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HOT DOCS 2017: VANCOUVER: NO FIXED ADDRESS

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With average real estate prices nearing $900,000 in a city where minimum wage is less than $11 per hour, home ownership isn’t even a dream for many in Vancouver. For years, Canada’s national news has fixated on this specific market, trying to explain the dramatic value escalation that appears to be a bubble that won’t burst. Foreign ownership, lack of supply, greed and an inactive government have all been blamed. The things that make a city livable also make it desirable, and developers and investors prey upon those qualities in a free market that caters to the highest bidder. Director Charles Wilkinson (director of Haida Gwaii: On The Edge of the World—Hot Docs Best Canadian Feature 2015) moves beyond statistics and square footage to the people directly affected—including those with property and those without—in this candid and human portrayal of a city that continues to rise yet cannot meet demand. Alexander Rogalski

Screen Times @HOT DOCS

Tuesday May 2nd @6PM @Scotiabank Theatre 4

Thursday May 4th @845PM @TIFF Bell Lightbox 2

Friday May 5th @1245PM @TIFF Bell Lightbox 2

www.charleswilkinson.com

https://youtu.be/OW0YoCfPBnk

 

 

Fernando Fernandez is a graduate of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto. He became interested in entertainment journalism in the late 2000s writing for online startups. He founded FERNTV in 2009 and focused mainly on the film industry. With over a thousand interviews conducted with all walks of life in film, he is still learning as if every day is day one.

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