2010-Features

	Ashes From the Sky Director: Jose Antonio Quiros Spain 2009 Screening time 6 pm 27 May (90 mins) Pol Ferguson writes tour guides. On a visit to northern Spain his campervan breaks down and he finds himself stuck in a valley under the shadow of a power plant more

	Bananas!* Director: Fredrik Gertten Sweden 2009 Screening time 6 pm 29 May (88 mins) Reminiscent of last year’s powerful film Crude, and telling a similar David-versus-the-Giant -Corporation story, Bananas!* follows the court case brought by attorney Juan Dominguez on behalf of plantation workers against Standard Fruit (now Dole Food) corporation. more

	Blue Gold: World Water Wars Director: Sam Bozzo USA 2008 (89 mins) Climate Change has been headline news for long enough to reach even remote parts of the world. But the crisis facing the world’s fresh water — a crisis arguably more immediate and at least as devastating — hasn’t yet reached the same level of public awareness. more

	Call of Life Director: Monte Thompson & Chera Van Burg USA 2008 (89 mins) Call of Life provides an unusually rigorous, in-depth analysis of the importance of biological diversity and the devastating consequences of the current, out-of-control extinction rate. more

	Climate Refugees: the Human Face of Climate Change Director: Michael Nash Bangladesh 2009 Screening time 6 pm 4 June May (82 mins) “What I’ve learned is, whether you believe man is causing the climate to change or we just happen to be in another natural climate cycle, the fact remains: our climate is changing, and it’s affecting millions and millions of people in ways that we’ve never thought possible.” more

	Dirt: the Movie Director: Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow USA 2008 Screening time 6 pm 25 May (90 mins) “Dirt made my lunch. Our whole lunch is actually made out of dirt.” Often light-hearted and occasionally heart-rending, Dirt explores the history of Earth’s living, breathing skin and its interactions with humans. more

	Dive! Director: Jeremy Seifert USA 2009 Screening time 6 pm 2 June (44 mins) Dumpster diving — retrieving discarded food from supermarket skip bins — attracted national attention last year when the practice appeared to be on the rise. more

	Fresh Director: Ana Sofia Joanes USA 2009 (70 mins) The setting might be the US, but the problems caused by that industrial model — food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, morbid obesity and others — threaten New Zealand as well. more

	Garbage Dreams Director: Mai Iskander USA 2009 Screening time 6 pm 1 June (79 mins) For generations, Cairo has relied on the 60,000 Zaballeen, the “garbage people”, to deal with its waste. Now, with a population of 18 million, Cairo has contracted companies from Spain and Italy to dispose of the waste and the Zaballeen find themselves without work. more

	I Bought a Rainforest Director: Jacob Andren and Helena Nygren Sweden 2009 Screening time 6 pm 31 May (58 mins) Twenty years ago, Jacob Andrén and his Swedish classmates raised money to buy part of a rainforest and received a certificate as proof. Now, he wonders what’s happened to that forest. Does it even exist? more

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