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Palace Kino
Thu 16 Oct - Opening Night: Documerica, Self-Portrait of a Nation on the Brink (2023) | 18:30 Palace Kino ticket
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 18:30 - 21:30, Thu 16 Oct, Cinema 2, Palace Kino. Environmental Film Festival launches on Thu 16 Oct with an Opening Night showcase at Palace Kino. Enjoy the Australian premiere of 'Documerica, self-portrait of a nation on the brink', an evocative documentary on the ‘Documerica Project’, a long-forgotten epic photo survey of the American environment launched in the early 1970s at the height of environmental awareness. The night will also include Canadian Indigenous short film 'River Revelations', and a panel on 'Art, Environment & Storytelling' chaired by ABC star Maree Lowes. Join us afterwards in the Kino Foyer for a drinks reception, meet the filmmakers and festival team and help us toast the fest!
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 18:30 - 21:30, Thu 16 Oct, Cinema 2, Palace Kino. Environmental Film Festival launches on Thu 16 Oct with an Opening Night showcase at Palace Kino. Enjoy the Australian premiere of 'Documerica, self-portrait of a nation on the brink', an evocative documentary on the ‘Documerica Project’, a long-forgotten epic photo survey of the American environment launched in the early 1970s at the height of environmental awareness. The night will also include Canadian Indigenous short film 'River Revelations', and a panel on 'Art, Environment & Storytelling' chaired by ABC star Maree Lowes. Join us afterwards in the Kino Foyer for a drinks reception, meet the filmmakers and festival team and help us toast the fest!
$36.00+ $1.40 feeSat 18 Oct - People, Place, Planet shorts | 11:00 Palace Kino ticket
11:00 - 12:40. Sat 18 Oct, Cinema 6, Palace Kino. *Join us from 10:30 in the Kino Foyer for our Festival Morning Tea. Free plant-based hot drink for 'People, Place, Planet' ticket holders at the Morning Tea.* Exploring ideas of urban living, city nature, and how humans and our environment are intertwined, ‘People, Place, Planet shorts’ offers a unique perspective on environmental cinema. Through cine-poetry, dance, experimental art, documentary, and the journey of a plane tree being meticulously moved just 72 meters, these films ask us to reconsider what our environment means to us and what we mean to our environment. After the films, enjoy a filmmaker panel discussing what it's like behind-the-scenes making environmental cinema in Australia today.
11:00 - 12:40. Sat 18 Oct, Cinema 6, Palace Kino. *Join us from 10:30 in the Kino Foyer for our Festival Morning Tea. Free plant-based hot drink for 'People, Place, Planet' ticket holders at the Morning Tea.* Exploring ideas of urban living, city nature, and how humans and our environment are intertwined, ‘People, Place, Planet shorts’ offers a unique perspective on environmental cinema. Through cine-poetry, dance, experimental art, documentary, and the journey of a plane tree being meticulously moved just 72 meters, these films ask us to reconsider what our environment means to us and what we mean to our environment. After the films, enjoy a filmmaker panel discussing what it's like behind-the-scenes making environmental cinema in Australia today.
$26.00+ $1.15 feeSat 18 Oct - These Sacred Hills (2024) | 13:10 Palace Kino ticket
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 13:10 - 15:25, Sat 18 Oct, Cinema 6, Palace Kino Facing an existential threat from a proposed green energy project, the Rock Creek Band of the Yakama Nation fight to protect their sacred sites and cultural resources. In a last-ditch effort to be heard, they open their community and reveal parts of their sacred culture for the first time. Take a deep dive into energy, Indigenous sovereignty and the politics of power, with this Australian premiere screening, two Aboriginal shorts on solar energy and self-determination from Original Power, and a brief insight from behind-the-scenes. Presented in partnership with Monash University.
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 13:10 - 15:25, Sat 18 Oct, Cinema 6, Palace Kino Facing an existential threat from a proposed green energy project, the Rock Creek Band of the Yakama Nation fight to protect their sacred sites and cultural resources. In a last-ditch effort to be heard, they open their community and reveal parts of their sacred culture for the first time. Take a deep dive into energy, Indigenous sovereignty and the politics of power, with this Australian premiere screening, two Aboriginal shorts on solar energy and self-determination from Original Power, and a brief insight from behind-the-scenes. Presented in partnership with Monash University.
$26.00+ $1.15 feeSat 18 Oct - The World According To My Dad (2023) | 16:00 Palace Kino ticket
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 16:00 - 17:40, Sat 18 Oct. Cinema 6, Palace Kino. What happens when a scientist and an artist team up to save the planet? Artist and filmmaker Marta Kovářová presents a funny, intimate documentary about her father, a physicist who dreams of fixing climate change with one big bold idea. Follow their journey as they try to make their voices heard in a world that doesn’t always want to listen, crashing conferences, playing protest songs, and sharing late-night chats. The World According to My Dad shows that saving the planet isn’t just about science, it’s about family, imagination, and working together. Australian premiere screening, supported by Climate Choir Melbourne.
