Planet in Focus is Canada’s most lauded international environmental film and video festival. That being said, we’re not sure how many others there are. And it kicks off in Toronto today!

This annual film fest showcases documentaries, animation, dramatic features, shorts, and experimental works that celebrate, question, and establish varied ways of viewing the state of our world. And this year, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of International Polar Year, an initiative that launched international scientific Polar research and exploration in the late 19th Century, Planet in Focus will spotlight works from and about the Circumpolar regions of the Arctic and the Antarctic. Special consideration will be given to works covering the themes of International Polar Year: atmosphere, ice, land, oceans, people and space.

Check it out if you can!