The North Coast Ecology Centre and the BC Environmental Film Festival are collaborating to bring some amazing nature films to Prince Rupert and the North!

The films will be shown at the Lester Centre of the Arts on March 5th, March 19th and April 2nd.
Tickets are $15/night or $35 for all three nights.

March 5th Film: Three Short Films

• A tribute to the endangered Southern Resident killer whales and the scientist who began the census to protect them. Counting Orca (USA, 2025, 26 minutes) is a cinematic archive of a community fighting to survive against the odds of time and the clock of life itself. This story sheds light on the early research efforts to learn about the southern residents and the hope that Dr. Ken Balcomb created for their future. Counting Orca | BCEFF Online 2025
• ‘The Medzih Story: Restoring a Caribou Landscape’ (Canada, 2024, 20 minutes) is a short film documenting the work one indigenous community is doing to help restore decades of industrial impacts on the land base as a mechanism to help stabilize boreal caribou populations. Located in Treaty 8 Territory in present day northeast British Columbia, the Fort Nelson First Nation find themselves at the ‘tip of the spear’ when it comes to repairing linear disturbances in caribou habitat. As Dene and Cree speaking peoples who have occupied this land since time immemorial, the initiative is an example of their everlasting responsibility to respect, and care for the land and animals that have sustained them forever.  The Medzih Story: Restoring a Caribou Landscape | BCEFF Online 2025
• Hope in the Anthropocene (Canada, 2025, 23 minutes) delves into the lives of passionate environmentalists in British Columbia as they confront climate anxiety and navigate their complex relationship with hope amidst an increasingly fragile ecosystem.  Hope in the Anthropocene | BCEFF Online 2025

NCECS memberships will be available at each event.
North Coast Ecology Centre Society