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The Paradise Theatre // Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 12pm
Join us for a the free Family Day including an international shorts programme and a continental breakfast.
How Water Makes Climate
How Water makes Climate, is an original 12-minute animation, portrays the crucial connection between water cycles and the climate. The animation shows what a healthy intact water cycle is, the consequences of its destruction, and how our broken water cycle can be restored. How Water makes Climate is an engaging and educational animation that inspires youth to learn about the importance of water and with that, to also take action in their communities, as many are already doing.
This animation It is also part of our documentary Water is Love : Ripples of ReGeneration that explores the crucial connection between water cycles and the climate. Prioritizing restoring healthy water cycles can change the direction of the climate movement from adaptation to regeneration, from centralized to decentralized solutions, and from seeking tech fixes to healing our relationship with the living Earth.
Three Trees
As the seasons change, three little trees learn about themselves, friendship and their place in the world.
Mû
“Mû” is a 2D animated short film that poetically explores the theme of water scarcity and the importance of water as a life-giving force. As an essential divine water spring has dried up, a child accompanied by an otter-like creature sets out to find a cure for the life-threatening water shortage.
Three Hares
Three Hares tells the enchanting myth of three sisters—children of the sun and moon—who embody Air, Water, and Earth. As humanity becomes wasteful and greedy, the sisters unite to create a powerful symbol in the moon, reminding people to respect and share the earth to ensure a sustainable future. Inspired by the ancient three hares motif, the story highlights the importance of environmental stewardship.
For You
For You is a touching letter from a father to his two-year-old son, capturing a summer day in the park—a world filled with wonders yet to be discovered, while an uncertain future casts a shadow on the horizon. Set in Peckham, South East London, where the director lives with his family, the story is narrated in Italian, the language he has spoken to his son since birth. Deeply intimate and personal, this project also carries a universal message: though the future may be uncertain, with love, courage, and imagination, we can choose to foster a positive perspective for what lies ahead instead of succumbing to fear.
A Life of Foxes
A Life of Foxes brings viewers up close and personal with a family of foxes in the West Island of Montreal, Canada in order to explore the challenges and complexities of telling non-human stories through film.
Keradó
One day, while collecting jagua fruits, a young Embera Katío girl, Chidima, is lured by a glowing, mystical toad into the forbidden zone of a hydroelectric power plant that put her village in danger, where she accidentally discovers a sacred cave. Frightened, she runs away and tells her grandfather what she saw, unexpectedly bringing a new hope for her people.