Enviro Film Club: Australian Activism & Advocacy Shorts

Environmental Films Australia is back, with the launch of our Enviro Film Club!

A casual film club and community catch up, these monthly screenings offer a unique opportunity to watch a wide range of environmental cinema, rarely seen anywhere else, explore our place in the wider world, and connect with new friends.

Grab a drink in the bar before and after, discuss the films, and get to know each other and the Environmental Films Australia volunteer team.

We're starting our monthly series with a special selection of Australian documentary shorts, all sharing urgent stories of activism and advocacy happening right now at home.

FILM PROGRAM

🎬 Rangerlu tuku pirra ngalypa warrarn

In November 2024, two Indigenous ranger teams set out on a 1,900-kilometre journey from the remote community of Bidyadanga in Western Australia to Uluru.

Their destination: the largest gathering of Indigenous desert rangers in Australia — the Indigenous Desert Alliance Conference. Along the way, they were joined by 12 other ranger teams from across the Western Deserts.

This documentary follows what began as 20 rangers became a powerful convoy of over 90, as they arrrive together in the heart of Australia.

🎬 Corals' Last Stand

Perched on the edge of the continental shelf, 300km from the Australian mainland lies Scott Reef. Follow the voyage of a team of prominent Australians including author Tim Winton and musician John Butler as they travel to the reef to bring worldwide attention to the impact that drilling will have on a very special and important place.

This powerful and engaging documentary asks whether Australia can really afford to exploit this gas reserve in a time of growing community concern at rising global temperatures. And if it does will Scott Reef and the life it supports be the collateral damage of that decision?

This film has been taking the world by storm, winning multiple awards, including Best Documentary Aware - Paris Film Awards, Best Director, Short Documentary - Los Angeles Short Film Awards, Bangkok Society of Critics Award Documentary Film Category - Bangkok Movie Awards, Best Oceania Film - Cannes World Film Festival, and Best Documentary Short (May 2025) - Bridge Fest Film Festival, Vancouver Canada.

🎬 Forest Country

By 2024 the Victorian government announced the end of native forest logging, only for it to continue in more insidious forms. Film maker Lewi Haskins made himself a promise that if his forest community came under the threat of logging, he would protect it the best way he knew how - through film.

Forest Country is the powerful and deeply moving result of that promise. Shot over the course of a year alongside activists, conservationists, and ecologists, the film bears witness to the ongoing destruction of native ecosystems, the death of endangered wildlife, and the growing risks to community safety.

Filmed predominantly in the Dandenong Ranges by local filmmaker Lewi Haskins.

TICKETS

Single Session $12

VENUE

Champagne Video Bar
318 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North 3068

ABOUT US

Environmental Films Australia is a volunteer-run arts charity based in Naarm that promotes action through cinema, community and connection.

We prioritise climate and environments through film, provide platforms for artists to showcase their work, and create space for people to connect and exchange solutions. Previously known as Environmental Film Festival Australia.