Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the
world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of a
small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer
(Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a
family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the
Arctic Circle.
Official site: everybodyloveswhales.com
Cast: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson and Ted Danson
Directed By: Ken Kwapis
Based upon the Dr. Seuss book of the same name, The Lorax (3D) follows
a creature as he attempts to stand up for the environment in the face
of an industrialist who cares little for the forests and nature. The main charater a 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win
the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover
the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to
protect his world.
Release Date: 2 March 2012
Cast: Zac Efron, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms
Writer: Ken Daurio, Dr. Seuss
Studio: Universal Pictures
www.theloraxmovie.com
Presenting Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli's captivating new film,
from France's most acclaimed animation studio, Folimage.
Our tale's hero is Dino, a common house cat who lives a double life.
He's the loyal pet of Zoe, a lonely little girl who lives with her busy
single mother Jeanne, a police officer. But after sundown, he clambers
over the rooftops of Paris in the company of Nico, a skilled thief with a
big heart. Eventually, Zoe discovers what Dino is up to and becomes
drawn into a thrilling, adventure involving jewels, gangsters and
capital-T trouble.
A Cat in Paris is a completely refreshing and
unique throwback to the traditional form - every cell of the film has
been hand-painted, and its highly stylized, colour-saturated design
looks absolutely gorgeous on the big screen. A must-see for animation
fans of all ages.
Nominated for an Emmy. www.uneviedechat-lefilm.fr
Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an
international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who
dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson.
Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately
found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this
documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz,
Rosie O'Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a
behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop. beingelmo.com
Official Trailer for "The Big Fix" a Green Planet Production by Josh and Rebecca Tickell. Critics say that The Big Fix is part daring journalism, part archival investigation and part eco-horror story. The Big Fix features Peter Fonda and received critical acclaim earlier this year as the only Official Selection Documentary of the Cannes Film Festival. Through interviews with scientists, government officials, journalists (including Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell who examined the Gulf spill in his article “The Poisoning”), attorneys (including New Orleans Toxic Tort attorney Stuart Smith) and Gulf States natives, The Big Fix recounts the events surrounding the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico and paints a disturbing picture of the aftermath of the largest oil spill in America’s history.
www.thebigfixmovie.com
Tancrède, Julien, Seb and Antoine are pioneers in ‘highlining’ - a
vertiginous combination of climbing, slackline and tightrope walking.
They rigged highlines in the Verdon gorge, on the skyscrapers of Paris, and finally came to the spectacular cliffs and fjords of Norway.
Months of training take place before the Skyliners team attempts their daredevil flights. More amazing footage here: www.youtube.com
More about the Skyliners team: facebook.com/pages/Skyliners
Director/Editor: Sébastien Montaz-Rosset www.sebmontaz.com
Human Planet is an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping landmark
series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature in
the world today.
Uniquely in the animal kingdom, humans have
managed to adapt and thrive in every environment on Earth. Each episode
takes you to the extremes of our planet: the arctic, mountains, oceans,
jungles, grasslands, deserts, rivers and even the urban jungle. Here you
will meet people who survive by building complex, exciting and often
mutually beneficial relationships with their animal neighbours and the
hostile elements of the natural world. www.bbc.co.uk/humanplanet
After hearing about efforts in Venezuela to develop a more equitable and sustainable food and agriculture system, the filmmaker heads there to see if it's working and find out what we might be able to learn from this giant experiment.
We meet people in the cities and in the countryside and learn that while Venezuela once had a strong agriculture sector it was left behind as the country became a major oil exporting economy in the 20th century. After decades of urbanisation, government neglect for agriculture, and dependent on food imports, Venezuela faced a food crisis of its own. In may ways the country was a microcosm of the challenges facing much of the world today.
But the documentary takes us through a new food system as it's being constructed almost from scratch.
We meet farmers who are gaining access to land for the first time and working in cooperatives to break the country's reliance on imports. www.simoncunich.com.au
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of
Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of
humankind in their astonishing natural setting. He puts 3-D technology to a profound use, taking us back in time over 30,000 years. Released 2011. Directed by: Werner Herzog. www.wernerherzog.com
ECO-PIRATE: The story of Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson is a feature-length documentary
about a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. Part Captain
Nemo, part Grizzly Man, the film follows Watson in the act as he
repeatedly flouts the law, so that he may apprehend what he sees as the
more serious law-breakers -- the illegal poachers of the world. From the
genesis of Greenpeace to the sinking of a pirate whaling ship off
Portugal, from clashes with fisherman in the Galapagos to Watson's
recent headline-grabbing battles with the Japanese whaling fleet in
Antarctica.
Pollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the
human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of
pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film
"Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary
pollinators, the honeybee.
Schwartzberg founded BlackLight Films to use the power of media to inspire and entertain through television programming, DVD products, and
full-length motion picture and IMAX films. His new film "Wings of Life"
will be released by Disneynature. www.blacklightfilms.com
The Island President tells the story of
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem
greater than any other world leader has ever faced--the literal survival
of his country and everyone in it. As the lowest lying country in the
world, if the sea level rises a few feet, the picturesque islands of the
Maldives will be submerged and uninhabitable, like a modern-day
Atlantis. It could happen as soon as 2050.
