The Victoria Film Producers' Association is a Vancouver Island based non-profit association of independent film professionals.

 

Actively involved in the development of award winning film and television production, ViFPA members are creators of documentaries, television series, dramatic films, educational programming and animation.

 

The 2009 ViFPA selection screens at the Odeon Theatre on Sunday, February 1st at 7pm:

 

 

Humans have been domesticating animals for thousands of years.  Used for companionship and transportation, we crafted the evolution of these creatures to fulfill our needs.  Now, having been abandoned by – or escaped from – their owners, millions of domestic animals around the world roam free. These resourceful stray animals have managed to survive in spaces they now claim as their own. But what is the impact?

Host Erin Skillen searches the globe for these animal populations, learning their history and the politics of their lives.   She speaks with people who view these feral animals as pests looking for ways to control or eliminate them, as well as with those who work to sustain their freedom, and protect them from encroaching dangers. 

Her adventures include riding in a camel race in Australia, the midnight capture of giant American bullfrogs overtaking lakes in BC, romping with stray dogs on the beaches of the Rarotonga, Cook Islands, and comforting abandoned cats in Rome.  Gone Wild reveals intimate and touching stories about once-domesticated animals now gone feral who have made themselves at home in surprising places - often with unimaginable consequences.

 

The Q&A panel will include Host/Producer Erin Skillen, Producer/Director Hilary Pryor, Cinematographer Danny Mauro and Greater Victoria Animal Crusaders President Pamela Saddler.