Screening attendees will have the opportunity to vote for the Best Canadian Film Award following this screening! You will receive an email on 10 Nov with a link to vote for your favourite film. The&nbsp;Best Canadian Film&nbsp;award recognizes the Canadian film which best meets CLiFF’s purpose of telling stories of workers, unionized and non-unionized, thorough film by sharing the voice of those who seek justice on the job and dignity in the workplace. This year’s award was voted on by Canadian festival attendees. This award includes a $100 CAD prize.

This portrait introduces artist Robbie Tait Jr. and demonstrates the transformative power of art. He walks us through his Turtle Island Handbook project which arose from a desire to transmit his culture and family heritage through his drawings. He also addresses the political side of his art through his Rainbow Tears project, inspired by a story about the political prisoner Leonard Peltier.

A Rainbow to Turtle Island

A documentary film about Temporary Foreign Workers in New Brunswick, Canada. This documentary is a collection of interviews interwoven together to present a deep portrait of the lives lived by migrant workers and the challenges they face in Canada and specifically in New Brunswick. There are interviews with migrant workers and those who support and advocate for migrant workers. There are suggestions for improvements to Canadian immigration policies and laws and calls to action.

Chaos and Control

An allegory contemplating the nuances of forest stewardship and the interconnectedness of monoculture tree farms with Canada's current wildfire crisis. This is a visually poetic rumination on the relationship between fire and forests -environmentally, personally, economically. It includes interviews with interesting people andexperts, as well as visual montages featuring folks who work with trees, with lumber, and withfire. The filmmaker suggests some new understandings are needed.

Forest for the Fires

In this 11-minute video, labour economist Jim Stanford takes viewers on an animated tour of a workplace where workers have a strong collective voice: that is, the ability to speak out, be heard, and make change. The video illuminates key findings from economic research: namely, when workers have a strong ‘say’ at work, workplaces are safer, more productive, and fairer, and workers’ lives are better.

Having a Say at Your Job: Why Workers’ Voice Builds Better Workplaces, Better Economy, Better Lives

Ayano, Japanese migrant worker faces reality of living in a foreign land. She tries to seek a way to stay and live in Canada. Ayano makes herself a morning coffee with one of the filters that she just bought. It is a pack of90. The number of days before her VISA expires. Through Ayano we learn what it feels like tobe living as a temporary foreign worker and the vulnerability that comes with this along withpressures like the rising cost of living. Beautifully shot. It is a tender and heartfelt portrait.

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Counting Days

Workers’ power and success at the bargaining table comes about through solidarity andorganization. This documentary takes us through a brief history of the Canadian Union of PublicEmployees (CUPE) public sector negotiations in New Brunswick with an emphasis oncoordinated bargaining and current campaigns since the pandemic. It has many lessons for anyone in a union or wanting to organize – as we see the strategies and how they broughtabout success and improved working conditions for public sector workers in CUPE NB. This bilingual (English and French) documentary showcases the unity and resilience of 22,000 public sector workers in New Brunswick, Canada, as they strike against wage suppression. It explores strategic mobilization and collective bargaining efforts by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, culminating in a province-wide movement that successfully challenges austerity and sparks labour action across Canada. Produced by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Bargaining Forward

A migrant worker's pursuit of ‘The Canadian Dream’ takes a ​nightmarish turn as he uncovers an unsightly truth in the Ontarian ​agricultural industry. His quest for a better life in Canada unfolds through his own words and from his daughter’s perspective in this poignant family portrait. The film exposes the harsh exploitation and dismal working conditions Ontario’s migrant farm workers endure, while at the same time celebrating the resilience of the human spirit as it is manifested in one man’s battle for justice.

The Canadian Dream

A documentary by Bruno Carrière which finally lifts the veil on the drama which shook the miners of St-Rémi-d’Amherst, their families and all of Quebec in the 1940s.

1948, THE SILICOSIS AFFAIR - The Story of an Injustice

André-Charles is a boxer. Sports changed his life. He hopes his journey will inspire others to regain their pride and hold their heads high when facing life's adversities.

The Fighter

A dreamlike parable about immigration, Permit Garden follows a nameless child as they toil to gain exit from the Garden. But as time goes on, they wonder if escape is even possible. Will their number ever be called?

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