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Environmental Film Festival Australia 2021

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Journey into the lives of those fighting to save our planet
Environmental Film Festival Australia (EFFA) 2021 is once again showcasing numerous thought-provoking films to inspire and engage audiences across Australia on environmental issues.

Even though it is taking place entirely online this year, EFFA 2021 is themed around encouraging attendees to explore the world and connect with environmental issues beyond our daunting news feeds.

It describes this year's program as a "journey into the deepest seas, across breathtaking desert plains, up awe-inspiring mountains, and into the lives of those fighting to save our planet".



EFFA 2021 hopes viewers of the environmental films making up its program this year will "connect with the planet, be inspired to take action and see the reality behind the headlines".

In its twelfth year, this annual volunteer-run festival amplifies narrative features, documentaries, and shorts with an environmental focus, including children's content.

It calls this year's program one of "exploration, adventure and activism" and characterises this year's film festival as a "choose your own adventure", with it providing examples of some of the exciting adventure options as: "storm the Aussie streets with the School Strike 4 Climate crew, swim deep with the marlins and sea lions in California, traverse the 18th century Alps in search of the sublime, stand with Indigenous leaders fighting for their communities across the planet, admire the Moon from a new point of view, or just take a seat and listen to some of the world's wisest Elders".

As it's online this year, its films can be accessed and watched right across Australia and New Zealand, with a selected program even being made available internationally.



EFFA 2021 will launch on Thursday 14 October 2021. The Weather Diaries will be screened at this festival launch event, and in honour of this opening night film, a music performance by Lupa J will be live-streamed.

The Weather Diaries is a contemplative home-grown documentary that "muses on motherhood, climate anxiety, bat conservation, and what it means to be growing up and finding creative success in a world literally on fire". Read more about this film and watch the trailer here.

The opening night launch, which is free to attend and will be live-streamed on Facebook and Youtube, will include speeches, a Welcome to Country, and a night of music. Book your tickets to the EFFA 2021 opening night launch event here.



The rest of the EFFA 2021 programme will be available online from Friday 15 October 2021 until Sunday 14 November 2021. Highlights, other than The Weather Diaries mentioned above, include:
Warrior Women: in this documentary, renowned Native American Rights activist Madonna Thunder Hawk and her family explore what it means to navigate leading a movement, motherhood and legacy, while under the rule of a colonising government that meets your resistance with violence. More here.
Youth on Strike: a documentary made up of vlog footage recorded by School Strike 4 Climate organisers that looks behind the scenes of the School Strike 4 Climate movement. More here.
Sow the Wind: A university student attempts to save the beautiful ecosystem that is Southern Italy's ancient olive trees from removal for money by her father, who is deep in debt. More here.
Citizen Nobel: a documentary following Jacques Dubochet, 78-year old Nobel Prize-winning scientist, who suddenly becomes famous, has to navigate this newly forged celebrity status and finds a way to use his stardom to support the mounting climate movement. More here.
Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs: Two cousins join forces with a pack of talking dogs to protect a local park that is threatened to be destroyed and replaced with skyscrapers by greedy city businessmen. More here.
The Fourth Kingdom: the day-to-day lives of a group of illegal immigrants in a New York recycling centre are documented in this film. More here.
You Think the Earth is a Dead Thing: the linked ecological and political histories of the French Island of Martinique are explained by local farmers through encounters with its locals, who together explore alternative approaches to counter this environmental destruction. More here.



Shorts packages put together by the festival provide a selection of shorts around the same theme, for instance:
Protest & Protection shorts (here)
Shorts For A New Generation (here)
Elders & The Earth (here)
Australian & Local Neighbours (here)



While the opening night is free to attend and some shorts and films like Youth on Strike have free screenings, most other feature films and documentaries cost AU$9 to watch. You get 21 days to start watching, but once you begin watching, you only have 72 hours to finish watching.

5% of all ticket income (after fees) goes to Pay The Rent.

Look deeper and further than your news feed and explore environmental issues and be inspired by activism beyond your usual boundaries.
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Why? Connect with the planet, be inspired to take action and see the reality behind the headlines
When: Thursday 14 October - Sunday 14 November
Where: Online
Cost: Free - AU$9
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