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 16:00 - 17:40, Sat 18 Oct. Cinema 6, Palace Kino. What happens when a scientist and an artist team up to save the planet? Artist and filmmaker Marta Kovářová presents a funny, intimate documentary about her father, a physicist who dreams of fixing climate change with one big bold idea. Follow their journey as they try to make their voices heard in a world that doesn’t always want to listen, crashing conferences, playing protest songs, and sharing late-night chats. The World According to My Dad shows that saving the planet isn’t just about science, it’s about family, imagination, and working together. Australian premiere screening, supported by Climate Choir Melbourne.
$26.00+ $1.15 fee- Package
Kino Festival Pass ticket
Love the cinema? This is the pass for you! Enjoy the ultimate festival experience, with all four Palace Kino film sessions, including our Opening Night reception. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Love the cinema? This is the pass for you! Enjoy the ultimate festival experience, with all four Palace Kino film sessions, including our Opening Night reception. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Inclusions
- 1x Thu 16 Oct - Opening Night: Documerica, Self-Portrait of a Nation on the Brink (2023) | 18:30 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - People, Place, Planet shorts | 11:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - These Sacred Hills (2024) | 13:10 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - The World According To My Dad (2023) | 16:00 Palace Kino
$99.00+ $4.46 fee - Package
Kino Saturday Pass ticket
Enjoy a bespoke mini-film festival! This pass gives you access to all three Saturday sessions at Palace Kino - including our morning shorts package and two feature films. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Enjoy a bespoke mini-film festival! This pass gives you access to all three Saturday sessions at Palace Kino - including our morning shorts package and two feature films. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Inclusions
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - People, Place, Planet shorts | 11:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - These Sacred Hills (2024) | 13:10 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - The World According To My Dad (2023) | 16:00 Palace Kino
$68.00+ $3.21 fee
Trocadero Projects
Fri 17 Oct - METABOLISM & Water Ecologies - Fundraiser Event | 18:45 Trocadero Projects ticket
18:45 - 20:15, Fri 17 Oct, Trocadero Projects, Footscray. Pay As You Can - All funds raised donated to APHEDA Gaza Appeal. An experiential gallery screening event exploring our interconnection with water, through the merging of living environments and lived experiences, and both natural and constructed ecologies. With three short films, an artist talk by Eugenia Lim, and plenty of time to chat and mingle, the program invites audiences to rethink the world around you, because Environment is Everywhere. This pay-as-you-can screening is presented by Trocadero Projects and Environmental Films Australia. All funds raised will be donated to the APHEDA Gaza Emergency Appeal.
18:45 - 20:15, Fri 17 Oct, Trocadero Projects, Footscray. Pay As You Can - All funds raised donated to APHEDA Gaza Appeal. An experiential gallery screening event exploring our interconnection with water, through the merging of living environments and lived experiences, and both natural and constructed ecologies. With three short films, an artist talk by Eugenia Lim, and plenty of time to chat and mingle, the program invites audiences to rethink the world around you, because Environment is Everywhere. This pay-as-you-can screening is presented by Trocadero Projects and Environmental Films Australia. All funds raised will be donated to the APHEDA Gaza Emergency Appeal.
Flexible price
Wildflower Video Bar
Thu 23 Oct - No More History Without Us (2024) | 18:45 Wildflower Video Bar ticket
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 18:45 - 20:15, Thu 23 Oct, Cinema Space - Wildflower Video Bar. An eye-opening manifesto documentary by two Amazonian filmmakers who flip the script, revealing how European colonisers invented false ideas about the Amazon and its people. From stolen artifacts hidden away in museums to the logging trucks stripping the forest, colonial legacies continue to shape the present. More than a history lesson or critique, this is an act of resistance and reclamation. A fierce and uncompromising reminder that without decolonisation there can be no healing. Join us after this Australian Premiere screening for a meal and a drink at the Wildflower Bar. Please pre-order dinner before the film for it to be ready after the session.
*AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE* 18:45 - 20:15, Thu 23 Oct, Cinema Space - Wildflower Video Bar. An eye-opening manifesto documentary by two Amazonian filmmakers who flip the script, revealing how European colonisers invented false ideas about the Amazon and its people. From stolen artifacts hidden away in museums to the logging trucks stripping the forest, colonial legacies continue to shape the present. More than a history lesson or critique, this is an act of resistance and reclamation. A fierce and uncompromising reminder that without decolonisation there can be no healing. Join us after this Australian Premiere screening for a meal and a drink at the Wildflower Bar. Please pre-order dinner before the film for it to be ready after the session.
