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.
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
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
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
Director: Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud
Starring: Danny DeVito, Betty White, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle
From the "Despicable Me" team comes this charming, computer-animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' cautionary fable about Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), a 12-y... Read more
Dr Seuss' The Lorax ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
Starring: Danny DeVito, Betty White, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle
From the "Despicable Me" team comes this charming, computer-animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' cautionary fable about Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), a 12-y... Read more
Water Whisperers / Tangaroa (2010)
Director: Kathleen Gallagher
Shot in stunning locations around New Zealand, this film explores the work of 10 communities as they seek to heal damaged waterways and protect them f... Read more
Earth Days (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Stone
The debate over the world's environmental health didn't begin with the publication of Al Gore's books and the release of "An Inconvenient Truth." In t... Read more
Radar's Patch (2010)
Starring: Te Radar
Looking for paradise? So is Te Radar. 'Radar's Patch' is his attempt to live the 1/4 acre dream. He has one growing season, an overgrown jumble of sub... Read more
Rivers - with Craig Potton (2010)
Starring: Craig Potton
Internationally renowned photographer, conservationist and publisher Craig Potton has spent 40 years photographing New Zealand's wild landscapes. In t... Read more
Country Calendar Goes Green: Organic Farming in New Zealand (2010)
To some, organics has been labelled as "fringe farming". To others, organics is the farming method of the future. It wasn't until ten years after 'Cou... Read more
The Great New Zealand Fishing Scandal (2010)
Director: Guye Henderson
The Great New Zealand Fishing Scandal exposes the use of foreign factory trawlers by large NZ companies and Iwi to catch their fish quota. 45% of all... Read more