Rated Y for Youth

Youth Programs

DOXA’s ability to engage young audiences in a conversation about social justice and change is critical to our organization, and we remain committed to ensuring that the festival remains open to the principles of accessibility, open dialogue, and media literacy. DOXA uses documentary films to incite open discussion, and affect social change.

Rated Y for Youth

DOXA is pleased to present the fifth annual Rated Y for Youth (RYY), our school outreach program. DOXA selects programming specifically for school-aged students, giving youth an opportunity to attend the festival, view thought-provoking documentaries and participate in lively post-film discussions with filmmakers and community members. This collection of films covers everything from hip hop to the Occupy movement to animal rights with intelligence, energy and a huge amount of heart.

Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming

DOXA is extremely proud to announce the inaugural Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming. Named in memory of Nigel Moore, a young man whose passion for knowledge, exploration and advocacy found a home in his love for documentary film. Nigel was 16 years old and fought a brave and valiant battle with a dreaded form of cancer called Ewings Sarcoma. He was born May 25, 1996 and died on August 25, 2012.

Nigel was a deep thinker with a strong sense of ethics and a love of comedy, especially satire. The ideals of fairness, honesty, humour, kindness, and imagination that Nigel embraced in his lifetime are well represented in the films in competition.

For younger audiences, documentary has particular relevance. The world in which they’re growing up is an increasingly complex place. Documentary not only captures this complexity, but also has the capacity to act as a catalyst for social change, and fundamentally alter people’s behaviour.The award will be adjudicated by a Youth Jury, who will choose the film that best exemplifies the qualities of compassion, social engagement and spirit in which Nigel lived.

School Groups

If you're a teacher or counsellor interested in bringing students to a Rated Y for Youth screening at the group discount rates, please download the brochure [pdf]. If you have further questions, please contact Educational Coordinator, Caroline Coutts at education@doxafestival.ca.

Youth and youth group ticket prices are subsidized with the generous support of Vancity.


	THE MOSUO SISTERS Marlo Poras \| China/USA \| 2012 \| 110 mins incl. panel discussion Suitable for Grade 8-12 students \| G Monday May 6, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speaker DR. GRAHAM JOHNSON is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at UBC, where he taught for 36 years until his retirement. His professional focus was on China, in particular the study of migration. From the late ‘70s he followed the rapid industrialization of south China, which has occasioned a migration of 25 million people from the country to the cities. Graham travelled extensively in China for 40 years, including the areas where many of China`s minority peoples live.

	OCCUPY THE MOVIE Corey Ogilvie \| Canada \| 2013 \| 120 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 8-12 students \| PG Violence; coarse language Tuesday May 7, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speaker Vancouver-based filmmaker COREY OGILVIE, director, producer, cinematographer and editor of Occupy The Movie. SURESH FERNANDO, a local activist who left a high-paying career in finance to work as a change agent and social innovator. Suresh was heavily involved with Occupy Vancouver, in particular with the General Assembly Committee and the Environmental Justice Working Group.

	EMPATHY: PASS IT ON Shorts Program \| 100 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 6-12 students \| G Wednesday May 8, 2013 \| 1:00PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Films include: Camp by Tomasz Jeziorski, Poland, 2012, 19 mins G Straight with You by Daan Bol, The Netherlands, 2012, 19 mins G (coarse language) Freestyle Life by Adam Palenta, Poland, 2012, 10 mins G Mookie by Neske Beks, The Netherlands, 2012,19 mins G (coarse language) Featured Speakers DR. KIMBERLY SCHONERT-REICHL is an Applied Developmental Psychologist and a Professor in the Dept. of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education at UBC. For more than 20 years, her research has focused on the social and emotional development of young people, with a particular emphasis on empathy, altruism, compassion, and resiliency.

	THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX Jeanie Finlay \| UK \| 2013 \| 120 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 10-12 students \| 14A Coarse language; nudity; crude content Thursday May 9, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speaker JOE KLYMKIW is a Vancouver-based filmmaker whose soon-to-be-released documentary feature, Hip Hop, Eh? tells the complex history, endless struggle and ultimate rise of hip hop culture in Canada. For six years he has been the host of Beats from the Basement, an acclaimed hip hop show on CiTR 101.9 FM (UBC student radio), and has worked frequently with Canadian music icon Nardwuar the Human Serviette.

	THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE Liz Marshall \| Canada \| 2013 \| 120 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 8-12 students \| PG Scene of animal slaughter Friday, May 10, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speakers Toronto-based filmmaker LIZ MARSHALL, director, writer and producer of The Ghosts in Our Machine. KELLY DAVIDSON, animal lover and shop manager at a Vancouver LUSH Cosmetics store. Motivated to make change, in the summer of 2012 Kelly embarked on the ‘Ghost Free Journey,’ a customized vegan lifestyle challenge designed to inspire and educate a broad demographic about the value of becoming a conscious consumer.


	THE MOSUO SISTERS Marlo Poras \| China/USA \| 2012 \| 110 mins incl. panel discussion Suitable for Grade 8-12 students \| G Monday May 6, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speaker DR. GRAHAM JOHNSON is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at UBC, where he taught for 36 years until his retirement. His professional focus was on China, in particular the study of migration. From the late ‘70s he followed the rapid industrialization of south China, which has occasioned a migration of 25 million people from the country to the cities. Graham travelled extensively in China for 40 years, including the areas where many of China`s minority peoples live.

	OCCUPY THE MOVIE Corey Ogilvie \| Canada \| 2013 \| 120 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 8-12 students \| PG Violence; coarse language Tuesday May 7, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speaker Vancouver-based filmmaker COREY OGILVIE, director, producer, cinematographer and editor of Occupy The Movie. SURESH FERNANDO, a local activist who left a high-paying career in finance to work as a change agent and social innovator. Suresh was heavily involved with Occupy Vancouver, in particular with the General Assembly Committee and the Environmental Justice Working Group.

	EMPATHY: PASS IT ON Shorts Program \| 100 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 6-12 students \| G Wednesday May 8, 2013 \| 1:00PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Films include: Camp by Tomasz Jeziorski, Poland, 2012, 19 mins G Straight with You by Daan Bol, The Netherlands, 2012, 19 mins G (coarse language) Freestyle Life by Adam Palenta, Poland, 2012, 10 mins G Mookie by Neske Beks, The Netherlands, 2012,19 mins G (coarse language) Featured Speakers DR. KIMBERLY SCHONERT-REICHL is an Applied Developmental Psychologist and a Professor in the Dept. of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education at UBC. For more than 20 years, her research has focused on the social and emotional development of young people, with a particular emphasis on empathy, altruism, compassion, and resiliency.

	THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX Jeanie Finlay \| UK \| 2013 \| 120 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 10-12 students \| 14A Coarse language; nudity; crude content Thursday May 9, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speaker JOE KLYMKIW is a Vancouver-based filmmaker whose soon-to-be-released documentary feature, Hip Hop, Eh? tells the complex history, endless struggle and ultimate rise of hip hop culture in Canada. For six years he has been the host of Beats from the Basement, an acclaimed hip hop show on CiTR 101.9 FM (UBC student radio), and has worked frequently with Canadian music icon Nardwuar the Human Serviette.

	THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE Liz Marshall \| Canada \| 2013 \| 120 mins including panel discussion Suitable for Grade 8-12 students \| PG Scene of animal slaughter Friday, May 10, 2013 \| 12:30PM \| VIFF’s Vancity Theatre Featured Speakers Toronto-based filmmaker LIZ MARSHALL, director, writer and producer of The Ghosts in Our Machine. KELLY DAVIDSON, animal lover and shop manager at a Vancouver LUSH Cosmetics store. Motivated to make change, in the summer of 2012 Kelly embarked on the ‘Ghost Free Journey,’ a customized vegan lifestyle challenge designed to inspire and educate a broad demographic about the value of becoming a conscious consumer.