A film about environmental problems for schoolchildren. Creation of an environmental video as a factor in changing the environmental situation
(A complete list of films that were presented during the festival is available).
"24 Snow"
Great documentary directed by Mikhail Barynin about a horse breeder living in one of the most remote and cold places on Earth will literally make you shiver from the first seconds.
Papola, a meat lover, seeks access to large farms and shows us: from hamburgers to milk.
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“Farm animals think, feel. These are social beings who need our moral concern.",- the director reports to the Humane Society.
"The Beekeeper and his Son"
Director Diedie Wen's rather intimate documentary is both moving and intriguing. The film follows beekeepers in Northern China as they fight to preserve the traditions and sustainable aspects of their profession. They are faced with environmental degradation and a new generation (the same “son”) who seeks to turn everything into business.
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“I hope the film will give people the opportunity to immerse themselves in the life of a Chinese beekeeper and show the real-life experiences of a family's struggles. With all its ups and downs, sweetness and bitterness.” - Wen shared.
"The Diver"
The documentary, directed by Esteban Arangua, focuses on Julio Cesar Si Camara, a specialized diver who works in Mexico City's sewer system. For more than 30 years, from time to time, Kamara has ventured into these rubbish heaps. All in order to clean the sewer (you can find everything there: from furniture to corpses). For 80 dives per year, Julio treats 7,000 miles of wastewater.
"Death by Design"
Death by Design is a film directed by Sue Williams. The film explores the human and environmental price we pay for our growing appetite for computers, cell phones and other electronics. Williams examines everything from the factories that create our gadgets to the waste generated by our obsession with electronic gadgets.
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The director wanted to show that this problem concerns each of us. This movie will make you think twice about buying your next iPhone.
"Guided"
Directed by Brigitte Besau, the film follows a guide through the Maine wilderness. Ray Ritz, the hero of the picture, is an experienced guide. While the film captures your attention with its magnificent landscapes, Rey takes the stage with her thoughts on nature, the impact of humanity on it, and her hopes for the future, which only fade with time.
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“You are standing in Eden, and you are not paying attention to it. - says Ray,-You have to look deeper to see the color. You have to look deeper to feel. That's why you're here. There’s nothing wild, there’s no wilderness, it’s all home.”
"Freightened"
Like a movie "Death by Design" lifts the curtain on the ins and outs of the electronics industry, Overload does the same with the lesser-known trucking industry.
Director Denis Delestrac in his film covers both political and legal issues. 90 percent of the goods we purchase are manufactured in other countries and delivered to our shores by ship.
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“I hope this film helps shed light on this part of our globalized society and inspires change in our habits as consumers. This is necessary to create a more sustainable development pattern, regardless of whether you live in the East, West, North or South."
- Denis Delestrac.
An Inconvenient Truth
Directed by Davis Geggenheim, with the participation of former US Vice President Al Gore. USA, 2006
Scientists were arguing among themselves about global warming before this film. But they argued among themselves, in specialized journals and serious conventions, exchanging diagrams and calculations. Al Gore did something amazing - he explained it all in accessible language. He collected facts, opinions, research, added beautiful pictures and animation, inserted good music (the song for this film won an Oscar), and he created what the American Film Institute called one of the biggest events of the year.
The film received another Oscar in the category “Best Documentary Feature,” and Al Gore himself was eventually awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for studying the consequences of global climate change caused by human activity and developing measures to possibly prevent them.”
Since An Inconvenient Truth, environmental documentaries have become an increasingly popular genre. Although the opinions of environmental experts are still divided both for and against Gore's work.
History of stuff
Directed by Annie Leonard. USA, 2007
This is a twenty-minute cartoon, which has been available online since 2007, including in Russian. The cartoon openly condemns excessive consumerism and gently hints at sustainable development. The film, amazing in its simplicity and facts, is shown today in schools, universities, and corporate trainings. The creators calculated that by 2009 the film had been shown in 228 countries, where it was watched by more than 12 million people.
Like any film that tackles a sensitive topic, The Story of Things is still controversial. In 2009, The New York Times dedicated its front page to him. In the USA, while in some schools teachers were awarded for showing this film, in others teachers were accused of “leftist” propaganda and disrespect for American values.
