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Thursday 22 May Globe Theatre 7 pm (doors 6 pm) |
Friday 23 May Globe Theatre 7 pm (doors 6 pm) |
Saturday 24 May Globe Theatre 7 pm (doors 6 pm) |
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Xtreme Waste 2007 New Zealand 8 mins Awake New Zealand! Reuse, recycle rejoice. A delightful upbeat and motivating film about a coastal community that has taken complete control of their waste stream. Be inspired. Shooting to Learn 2007 New Zealand 18 mins What happens when global wildlife conservation conflicts with local values? The compelling story of of a keen conservationists passion and patience to know and protect the Himilayan Tahr. 49 Megawatts 2007 Canada 31 mins After a century of drowning the world’s best river valleys, is hydro power actually renewable? This frank documentary by a whitewater kayaker links rivers and the power that threatens them today in British Columbia. Interval Common Scents 2007 Canada 3 mins A frog, a naked lady and the environment. This finely crafted animated allegory light-heartedly reveals the unexpected result of plundering nature’s gifts. The Crayfish in the Jam Jar 2008 Germany 44 mins A wonderfully produced film with stunning cinematography. An intimate portrait of nature and the relationship we share with it. Is anything forever? |
Fishy Business 2008 Australia 14 mins Banned or is it? A look inside the bold industry that flouts the law of the sea, under the sleeping nose of authority in the Mediterranean Sea. Exhuming Adams 2005 New Zealand 24 mins The botanical victim remains as only a painting and a memory. Was it the natural crime of the century? Follow our forensic team through the lethal chain of events. The Sacred Food 2007 USA 6 mins Who owns indigenous foods? Connect the dots as big business plans to alter traditional wild food crops of North America Indians. Small Talk Diaries – the Decomposers 2008 UK 14 mins The amazing camerawork takes us up close and entirely personal with a ground level recycling scheme run by a ragged lot who just manage, between fighting arguing and feeding, to show their vital importance to a healthy planet. Interval Kai Moana* 2008 New Zealand 22 mins Are our fisheries terminally ill? Who owns all the fish in the sea? One couple in Auckland sets out to find the facts of the matter. Death on the Beach 2008 New Zealand 46 mins Blubber huggers beware. A poignant portrait of the special relationship that New Zealanders have with whales, and the plight of the people and animals caught up in the tragedy of mass stranding on our shores. * visiting film maker |
Calici – a rural conspiracy* 2007 New Zealand 24 mins Trace the tale of desperation, kiwi ingenuity, and our nation’s biggest biosecurity breach. Bright Ideas 2007 New Zealand 5 mins Can Nelson Boys College be brighter about its carbon footprint and energy bill? You bet! Cheat Neutral 2007 UK 13 mins Carbon trading. On everyone’s minds, can we imagine the value of this same market mechanism for a range of social ills, including infidelity? A stunning satire of the current carbon credits debate. Catered Interval The Nuclear Comeback* 2007 New Zealand 75 mins In a world living in fear of climate change, the nuclear industry has put its hand up as a solution. It claims that nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions and people are listening. There are currently 27 nuclear power stations under construction, and projections for another 136 to be commenced within the next decade. But is there a risk that we might be jumping out of the carbon frying pan and into the plutonium fire? Pemberton takes the viewer on a worldwide tour of the nuclear industry in search of answers, including some of the most famous nuclear facilities (the Chernobyl control room, the UK’s Calder Hall, and a nuclear waste repository under the Baltic Sea). Nuclear power is scary, its expensive, but could it save the earth? The Nuclear Comeback is a well-balanced film in which New Zealand features heavily. * visiting film maker |