56 GLOBAL FILMS. 8 DAYS. 1 LOCATION.
The Clean Bin Project

The Clean Bin Project

Is it possible to live completely waste free? Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a comedic battle to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of garbage in an entire year. Their light-hearted competition is set against a compelling examination of the sobering...
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth

GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth

A David vs. Goliath story. Filmmaker Dave Gardner dares to challenge our growth-worshipping system and our beliefs linking growth with prosperity and fulfilment. The film explores how our attitudes toward economic, consumption and population growth prevent rational responses to evidence we’ve outgrown the planet. GrowthBusters weaves the tale of Gardner’s...
Bikpela Bagarap (Big Damage)

Bikpela Bagarap (Big Damage)

This story is told through the voice of regular villagers, without narration. It is a tale of exploitation and broken promises, where local people are treated as second-rate citizens in their own country by Malaysian logging companies and corrupt politicians. Customary landowners are forced into signing documents they don’t understand,...
Raising Resistance

Raising Resistance

Winner, Best Film Visions du Reel Film Festival For small farmers in Paraguay, resistance against aggressively expanding genetic soy production literally means a fight for survival. 80% of soy production is used as animal food to satisfy the excessive meat consumption in rich countries, and expansion of soy crops is...
People of a Feather

People of a Feather

YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip

YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip

Three friends on a year-long journey of discovery across the US to personalize sustainability and to answer a critical question: ARE WE DOOMED? During the journey, they attempt to never turn on an incandescent light bulb, radically reduce water usage by any means necessary, and, above all, they attempt to...

On Tonight

 

5pm: Seminar: Steve Barr Talks about Documentary Genres

6pm: Series of shorts & Ultra Shorts, including Murder Mouth, Incinerator, Well Beyond Water   Filmmaker Q&A with Andy Ross

8pm: Death of a Forest, Floating Tomatoes, Bikpela Bagarap

+ Eco Clowns at entrance to Downtown before 6pm & 8pm sessions – giving away native seedlings for a koha
TICKETS ON SALE NOW:

FILMS & SEMINARS – Downtown Cinemas

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The 2012
REEL EARTH Environmental Film Festival:

Will screen from Friday 11 May to Saturday 19 May, at Downtown Cinemas in Palmerston North

Features 54 films from 13 countries over 8 days

Documentaries, dramatisations, animations, mockumentary

Your one chance to see these unique films

Tickets on sale at Downtown Cinemas NOW

 

 

 

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REEL BIG NIGHT OUT Gala Awards: SATURDAY 19 MAY
MC: Comedian Michele A’Court
GUEST SPEAKER: Olympic Rower, Environmentalist & Filmmaker (Brother Number One) Rob Hamil
MUSIC: Palmerston North’s very own Ukephoria supported by local school’s ukulele groups
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THE EF-FACTOR
18 & unders: Environmental Film Competition
Make a 2 min (max) environmental film
Open to children and young people 18 and under in the Manawatu, Wanganui, Horowhenua, Rangitikei regions
Closes: Fri 4 May.
Main Prizes: Telecom Smart phones (up to $930 RRP)
Finalists & Winners announced at REEL BIG NIGHT OUT Gala Awards on 19 May.
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