Home
Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Luc Besson. France, 2009
On June 5, 2009, on World Environment Day, the film “Home” was simultaneously shown in open areas in 87 countries. Yann Bertrand, a famous photographer, shot the entire film from a helicopter. His team flew around 53 countries, showing and talking about how beautiful our planet is from a bird's eye view, and how defenseless it is against human activity. Some footage so openly proved what states can do with their land that, for example, in India half of the material was confiscated, in Argentina the film crew was sent to prison for a week, and in Saudi Arabia and China they simply refused to film. Bertrand himself says that all comments in the film are based on known and available facts and figures.
WALL-E
Directed by Andrew Stanton. USA, 2008
A sci-fi cartoon that comes to mind too often when you start thinking about the future. Here you have the Earth, on which, due to the huge amount of non-recyclable waste, it is impossible to live, and people who spend 24 hours staring at a tiny screen in front of them can neither walk nor work. A beautiful and funny cartoon that you don’t want to become reality.
Garbage dreams
Directed by May Iskander. Egypt/USA, 2009
A lyrical, touching and sincere film about the outskirts of Cairo and people whose work and life depend only on garbage. The film about their destinies and dreams received 24 awards at film festivals around the world.
Bottle (Tapped)
Directed by Stefannie Sochnig. USA, 2009
One of the most striking films dedicated to the millions of plastic bottles that we use every day. Facts about the bottle industry and its consequences that will make you think twice about buying (and throwing away) one.
Solar taxi
Directed by Eric Schmitt. Germany, 2010
An absolutely amazing and inspiring movie about a school teacher from Switzerland who built a solar-powered car and drove it around the world.
Life after people
Series. USA, 2010
This series is a revived theory of scientists about what the Earth will look like after the disappearance of people. Provocative scenarios drawn on the computer are interspersed with real-life examples, such as Chernobyl or Easter Island. There is a strong feeling when the scale of awareness of the role of humanity shifts.
How to destroy the world
Directed by Pete Bishop. Great Britain. 2010
A very short animated series about different ways to destroy the world: transport, garbage, food, computer games and others. Funny, but surprisingly logical. The title has become a meme on the Internet, and the final phrase “Mind where you are going” sticks for a long time.
More than honey
Directed by Markus Imhoof. Switzerland/Germany, 2012
One of the best films about why, after all, bees are dying all over the world, how honey collection has reached an industrial scale, what happens to the honey itself, and how bees can take revenge. The film will be interesting even to those who do not like honey itself. You've never seen bees this close.
Lost rivers
Directed by Caroline Buckle. Canada, 2012
The director of the film searches for rivers that were hidden underground a long time ago in all the large industrial cities in the developed world. This is a bold and beautiful film about how nature lives on even when we forget about it. Fascinating, unexpected and very beautiful.
These will allow you to look at the problems of our time differently, and perhaps even change your opinion and attitude towards them. Rational arguments supported by facts and videos nearby will not leave anyone indifferent. The listed documentaries raise different topics: harm from industry, overpopulation, the “terrifying beauty” of industrial landscapes, the fuel problem and much more.
House. Travel story (Home)
Year: 2009
Country: France
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The film shows us the beauty of the planet and the consequences of destruction caused by human activity. The unhealing scars inflicted on the Earth by industrial production, the consequences of wars, and environmental disasters, reveal to the viewer the real situation on the planet.
The other side of progress (Surviving Progress)
Year: 2011
Country: Canada
Director: Matthew Roy, Harold Crooks
Human development is often determined by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually leading us to ruin? Ronald Wright, who wrote the best-selling book A Brief History of Progress, inspired the film to show how ancient civilizations were destroyed by the "traps of progress" - seductive technologies and belief systems that serve immediate needs but hold the future to ransom. As pressure on the world's resources grows and financial elites drive countries into bankruptcy, can our globally interconnected civilizations avoid the final catastrophic trap of progress?
