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30 OCTOBER ~ 01 NOVEMBER • THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, FREMANTLE

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RACING TO ZEROFRIDAY 30 OCT – 7PM (59 MINS)

Racing to Zero is a quick-moving, upbeat documentary presenting new solutions to the global problem of waste. By simply substituting the word RESOURCE for the word GARBAGE, a culture can be transformed, and a new wealth of industries can emerge.

Three years ago the mayor of San Francisco pledged to achieve zero waste by 2020. Racing to Zero tracks San Francisco’s waste stream diversion tactics and presents innovative new solutions to waste. This film documents a surprising, engaging and inspiring race to zero.

DIANA FULLER / Producer CHRISTOPHER BEAVER / Director

THE LORAXSATURDAY 31 OCT – 10AM (86 MINS)

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

CHRIS RENAUD / Director KYLE BALDA / Director

SEEDS OF TIMESATURDAY 31 OCT – 12PM (77 MINS)

A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. Communities of indigenous Peruvian farmers are already suffering those effects, as they try desperately to save over 1,500 varieties of native potato in their fields. But with little time to waste, both Fowler and the farmers embark on passionate and personal journeys that may save the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds.

SANDY MCLEOD / Director/Producer

SMALL IS BEAUTIFULSATURDAY 31 OCT – 2PM (68 MINS)

In Portland, Oregon, we meet four characters, each of whom are at various stages of building and living in their own tiny homes.

Ben is a 20 something single guy with an inheritance to spend and a design he drew, but an ambitious timeline and no building experience. Nikki and Mitchell are a young couple who, along with their two dogs, dream of bucking the stereotypical lifestyle of buying a big house and spending the rest of their lives trying to pay it off. Karen, 50, has loved living in her tiny house for two years yet still struggles with the lack of permanency that comes with living in a house on wheels.

CHRIS KAMEN / Producer

BIKES VERSUS CARSSATURDAY 31 OCT – 4PM (90 MINS)

BIKES vs CARS depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth’s resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos.

The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, who refuse to stop riding despite the increasing number killed in traffic.

FREDRIK GERTTEN / Director

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JUST EAT ITSATURDAY 31 OCT – 8:30PM (74 MINS)

We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash?

Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and strangely compelling. But as Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, the ‘thrill of the find’ has unexpected consequences.

Featuring interviews with TED lecturer, author and activist Tristram Stuart and acclaimed author Jonathan Bloom, Just Eat It looks at our systemic obsession with expiry dates, perfect produce and portion sizes, and reveals the core of this seemingly insignificant issue that is having devastating consequences around the globe. Just Eat It brings farmers, retailers, inspiring organizations, and consumers to the table in a cinematic story that is equal parts education and delicious entertainment.

GRANT BALDWIN / Director JENNY RUSTEMEYER / Producer MELANIE WOOD / MURRAY BATTLE Executive Producers

LANDFILLHARMONICSUNDAY 1 NOV – 10AM (84 MINS)

Landfill harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. With the guidance of their music director, they must navigate this new world of arenas and sold out concerts. However, when a natural disaster devastates their community, the orchestra provides a source of hope for the town. The film is a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit.

ALEJANDRA AMARILLA Founder & Executive Producer RODOLFO MADERO / Executive Producer BELLE MURPHY / Executive Producer JULIANA PENARANDA-LOFTUS Producer/ Co-Director BRAD ALLGOOD Director/Editor/Director of Photography GRAHAM TOWNSLEY / Director

THE COOLBAROO CLUBSATURDAY 31 OCT – 6PM (59 MINS)

The Coolbaroo Club was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practiced unofficial apartheid, submitting its Aboriginal population to unremitting police harassment, identity cards, fraternisation bans, curfews, and bureaucratic obstruction.

During its lifetime, the Club attracted Black musicians and celebrities from all over Australia and occasionally from overseas - among them Nat “King” Cole, Harold Blair and the Harlem Globetrotters. Although best-remembered for the hugely popular Coolbaroo dances attended by hundreds of Aborigines and their white supporters, the Coolbaroo League, founded by Club members, ran a newspaper and became an effective political organisation, speaking out on issues of the day affecting Aboriginal people.

ROGER SCHOLES / Director LAUREN MARSH, PENNY ROBINS, STEVE KINNANE / Producers

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COWSPIRACYSUNDAY 1 NOV – 1:30PM (95 MINS)

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it. As eye-opening as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth, this shocking yet humorous documentary reveals the absolutely devastating environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers a path to global sustainability for a growing population.

KIP ANDERSEN / Director KEEGAN KUHN / Director

INVITATION TO RUINSUNDAY 1 NOV – 12PM (40 MINS)

Filmmaker Robert Castiglione has been documenting the work of renowned Ruined Piano artist Ross Bolleter for over 10 years travelling with Ross in his search for ruin across Australia from Tasmania to remote Western Australia country towns.

The resulting film, An invitation to Ruin, gives a wonderful insight into this unique artist, his work and the extraordinary environments in which the work is created!

