Every Friday the Eco Film Club gathers to watch a movie on ecological topics. Join us! Become a member and organize your own private club meetings once a week, watch the same movie we do and use the comments on the Eco Film Club site to discuss it afterwards.
The Eco Film on Friday, March 26th: Favela Rising Winner of 25 International Film Awards Genre: Documentary. Directors: Matt Mochary & Jeff Zimbalist. Brazil, 2006. 82 minutes. This powerful and uplifting documentary shows that grassroots efforts in poverty-stricken neighbourhoods can dramatically reverse social decay, violence, and crime. This is the story of how one young…
The Eco Film on Friday, March 19th: I Remeber Me Won 2 awards and 1 film festival nomination Genre: Documentary. Director: Kim Snyder. USA, 2000. 74 minutes. In 1984-85, people at Lake Tahoe fell ill with flu symptoms, but they didn’t get better. The same had happened in 1934 at LA county hospital, in 1948-49 in Iceland, in 1956 in Punta…
The Eco Film on Friday, March 12th: Hot Spots: Part 1 Genre: Documentary. Director and Writer: Michael Tobias. USA, 2008. 57 minutes. Following the work of Dr. Russell Mittermeier, President of Conservation International, and shot over 3 years; Hotspots is an uplifting, emotional experience. The term “hotspots” refer to areas of the planet which are populated…
The Eco Film on Friday, March 5th: The Chances of the World Changing Winner of the Conservation Award and Jury Prize at the Bend Film Festival Genre: Documentary. Director: Eric Daniel Metzger. USA, 2006. 99 minutes. An inspiring story about Richard Ogust, who while eating dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan, NY witnessed a live diamondback terrapin turtle being prepared…
The Eco Film on Friday, February 26th: The Real Dirt on Farmer John Won 4 Best Documentary awards in international film festivals Genre: Documentary. Director: Taggart Siegel. USA, 2006. 82 minutes. An award-winning true story of a third-generation American farmer John Peterson’s heroic journey of success, failure and rebirth, through his childhood in the ‘50s,…
The Eco Film on Friday, February 19th: The Cove Genre: Documentary. Director: Louie Psihoyos. Australia, 2009. 92 minutes. In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan lies a shocking secret that a few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep hidden from the world. In Taiji, Japan, former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has…
The Eco Film on Friday, February 12th: Our Seeds The movie will be introduced via Skype by ecologist Cheze Malaika from Byron Bay, Australia. Genre: Documentary. Directors: Michel and Jude Fanton. Australia, 2008. 57 minutes. The film celebrates the keepers of the seed, the farmers and gardeners who preserve and share the source of our…
The Eco Film on Friday, February 5th: Capoeira: The Warriors Dance. You are all invited to our Brazilian Night to enjoy the rhythm of Samba, Axé, the art of Capoeira, the dance of Makulele, and Feijoada (Brazilian traditional food). The film “Capoeira: The Warriors Dance” is a real story about Capoeira, the dance that transformed the…
The Eco Film Garbage Warrior shown on Friday, January 29th is part of the Litter Free Auroville‘s massive cleanup on the same day! Won the Most Popular Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival Genre: Documentary. Director: Oliver Hodge. UK, 2008. 86 minutes. Garbage Warrior is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of…
The Korean Pavilion Group and Sadhana Forest would like to invite you to a fun-filled night of cultural exchange on Friday, January 22nd !!! As part of this night we show the Eco Film Warzone Gone Wild. The following Trailer is the only video material we could find on the net, please ignore the timings at…
