Melbourne Program 2017

How to Let Go Of The World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, Oscar nominated director Josh Fox (GASLAND) continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change – the greatest threat our world has ever known.

Cancer survivor Janette and her partner Alan are an incredible demonstration of what is possible with the human body. This story follows the two raw food champions, in their 60’s, as they break and set world records by running 366 consecutive marathons on a raw plant-based diet.

The Chocolate Case follows the incredible journey of three intrepid Dutch journalists, who after uncovering child slavery in the cocoa production chain, try to persuade large corporations to end the use of child labour.

Planting Seeds of Mindfulness is an engaging animated narrative feature based on the mindfulness work of Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hann. The film showcases the benefits of mindfulness, compassion and contemplation, as well as how conscious living can improve our lives.

Cancer survivor Janette and her partner Alan are an incredible demonstration of what is possible with the human body. This story follows the two raw food champions, in their 60’s, as they break and set world records by running 366 consecutive marathons on a raw plant-based diet.

From Executive Producer Morgan Freeman, The C Word follows the powerful stories of celebrated French neuroscientist and cancer revolutionary Dr. David Servan-Schreiber and the film’s director Meghan O’Hara on their unconventional battles against cancer and their journeys from diagnosis to wellness.

H.O.P.E. is a startling documentary uncovering the effects of our typical Western diet. Featuring health, science and agriculture experts including Dr. Jane Goodall and Dr Vandana Shiva, this film shows you how, and why, what you eat matters.

In Pursuit of Silence takes us on an immersive cinematic journey around the globe. From a traditional tea ceremony in Kyoto, to the streets of the loudest city on the planet, Mumbai during the wild festival season, the film explores our relationship with silence, sound and the impact of noise on our lives.

Generation Startup captures the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it’s an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup.

Follow river conservationist Mark Angelo on a journey across the globe where he reveals the darker side of the fashion industry, its generally disastrous impact on the world’s water resources, including the destruction of our rivers, its effect on humanity, and the solutions that inspire hope for a sustainable future.

Lawrence Gunther, a blind graduate from York University’s master’s program in environmental studies and a highly regarded speaker, writer and radio host on the subject of fishing and Canada’s aquatic ecosystems, travels across Canada to explore what local people are doing to ensure the future sustainability of traditional fisheries.

The Future of Work and Death takes a fascinating look at the disruptive and transformational impacts that advances in automation, artificial intelligence and ageless immortality will have on our future.

Artist and professor Willie Baronet has purchased more than 1,000 homeless signs over the past 22 years, and he uses this collection to create installations to raise awareness about homelessness and build empathy and compassion for the homeless.

There Will Be Water is one man’s visionary quest to ‘Green the Desert’ using cutting-edge technology. British Engineer and Zoologist Bill Watts has a big idea: turn salt water into an energy source and use large desert areas to produce energy, food and clean water.

Featuring Surfers Against Sewage and The Surfrider Foundation, White Waves follows the personal stories of positive action, solutions and hope from surfers fighting to keep waves clean and beaches free from pollution. A powerful example of how passion, dedication and unwavering resolve can lead to great wins for people and planet.

David Grob, a fun-loving and gregarious food activist and cook, travels through five European countries in a van that runs on vegetable oil, creating beautiful dishes out of food that would otherwise go to waste. A delicious way to fix a broken food system.

Follow ‘Reuse Pro’ Alex Eaves on a cross-country adventure through 48 US states as he finds endless solutions to our waste problems that are not only sustainable creative, easy and fun, but also truly benefit “people, planet, and wallet”.

A profound documentary exploring the fundamental reason behind the environmental crisis; that our wounding of the earth is a mirror of humanity’s psychological and emotional wounds and how we can heal this with vulnerability, compassion, love and mindfulness.

Our Power is a Melbourne-made documentary about the Latrobe Valley community; exposing the fundamental issues facing the community today, and their transition to a ‘post-coal’ world. This will be a fundraiser and feedback screening to allow the filmmakers to help shape their final cut of the film.

What It Takes to Be Extraordinary shares the story of one inspirational man – Nepal Orphans Home founder Michael Hess – who selflessly dedicates his life to educating, empowering and caring for impoverished children throughout Nepal. Screening with Generation Hope, the story of Mary’s Meals.

A stunningly shot, deeply moving, story about the ubiquity of plastic in our oceans and the havoc it is wreaking on our ecosystems, wildlife and food-chains. A Plastic Ocean brings to light the consequences of our disposable lifestyle and solutions to the unfolding crisis.

From the makers of Requiem for the American Dream, The Age of Consequences investigates the impacts of climate change on increased resource scarcity, migration and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability.

This empowering and inspiring film follows the story of how Singularity University teaches students to confront the crucial issues affecting the future of our species, and inspires them to build start-ups that will help solve our most pressing global challenges.

Can cooperation save the world? Following the journeys of a Brewing Co-op, a Romanian laser physicist, and a social enterprise street farm, among others, this film shows how these ‘non-traditional’ businesses are creating a more economically and environmentally sustainable future.

When the coal seam gas industry staked a claim on the Northern Rivers shire of Australia, alarm bells rang out. A critical mass of people from all walks of life; activists, farmers, landowners, mums, dads, scientists organised themselves to rally against the unconventional gas invasion.

An audacious and fascinating investigation into the mechanics and perils of freight shipping and the phenomenal impact global trade has on our climate and our oceans. The film sheds light on how we can help in the fight for more sustainable freight shipping.

Power to Change showcases the daily struggles of activists, entrepreneurs, sceptics and critics in the fight for Germany’s energy future. Highlighting the inspirational personal stories of the heroes who have taken the responsibility for energy supply into their own hands, the film is a beautiful and insightful portrait of transformation.

How to Let Go Of The World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, Oscar nominated director Josh Fox (GASLAND) continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change – the greatest threat our world has ever known.