Mar 18, 2026 | 7:00 PM PDT
Roberts Creek Community Hall
1309 Roberts Creek Road, Roberts Creek, BC
By-donation community screening

INCANDESCENCE (directed by Nova Ami & Velcrow Ripper, 2024, 104 mins.)

Every summer, wildfires increasingly ravage places around the globe, darkening the skies with thick smoke and reducing communities to little more than ash and debris. Award-winning directors Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper weave together immersive on-the-ground footage with first-person accounts from Indigenous Elders, first responders, and ordinary people forced to react to a rapidly evolving ecosystem. As climate change continues to escalate, full suppression measures have largely failed, leading to bigger, more intense mega-fires. But there is another way. Indigenous knowledge keepers explain that the First Nations people traditionally used controlled burns to regenerate the land. Honouring the experiences of both human and non-human inhabitants, the film transforms our understanding of fire from destruction and disaster into a profound illumination, lighting the way towards new life and hope.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/e17xBip25Xs 

This event is presented by the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association and Rhizome Up! Media.

Following the screening, we will host a panel discussion featuring:

Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper – Filmmakers
Craig Moore – President of Rider Ventures
Dr. Lori Daniels – Professor, UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship
Logan O’Reilly – Researcher, Fire and Ecosystems Research Lab (UBC), based on the Coast

Each guest will offer brief remarks, followed by an open question-and-answer session with the audience.

We typically schedule one hour for the post-film program. If the discussion is robust, the evening may extend until approximately 10:30 PM.

This is an opportunity to engage directly with experts and practitioners working at the intersection of forest ecology, wildfire science, community resilience, and climate change.

No pre-registration is required. All are welcome. For more information, contact the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association at info@thescca.ca

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