Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea
Through oral histories and tales of loss, adaptation and hope, this short film presents a memory of the Amu Darya – the Central Asian river that no longer reaches its destination. It tells how local communities are dealing with the river’s desiccation and how the USSR turned the world’s fourth largest lake – the Aral Sea – into its youngest desert. The human story of an environmental disaster.
With poem translated by Chichester poet Andrew Staniland after he visited the region and got to know the young filmmakers from the Amu Darya Project.
UK 2024 James Chapman, Annie Liddell & Oscar Fraser Turner 28m
Our Sea Forest
Narrated by Chris Packham, this moving documentary tells of the remarkable regeneration of the vast underwater kelp forest off our Sussex shores. Told through the eyes of 74-year-old Eric Smith, a free-diver of the forest since he was a child, it charts the destruction of this once-thriving ecosystem by trawling to its miraculous recovery in recent years. Teeming with sea life and hope. Filmed at Shoreham, Goring and Bognor Regis. Thanks to BBC1 and Big Wave Productions Ltd.
Introduced by Sarah Cunliffe, director of Sussex-based Big Wave Productions which made the documentary aired on the BBC.
UK 2023 Sarah Cunliffe 30m
This screening (both films) is FREE - but please book in advance to guarantee a space.
A GREENER SCREEN Films & Talk
Wilding
Heart of an Oak
Six Inches of Soil
Our Sea Forest PLUS Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea
I Could Never Go Vegan
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Environmentalism on the Big Screen
