EFFM ‘14
Give a Flick!
EFFM ‘14.
4 - 12 September 2015
Palace Kino and IMAX - Melbourne
Event details.
We are thrilled to announce this year's program. Jam-packed with incredible environmental film, thought-provoking debate and discussion and fun-filled special events, EFFM 2014 is set to knock your socks off.
With films directed and narrated by Academy-award winners Luc Jacquet, Cate Blanchett and Sean Penn, our first ever curation of stunning short enviro flicks, and a program full to the brim with special events — this year's festival is bigger than Ben Hur!
Program Highlights
Opening Night & Launch Party | Celebrate the opening night of the fifth Environmental Film Festival Melbourne. Following the Australian premiere of Once Upon a Forest from Oscar®-winning director Luc Jacquet, don’t miss the EFFM launch party with live music, drinks and canapes.
Special IMAX screening | EFFM has joined forces with IMAX Melbourne for a family-friendly screening of Journey to the South Pacific. Narrated by Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, this event is the Australian premiere of a film experiencing great success with all ages across the globe.
Slow Food Story & tasting | Be charmed by charismatic food activist Carlo Petrini in Slow Food Story, join the conversation about our food systems with expert panelists and local food appreciators, and feast on tastings of mouthwatering slow food.
Closing night festivities | Celebrate closing night with a screening of Planet RE:think, a panel discussion with Adam Bandt and Bob Brown, festival awards, and a closing night party to kick up our heels after another stellar year for environmental film.
Note from Directors.
It’s been a tough year for our environment. We’ve seen Tassie’s magnificent World Heritage forests threatened with logging, a huge coal port approved on the Great Barrier Reef, and the laws and bodies that protect our climate dismantled one by one.
In these dark times, what is heartening is that we’ve also seen amazing displays of people power. We’ve seen big mining companies kicked out of our rural communities, a crowd-funded Climate Council after the government’s scrapping of the Climate Commission, and social barriers dissolved as people from all walks of life come together to defend our precious environment.
In the current political climate, we know it’s up to us now. That’s why we’ll keep bringing nature to the big screen to facilitate debate, discussion and action on some of the most pressing environmental issues of our time.
Chris Gerbing and Livia Cullen | EFFM Co-Directors
The Films.
Iriria Nina Tierra | Carmelo Camilli, Italy (2014)
Gasland II | Josh Fox, USA (2013)
Damnation | Travis Rummel & Ben Knight, USA (2013)
Planet RE:think | Eskil Hardt, Denmark/India (2012)
Once Upon a Forest | Luc Jacquet, France (2013)
Angel Azul | Marcelina Cravat-Overway, Mexico (2013)
Journey to the South Pacific | Stephen Judson & Greg Macgillivray, USA (2013)
Gringo Trails | Pegi Vail, USA (2013)
North of the Sun | Jorn Nyseth Ranum & Inge Wegge, Norway (2013)
The Human Experiment | Don Hardy & Dana Nachman, USA (2013)
Slow Food Story | Stefano Sardo, Italy (2013)
Tokyo Waka | John Haptas & Kristine Samuelson, USA (2012)
Ringbalin | Julia De Roeper, Jocelyn Pederick, Ali Sanderson, Ben Pederick & Sue Maslin, Australia (2013)
The Weather War | Lars Bergstrom & Mats Bigert, Sweden (2012)
Wrenched | ML Lincoln, USA (2014)
Media apperances.
August 14: Editorial about Slow Food Story in Italianicous online magazine
August 20: Editorial Melbourne Arts Fashion wesbite
August 22 - September 10: RRR runs 30 second ads and live giveaways
August 26: Radio interview, Chris Gerbing, Co-Director - 3CR breakfast
August 27: Radio interview, Livia Cullen, Co-Director - Environmentality 98.9 NorthWest FM
August 27: Radio interview, Pennie Brown, Filmmaker of Farmland, not Gaslands
August 30: Radio interview, Livia Cullen, Co-Director - 3NRG with Peter Krauss
August 31: Radio interview, Livia Cullen, Co-Director - Greg King; movies at dusk Sundays 7-9pm 3WBC 94.1FM
August 31: Radio interview, Narrator for Sticky - RRR Einstein-a-go-go
August 31: Radio interview, Chris Gerbing, Co-Director - 3CR On Screen
September 1: Print interview, Livia Cullen, Co-Director - Film Festivals Guide
September 1: Radio interview, Chris Gerbing, Co-Director - Syn FM Panorama
September 1: Radio interview, Chris Gerbing, Co-Director - Dirt Radio
September 2: Editorial City of Melbourne What’s On website
September 5: The Age, Slow Food Story listed in Plotlines entertainment page
September 6: The Australian, listed in Out and About section
September 10: Radio interview, Chris Gerbing, Co-Director - Syn FM Art Smitten
September 12: The Age, Closing Night listed in Shortlist - weekend events
September 12: Radio interview, Filmmaker of Planet Re:think - On Screen, 3CR
September: Listed in Qantas in-flight magazine events column
Partners.
Principal Partner | Powershop
Major Partners | Fishprint
Media Partners | RRR, Dumbo Feather, Smith Journal, The Australia Times, Beat Magazine
Festival Partners | ecostore, Phillip Island Nature Parks, Kelly Lennon, Tree Project
Event Partners | Melbourne Uni, Ethical Investment Services, Mr Moto, Collins Place, IMAX, Mountain Goat, Cobs Popcorn, Whole Kids
Community Partners | ACF, Environment Victoria, Friends of the Earth, Quit Coal, Sea Shepherd, The Wilderness Society, Alto Hotel, YHAA