Modified – 1:30pm

• Environment Series

Modified (A Food Lover’s Journey into GMOs)

Written and Directed by: Aube Giroux
Documentary | PG | 87 min. | Canada/USA/France

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SCREENING: Sunday, October 20 – 1:30 pm

“MODIFIED is a very personal, tender, touching tribute and a well-researched, enlightening and powerful documentary” – Chef Jacques Pépin

“Playfully and personally encourages audiences to understand the food they eat.” – POV Magazine

In this multi award-winning documentary, filmmaker Aube Giroux and her mother embark on a very personal and poignant investigative journey to find out why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not labeled on food products in the United States and Canada, despite being labeled in 64 countries around the world.

Interweaving the personal with the political, the film is anchored around the filmmaker’s relationship to her mom, a gardener and food activist who battled cancer during the film’s production. Their intimate mother-daughter quest for answers, fuelled by a shared love of food, reveals the extent to which the agribusiness industry controls our food policies, making a strong case for a more transparent and sustainable food system.

AN OFFICIAL SELECTION AT OVER 60 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS.
WINNER OF 14 AWARDS, BROADCAST MEDIA AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY.

Won – Audience Award/Best East Coast Film, Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie, 2017
Won – Newcomer Jury Prize, Green Screen International Wildlife Film Festival, 2018
Won – World Cinema Award for Best Documentary, Phoenix Film Festival, 2019
Won – People’s Choice Award, Audience Choice Award, Vermont International Film Festival, 2018