Sold out$10.00+ $0.75 feeThu 23 Oct - EFF25 After Dark shorts | 21:00 Wildflower Video Bar ticket
21:00 - 22:00, Thu 23 Oct, Cinema Space, Wildflower Video Bar. A special festival-edition of our fan-favourite ‘EFA After Dark’ series. Try something a little different with a special festival edition of our fan-favourite ‘After Dark’ series, a visual cine mixtape of enviro shorts. Enjoy a night of weird, wonderful and boundary-pushing cinema, with an eclectic mix of exciting, playful, and dynamic films, exploring ideas of urban environments and what it means to live in a more-than-human world. Get lost in Kaurna Country with Australian short ‘Blissonance’, feel delighted and devastated by Swiss animated mockumentary ‘Martha’, consider the future of streaming with unique speculative fiction ‘The Lost Season’, be exposed to the foils of luxury housing with ‘Floods Recede To Luxury’ and connect with the Irish backyard in ‘The Residents of 49’. Join us before the film for dinner and a drink!
21:00 - 22:00, Thu 23 Oct, Cinema Space, Wildflower Video Bar. A special festival-edition of our fan-favourite ‘EFA After Dark’ series. Try something a little different with a special festival edition of our fan-favourite ‘After Dark’ series, a visual cine mixtape of enviro shorts. Enjoy a night of weird, wonderful and boundary-pushing cinema, with an eclectic mix of exciting, playful, and dynamic films, exploring ideas of urban environments and what it means to live in a more-than-human world. Get lost in Kaurna Country with Australian short ‘Blissonance’, feel delighted and devastated by Swiss animated mockumentary ‘Martha’, consider the future of streaming with unique speculative fiction ‘The Lost Season’, be exposed to the foils of luxury housing with ‘Floods Recede To Luxury’ and connect with the Irish backyard in ‘The Residents of 49’. Join us before the film for dinner and a drink!
$10.00+ $0.75 fee- Package
Wildflower Double Feature Pass ticket
One Wildflower screening just isn't enough! Get yourself this Double Feature ticket and join us for the whole evening! Note: This pass does not include Palace Kino or Trocadero events.
One Wildflower screening just isn't enough! Get yourself this Double Feature ticket and join us for the whole evening! Note: This pass does not include Palace Kino or Trocadero events.
Inclusions
- 1x Thu 23 Oct - No More History Without Us (2024) | 18:45 Wildflower Video Bar
- 1x Thu 23 Oct - EFF25 After Dark shorts | 21:00 Wildflower Video Bar
Sold out$16.00+ $1.40 fee
Other Venues
Sat 18 Oct - 15th Anniversary Party | 19:30 Bobbie Peels ticket
Sat 18 Oct, 19:30 - Late, Bobbie Peels, North Melbourne We're throwing a party to celebrate our 15th year as a fully volunteer-run environmental arts organisation… and you're invited! Join us for a night of music, dancing and creativity at Bobbie Peels in North Melbourne. We'll have activation spaces to explore, drinks on arrival, and delicious plant-based canapés to enjoy. Come celebrate this milestone with us and the incredible community that makes our work possible. All welcome! Get a $10 discount on Party tickets, when purchased with a film screening ticket. Discount applied at check-out. Note: The function space at Bobbie Peels is up a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
Sat 18 Oct, 19:30 - Late, Bobbie Peels, North Melbourne We're throwing a party to celebrate our 15th year as a fully volunteer-run environmental arts organisation… and you're invited! Join us for a night of music, dancing and creativity at Bobbie Peels in North Melbourne. We'll have activation spaces to explore, drinks on arrival, and delicious plant-based canapés to enjoy. Come celebrate this milestone with us and the incredible community that makes our work possible. All welcome! Get a $10 discount on Party tickets, when purchased with a film screening ticket. Discount applied at check-out. Note: The function space at Bobbie Peels is up a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
$30.00+ $1.25 feeSun 19 Oct - Elwood Beach Clean Up | 11:00 Elwood Pier ticket
11:00 - 13:00. Sun 19 Oct, Meet at Elwood Pier We’re stepping out of the cinema to connect with Country, through a beach clean at Elwood Beach, in partnership with 3184 Beach Patrol. Join us in turning climate anxiety into climate action, through a relaxed and social litter pick. 3184 Beach Patrol will guide us through the best way to litter-pick and help us collect and count our spoils. Following the clean up, there'll be the option to join the team for lunch in a local cafe.
