We The Peoples Film Festival will be screening four films that all take unique insights into the theme ‘saving the environment’. This will be followed by a Q&A – more details on this to follow.
For 13 years the We the Peoples Film Festival has screened more than 200 films on human rights, development, security and the environment. Our festival initiated the UK’s first peace-themed film season, video-streaming workshops for Non-Governmental Organisations, and the world’s first festival of films on international development by young directors.
Another World is Possible Director: Okay Karamahmutoğlu. 25 minutes
A documentary focuses the social, the cultural, the ecological and the economical dimensions of sustainability over the lives of four different ecological villages in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Poland.
Blue Tomorrow Director: Numan Ayaz. 15 minutes
A man who lives alone on his island goes on an unknown journey caused by rising ocean. After witnessing a catastrophe on the way, he finds hope again with other people.But when the ocean rises again this time he makes an unexpected decision to an another unknown.
Hidden Life Directors: Kaitlyn Satter and Hannah Mattner. 18 minutes
An exploration of the controversy behind the “Rigs to Reefs” program, which allows decommissioned oil platforms to stay in the marine environment to act as artificial reefs.
Every Drop Counts Director: Anita Koltun. 10 minutes
Contaminated water in Guatemala is critical, leading to Hepatitis. The film tells how Ecofiltro, a local Guatemalan business using a ground-breaking clay pot technology managed to purify contaminated water from Guatemala’s rivers, taps and dams. These have changed the lives of many Guatemalans. EcoFiltro hopes to reach 1 million rural families by the year 2020. Could this help other developing countries with similar problems?
Doors open at 18.00, for a 19.00 start.
Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.
TICKETS & PRICING
Reserved tickets £5. Unreserved tickets free. Tickets available on Eventbrite.
