YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip
Ben Evans / USA / 2011 / 113 min / IN COMPETITION /
FRIDAY 18 MAY, 8PM
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...
Raising Resistance
Bettina Borgfield / GER / 2011 / 85 min / IN COMPETITION /
THURSDAY 17 MAY, 8PM
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...
Bikpela Bagarap (Big Damage)
David Fedele /AUS / 2011 / 43 min / IN COMPETITION /
WEDNESDAY 16 MAY, 8PM
The human face of logging in Papua New Guinea. This story is told through the voice of regular villagers, without narration.
It is a tale of exploitation and broken promises, where local people...
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth
Dave Gardner /USA / 2011 / 90 min / IN COMPETITION /
SUNDAY 13 MAY, 8PM
A David vs. Goliath story.
Filmmaker Dave Gardner dares to challenge our growth-worshiping system and our beliefs linking growth with prosperity and fulfillment. The film explores how our attitudes toward economic, consumption and population...
People of a Feather
Joel Heath / Canada / 2011 / 90 min / IN COMPETITION /
SATURDAY 12 MAY, 8PM
An award winning film connecting past, present and future is a unique cultural relationship with the eider duck.
Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, allows both Inuit and bird to survive harsh Arctic winters....
The Clean Bin Project
Grant Baldwin / Canada / 2010 / 77min / IN COMPETITION /
FRIDAY 11 MAY, 8pm & TUESDAY 15 MAY, 8PM
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...
