EFFM ‘12.

4 - 9 September 2012

Kino Cinemas, Collins Place, Melbourne

EFFM is proud to be back for 2012. EFFM is a festival that presents confronting films about environmental issues, designed to make you think but also to lead to possible solutions.

Some films and issues include:

Cape Spin - about a wind farm project in the US
Chicken Karma - an Australian film about caged hens/eggs
Bimblebox - about mining in Queensland
Last Call At The Oasis - about the global water crisis.

This year’s program brings together some of the most thought provoking films from across the globe, covering topics from food and water to solar-powered cars and buildings designed to mimic the benefits of nature.

On top of the festival’s international focus, EFF also takes a serious look at the environmental issues that affect Australia, showcasing the premier of several homegrown movies, including Generation Green, a personal climate action story, and Bimblebox, an exploration of the expansion of coal mining in Queensland.

Prepare to be confronted, prepare to have to think, but most importantly of all, prepare to take action. These films present serious problems, but often provide simple answers. Sometimes all it takes is a change in mind-set and some political will, and if we can help generate that then our work here is done.

Poster.

The Film Program.

Bhopali

Max Carlson, 2011 (USA)
1 hour 30 mins
A feature documentary about the survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster, the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal, India. Today the suffering continues, prompting victims to fight for justice against Union Carbide, the American corporation responsible for the disaster.

Thursday, 6th Sep, 8:15pm
Big Boys Gone Bananas Book

Fredrik Gertten, 2011 (Sweden), 1 hour 30 mins
What happens when a large, multinational corporation senses a threat to its reputation? A Swedish filmmaker inadvertently found out after producing his film BANANAS!*.
Friday, 7th Sep, 8:30pm
Bimblebox

Michael Cusack O'Connell, 2012, (Australia), Victorian premiere, 1 hour 12 mins
At this critical time, when so much coal and coal seam gas expansion is planned in Australia, this film aims to win the hearts and minds of the people, exposing the destructiveness of this industry to our climate, communities and environment. It tells the stories of the people fighting for their homes and culture.
Sunday, 9th Sep, 4:00pm
Atomic States of America

Bill Finnegan, 2011 (USA), Australian premiere, 1 hour
Biophilic Design is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature in a deep and fundamental fashion, but we have often designed our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature.
Friday, 7th Sep, 6:00pm
Including Passive Passion, Biophilic Design Discussion panel
Cape Spin

Robbie Gemmel and John Kirby, 2011 (USA), Australian premiere, 1 hour 30 mins
"Cape Spin" tells the surreal, fascinating, tragicomic story of the battle over America's most scandalous clean energy project.

Tuesday, 4th Sep, 7:15pm