With drive-in cinemas now largely a thing of past, it’s pretty hard to go to the movies these days while also experiencing the outdoors.
But film buffs in Footscray will soon be able to experience the next best thing, with the suburb about to host a five week environmental cinema experience.
Environmental Films Australia has teamed up with Footscray art gallery, Trocadero Projects, to show a selection of short environmental films at the Leeds Street gallery from February 26 to March 29.
Short films from Australia, New Zealand and the United States have been chosen for the program which will explore humanity’s connection to country, the impacts of colonialism, the awe of nature and Indigenous knowledge.
Chosen films include the 2019 Australian documentary ‘Veins of the Country’ by Indigenous filmmaker Mervyn Street, the 2024 experimental animation ‘In a Nut (technically a seed) Shell’ by American Andrea Karo and ‘Yana Djamaga Ganji / Walk Good Fire’ by Clancy Walker and Adam Nye which will shown at a special community screening to close the program.
As well as watching the short films, attendees can also participate in the exhibit by donating plants and cuttings to create a living space at the gallery.
Audience members will also be welcome to take home an exhibition plant with them.
For more information, visit: www.effa.org.au/events/trocadero-exhibition-feb
Cade Lucas.
