Award Winners – 2007
Best NZ Film
1 st Place – Bluffed
Producer Katie McSweeney
Remember the fable of the Emperor's New Clothes? Well, a similar tale is happening in Bluff, right on New Zealand's back doorstep. The Bluff oyster may be a national icon but there is a darker side to the oyster industry that few will admit to.
Screening Saturday 7 pm
2nd Place – A Moment of Clarity
Producers Sarah Cowhey & Louise Davidson
Step inside the twisted mind of an angst ridden killer... the exotic rat. Rattus is forced to come to terms with the present in a NZ Southern Beech Forest, where the ecology dictates sustainability, and who comes out on top.
Screening Sunday 2 pm
3 rd Place – Atlantis Approaching
Producer Elizabeth Pollock
Will the tiny island nation of Tuvalu vanish between the waves as the sea slowly rises in a warming world? Journey into the heart of Polynesia for a look at global warming and sustainability through the bright lens of an island microcosm
Screening Saturday 2 pm
Best International Shorts
1 st Place equal – The Recyclergy
Producer Jeremy Kaller
The hub for the recycling movement, San Francisco Bay Area’s recycling pioneers share their insightfully hilarious thoughts and stories on garbage collection, treasure hunting, Jack Benny and the products we buy.
Screening Sunday 7 pm
1 st Place equal – A Hell of Fishing
Producer Vincent Bruno
When is fishing stealing? Northern fleets, having collapsed their own fisheries, turn their greedy nets on Africa’s west shores with devastating consequences.
Screening Sunday 7 pm
Runner up – Curse of Copper
Producers Jenny Sharman
A community in the heart of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador concerned about their livelihoods and environment oppose a Canadian Mining Company’s bid to mine copper in the heart of a biodiversity hotspot.
Screening Saturday 2 pm
Runner up – Texas Gold
Producers Caroline M Scott
Diane Wilson, a fourth generation fisherwoman and mother of 5, began her fight with the giants of the petrochemical industry in 1989, when she discovered that her small Texas county was America’s most toxic.
Screening Thursday 7 pm
Best International Features
1 st Place – A Hard Rain
Producer David Bradbury
‘A Hard Rain’ exposes the hidden agendas behind the latest push for Australia to ‘go nuclear’ and presents a compelling and frightening argument against it. By legendary activist and filmmaker David Bradbury.
Screening Saturday 7 pm
2nd Place equal – Dead in the Water
Producer Neil Docherty
A private disaster with public consequences. One in four people on earth don’t have access to clean drinking water. Powerful corporations seize opportunity when governments lack either the resources or the will to provide this vital resource to their citizens.
Screening Friday 7 pm
2nd Place equal – Out of Balance
Producer Tom Jackson
Leading climate scientists explain how we have gotten to this challenging place, with climate, and the influence of the world’s largest company out of balance. Out of Balance’ looks at how ExxonMobil spearheaded a misinformation campaign while making record profits
Screening Sunday 7 pm
Runner up – Refugees of the Blue Planet
Producer Monique Simard, Marcel Simard, Yves Bisaillon, Luc Martin-Gousset
The new millennium, and earth has more environmental refugees than war refugees. Why? This sweeping documentary brings us to the heart of major issues confronting humanity and compels us to rethink the concepts of progress and growth out of respect for the lifestyles of millions of people who are dependent on the health of the soil, air, and water.
Screening Thursday 7 pm
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