Industrial Landscapes
Year: 2006
Country: Canada
Director: Jennifer Beichwell
The works of renowned environmental photographer Edward Burtynsky explore natural landscapes that have undergone radical changes as a result of the impact of post-industrial civilization. The film was shot during his travels across Asia, mainly in China and Bangladesh, and combines interviews with the artist, documentary footage at the largest factories and wastewater treatment plants, in coal mines, in the area of the giant Sanxia hydroelectric complex, in the ever-changing Shanghai with photographs of these industrial landscapes .
The Last Mountain
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Director: Bill Haney
The beauty of nature and the profits of coal campaigns. They collide at the foot of the last mountain in the Appalachian range. A desperate attempt by the residents of a small town to defend their right to life encounters an insoluble tangle of contradictions. Everyone has their own truth. And among the owners of the coal company, and among the miners, and among those who simply live in this place. But there is also a general truth - the truth of the planet. And the common law is the right of all people to life...
Fuel
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Joshua Tickell
The root of all America's evils is its dependence on oil. Financial crises, growing national debt, unemployment and environmental problems are what the United States gets for choosing to drown in oil and not paying attention to new sources of energy. Joshua Tickell, an evangelist for the use of biofuels and alternative energy, spent eleven years collecting material for this film.
"Fuel" consists of his reflections, conversations with environmental activists and celebrities (Sheryl Crow, Woody Harrelson and Julia Roberts, for example, appear on camera), and video of Tickel's diaries - most notably chronicling his journey in an RV filled with vegetable oil.
Unacceptable levels
Year: 2013
Country: USA
Director: Ed Brown
A film about the chemicals in our bodies...and how they got there
Do you read the composition of your cream, lipstick, shampoo or dishwashing liquid? Since the chemical revolution of the 40s of the 20th century, more than 80 thousand different chemicals are used in cosmetics. How do they affect our body? Nobody knows this. Chemicals are not tested, not checked, and most often their presence is not even necessary to be written on the label. There are simply no mechanisms that would prohibit the use of hazardous components in products. And no one knows the consequences of their daily use.
Footprints of war
Year: 2013
Country: Germany
Director: Max Monk
There are many sides to war, but few people think about how...unecological war is. What happens when military machines come into motion, what resources do they need? German director Max Monk shows us the traces of two world wars: fields where nothing grows and will never grow again, shells dropped into the seas and much more. But the world wars were only the beginning. Over the years, warfare and weapons became more and more dangerous to nature. What happened in Iraq and Vietnam and what is happening there now? An amazing investigation with numbers and facts that turn your mind upside down.
Population Boom
Year: 2014
Country: Austria
Director: Werner Booth
The future is described in different ways, but some images move from scenario to scenario. An overpopulated planet, masses of people, resource depletion, mountains of toxic waste, famine and the catastrophe of climate change. What awaits us? But who said that the world is overpopulated? And who is there “too much” on our planet? Ironic director Werner Booth sets off on a journey around the world to follow the dark myth that there are too many people. But at some point he begins a completely different investigation: who benefits from such a formulation of the question?
Life After People
Year: 2009–2010
Country: USA
Director: Jim Hance, Douglas Cohen
This film is based on the results of a study of territories suddenly abandoned by people, as well as the possible consequences of stopping the maintenance of buildings and urban infrastructure. The abandoned world hypothesis is illustrated with digital images showing the subsequent fate of such architectural masterpieces as the Empire State Building, Buckingham Palace, Sears Tower, Space Needle, Golden Gate Bridge and the Eiffel Tower.
Zeitgeist
Year: 2007
Country: USA
Director: Peter Joseph
The film raises the issue of mass control over people - religion, politics, mass media, finance. Is everything we see true, or do we not want to notice it? Is our future that bright? Here are just a few questions that will definitely arise in your head after watching it.
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On June 5th the planet celebrates World Environment Day. Titr passionately supports the idea of a responsible attitude towards the environment and publishes a selection of films about what the abuse of natural resources can lead to.
