Film Nights

The Sustainable Film Season (2009 ­ 2014) was a successful annual event for SCEG. After a year hiatus, we were happy to bring it back. We expect the films we show will demonstrate, inspire, connect and support others passionate about making the place around them more sustainable. SCEG has a history of doing this in the past and we plan to show films that uplift our community to action. For example, the opening night (May 2010) was attended by over 70 residents who watched a film on the issue of plastics in our ocean. As a result, people were inspired to cut down their plastic use, benefitting the local and global environment and kick starting a plastic bag free Torquay initiative.

In recent years, Polyfaces and Our Power, both Australian-made allowed SCEG to host Q&A Panels with the filmmakers and special guests. Polyfaces, a multi-award winning film by Bendigo-based filmmakers Lisa Heenan and Darren Doherty focused on the importance of our connection to the land. The film follows the Salatin’s, a 4^th generation farming family who do “everything different to everyone else” as they produce food in a way that works with nature, not against it. Special guests that night included Hayden Findlay (Ravens Creek Farm) and Jodi Roebuck (Roebuck Farm).