Synopsis
Inspired by Kwaxsistalla, a Kwakwaka’wakw clan chief, the filmmaker embarks upon a cinematic journey contrasting the tree-farms that dominate the landscape surrounding his home on Vancouver Island with an ancient rainforest on the Pacific Coast of Canada.
Reviews
Rainforest is a sumptuously filmed documentary of the ancient forest… I’m guessing you’ll enjoy this film immensely. It mixes gorgeous imagery with stories of the recent past that will horrify and excite you.
Dave Olsen, Reel Life, Real Ideas: Movies and more…
This movie is not one to miss.
Kyle Empringham for World Wildlife Fund Canada Blog
With breath-taking imagery taken from angles most people can never imagine seeing first-hand, Rainforest is both inspiring and educational in its scope, as it uncovers the haunting reality of the situation in B.C.’s old-growth forests.
Mary Ellen Green – Monday Magazine
Directed and Produced by: Richard Boyce
Duration: 52 minutes Release Format: HD Video
©2011 Island Bound Media in association with EyeSteelFilm
Credits
Producers: Richard Boyce and Daniel Cross
Director: Richard Boyce
Executive Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin, Bob Moore
Cinematographer: Richard Boyce
Music: Phil Dwyer
Location Sound: Adam Bowick, Richard Boyce
Editors: Richard Boyce, Daniel Cross, Robin Dianoux, Ryan Mullins
Additional Photography: Chris Delgatty, Josef Krancevic, Mila Aung-Thwin, Adam Bowick, Norm Bergkvist
Awards
Best Mountain Culture Film Award
Whistler Film Festival 2011
December 2011 Whistler, British Columbia
The Jury praised the film for: “re-exposing our most critical environmental issue while at the same time pushing the cinematic experience and limits of storytelling, cinematography and editing.”
The Mark Haslam Award
Planet in Focus Film Festival
December 2012 Toronto, Ontario
“The award is given to a film programmed in the Festival that gives voice to individuals, communities, struggles or stories that are under-represented in the media and is made by a filmmaker who is a member or participant in that community, struggle or story. The selected work demonstrates the power to inspire reflection and positive action towards the social and ecological health of the planet.”
Distribution
EyeSteelFilm Distribution
TV Broadcast: DOC Channel
Educational: National Film Board of Canada
Festivals
2012 Planet in Focus – Toronto, Ontario
2012 Victoria Film Festival
2012 Available Light Film Festival – Whitehorse, Yukon
2012 World Community Film Festival – Courtenay, Vancouver, Nanaimo
2012 NaturVision Film Festival – LudwigsBurg, Germany
2012 Saltspring Island Film Festival
2012 Yorkton Film Festival
2011 Whistler Film Festival
2011 Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal
2011 Social Justice Film Festival – White Rock, BC
2011 Sardinian Sustainability Film Festival
2011 Vancouver International Film Festival
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