Green Shoots Film Festival Saturday 19th October
2024
​Green Shoots Film Festival Tramore, Ireland 2024
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Green Shoots Film Festival has a powerful series of screenings of international feature documentaries and short films on climate change, ocean conservation, eco-feminism, biodiversity, trees, beautiful gardens, renewable energy and the power of people in restoring and protecting nature, a reimagined sustainable future. These films are the visions of a new generation of thinkers, creators and builders, one filled with hope for a new earth. There will be panels and Q&A's with filmmakers, directors, producers, environmentalists and climate activists.
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Blue Carbon
Director Nicolas Brown,
Executive Producer Don Mullan,
Make Waves & Tangled Bank studios UK 2024 1 hour 40 minutes
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In the fight against climate change, we may have overlooked our greatest
ally. Told through the eyes of Grammy-nominated music producer, DJ and environmental toxicologist, Jayda Guy accompanied by a score from
Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and featuring Seu Jorge, Blue Carbon is an
enviromental documentary that brings together music and science to
uncover what could be one of our greatest allies in the fight against
climate change.​​
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​Filmed in the USA, Senegal, Vietnam, France, Colombia and Brazil, the
documentary explores the relatively newly-discovered potential of
oceans to absorb much more carbon from the atmosphere than even
tropical rainforests. This "Blue Carbon" as scientists are now calling it
can be found in salt-marshes, sea-grasses and mangroves.
This documentary urges us to take stock of nature's true value
by listening to and learning from the communities on the front lines of
climate change.
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Fashion Reimagined
Director Becky Hunter UK 2022 100 minutes
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Trailblazing fashion designer Amy Powney is on a mission to create a sustainable collection from field to finished
garment and transform the way we engage with fashion.
Fashion designer Amy Powney of cult label Mother of Pearl
is a rising star in the London fashion scene. Raised off-the-grid
in rural England by activist parents, Amy has always felt uneasy about the devastating environmental impact of her industry
When she wins the coveted Vogue award for
the Best Young Designer of the Year, which came with a
a big cash prize, Amy decides to use the money to
create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment
and transform her entire business. Over the following three years
her own personal revolution becomes the
precursor of a much bigger, societal change.
Act Now
The story of how the people of Northern Ireland created their own Climate Change Act
Director Simon Wood Ravenshill Films UK 2023 60 minutes
The story of how green activists, environmentalists, and the people of Northern Ireland wrote their own Climate Change Act, despite the governments’ unwillingness and powerful forces lobbying against their aspirations to act for the climate. An inspiring documentary on the power of the people, positively acting to protect nature with a new vision of the future.
A noose around Belfast
Director Simon Wood Ravenshill Films 2023 UK 7 minutes
An investigation into the industrial mining industry which is destroying the countryside and the land of Belfast for generations to come.
Fair Seas : The Celtic East
Director Dr Natasha Phillip Cinematographer Lawrence Eagling Executive Producer Jack O' Donovan Trá Swimming Head Productions Ireland 2024 15 minutes
An intrepid marine biologist Jack O’Donovan Trá and conservationists from the Irish national campaign team, Fair Seas take us through a journey into oceans of the South East Coast of Ireland, where the community are protecting the ocean and conserving the coastlines of Ireland.
Life along the East Irish coastline is shaped by the wild green waves rolling in from the Celtic Sea. But with our oceans facing unprecedented threats, what can be done to turn the tide? However, hope remains as the Celtic Sea reveals its hidden gems, showcasing the life and colour of the underwater world, and a strongly supportive local community. This film explores the stunning Irish coastline through the eyes of those who know it best. Voices from coastal communities explore their close connection to the ocean, sharing their stories, hopes and fears, and how marine protections can offer new hope for a brighter future.
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Nature's Keepers
Director Simon Wood Ravenshill Films 2023 for Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland 31 minutes
From the inspiring web series Natures’ Keeper produced for Friends of the Earth, is a portrait of seven people in Ireland whose lives and actions yesterday and today, with their dedication and love of nature, are protecting the land, these are the visions of Natures’ Keepers.
We Can
Directed by Siobhán Cleary Rebel Sister Films Ireland 2024 15 minutes
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WE CAN is an interview with Osprey Orielle Lake, executive director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action International Network and their vision in 2024 An international network of eco-feminists and environmental activists, who are working to create a just and equitable transition to renewable energy. As eco-feminists their vision is for a caring economy, one which will ensure the future of our planet and humanity. Osprey gives an inspiring vision of what a new world could look like.
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An updated version 2024, as We Can prepares for Cop 29 and their proposals to stop the continued expansion of fossil fuels.
Women Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and
Building a Just Transition
WECAN 2024 5 minutes
This short video by WECAN campaign team highlights the advocacy of global women leaders fighting to end the era of fossil fuels while advancing a just transition and advocating for climate solutions, indigenous and human rights, rights to nature and thriving communites and planet.
Green Shoots Film Festival Programme and Schedule
Saturday 19th October 12-9pm
12pm Opening of The Green Shoots Film Festival​
Film screening schedule
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00:30 - 01:00
Fair Seas : The Celtic East
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01:15 - 02:30
Act Now
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02:30 - 02:40
Tea and coffee break
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02:40 - 02:41
We only want the earth
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02:41 - 03:00
We Can & Women ending the era of fossil fuels.
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03:00 - 03:30
Panel with filmmakers, directors, producers and environmentalists
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03:45 - 04:00
Tea and coffee break
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04:00 - 04:07
Sea In
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04:10 - 18:00
Blue Carbon feature documentary
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18:00 - 18:20
Recorded Q & A with Executive Producer of Blue Carbon
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18:00 - 18:30
Evening break
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18:30 - 19:00
Natures' Keepers
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19:00 - 21:00
Fashion Reimagined feature documentary
Festival Day tickets available online at eventbrite
VENUE
Coastguard Cultural Centre
Upstairs Gallery, Tramore
Coastguard cultural centre
Upstairs Gallery
Doneraile , Tramore West,
Co. Waterford, X91 HP63
Access details
Ramp into building
One flight of stairs
Lift available with wheelchair access
Bicycles welcome
Café
Lunch, teas, coffee and cakes.
Café on ground floor
Green Shoots Film Festival Press Reviews
The Munster Express
8th October 2024
Act Now, Save the Planet!
by Liam Murphy
The Irish Times Saturday Magazine
13th October 2024 featured in We Love...
The Nature of Things
by Gemma Tipton
