EcoFilm Fest
Alice's Festival of EcoFilm includes mainly documentaries and some features with environmentalist and ecologolgical themes. Generally bringing attention to, and encouraging conservation issues, and issues related with the natural, the human and the built environment of our fragile Blue Planet.
FernGully... The Last Rainforest (1992)
6.5/10
Director: Bill Kroyer
Starring: Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Robin Williams
A wonderful, environmentally conscious animated feature about a human boy who is joined by a group of fairies on an adventure through the Amazon rain... Read more
The Future of Food (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia
This provocative, award-winning documentary offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabelled, patented, genetically en... Read more
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Akira Terao, Mieko Harada, Mitsuko Baisho
Eight mesmerising tableaus explore the subconscious at various stages of an elderly mans life in this visually stunning work from the master Japanese... Read more
State of the Planet (2004)
8.5/10
Starring: David Attenborough
David Attenborough turns his attention to the state of our planet, exploring the latest research on deforestation, global warming, extinction of speci... Read more
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
8/10
A look at how Cuba transitioned from a highly industrial society to a more sustainable one, having lost access to Soviet oil in the 1990s. This is a s... Read more
Promised Land (2012)
6.6/10
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Frances McDormand, Hal Holbrook, Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt
Matt Damon and John Krasinski co-wrote and star in director Gus Van Sant's timely drama that deals with fracking, a controversial method by which natu... Read more
Blackfish (2013)
8.1/10
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Killer whales are beloved, majestic, friendly giants yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. "Blackfish" unravels the complexities of this... Read more
Garbage Warrior (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Oliver Hodge
Starring: Michael Reynolds
Michael Reynolds is a revolutionary eco-architect whose buildings utilize the waste we humans produce and reduce the impact we have on the delicate en... Read more
Safe (1995)
7.2/10
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman, Julianne Moore, James LeGros
This thought-provoking tale of modern-day alienation stars Julianne Moore as an L.A. housewife who develops allergic reactions to everyday household c... Read more
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
6.4/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum
From writer/director Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day") comes this engaging man vs. nature thriller starring Dennis Quaid as a scientist whose predi... Read more