BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2130@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251126T210000 DTSTAMP:20250905T221238Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/incandescence-in-gibsons/ SUMMARY:Incandescence in Gibsons DESCRIPTION:The BlueAct Marine Society is pleased to invite you to a free c ommunity screening of\n\nINCANDESCENCE (directed by Nova Ami &\; Velcro w Ripper\, 2024\, 104 mins.)\n\nEvery summer\, wildfires increasingly rava ge places around the globe\, darkening the skies with thick smoke and redu cing communities to little more than ash and debris. Award-winning directo rs Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper weave together immersive on-the-ground foot age with first-person accounts from Indigenous Elders\, first responders\, and ordinary people forced to react to a rapidly evolving ecosystem. As climate change continues to escalate\, full suppression measures have larg ely failed\, leading to bigger\, more intense mega-fires. But there is ano ther way. Indigenous knowledge keepers explain that the First Nations peop le traditionally used controlled burns to regenerate the land. Honouring t he experience of both human and non-human inhabitants\, the film transfor ms our understanding of fire from destruction and disaster into a kind of profound illumination\, lighting the way towards new life and hope.\n\nTra iler: https://youtu.be/e17xBip25Xs\n \;\nFollowing the screening of th e film\, there will be a Q&\;A with Sunshine Coast-based filmmakers Nov a Ami and Velcrow Ripper\, along with David McIlwraith of Fire Smart BC.\n \n \;\n\nNOVA AMI is a Canadian documentary filmmaker of mixed Filipin o heritage. Her current work explores themes of climate emergency and envi ronment\, focusing on the perspectives of women and diverse communities. R ecent projects include Metamorphosis\, with Velcrow Ripper\, a theatrical feature documentary which explores the theme of change in this time of cli mate crisis\, described as “breathtaking” by the Toronto Star.\n\nVELC ROW RIPPER creates powerful\, cinematic feature documentaries that deal wi th the central issues of our times. His collaborations with Nova Ami inclu de Metamorphosis\, the web series Living With Dying\, and the upcoming Pl anet 911 (a Knowledge Original\, in post-production). His epic Fierce Lig ht Trilogy began with Scared Sacred\, winner of the 2005 Genie Award for best feature documentary\, continued with Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action\, and concluded with Occupy Love.\n\n \;\n\nPlease register f or your (free) ticket in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/special-sc reening-of-incandescent-documentary-2024-tickets-1640037770119?aff=oddtdtc reator  All are welcome. (Pre-registration is not required\, but we canno t guarantee you a seat if you do not register in advance.)\n\nThis event i s presented as part of the 2025 Climate Action Speaker Series\, an initiat ive of the BlueAct Marine Society. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12 /Incandescence_ENG_EPK_Header_1440x810.jpg CATEGORIES:Free Event,Incandescence,Screenings LOCATION:Gibsons Public Market\, 473 Gower Point\, Gibsons\, BC\, V0N-1V0\, Canada GEO:49.398093;-123.508189 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=473 Gower Point\, Gibsons\, BC\, V0N-1V0\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Gibsons Public Market:ge o:49.398093,-123.508189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR