The 20th Anniversary of the One World Film Festival Presents the 2009 Opening Night Screening of Us Now

October 13, 2009 · Filed Under Festival News, News

The 20th Anniversary of the One World Film Festival Presents the 2009 Opening Night Screening of Us Now followed by a presentation with Shauna Sylvester, Director of Canada’s World and ForeignPolicyCamp

Thursday, October 15th
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Doors open at 5:30 pm. Film starts at 6:00 pm.

Admission for the full evening of three films and speakers is $12.00/$10.00 for students. See Festival line-up: wiam.ca/downloads/OWFF_Program2009.pdf

Us Now takes a look at how internet communities could transform the way that countries are governed. It tells the stories of the online networks whose radical self-organizing structures threaten the fabric of government forever. ForeignPolicyCamp is an innovative unconference conference that is using social media tools to get Canadians to rethink Canada’s role in the world.

For more information contact:
Jolynn Sommervill: jolynn@wiam.ca
Micheline Shoebridge: michelines@magma.ca
WIAM office: 613-238-4659
www.wiam.ca

Tags: film, film festival, media arts, One World Film Festival, WIAM