Equal parts documentary, tone poem and visual concert, this
revolutionary 1982 film portrays the relationship between humans, nature
and technology set to the haunting music of Philip Glass. Critics
called it "a remarkable film event," a "breathtaking experience," a
"fusion of image & sound." Now you can experience Koyaanisqatsi
like never before, as the New York Philharmonic and the Philip Glass
Ensemble performs Philip Glass's mesmerizing score live with the film
projected on a huge screen above the stage. Nov 2-3, 2011. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit:
nyphil.org/koyaanisqatsi
Watch the complete movie here: www.inspirationgreen.com/koyaanisqatsi-life-out-of-balance
85-year-old David Attenborough has been narrating nature documentaries for BBC for more than 50 years. His brother, Richard Attenborough, was the actor who welcomed scientists to "Jurassic Park" in 1993.
David Attenborough is the writer and narrator of "Flying Monsters 3D," a big-screen documentary which opened at IMAX theaters in North American on Oct. 7.
www.flyingmonsters3dmovie.com
Years in the making and narrated by David Attenborough this brand new
series reveals a world as alien to most of us as the surface of the
moon. These are places of breathtaking beauty and survival against all
the odds, lonely lands that feed our imagination and whose wonders we
may be witnessing for the last time. www.bbc.co.uk/frozenplanet
World Peace...and other 4th-grade achievements interweaves the story of
John Hunter, a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students'
participation in an exercise called the World Peace Game. The game
triggers an eight-week transformation of the children from students of a
neighborhood public school to citizens of the world. The film reveals
how a wise, loving teacher can unleash students' full potential. The
film traces how Hunter's unique teaching career emerges from his own
diverse background. An African-American educated in the segregated
schools of rural Virginia, where his mother was his 4th grade teacher,
he was selected by his community to be one of seven students to
integrate a previously all-white middle school. After graduation, he
traveled extensively to China, Japan, and India, and his exposure to the
Ghandian principles of non-violence led him to ask what he could do as a
teacher to work toward a more peaceful world. Hunter teaches the
concept of peace not as a utopian dream but as an attainable goal to
strive for, and he provides his students with the tools for this effort.
The children learn to collaborate and communicate with each other as
they work to resolve the Game's conflicts. They learn how to compromise
while accommodating different perspectives and interests. Most
importantly, the students discover that they share a deep and abiding
interest in taking care of each other. Learn more about John Hunter in this inspiring TED talk: www.ted.com
The Game
The World Peace
Game is a hands-on political simulation that gives players the
opportunity to explore the connectedness of the global community through
the lens of the economic, social, and environmental crises and the
imminent threat of war. The goal of the game is to extricate each
country from dangerous circumstances and achieve global prosperity with
the least amount of military intervention. As "nation teams," students
will gain greater understanding of the critical impact of information
and how it is used.
As their teams venture further into this
interactive social setting laced with highly charged philosophical
issues, the skills needed to identify ambiguity and bias in the
information they receive will be enhanced and more specifically they
will rapidly perceive that reactive behavior not only provokes
antagonism, it can leave them alone and isolated in the face of powerful
enemies. Beliefs and values will evolve or completely unravel as they
begin to experience the positive impact and windows of opportunity that
emerge through effective collaboration and refined communication. www.rosaliafilms.com
More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her
career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to
devote all her energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she's
been spending 300 days a year scouring the globe on her mission to
spread hope for future generations. She has taken on the
responsibilities of a UN Messenger of Peace, and has been honored with
countless awards. In Jane's Journey, we accompany her on her travels
across several continents, and receive unprecedented access to her
intense and exciting past. From her childhood home in Bournemouth,
England, we embark to Gombe National Park on the shores of Lake
Tanganyika, in Tanzania, her second home. It's where she began her
groundbreaking research nearly half a century ago, and she still returns
every year to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees.
Find a theatre near you: www.fathomevents.com. Only $15 (may vary by
theatre). Fathom Events Presents via satellite JANE GOODALL LIVE in 500
US movie theatres. Joining Jane in studio is Academy Award Best Actress
Charlize Theron plus Jane talks with the astronauts aboard the
International Space Station in orbit, and with superstar Dave Matthews,
and then the first US showing of Jane's Journey -- with special
appearances by Angelina Jolie and Pierce Brosnan. A rare look
behind-the-scenes of Jane Goodall's extraordinary life.
Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de
Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the
Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago, also known as
The Way of Saint James. Driven by his profound sadness and desire to
understand his son better, Tom decides to embark on the historical
pilgrimage, leaving his "California bubble life" behind. Armed with his
son's backpack and guidebook, Tom navigates the 800 km pilgrimage from
the French Pyrenees, to Santiago de Compostela in the north west of
Spain, but soon discovers that he will not be alone on this journey.
While walking The Camino, Tom meets other pilgrims from around the
world, all broken and looking for greater meaning in their lives: a
Dutchman (Yorick van Wageningen) a Canadian (Deborah Kara Unger) and an
Irish writer (James Nesbitt) who is suffering from a bout of "writer's
block." From the hardship experienced along "The Way" this unlikely
quartet of misfits create an everlasting bond and Tom begins to learn
what it means to be a citizen of the world again, and discovers the
difference between "The life we live and the life we choose". THE WAY
was filmed entirely in Spain and France along the actual Camino de
Santiago.
Solitaire is backcountry skiing forged in the tradition of Western
cinema. Born in the spires of Argentina's legendary Las Lenas, a lonely
two-year journey begins through an abandoned world, wandering the length
of a continent from Peru's Cordillera Blanca to Chilean Patagonia. Lost
in the winds of snowbound badlands and the blizzards of primordial
forests; seen from a horse's saddle and a paraglider's wings; ridden on
ski and board and telemark... Solitaire fuses western-inspired tales of backcountry gambles into landscapes never before visited on film.
Premieres Sept 15th, 2011.
www.sweetgrass-productions.com