Three Brazilian boys have been living in a landfill since birth, which occupies an entire block and continues to grow. They saw nothing but the waste of someone else's life, and they themselves look like waste. One day, in a pile of garbage, they find something that can change their lives once and for all. 2154 People have already exhausted almost all the natural resources on Earth and are colonizing other planets in search of alternative energy sources. Among them is Pandora, rich in unobtanium, for the sake of which people are ready to destroy the nature of the planet and destroy its local inhabitants. In the current weather, the prospect of global warming does not look so bad, but the plot of the film clearly shows that changing the temperature on the planet can lead to completely different consequences. For example, instead of unbearable heat, melting glaciers brought eternal winter to the United States, hail the size of watermelons to Tokyo, and deadly tornadoes to Canada. In the near future, an energy crisis occurred on the planet, after which chaos and destruction reigned everywhere. The life of the whole world depends on fuel; rabid gangs are crossing the roads, ready to kill anyone for a couple of liters of gasoline. Law enforcement officer Max Rockatansky is the only one who is ready to stand in their way. The rapid deterioration of the environment by 2027 has led humanity to mass infertility. Complete extinction is not far off. The last hope is a pregnant woman, whom the main character must deliver to a safe place under the supervision of qualified doctors. You should think about the future of your home planet from childhood, and the Pixar cartoon perfectly covers the topic of environmental pollution and littering of space. Robot WALL.I is an outdated autonomous garbage collector, who in the distant future remains the only inhabitant of a lifeless Earth. One day he finds an old shoe from which a green shoot bursts out. A wonderful example of how big things start from small things. In a small town in Alaska, a reporter and his ex-girlfriend, a Greenpeace activist, try to free three gray whales trapped in the Arctic ice. As a result, journalists, environmentalists, Greenpeace activists and even a Soviet icebreaker are involved in the rescue operation. June 5, 2017We offer you a selection of eco-films that are worth watching...
1. "Beautiful Green." Directed by Colin Serreau.
A light and sometimes naive comedy about a different, non-human worldview, in which all living things are one with the planet. The film is unofficially banned from showing in Europe.
2. "Garbage." Directed by Jeremy Irons.
The filmmakers explore the dangers of land, air and water pollution from waste and the impact of this pollution on the food chain and the environment.
3. “Home.” A date with the planet." Directed by Yann Arthus Bertrand, produced by Luc Besson.
An incredibly beautiful picture about our planet and how humanity affects it.
4. "Zero Impact." Directed by Laura Gabbert, Justin Shine.
A film about the experiment of writer and Internet blogger Colin Bevan. He spent a year living eco-friendly with his family in New York City, trying to break away from the consumer society and, more importantly, trying to be environmentally friendly.
5. “The History of Things.” Directed by Louis Fox.
A 20-minute film about the main stages of the life cycle model of consumer goods: procurement of materials, production of goods, their sale, consumption and disposal.
6. “Human Ecological Footprint.” Directed by Nick Watts.
The film was produced by National Geographic Channel. The story is about the mark each of us leaves on the face of the planet.
7. "Plastic bag." Directed by Ramin Bahrani.
The plot is simple - a plastic bag goes in search of the one who once breathed life into him, who was everything to him, but managed to lose him.
"Koyaanisqatsi" in the Hopi language means "crazy life, disordered life, life on the verge of collapse, life out of balance." This is a film about the planet and humanity, about how you and I live.
25. “local solution to global problems” Directed by Colin Serreau (author of the legendary “Beautiful Green”)
The film is about the relationship between global ills - the impoverishment of farmers, the development of industry and changes in ideology in dealing with agriculture, the dependence of modern industrial agriculture on the oil industry, that there are alternative solutions to get out of this dependence, and now is the time to start implementing them.
26. “My name is Sol.” Directed by Farida Pasha.
Over the years, thousands of families have moved to the Indian desert for eight long months to extract salt from the burning earth. And every rainy season, their salt fields disappear, and the sea appears in place of the desert.
27. “Traces of War.” Directed by Max Monk.
Have you ever wondered how environmentally unfriendly war is? German director Max Monk shows the traces of two world wars: fields where nothing grows and will never grow again, shells dropped into the seas and much more.
28. “Unacceptable levels.” Directed by Ed Brown.
A film about chemicals in our body. And how they got there.
