Opening Night (MELB): When Two Worlds Collide (Peru)

Dir. Heidi Brandenburg & Mathew Ozel (2016)

Australian Premiere

When Two Worlds Collide follows the violent protests that broke out in Peru over the extraction of oil, minerals and gases from The Amazon Rainforest. 

Winner: Special Jury Award for Best First Feature – Sundance 2016
Winner: Jury Prize – DocumentaMadrid 2016 

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Bugs on the Menu (Canada)

Dir. Ian Toews (2016)

Australian Premiere + Special food event (Melb)

Bugs on the Menu asks us to reconsider the dietary choices that many of us take for granted every day by presenting a prescient and informative study of the health and environmental benefits of eating insects. 

EFFA Sustainable Feast
Join us at this harvest style tasting event! EFFA partners with chef Ben Mac, founder of The Social Food Project and previously from Supernormal and Top Paddock. Hosted at Grub Food Van in Fitzroy, diners will be taken on a sustainable gastronomic adventure, where bugs will literally be on the menu! 
Friday 8 October (bookings essential)

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Sonic Sea (USA)

Dir. Michelle Dougherty & Daniel Hinerfeld (2016)

Sonic Sea follows scientists worldwide who work towards reducing this harmful human- made noise that is having distressing effects on our marine life. 

Winner: Jury Award – Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2016
Winner: John De Graaf Environmental Filmmaking Award - Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2016
Winner: Environmental Award – San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival 2016
Winner: Stan Waterman Award – Princeton Environmental Film Festival 2016 

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