The Canadian based organization Planet In Focus has been producing their leading international environmental film festival since 1999. During this time PIF has championed environmental cinema through the development of their forum for environmental art, industry and activism to join together. PIF's 2009 festival dates are Tuesday October 20 to Sunday October 25. This year The Icarus Foundation invites you to join us as we co-present the film entitled The Golden Beach, by Swedish filmmaker Hasse Wester, on Sunday, October 25 at the Royal Ontario Museum.
The Golden Beach explores global travel and the role it's playing in the transformation of a seaside town in India. The filmmaker lived
among
the
Halakki
Gowdas
people
for
more
than
a
year,
learning
their
language
and
customs.
When
Wester
returns
to
the
beach
20
years
after
his
first
visit,
much
has
changed:
villagers
who
once
farmed
together
now
run
competing
cafes
to
service
the
growing
number
of
Western
tourists,
and
money
has
replaced
peace
as
the
treasure
of
choice.
By
integrating
himself
into
the
story,
Wester
has
made
a
film
that
questions
what
happens
when
our
fantasies
overlap
with
other
cultures’
homes,
and
illuminates
the
moral
ambiguities
of
pleasure
seeking
in
foreign
places.
Tickets are available via the box office on the Planet in Focus website (www.planetinfocus.org).
