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Films - Shorts
 | Blue PoppyDirector: Sitar RoseUnited Kingdon / Tibet 2008 Screening time 2pm Saturday 30 May (24 mins) Blue Poppy is the story of three young Tibetan women and their mission to save traditional medicinal plants from extinction. more |
 | Energy for a Developing WorldDirector: Veronique BernardUSA / India 2007 Screening time 6pm Wednesday 27May (25 mins) What difference can a few micro-loans, small solar systems, and portable bio-gas systems bring to poverty-stricken rural Bangladesh? more |
 | Harvesting the WindVeronique BernardUSA 2007 Screening time 6pm Wednesday 27May (25 mins) In an age of peak oil, climate change, and increasing energy demands, could wind energy play a key role more |
 | Herbal PathwaysDirector: Anna HickmanNew Zealand / Vietnam 2009 Nominated for Best Short Film and Best New Zealand Film Screening times 2pm Sunday 17 May & 8pm Wednesday 20 May (22 mins) Filmed in the stunning mountainous Sa Pa region of Northern Vietnam, more |
 | Just Add WaterDirector: Jeffrey MeadUSA / Sudan 2008 Screening time 6pm Wednesday 27May (29 mins) The temperature is almost 50oC, there is no shade, water is several hours walk away, and more often than not contaminated with parasites. more |
 | Lessons from a Melting IcecapDirector: Jinty MacTavishNew Zealand 2008 Nominated for Best Short Film and Best New Zealand Film Screening time 2pm Sunday 17 May (38 mins) In mid 2007, three Dunedin school girls won a nationwide contest and found themselves journeying first to London then to Greenland more |
 | The Dugongs of Abu DhabiDirector: Tom CampbellUSA / United Arab Emirates 2006 Screening time 6pm Thursday 21 May (22 mins) Few people realise dugongs—the endangered marine mammals that inspired mermaid legends—live in the Arabian Gulf. more |
 | Voyage of the VezoDirector: Giovanni Paolo AutranMadagascar 2008 Nominated for Best Short Film Screening times 6pm Thursday 21 May & 2pm Saturday 30 May (24 mins) An outstanding short film that will have you mesmerised by the beauty and colour of the exotic scenery and emotionally engaged with the plight of the Vezo - the coastal society of southwest Madagascar. more |
 | Whetu Rere - The Sea Lion and the CometDirector: Kat Baulu and Alastair JamiesonNew Zealand 2007 Best New Zealand Film Screening times 2pm Sunday 17 May, 6pm Thursday 21 May & 6pm Tuesday 26 May (24 mins) On New Zealand's Otago coast, the world's rarest species of sea lion is making a tentative comeback to the mainland. more |
 | Wild OceanDirector: Steve McNicholasUSA 2008 Screening time 6pm Saturday 23 May (40 mins) Stunning photography of one of the world’s most spectacular coastlines and the wildlife flourishing above and below the ocean’s surface would be reason enough to see this film, but Wild Ocean offers much more |