Future Council
Future Council

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I Am the River, the River Is Me
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I Am the River, the River Is Me
2024 | Australian Premiere | Documentary | English | Feature | Documentary | Activism | First Nations | Change Award | World Documentary | Petr Lom | Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand | English, Māori | Corinne van Egeraat | ZIN Documentaire | Petr Lom | Gys Zevenbergen NCE | Puoro Jerome, Georg Buljo | 2023 | English | Short | Environmental | Shorts | Australia | Grove of Giants | Bree Sanders | Bree Sanders, Franziska Wagenfeld, Anna Cadden
Sun 27 Oct 2:00 PM
The Mercury
88 Mins mins
I Am the River, the River Is Me follows a five-day canoe journey along Aotearoa/New Zealand's Whanganui River, the first river in the world to gain legal personhood. Guided by a Māori guardian, this...
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Grove of Giants
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Grove of Giants
2023 | Documentary | English | Short | Documentary | Activism | Environmental | Shorts | Australia | World Documentary | Bree Sanders | Bree Sanders, Franziska Wagenfeld, Anna Cadden
Sun 27 Oct 2:00 PM
The Mercury
11 Mins mins
Environmental researchers and passionate volunteer climbers conduct a comprehensive carbon survey of the Huon Valley Grove of Giants.
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Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
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Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
2024 | Australian Premiere | Documentary | Educational | English | Feature | Documentary | Environmental | Change Award | World Documentary | Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong | Canada | Vanessa Dylyn, Stephen Paniccia | Rainmaker Content | Ben Addelman | Roger Singh | Ania Smolenskaia | Justin Small, Ohad Benchetrit
Sun 27 Oct 4:00 PM
Odeon Star Semaphore: Cinema 1
83 Mins mins
All plastic breaks down to become microplastics then drifts in the air, floats in bodies of water and mixes with the earth. Acclaimed science journalist Ziya Tong interviews global scientists,...
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One Mind, One Heart
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One Mind, One Heart
2024 | World Premiere | Documentary | English | Feature | Documentary | Guest in attendance | Red Carpet | Activism | First Nations | AFF Investment Fund | Australia | World Documentary | Larissa Behrendt | Michaela Perske | Pursekey Productions | Larissa Behrendt | Karin Steininger ASE | Andy Grimes
Sun 27 Oct 4:15 PM
Palace Nova Eastend: ExiMax
82 Mins mins
When a historic Yirrkala bark petition is found in Derby, Western Australia, the community begin the ceremony of guiding its journey back to Yolngu Country. The repatriation provides the opportunity...
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Future Council

Sun
27
Sun 27 Oct 2:00 PM

Odeon Star Semaphore: Cinema 1
General Admission
October
Sun 27 Oct
2:00 PM

Wed 30 Oct
12:00 PM

The Future Council takes its vegetable-oil-powered school bus on the road, seeking solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.

Filmmaker Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) takes eight kids on the ultimate road trip across Europe to seek solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.

Travelling in their vegetable-oil-powered school bus, these young innovators hold candid, wise-beyond-their-years discussions with each other and the CEOs of major polluters. Along the way, they divulge their fears for the future whilst grounding each other in their still-childlike qualities. Bringing their school desks with them, the kids learn from Gameau, other activists and nature, but most of all from one another.

Gameau’s passion for the environment and social justice might have inspired this film, but the kids’ youthful spirit and insightful thinking drive it. Eight young minds from around the world (including Australian Ruby Rodgers, the granddaughter of rock legend Jimmy Barnes) are brought together in this optimistic portrait of the future they will continue to fight for.