Thank you to all who came for the FREE screenings at the Eco Film Fest (nov 1sr and 2nd 2008). Below were some of the movies that were screened. Stay tune for more new movies next year!
Who Killed The Electric Car?
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business. Who Killed the Electric Car? is Chris's first feature documentary as director. Previously he was an executive producer on Faster (2003), about MotoGP, the world's fastest motorcycle race (with narration by Ewan McGregor), and Mark Neale's William Gibson: No Maps for These Territories (featuring Bono). No Maps was named "Best Documentary" by the Los Angeles New Times in 2001. Chris has directed segments for the MTV/Initial television series BUZZ as well as the personal documentary Return to the Philippines. He assisted writer/producer Michael Tolkin on the feature films starting with Robert Altman's The Player (1992), and The New Age (1994) and The Rapture(1991). He has also produced short subjects including Mailman, which premiered at the 1995 Sundance Festival. His improvisation experience included two seasons with the Los Angeles performance group "Theatersports".
What would you find if you traced the wires from your light switch to their energy source? Mountain top removal, childhood asthma, or hope? Follow filmmaker Jeff Barrie as he searches America's cities, towns, and countryside for solutions to the great energy problems of our day. Along the way you'll meet power companies, schools, businesses, and everyday Americans finding ways to meet our energy needs using conservation and green power. Find out how Jeff and his wife Heather cut their energy bills in half and use a portion of the savings to buy green power. Best of all, Kilowatt Ours will teach you how to dramatically reduce your own energy bill and improve the environment at the same time!
OilCrash , produced and directed by award-winning European journalists and filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack, tells the story of how our civilization's addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining, the film visits with the world's top experts and comes to a startling, but logical conclusion - our industrial society, built on cheap and readily available oil, must be completely re-imagined and overhauled.
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time. Concerned for the future of his new baby boy Sebastian, writer and director Andrew Nisker takes an average urban family, the McDonalds, and asks them to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months. He then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it's doing to the world. From organic waste to the stuff they flush down the potty, the plastic bags they use to the water they drink out of bottles, the air pollution they create when transporting the kids around, to using lights at Christmas, the McDonalds discover that for every action there is a reaction that affects them and the entire planet. Everyday life under a microscope has never been so revealing. By the end of this trashy odyssey, you are truly inspired to revolutionaize your lifestyle for the sake of future generations. Check out www.garbagerevolution.com for more information about the film. Catch the trailer here .
Preview some of our EFF
finalists' films at selected venues throughout Klang Valley
in the month of October 2008. If you missed our film road show, fret not as you
can catch these films again at the Eco Film Fest on the 1st and 2nd of November
at the National Arts Academy.
More films and their screening times and locations will be updated on this page
soon.
AMATEUR CATEGORY
What Happened to Green?
It
has been years since the forging of awareness campaigns on the environment and
many Malaysians have long forgotten the importance of the environment. Set in a
futuristic and Cloverfield-like setting, Malaysians despite all the reminders
around them have gone back to their old habits and apathetic attitudes about Nature
until a strange phenomenon swept the country. Not knowing the cause of this
phenomenon, Malaysians were caught off guard. Day by day, shades and hues of
green starts to fade away from the surface of the earth, leaving them a dull
and lifeless world we call home. What are the people going to do to restore the
green back in the world?
Catch this creative short film by Audrie Yeo, a EFF finalist, at the Eco FIlm Festival in November.
Running time: 8 minutes
Matangnya Matang
In
this documentary, urban city dwellers are exposed to the importance of mangrove
forests and how these delicate areas are the key to the protection of our
coastal areas in the country. Apart from functioning as a source of fossil fuel
and food for the locals, mangrove forests play very important roles in stabilizing
the coastal systems, and form a natural barrier against killer tidal waves. When
the tsunamis struck India's
southern state of Tamil Nadu on Dec 26, 2005 for example, areas in Pichavaram
and Muthupet with dense mangrove swamps suffered fewer human casualties and
less damage to property compared to areas without mangroves.
In the context of preservation, management and observation of mangroves, the
audience is exposed to a plethora of invaluable experiences and lessons learnt
from the Matang mangroves. The Matang Mangrove Reserve is perhaps the only
tract of mangroves in the world that is managed sustainably with timber
extraction and fishing activities taking place through out the year.
A Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) personnel, Asmar Hassan is also a EFF finalist. Catch his documentary at our free public screenings at the Eco Film Festival, November 1st and 2nd 2008 at the National Arts Academy.
