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Dartmoor Calling + Where is Heaven

Dartmoor Calling + Where is Heaven

Showing Sunday 27 July

Dartmoor Calling + Where is Heaven

Showing Sunday 27 July

Join us for a double screening about lands rights and off-grid living in Devon! 


Dartmoor Calling - 42min
Directed by Charlotte Bill
Who saved Dartmoor? Dartmoor Calling tells the stories of the activists who saved Dartmoor from development in the 1950s, the activists who campaign for and defend land access rights, and the people trying to restore nature on Dartmoor.


Where is Heaven? - 86min
Directed by Gerard Bryan and David Rafique
Maverick soulmates Ged and Dave are on a mission through the winding lanes and hidden tracks of North Devon, to record the lives and experiences of people living without mains electricity. Filming 'Where is heaven?' over ten years, they captured not only the beauty of this often harsh environment but also the spirit of the wonderful off-grid characters who inhabit it. A perfect antidote to the intensity of life in the modern world.
Roots&Reels - Nottingham Ecology Film Festival

Roots&Reels - Nottingham Ecology Film Festival

Showing Thursday 31 July

Roots&Reels - Nottingham Ecology Film Festival

Showing Thursday 31 July

Welcome to our first Roots & Reels ecological film festival screening.

We have set out a call for Nottinghamshire-based people and projects using film as a medium to celebrate ecology, raise awareness and inspire climate action... and people have answered!

Enjoy a diverse selection of short films, from the quirky and poetic, to the documentary in style.
The evening will be interspersed with moments to share, chat and reflect.

Thursday 31st July 2025
7pm - 9pm

Section 1
1 - Plastic Parley by Penny Arnold 
2 - An I away from Science by Karla Jones
3 - Forest and Frequency by Georgianna Scurfield with Caroline Locke
Ringing of bells and sharing of trees

Section 2
4 - Bin on Trial by Penny Arnold
5 - Digitalis by Rebecca Beinart, Usha Mahenthiralingam and Freddy Griffiths
6 - Shelf Life by INSTAR
7 - Sun, wind, shadow, tree, dance by Saintly Amok
8 - Common is the land by River Butterworth

 Comfort break and herbs

Section 3
9 - Handy Bin by Penny Arnold 
10 - Our Beautiful Wild by Young Voices for Nature 
11 - In the studio by Beam Editions
12 - Drastic Plastic by Children from Ilkeston Cotmanhay Junior School
13 - Machine for Food by Jonathan Hamilton
14 - Land of Aprons by Usha Mahenthiralingam
Short reflection on the gifts that get passed forward
Seeds for the future

...more screenings coming soon in different venues in Nottingham!

This is a small voluntary-based festival organised by Usha, Nottingham-based mixed media and movement artist, and Raffa of Mammoth - A Climate Action Cinema. This is our first run, and we are curious to see what is growing in our backyard!
Climate, Water, Life and Land – Resilient Communities in East Africa

Climate, Water, Life and Land – Resilient Communities in East Africa

Showing Saturday 2 August

Climate, Water, Life and Land – Resilient Communities in East Africa

Showing Saturday 2 August

Join us for this screening and panel discussion led by local filmmakers, bringing stories of community action from East Africa!

Eitai - 59:19 min - 2025
Director: Sally Bashford-Squires
A Documentary Film Exploring Community, Togetherness and Change in Rural Uganda. Eitai is a powerfully moving documentary that delves into the challenges faced by a rural community in North-Eastern Uganda. Filmed in Teso and co-produced with celebrated Masai filmmaker Sonyanga Weblan, Eitai—an Ateso word for "community togetherness"—is based on doctoral research conducted by Sally Bashford-Squires, a PhD graduate of Nottingham Trent University. The documentary explores critical global issues, including the interconnected challenges of climate change, poverty, alcoholism, and gender-based violence (GBV). It highlights how social enterprise projects not only provide economic opportunities but also create safe spaces for knowledge sharing, environmental action through tree planting, and community sensitisation via music, drama, and dance. Through vivid storytelling, Eitai underscores the importance of indigenous knowledge and communitarianism in addressing pressing global crises. It calls for stronger relationships among people, the land, and non-humans to mitigate further environmental degradation. The film also captures unique narratives on combating HIV and GBV, as told by participants through their lived experiences and cultural expressions.

Water, Life, and Land - 16:49 min - 2025 
Director of Photography: Sonyanga Weblan 
Water, Land, and Life documents how sand dams, permaculture practices and land restoration are mitigating climate change through sustainable development in Laikipia, Kenya. Told through Indigenous voices, the documentary demonstrates how these incredible structures are not only capturing precious rainwater but also restoring degraded landscapes and supporting thriving communities. 

The directors Sally and Sonyanga warmly invite you to join this meaningful discussion on community-driven solutions to some of the most urgent issues of our time, and will join us for the discussion after the films. This screening is not only a celebration of the resilience and resourcefulness of communities but also a platform for international knowledge exchange. It seeks to amplify majority-world perspectives on addressing global challenges and foster dialogue across cultures.

