Artivist Film Festival: October 2-October 5
For the socially conscious cinephile, the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival has returned to Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre today. Dedicated to addressing Human Rights, Children’s Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Rights, this international film festival will showcase forty films from around the world. The festival concludes on Sunday with the 2008 Artivist Awards, honoring the winning films of the Artivist Film Festival as well as the work of advocate artists.
Here is a preview of some the festival’s films that focus on environmental issues:
MEAT THE TRUTH (Friday, October 3rd, 6pm)
Directed by Gertjan Zwanikken; Karen Soeters
MEAT THE TRUTH, presented by Marianne Thieme - leader of the Dutch Party for the Animals, is a climate change film that focuses on factory farming.
ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA (Saturday, October 4th, 5:45pm)
Directed by Graham Greene
An exploration of how the suburban lifestyle, which is dependent on fossil fuels, is detrimental to the environment.
FOSSIL FOOL (Saturday, October 4th, 5:45pm)
Directed by Calvin Prieto; Jun Kwak; Kenny Ceron; Max Groff; Michael Relth
After years of reliance on filthy fossil fuels, there’s none left. A scientist, a businessman, and a tycoon hatch a bizarre solution that involves bringing dinosaurs back to life.
ONE WATER (Saturday, October 4th, 7pm)
Directed by Sanjeev Chatterjee
Artivist Award Winner for Best Feature on Environmental Preservation
Filmed in 14 countries across the globe, One Water brings home stunning non-verbal visual sequences, compelling expert commentary, local music and an overall score performed by the world renowned Russian National Orchestra, to highlight mankind’s changing and challenging relationship to water.
A DROP OF LIFE (Saturday, October 4th, 7pm)
Directed by Shalini Kantayya
A DROP OF LIFE is the story of two women, one of rural India and the other from the urban United States, and the convergence of their shared struggle for access to clean drinking water.
The Artivist Film Festival will also be held in the following cities:
Mexico City: October 24-26
Tokyo: November 14-16
London: November 28-30
Lisbon: December 6-7
For more information, including a complete schedule of films, visit their website: http://artivists.org/.