ROBERT CASTIGLIONE / Director

THILAFUSHI GON DUDHOH SUNDAY 1 NOV – 3:30PM (15 MINS)

In 1991 the Maldivian government launched a project for the creation of an artificial atoll that has become one of the world’s largest trash islands and risks contaminating the pristine beauty of a delicate ecosystem. Experts explain the waste management operations in the area and the methods to contain one of the most critical environmental issues facing the country. The film is part of B-side, a platform for creating an audiovisual map of the hidden and degraded side of the world’s natural paradises.

ROBERTO CARINI, GUILIO PEDRETTI / Directors

GRINGO TRAILSSUNDAY 1 NOV – 3:45PM (80 MINS)

Are tourists destroying the planet – or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed? Gringo Trails, a new documentary film, offers answers – some heartbreaking, some hopeful. From the Bolivian jungle to the party beaches of Thailand, and from the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali to the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan, Gringo Trails shows the dramatic long-term impact of tourism on cultures, economies, and the environment, tracing some stories over 30 years. Backpackers and local inhabitants tell startling stories of transformation, for good and ill.

PEGI VAIL / Director / Producer

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FRACTURED COUNTRYSUNDAY 1 NOV – 6PM (45 MINS)

In 2013 Lock the Gate launched two groundbreaking films which tell the stories of the impacts of coal and unconventional gas extraction on families and communities across Australia. The two documentaries capture in stark terms the personal heartache of Australians whose lives have been changed forever by coal and gas mining and the heroic actions everyday people are taking to defend the country they love.

Fractured country: An Unconventional Invasion tells the story of the gas rush currently taking place in Australia which sees more than half of the country covered in licences and companies pushing ahead with exploration and production of coal seam gas and other forms of unconventional gas.

BY LOCK THE GATE FILMS

PROTECTING COUNTRY FROM FRACKINGSUNDAY 1 NOV – 6:50PM (24 MINS)

These films were followed in early 2015 with the launch of another doco, Protecting Country from Fracking which highlights the risks of fracking to Indigenous communities and country in the Northern Territory. This short educational film on the shale gas rush which has seen over 90% of the Northern Territory covered by applications or approvals for fracking and petroleum exploration.

In Protecting Country from Fracking the Northern Territory’s remote and rural communities, whose livelihoods and very survival relies on clean water and healthy country, speak out about their concerns over fracking and take action to show the NT Government and gas companies that their land, water and futures are not for sale or sacrifice.

BY LOCK THE GATE FILMS

THE WISDOM TO SURVIVESUNDAY 1 NOV – 8:30PM (56 MINS)

The Wisdom to Survive accepts the consensus of scientists that climate change has already arrived, and asks, what is keeping us from action? The film explores how unlimited growth and greed are destroying the life support system of the planet, the social fabric of the society, and the lives of billions of people.

Will we have the wisdom to survive? The film features thought leaders and activists in the realms of science, economics and spirituality discussing how we can evolve and take action in the face of climate disruption. They urge us to open ourselves to the beauty that surrounds us and get to work on ensuring it thrives.

Amongst those featured are Bill McKibben, Joanna Macy, Roger Payne, Richard Heinberg, Gus Speth, Stephanie Kaza, Nikki Cooley and Ben Falk.

JOHN ANKELE / ANNE MACKSOUD / Directors

FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER

6:20PM Launch Welcome – The Hon. Lynn MacLaren MLC, Greens WA

6:30PM Introduction from Director – Christopher Beaver

7:00PM Racing to Zero (USA, 2014) 59 MINS

8:00PM Green carpet festival launch – Introduction by Encycle

8:30PM Live Music – Mama Red & the Dark Blues

10:30PM Close

SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER

10:00AM The Lorax (USA, 2012) 86 MINS

12:00PM Seeds of time (USA, 2013) 77 MINS

2:00PM Small is Beautiful (USA, 2015) 68 MINS

Short talk / Q&A Amy Moffat

4:00PM Bikes vs Cars (Sweden, 2015) 90 MINS

6:00PM The Coolbaroo Club (Australia, 1993) 59 MINS

7:00PM with Madjitil Moorna choir

8:30PM Just Eat It (Canada, 2014) 74 MINS

Short intro / Q&A Julie Broad – Food Rescue 20 MINS

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER

9:00AM Junkadelic Brass Band Kids Instrument Workshop 50 MINS

10:00AM Landfillharmonic (USA, Paraguay, Norway, Brasil, 2015) 84 MINS

12:00PM Invitation to Ruin (WA, Australia, 2015) 40 MINS

12.40PM Short Q&A with Rob Castiglione (Director) & Ross Bolleter 20 MINS

1:30PM Cowspiracy (USA, 2014) 95 MINS

3:30PM Thilafushi Gon Dudhoh (Italy, 2013) 15 MINS

3:45PM Gringo Trails (USA, 2013) 80 MINS

6:00PM Fractured Country (2014) 45 MINS

6:50PM Protecting Country from Fracking 24 MINS

7:20PM Short discussion Piers Verstegen CEO CCWA 20 MINS

8:30PM Wisdom to survive (USA, 2013) 56 MINS

One Planet International Environmental Film Festival

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