Running time: 30 minutes
Wasiat
Wasiat is a short film narrative which follows
through the life of a 50 year old man who tells his story of his childhood
days. Set in the future, the man undergoes a series of flashbacks when he was
10 years old through pictorial illustrations, depicting the worsening state of
environment today compared to his younger years. This short film touches on the
moral obligations of mankind in leaving the future generation with a healthy
planet.
Mohamed
Fazry (Ary) and Norhafizzah Razak are both finalists for the Eco Film Fest
competition. Catch Wasiat in EcoKnights’ series of free public screenings or
watch it again at the Eco Film Fest, November 1st and 2nd
at the National Arts Academy.
Running time: 15 minutes
Bumi Tanpa Suara
This short film takes an
emotional twist with the story of 9-year old deaf girl name Farahani. Despite
her disability, Farahani excels very well in the field of art. Having won first
prize in a World Environment Day art competition, Farahani’s artwork depicted an
image of a sad planet, surrounding by man-made catastrophes like global warming
and deforestation. This goes to show that even a young disabled child grasps
the basic understanding of the consequences of man-made actions on our planet.
Without her voice, Farahani attempts to educate her father and other adults
around her on their actions which contribute to global climate change. How does
a father understand and accept his daughter’s “silent” plea? Is this message - without
a voice - effective? What is obvious is that Farahani is a symbol of a world
without a voice, who like everyone else around her, hopes to be heard.
Roziah Adama is a first year scriptwriting student at the National Arts Academy and this is her first submission to a film festival. Catch Roziah's debut in short film making at the Eco Film Fest in November.
Running time: 10 minutes
Definition: Environment
Definition:Environment is a short film which speaks strongly about how one person's seemingly unimportant actions can impact their environment. Set in the common life of Kuala Lumpur, Nelson is an ordinary young man who seemed oblivious to his surroundings and is not hesitant to waste energy or use too many plastic bags. However, his housemates act as his conscience and influence him to change his ways. This film serves as a reminder to us that our actions however insignificant translate to unpleasant consequences on our natural environment in the long run.
Joel Tan is a 19 year old first time film maker, who has taken a year off the usual route in search of new experiences in the media industry. Catch Joel Tan’s short film definition: environment at the Eco Film Festival, this November at the National Arts Academy.
Running time: 10 minutes
Karma Alam
Since 1999, the residents of a housing area, Taman Sri Manja, moved in
to their new houses only to find themselves experiencing “weird”
problems. The air smelled putrid almost toxic-like and resulted in a
series of health problems among the residents. It became eerie when, in
a couple of months, all metal-made items in the homes turned black and
started to rot. No clear explanation was given to this problem. What is
the mystery? In this documentary film maker Puspavathy will expose the
reason behind these mysterious occurrences. The bottom line remains
that due to Malaysians’ lack of knowledge in waste management, the
nation is contributing more to climate change. How? See it in “Karma
Alam”.
Puspavathy Ramaloo is a TV3 broadcast journalist and has worked for
the TV station for the last 8 years. “Karma Alam” is her first
documentary for a film competition.
Running time: 24 minutes
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY
6 Days
Shot entirely in Penang, 6 Days tells the story of a middle class insular man who discovered that changing the knob on his air conditioner can change the climate outside his house. He made the discovery over 6 days where weather caused great changes in various parts of the world-including a possible melting of the polar icebergs.
Directed by Johnny Goh, and as part of the Penang Film Club's submission, this short film is definitely a must-watch for all Malaysians.
Running time: 11 minutes
Zero Waste Home
This short film follows the lives of Don Theseira & Mylene Ooi, the original green crusaders, who have spent the last ten years giving free talks on recycling to just about anyone who ask them to. With a specific focus on household wastes, film maker, activist and winner of the 2007 Freedom Film Fest, Ong takes the audience through a journey of self-discovery on the simplicities behind recycling. The message is simple - recycling helps to slow down climate change if societies can progress with less resource utilization.
Ong has been involved in environment and human rights advocacies in
the last 20 year. He spent 10 years as an organic farmer and is the
founder of the Penang Organic Farm and the Penang Film Club.
