Calgary Justice Festival

2023

Calgary Justice Film Festival Venues

Opening Night Venue
Globe Cinema
617 - 8 Ave SW

Weekend Venue
River Park Church Theatre
3818 - 14A St SW

Every screening is free!

Stay for a short discussion after each film with filmmakers and local experts. Explore the Peace Fair on Saturday, November 18, 1:00pm - 9:00pm and Sunday, November 19, 11:00am - 8:00pm

Daily Festival Schedule

November 17, 18 and 19 daily film screening schedule for the Calgary Justice Film Festival

Film Descriptions

  • A comic book-style illustration of nine people marching side by side down a graffiti-covered alley. One woman is being pushed in a grocery cart and carries a sign that says "Toxic Drug Supply is Killing Our Loved Ones".

    Love in the Time of Fentanyl

    Friday, November 17
    6:30pm
    Globe Cinema

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  • A young non-binary Black person wearing a white t-shirt and carrying a shoulder bag as they walk down a street. They are wearing small bright earrings and a dark red shade of lipstick. There is a slight smile on their face.

    A Better Place

    Saturday, November 18
    11:15am
    River Park Church Theatre

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  • The image is split in half horizontally. On the top, a view of a street in a French town with brick houses and trees. In the bottom image a child about 3 years old hanging upside down in someone's arms. The child wears an orange long-sleeve shirt.

    Green Warriors: Children of Lead

    Saturday, November 18
    12:30pm
    River Park Church Theatre

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  • A woman with black skin and long straight hair poses for a portrait. She is looking into the distance. She is wearing a dark work-wear jumpsuit with neon yellow safety strips. She stands in a clearing with scrub grass and bushes in the background.

    Women Will Renew

    Saturday, November 18
    2:15pm
    River Park Church Theatre

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  • Seeds of Change

    Saturday, November 18
    3:15pm
    River Park Church Theatre

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  • A young Filipino woman wearing a pink long sleeved shirt and a yellow apron stands behind a tray piled with fresh harvested fruit and vegetables. There is a forest of palm trees behind her.

    Food for the Rest of Us

    Saturday, November 18
    4:30pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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  • A silhouette of a woman appearing in an anonymous interview. Text reads "Exploitation Survivior #2"

    Tied to a Lie

    Saturday, November 18
    6:45pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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  • Rematriation

    Saturday, November 18
    8:00pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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  • Two skiers, a youth and a man, stand on the side of a snowy mountain wearing ski wear, helmets and goggles and carrying ski poles. The man's goggles are up on his head and he is talking to the youth while gesturing with his hand.

    Sam & Me

    Sunday, November 19
    12:15pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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  • Four Indigenous Elder women play traditional round hand drums around a fire. They are wearing decorated red cloaks over their jeans and are smiling while they sing

    The Kablona Keepers

    Sunday, November 19
    1:30pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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  • A Nepali woman in traditional dress stands with her back to the camera, holding a baby and looking into the distance at a hazy vista below her. There is a mountain in the distance and the sun is setting.

    Where Have all the Smiles Gone

    Sunday, November 19
    3:30pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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  • A man with a small grey goatee beard sits in front of a large unfinished painting. He is wearing a black long sleeved shirt and a black beanie hat. He is holding a paintbrush and looking down intently at his paint palette.

    He Had Wings

    Sunday, November 19
    4:45pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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  • In the centre of a protest march a Black man wearing a black medical mask around his chin and a burgundy hoody clasps hands with a woman police officer wearing a helmet and a medical face mask. They are facing each other and their eyes are closed.

    2020 Chaos and Hope

    Sunday, November 19
    6:00pm    

    River Park Church Theatre

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