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 Ecofilm on Friday, December 17th will be La Belle Verte. Genre: Comedy Film, Director: Coline Serreau, 1996, 99 Minutes, French (English subtitles) Watch the full movie with english subtitles here: La Belle Verte is a philosophical, anti-conformist, ecological, feminist, humanist and pacifist fable filled with humor. Somewhere in the universe, there exists a planet…
The Ecofilm on Friday, December 3rd will be Turtle – The incredible Journey. Genre: Documentary, Director: Nick Stringer, 2009, 81 Minutes, English A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream…
The Ecofilm on Friday, November 26th at 7 p.m. will be Episode 4 of the the series Life, which is about fish. Genre: Documentary, Director: BBC, 2009, 60 Minutes, English / 1 Primetime Emmy and 5 other nominations We’ve made it to episode four of the BBC’s breath taking series. Fish, the most diverse group…
Next Friday’s Ecofilm, screened on November 19th at 7 p.m., will be At the Edge of the World. Genre: Documentary, Director: Dan Stone, 2009, 96 Minutes, English – Winner of 7 International Awards “At the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer crew,…
The Ecofilm on Friday, November 12th will be Episode 2: Taking to the Air of the series Life in the Undergrowth. Genre: Documentary, Director: BBC, 2005, 50 Minutes, English – 1 BAFTA award and 1 additional nomination 320 million years ago insects took to the air. Some of these were as big as seagulls. Mayflies,…
The Eco Film on Friday, April 23rd: A Lawyer Walks into a Bar Genre: Documentary. Director: Eric Chaikin, USA, 2007. 92 minutes Winner of the grand jury prize at the 2007 AFI Dallas International Film Festival A lurid tale of lawyers and lawsuits and Americas fascination with both. This documentary explores the influence of law…
The Eco Film on Friday, April 16th: Alone in the Wilderness Genre: Documentary. Director: Bob Swerer. USA, 2004. 57 Minutes. Imagine… a life in a pristine land unchanged by man, roaming a wilderness through which few other humans have passed. Choosing an idyllic site, cutting trees and building a log cabin. Being a self-sufficient craftsman, not at…
The Eco Film on Friday, April 9th: Manda Bala Winner of 4 awards at the Sundance, Rome and Durban International film festivals. Genre: Documentary. Director: Jason Kohn. Brazil, 2007. 85 minutes. Manda Bala, meaning ‘Send a Bullet’ is a strikingly beautiful and well-constructed documentary about cycles of violence and how it affects both victims and…
The Eco Film on Friday, April 2nd: Bad Seed – The Truth about our Food Genre: Documentary. Director: Timo Nadudvari USA, 2006. 58 minutes. Life has evolved on our planet for billions of years. Humans now have the technology to destroy all that nature’s wisdom has provided. Genetic Engineering (GE) poses a serious threat to the…
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…