Running time: 15 minutes
1963’ is a short film about two sibling of Ibanese man, George
and Imba have to make choices between affinity or loyalty to troop
respectively. Base on confrontations Indonesian, George is a person of
Sarawak Rangers (a unit under British Army), already met his brother
Imba from team Gerak Tjepat (Indonesian Military). Both of them
console respectively to leave their team before the war began to the following day. On that night, their grandfather had appeared in the
dream and warned them that they will bring destruction to their race
and their own land. This film ended with both siblings ignoring their
grandad's warning and continue their plan to murder one another.
by Harry Frederick Diglin
Running time: 10 minutes
Semangat Padi
This short film is about a tribesman,Kadazan Dusun believe existence of
Huminudon, a young girl have been sacrificing herself, so her people
get income from paddy yield. Until now, Huminudon still believed as
the spirit paddy also provided fertility to paddy field and further
look after the welfare Kadazan Dusun's societal community. Bobohizan,
an old lady, a chief Kadazan Dusun's tribesman, feel worried and
thinking who’s going to become her heir as nowadays already modern
instead of Kadazan Dusun's all society not all of them still believe on
faith ancestor. Aki, husband to Milan represents part of the community
Kadazan Dusun heart and belief it already indecisive. Huminudon Moden,
also represent youth stripling which will become heir to tradition and
belief Kadazan Dusun's tribesman.
by Fathin Alliza Jamal
Running time: 5:24 minutes
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What would you find if you traced the wires from your light switch to their energy source? Mountain top removal, childhood asthma, or hope? Follow filmmaker Jeff Barrie as he searches America's cities, towns, and countryside for solutions to the great energy problems of our day. Along the way you'll meet power companies, schools, businesses, and everyday Americans finding ways to meet our energy needs using conservation and green power. Find out how Jeff and his wife Heather cut their energy bills in half and use a portion of the savings to buy green power. Best of all, 
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time. Concerned for the future of his new baby boy Sebastian, writer and director Andrew Nisker takes an average urban family, the McDonalds, and asks them to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months. He then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it's doing to the world. From organic waste to the stuff they flush down the potty, the plastic bags they use to the water they drink out of bottles, the air pollution they create when transporting the kids around, to using lights at Christmas, the McDonalds discover that for every action there is a reaction that affects them and the entire planet. Everyday life under a microscope has never been so revealing. By the end of this trashy odyssey, you are truly inspired to revolutionaize your lifestyle for the sake of future generations. Check out 
It
has been years since the forging of awareness campaigns on the environment and
many Malaysians have long forgotten the importance of the environment. Set in a
futuristic and Cloverfield-like setting, Malaysians despite all the reminders
around them have gone back to their old habits and apathetic attitudes about Nature
until a strange phenomenon swept the country. Not knowing the cause of this
phenomenon, Malaysians were caught off guard. Day by day, shades and hues of
green starts to fade away from the surface of the earth, leaving them a dull
and lifeless world we call home. What are the people going to do to restore the
green back in the world?
In
this documentary, urban city dwellers are exposed to the importance of mangrove
forests and how these delicate areas are the key to the protection of our
coastal areas in the country. Apart from functioning as a source of fossil fuel
and food for the locals, mangrove forests play very important roles in stabilizing
the coastal systems, and form a natural barrier against killer tidal waves. When
the tsunamis struck India's
southern state of Tamil Nadu on Dec 26, 2005 for example, areas in Pichavaram
and Muthupet with dense mangrove swamps suffered fewer human casualties and
less damage to property compared to areas without mangroves.
Wasiat is a short film narrative which follows
through the life of a 50 year old man who tells his story of his childhood
days. Set in the future, the man undergoes a series of flashbacks when he was
10 years old through pictorial illustrations, depicting the worsening state of
environment today compared to his younger years. This short film touches on the
moral obligations of mankind in leaving the future generation with a healthy
planet.
Since 1999, the residents of a housing area, Taman Sri Manja, moved in
to their new houses only to find themselves experiencing “weird”
problems. The air smelled putrid almost toxic-like and resulted in a
series of health problems among the residents. It became eerie when, in
a couple of months, all metal-made items in the homes turned black and
started to rot. No clear explanation was given to this problem. What is
the mystery? In this documentary film maker Puspavathy will expose the
reason behind these mysterious occurrences. The bottom line remains
that due to Malaysians’ lack of knowledge in waste management, the
nation is contributing more to climate change. How? See it in “Karma
Alam”. 
Shot entirely in Penang, 6 Days tells the story of a middle class insular man who discovered that changing the knob on his air conditioner can change the climate outside his house. He made the discovery over 6 days where weather caused great changes in various parts of the world-including a possible melting of the polar icebergs.
This short film follows the lives of Don Theseira & Mylene Ooi, the original green crusaders, who have spent the last ten years giving free talks on recycling to just about anyone who ask them to. With a specific focus on household wastes, film maker, activist and winner of the 2007 Freedom Film Fest, Ong takes the audience through a journey of self-discovery on the simplicities behind recycling. The message is simple - recycling helps to slow down climate change if societies can progress with less resource utilization.
