs collection through KinoSmith

In September H2Oil DVDs will finally be available as well, and we will be accepting pre-orders through our distributor KinoSmith.

http://kinosmith.com/distribution.html

http://www.kinosmith.com/catalogue/pages/h2oil.html

‘The beginning of an Uprising’: H2Oil named in top 10 Independent film of 2009

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:10:30 +0000

Melora Koepke from Montreal’s Hour Weekly names H2Oil in the Top 10 Independent films of 2009!

Climate Action Camp in Quebec

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:59:55 +0000

This summer a Climate Action Camp will take place Dunham (an hour southeast of Montreal) from August 7th-23rd, with the dates of August 18-22 set as “Convergence Days” of workshops and actions. The camp promises to be a really concrete way to build on the actions and reflections taking part across the continent. Please join us there! We will put updates about the camp on our site, and also check here for further information in the coming weeks: www.uncampement.net

Hosting a screening

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:08:05 +0000

Hi everyone,

We’re getting lots of requests about hosting community screenings.

Send us an email request about where and when you would like to screen the film and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as we can.

Thanks for all your interest and support!

Shannon

Vancouver International Film Festival

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:10:19 +0000

H2Oil: Film Premiere and Panel at VIFF
Water and Oil Don’t Mix!

VIFF SCREENINGS

Sunday, October 11th 6:30pm Empire Granville 1, Q&A after film

Monday, October 12th 1:15pm, Panel to begin after the film

Vancity Theatre
1181 Seymour St

H2Oil, a challenge to the unregulated development of Alberta’s oil sands, will have its West Coast premiere on Sunday, October 11^th and Monday October 12th^th as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s The Way of Nature section. The environmental battle over the oil sands is going global. The news of H2Oil’s Vancouver premiere comes on the heels of major mounting international opposition from Norway to Washington. Just this month, a delegation from Fort Chipewyan stirred up headlines at the Climate Camp in London as they targeted the “corporate climate criminals”, such as British Petroleum, and the banks that back the oil sands. All this in the wake of China’s $1.9-billion investment into Alberta means that bitumen – its lucrative and its destructive sides – seems to be on everyone’s minds.

THE FILM:

Thanks to Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands, Canada is now the biggest oil supplier to the United States. A controversial billion-dollar industry is heavily invested in extracting crude from the tar sands through a process so toxic it has become an international cause for concern. Four barrels of glacier-fed spring water are used to process each barrel of oil. The water is then dumped, laden with carcinogens, into leaky tailings ponds so huge they can be seen from space. Downstream, the people of Fort Chipewyan are already paying the price for what will be one of the largest industrial projects in history. When a local doctor raises the alarm about clusters of rare cancers, evidence mounts for industry and government cover-ups. In a time when wars are fought over oil and a crisis looms over access to clean fresh water, which resource is more precious? And what price are we willing to pay?

THE PANEL:

The film will be followed by a panel discussion where the audience will hear from people directly involved in community level resistance to tar sands projects as well as learn what the public can do to support these communities and hold governments and the industry responsible. We are honored to have two speakers from downstream communities (Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations) as well as from Wet’suwet’en territories in northern BC along a tar sands pipeline route. Local organizers will also be highlighting the links between the Olympics and tar sands industries.

Shannon Walsh the director of documentary H2Oil.

George Poitras – member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, Fort Chipewyan.

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger - Rainforest Action Network Tar Sands Campaigner, Member of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

Warner Naziel and Mel Bazil - from Wet’suwet’en territories in northern BC will be speaking about grassroots opposition to the proposed Enbridge pipeline from tar sands to the pacific coast.

Tracey Mann will be speaking about the links between the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and the tar sands industry.

The event is organized, supported and endorsed by the Council of Canadians, Indigenous Environmental Network, Loaded Pictures, The National Council of Women of Canada and the NCWC Education Fund joint 2008-2010 Water/Energy Connections Project (with support of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation), No One Is Illegal - Vancouver, OilSandsTruth.org, Olympic Resistance Network, Rainforest Action Network, the Vancouver International Film Festival, Wilderness Committee.

For more information please email: hgrewal@canadians.org or call: 604 340 2455.

OTHER SCREENING TIME:

H2Oil is also screening on October 11^th followed by a short Q&A.

Sunday, October 11th 6:30pm
Empire Granville 7

Please visit www.viff.org for more details.

