Green Encounters to move audiences

In collaboration with Greenhouse, it has secured a number of award winning local and international documentaries, which focus on cultivating environmental and social awareness. Dubbed Green Movies: Rewind, Review, Remake, this section showcases various green and social issues affecting business, energy, water and the earth while highlighting sustainable solutions from local organizations to others across the globe. Rather than focusing only the doom and gloom, many of these films carry a positive message supporting the idea that we as individuals are indeed empowered to create the much-needed change in our society.

Local support

"Encounters initiated the Green Focus in 2007 to broaden the debate and highlight the most pressing ecological issues we are facing. We are excited this year to partner with Greenhouse and acknowledge Woolworths and Earthchild, which have sponsored individual Green films," said festival director Mandisa Zitha.

Green Movies

• Dirt! The Movie - Dirs: Bill Benenson, Gene Rosow US;
  
• Unearthing the Pen - Dir: Carol Salter UK;
  
• Earthchild - Dir: Lesedi Mogoatlhe, SA;
  
• Tapped - Dir: Stephanie Soechtig, US;
  
• The Yes Men Fix the World - US;
  
• Buried in Earthskin - Dir: Helena Kingwill, South Africa;
  
• Care Takers - Dir: Michael Raimondo South Africa;
  
• A Place Without People - Dir: Andreas Apostolides, Greece;
  
• For the Best and for the Onion! - Dir: Sani Elhadj Magori Niger/France;
  
• Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space - Dir: Denis Delestrac France/Canada.

For more information go to www.encounters.co.za.