Our World Film Festival

Thursday the 27th of March 2008 at the Odeon Cinema, Guildford

(On the Fringe of the Geographical Association's Annual Conference)

A showcase of geographical filmmaking, Our World Film Festival is a visual adventure into our changing planet to promote our understanding of the geographies that we live.

Our World will be a wonderful mix of films made by both first-timers and professionals alike.

Tickets will go on the 24th of February 2008.

Folens geography(at)work film-making competition
Student films: Do you really know where you live?
Teacher films: Extreme geography
An outstanding showcase of short films submitted for the 2008 geography(at)work film-making competition that test Geography’s boundaries.
11:00 – 12:00 £2

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Feature film & debate with special guests
‘A Crude Awakening is an informative and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world’s obsession with oil that makes An Inconvenient Truth look positively chipper.’ The Times
12:30 – 14:30 £3

An Alternative Guide to Our World
A showcase of geographical shorts
A wide range of short films that exploit geographical thinking including In Passing, a film about the psychogeography of a blind women’s experiences of Manchester and entries from ‘The Secret Geographer’ competition on the Geography of…
15:00 – 16:30 £5

CALL FOR ENTRIES
geography(at)work film-making competition

Full guidance and rules will be available from here on Monday the 10th of December 2007. All entries must be recieved by the 14th of February 2008.

The geography(at)work Student Award for Geography Filmmaking
Do you really know where you live?
Ask your Year 9 students to make a 60 second film on the theme ‘Do you really know where you live?’ and they could win an atlas, an annual subscription to Geographical MagazineA, a copy of the festival’s feature film, 1kg of Fair Trade chocolate and a shield for your school.

The geography(at)work Teacher Award for Geography Filmmaking
Extreme Geography
Make a 60 second film on the theme ‘Extreme geography’ and you could win a class set of geography(at)work, the new KS3 series, worth over £1200 for your school.

The GGiP Secret Geographer Filmmaking Award
The Geography of…
Make a 60 second film on ‘The Geography of…’ and you could win £200 (or £100 if you come second). Simple as that.

An Alternative Guide to Our World
To be announced here in January 2008