Calgary International Film Festival & Theatrical Release

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:16:23 +0000

CIFF SCREENINGS

Saturday, October 3 @ 2 PM
Eau Claire Market - Cineplex Odeon - Screen #5
200 Barclay Parade S.W.

THEATRICAL RUN BEGINS OCTOBER 9TH
PLAZA THEATRE
1133 Kensington Rd NW

ACTION EVENT

Saturday, October 4th @ 2PM

Unitarian Church Hall

1703 -1 Street NW

Calgary Activist Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Sierra Club Prairie, Rainforest Action Network, Alberta Environment Network, Public Interest Alberta, Council of Canadians, Greenpeace, and The National Council of Women of Canada and the NCWC Education Fund joint 2008-2010 Water/Energy Connections Project, with support of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation will organize an ACTION event in conjunction with the screening of H2Oil at CIFF, and this event will be held in the afternoon of Sunday, October 4th.

Participants will include

George Poitras of the Mikisew Cree First Nation,
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger from Rainforest Action Network,
Macdonald Stainsby of Oil Sands Truth, and
H2Oil filmmaker Shannon Walsh

Edmonton International Film Festival

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:52:35 +0000

SCREENINGS

Thursday, October 1^st

1:30 pm

Empire City Center

ACTION EVENT – Thursday, October 1^st

7 pm at the University of Alberta

Telus Room 150

The Indigenous Environmental Network, Council of Canadians, Greenpeace, Sierra Club Prairie, Rainforest Action Network, APiRG, Alberta Environmental Network, Public Interest Alberta and Loaded Pictures will organize an ACTION event in conjunction with the screening of H2Oil at EIFF, and this event will be held on the evening of October 1^st.

Participants will include

Heather Milton Lightening from the Indigenous Environmental Network,
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger from Rainforest Action Network,
Macdonald Stainsby of Oil Sands Truth and
H2Oil filmmaker Shannon Walsh.

Canadian Film Festival Tour dates announced for H2Oil

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:13:29 +0000

Sept 19-27: Cinefest International Film Festival , Sudbury (Screening Sept 21)

Sept 18-26: Atlantic International Film Festival , Halifax (Screening Sept 25, 9:30PM Park Lane 4)

Sept 25-Oct 4: Calgary International Film Festival , Calgary (Sat. October 3, Cineplex Eau Claire @ 2:00 PM)

Sept 25-Oct 3: Edmonton International Film Festival , Edmonton (Sat. Sep 26, 2:15 pm and Thu, Oct 01, 1:30 pm at Empire City Centre 9)

Oct 1-Oct 16: Vancouver International Film Festival , Vancouver (Sun. October 11, 6:30pm, Empire Granville Cinema 1, and Mon. October 12, 1:15pm, Vancity Theatre @ Vancouver Film Centre)

Nov 11-21: Rencontres internationales du documentaire (RIDM) , Montreal (Screening time TBA)

H2Oil at the Bloor

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:12:17 +0000

H2Oil Film Screening and Discussion
Monday, July 6th, 7-9pm
Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St W.

Panel discussion after screening, moderated by Olivia Chow, MP

Shannon Walsh—Writer and Director of H2Oil
Clayton Thomas-Muller—The Indigenous Environmental Network and activist for Indigenous rights and environmental justice
David Booz—Harbord Village Residents Association HERO Project (Home Energy Retrofit Opportunity)

Tickets are free. Please RSVP by clicking here or by calling 416-533-2710

NOW editors pick H2Oil as one of this week’s can’t-miss events
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=170178

H2Oil Action Event: From the theater to the streets!

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:08:04 +0000

As part of our H2Oil screenings at Hot Docs in Toronto, we have paired up with organizers who are keeping it real fighting the Tar Sands on the ground.
Come out to the action event and learn more about the Tar Sands and find out how to get involved in stopping the destruction.

WHEN: Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at 13h

WHERE: 252 Bloor St West, Room #2-211 in OISE

Speakers include:

GEORGE POITRAS, Former Chief from Fort Chipewyan’s Mikisew Cree First Nation

CLAYTON THOMAS MULLER
Indigenous Environmental Network

ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER
Rainforest Action Network & Athabascan Chipewyan First Nation

JESSIE KALMAN
The Polaris Institute Tar Sands Organizer

The event is hosted by OPIRG in collaboration with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Polaris Institute, Rainforest Action Network, the Dominion, and Loaded Pictures.