11:00 - 13:00. Sun 19 Oct, Meet at Elwood Pier We’re stepping out of the cinema to connect with Country, through a beach clean at Elwood Beach, in partnership with 3184 Beach Patrol. Join us in turning climate anxiety into climate action, through a relaxed and social litter pick. 3184 Beach Patrol will guide us through the best way to litter-pick and help us collect and count our spoils. Following the clean up, there'll be the option to join the team for lunch in a local cafe.
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Festival Passes
Get the best of the fest, with our great value festival passes!
- Package
Kino Festival Pass + Party ticket
*BEST DEAL* Enjoy the ultimate festival experience, with all four Palace Kino film sessions, including our Opening Night reception, our Saturday series of screening, and our 15 year anniversary celebration on Saturday Night! Note: This pass does not include Trocadero or Wildflower events.
*BEST DEAL* Enjoy the ultimate festival experience, with all four Palace Kino film sessions, including our Opening Night reception, our Saturday series of screening, and our 15 year anniversary celebration on Saturday Night! Note: This pass does not include Trocadero or Wildflower events.
Inclusions
- 1x Thu 16 Oct - Opening Night: Documerica, Self-Portrait of a Nation on the Brink (2023) | 18:30 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - People, Place, Planet shorts | 11:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - These Sacred Hills (2024) | 13:10 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - The World According To My Dad (2023) | 16:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - 15th Anniversary Party | 19:30 Bobbie Peels
$114.00+ $5.33 fee - Package
Kino Festival Pass ticket
Love the cinema? This is the pass for you! Enjoy the ultimate festival experience, with all four Palace Kino film sessions, including our Opening Night reception. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Love the cinema? This is the pass for you! Enjoy the ultimate festival experience, with all four Palace Kino film sessions, including our Opening Night reception. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Inclusions
- 1x Thu 16 Oct - Opening Night: Documerica, Self-Portrait of a Nation on the Brink (2023) | 18:30 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - People, Place, Planet shorts | 11:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - These Sacred Hills (2024) | 13:10 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - The World According To My Dad (2023) | 16:00 Palace Kino
$99.00+ $4.46 fee - Package
Kino Saturday Pass + Party ticket
Spend your Saturday with the fest! This pass gives you access to all three Saturday sessions at Palace Kino - including our morning shorts package and two feature films - and our 15th anniversary celebration party at Bobbie Peels. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero or Wildflower events.
Spend your Saturday with the fest! This pass gives you access to all three Saturday sessions at Palace Kino - including our morning shorts package and two feature films - and our 15th anniversary celebration party at Bobbie Peels. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero or Wildflower events.
Inclusions
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - People, Place, Planet shorts | 11:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - These Sacred Hills (2024) | 13:10 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - The World According To My Dad (2023) | 16:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - 15th Anniversary Party | 19:30 Bobbie Peels
$85.00+ $4.12 fee - Package
Kino Saturday Pass ticket
Enjoy a bespoke mini-film festival! This pass gives you access to all three Saturday sessions at Palace Kino - including our morning shorts package and two feature films. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Enjoy a bespoke mini-film festival! This pass gives you access to all three Saturday sessions at Palace Kino - including our morning shorts package and two feature films. Note: This pass does not include Trocadero, Wildflower or Bobbie Peels events.
Inclusions
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - People, Place, Planet shorts | 11:00 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - These Sacred Hills (2024) | 13:10 Palace Kino
- 1x Sat 18 Oct - The World According To My Dad (2023) | 16:00 Palace Kino
$68.00+ $3.21 fee - Package
Wildflower Double Feature Pass ticket
One Wildflower screening just isn't enough! Get yourself this Double Feature ticket and join us for the whole evening! Note: This pass does not include Palace Kino or Trocadero events.
One Wildflower screening just isn't enough! Get yourself this Double Feature ticket and join us for the whole evening! Note: This pass does not include Palace Kino or Trocadero events.
Inclusions
- 1x Thu 23 Oct - No More History Without Us (2024) | 18:45 Wildflower Video Bar
- 1x Thu 23 Oct - EFF25 After Dark shorts | 21:00 Wildflower Video Bar
Sold out$16.00+ $1.40 fee
Donations
Donate to Environmental Films Australia
Environmental Films Australia is a volunteer-run charity based in Naarm (Melbourne) that prioritises action through cinema, community and connection. We host events and festivals throughout the year and support events across Australia. We have no major funding and need your help to bring our programs to life. Make a tax-deductible donation today and support our purpose of bringing people together through a love of film to promote environmental action and thought.
Environmental Films Australia is a volunteer-run charity based in Naarm (Melbourne) that prioritises action through cinema, community and connection. We host events and festivals throughout the year and support events across Australia. We have no major funding and need your help to bring our programs to life. Make a tax-deductible donation today and support our purpose of bringing people together through a love of film to promote environmental action and thought.