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2010-Shorts
 | 1080Director: Peter Holmes and Steve TingNew Zealand 2009 (28 mins) Silver bullet or slippery slope? In Aotearoa, 1080 poison offers the gift of life to some animals but inflicts a painful death on others. more |
 | A Simple Question: The Story of STRAWDirector: Kevin White and David DonnenfieldUSA 2009 (34 mins) Can a child’s question change the course of history? STRAW traces how an innocent question spawned an amazing response that restored not only a natural area network but also helped restore and connect a community. more |
 | AlbatrocityDirector: Iain Frengley and Edi SaltauNew Zealand 2009 (26 mins) New Zealand filmmaker Iain Frengley and Edward Saltau trace the story of the albatross, immersing the viewer in the beauty, majesty and vulnerability of these birds as viewed through the dramatic prism of Coleridge’s famous poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. more |
 | Angels of the Forest: Silky Sifaka Lemurs of MadagascarDirector: Sharon PieczenikMadagascar 2009 The melodic sound of a flute opens the story of rare primates in Madagascar’s stressed rain forest remnant as active and beautiful silky sifaka lemurs are, for the first time, caught on tape. more |
 | Battle for the XinguDirector: Iara LeeUSA 2009 The sound of tropical birdsong belies tension and gravity: with the grit of an embedded journalist in an environmental war, director Iara Lee presents a short but confronting insight into an indigenous struggle for a river’s survival. more |
 | Big RiverDirector: Curt EllisUSA 2009 Big River opens with footage from the Iowa floods of 2007. Weeks of heavy rains devastated towns and cities, but they also washed countless tons of topsoil, herbicides, and fertilizer off Iowa's fields and into its waterways. more |
 | Born SweetDirector: Cynthia WadeCambodia 2010 Water: giver of life and carrier of death. Arsenic-laced water has poisoned young Vinh, a boy from a small, rural village in Cambodia. more |
 | Carving the FutureDirector: Guy Ryan and Nick HolmesNew Zealand 2010 (25 mins) This short film debut by Guy Ryan and Nick Holme stirs hope and challenges the viewer with an inspirational account of how young New Zealanders are leading change for the betterment of our environmental future. more |
 | CUDDirector: Joe YorkUSA 2009 (16 mins) Grass-fed beef, the family farm and a dog named Possum: it could be anywhere in New Zealand, but this is the US. With humour and insight, fourth generation cattleman Will Harris provides a timely reminder that, in the grand scheme of things, grass fed beef in an organic context is a surprisingly sustainable land use and wealth generator. more |
 | Gimme A HugDirector: Geert DroppersNetherlands 2008 more |