April 2 - 8, 2025
Expand your ideas of environmentalism through film at pop up cinema
◆ EXPLORE IDEAS: Environmental Films Australia to host a pop-up cinema as part of Off-Grid Living Festival with a program of films exploring what it means to live on the planet, ways to care for country, and what the future may bring.
AS part of the upcoming Off-Grid Living Festival, join Environmental Films Australia at the historical Star Theatre Chiltern on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 April for the ‘Off Grid Pop Up Cinema’, a program of films exploring what it means to live on the planet, ways to care for country, and what the future may bring. With shorts, feature films and even a kid’s session, there’s something for everyone to connect with the environment. Environmental Films Australia chair and director, Freyja Gillard, said they were thrilled when Off-Grid Living Festival approached them
By JORDAN DUURSMA
to host the pop up cinema for its very first time. “We’re really keen to bring more festivals and events to Regional Victoria and saw this as a great opportunity to connect not only with Chiltern locals but also with the thousands of people who travel to be part of ‘Off Grid’,” they said. “We’re lucky to be hosted by the beautiful
Star Theatre, Chiltern, which still features a lot of its historic fixtures and has a Guiness World Record awarded Grapevine.” On Friday night, the event kicks off with the Bob Brown feature documentary The Giants (2023). Explore the intertwined lives of humanity and trees, with this long awaited poetic portrait of a national living treasure. On Saturday, the whole family is invited to a special screening at 4pm of the animated Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (2019), where young girl Mimmi must team up with her cousin
Jacob and the local canine community to save her favourite tree. Following that, at 6:30pm, enjoy a series of curated sci-fi and action short films, during the future shorts session, and delve into how tomorrow’s stories respond to today’s emergencies. The screenings end with an exploration of caring for country in Australia with Yana Djamaga Ganji / Walk Good Fire (2024), preceded by the award winning (and fan favourite) Victorian short Outpicker (2023). ■ Continued Page 6
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