Sally Bashford-Squires, formally an Assistant Head Teacher of a Nottinghamshire Infant School, now lectures in Public Health at The University of Greenwich. She recently completed her PhD in critical public health from Nottingham Trent University. Her doctorate explored how social enterprise projects impact on women's health in Teso, Uganda. Sally is also Chair and founder of a Nottingham Registered Charity called 'The Mustard Seed Project - Uganda' which supports the social enterprise projects featured in the documentary.

Sonyanga Weblan holds a Master's Degree in Media and Globalisation from Nottingham Trent University. He is part of the Maasai community from Kenya and star of the award- winning film 'Warriors' which follows the story of how Sonyanga and his peers used cricket as a leverage for ending female genital mutilation in his community. Sonyanga has continued to work to end FGM through sport and community sensitisation projects and his work has been celebrated by the United Nations. Sonyanga currently works as a freelance film maker in Kenya, capturing issues that impact on his communities. 


CDs featuring the soundtrack (and bonus tracks) from Eitai will be available to buy for £5.00 in the foyer on the day.

More information on Sally's charity: www.mustardseedprojectuganda.com

Short Film Screening + Workshop: Bringing People Back to the Farm

Short Film Screening + Workshop: Bringing People Back to the Farm

Taking Place Saturday 9 August

Short Film Screening + Workshop: Bringing People Back to the Farm

Taking Place Saturday 9 August

Join us for an afternoon of film and creative collaboration at Mammoth - A Climate Action Cinema. 

We’ll start by watching a short film — Into the Soil — a 30min documentary film that follows Brigid LeFevre who runs the community supported agriculture operation ”Förädlad” in Järna, Sweden. 

After the screening, you’ll take part in a hands-on 2.5-hour workshop where we’ll explore how to reconnect people with farms in Nottinghamshire. Whether you’ve volunteered on a farm before or are just curious about climate, community, and land — this is for you. 


Workshop: "Bringing People Back to the Farm" 
This participatory research workshop is part of a local project exploring how to make community and regenerative farms more accessible, welcoming, and fulfilling for volunteers.

Together, we will:
- Reflect on what makes volunteering meaningful
- Explore the emotional and practical barriers to getting involved
- Co-create ideas for new kinds of volunteer experiences
- Use storytelling, collage, and prompts to imagine what a dream community-farm programme could look like

Who can join?
Participants must be 18+ and live in Leicestershire or Nottinghamshire, with an interest in farming, food growing, nature, or volunteering. No experience needed — just curiosity and willingness to share.

Limited to 16 participants
All participants will receive a £25 thank-you for their time (tickets cost £5, so you receive £20 net).


This event is part of a research study in collaboration with Grange Farm, Loughborough University, and Nottingham Trent University.     

Finding the Money

Finding the Money

Showing Friday 15 August

Finding the Money

Showing Friday 15 August

Finding the Money follows economist Stephanie Kelton on a journey through Modern Money Theory or “MMT”. Kelton provocatively asserts the National Debt Clock that ticks ominously upwards in New York City is not actually a debt for us taxpayers at all, nor a burden for our grandchildren to pay back. Instead, Kelton describes the national debt as simply a historical record of the number of dollars created by the US federal government currently being held in pockets, as assets, by the rest of us. 
MMT bursts into the media with journalists asking, “Have we been thinking about how the government spends money, all wrong?” But top economists from across the political spectrum condemn the theory as “voodoo economics”, “crazy” and “a crackpot theory”.
The film traces the conflict all the way back to the story we tell about money, injecting new hope and empowering countries around the world to tackle the biggest challenges of the 21st century: from climate change to inequality.
Power Station

Power Station

Showing Friday 22 August

Power Station

Showing Friday 22 August

Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.

Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living, with the hope of galvanising a wider push towards sustainable alternatives. Directed by the duo, POWER STATION charts their turbulent journey, from pitching the idea to their neighbours and sleeping on the roof of their home to raising finance and launching a bid for a Christmas number one single. By turns funny and heartwarming, Powell and Edelstyn’s film is a vibrant portrait of their local neighbourhood, and a charming testament to the power of art in changing minds about what could be possible.
Architecton

Architecton

Showing Saturday 30 August

Architecton

Showing Saturday 30 August

The latest film from master documentarian Victor Kossakovsky (Gunda, Aquarela) is an epic, intimate, and poetic meditation on architecture. 

Monumental in scale and vision and largely without narration, it’s an absorbing journey that takes us from tomb-like Ukrainian cities through mind-boggling modern quarrying and construction methods to an ancient stone monolith in Lebanon. With architect Michele De Lucchi as our occasional guide, it manages to ask searching questions about our short-sighted use of natural resources: how do we build, and how can we build better – before it’s too late?