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Win tickets to Transitions Film Festival

Win tickets to Transitions Film Festival

Win a double pass to see a film at the Transitions Film Festival 2014.

Adelaide Transitions Film Festival returns again in 2014 – See inspirational documentaries about the social and technological innovations, revolutionary ideas and trailblazing change-makers that are leading the way to a better world. For your chance to win a double pass to a film below, all you need to do is click on the ENTER NOW link and fill in your details and use the code word AREV. Good luck. Future of Energy – Screening on 7th November, 6:30pm Competition closes on 29th October, 5:00pm The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People is a positive, fun film that focuses on energy solutions and the people behind the renewable energy revolution. ENTER NOW The Connection – Screening on 8th November, 6.30pm Competition closes on 30th October, 5:00pm From interviewing world leading scientists to meeting people with remarkable stories of recovery from severe back pain, heart disease, infertility, cancer and multiple sclerosis, this documentary delves into the link between our mind and body. ENTER NOW Growing Cities – Screening on 9th November, 4:00pm Competition closes on 31st October, 5:00pm A documentary film that examines the role of urban farming in America and asks how much power it has to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat. ENTER NOW Last Call – Screening on 9th November, 7:00pm Competition closes on 31st October, 5:00pm Last Call tells the story of the rise, fall and final rebirth, of ‘Limits to Growth,’ one of the most controversial and inspiring environmental books of our time. It asks one of the most important and difficult questions our civilization has been forced to ask: how can we have infinite growth on a finite planet? ENTER NOW Amazonia Eterna – Screening on 12th November, 6:30pm Competition closes on 2nd November, 5:00pm With breathtaking cinematography, this film explores successful initiatives that balance the needs of industry and environmentalists working together with indigenous tribes and riverbank communities. ENTER NOW Musicwood – Screening on 14th November, 6:30pm Competition closes on 4th November, 5:00pm Featuring The Antlers, Steve Earle, Kaki King, Lambchop, Turin Brakes, and Yo La Tengo, Musicwood follows Bob Taylor of Taylor guitars, Chris Martin of Martin Guitars and Dave Berryman of Gibson Guitars as they travel together into the heart of one of the most primeval rainforests on the planet. Their mission: to negotiate with Native American loggers and change the way this forest is logged before it’s too late for acoustic guitars. ENTER NOW Project Wild Thing – Screening on 15th November, 6:30pm Competition closes on 5th November, 5:00pm This documentary film takes a funny and revealing look at a complex issue, the increasingly disparate connection between children and nature, coined “nature deficit disorder” by psychologists. Project Wild Thing is a film-led movement to get more kids and families outside and reconnecting with nature. ENTER NOW Web – Screening on 16th November, 4:00pm Competition closes 6th November, 5:00pm The internet has changed the way we live, work and socialise – but what does it mean to cultures accessing the global brain for the first time? Sparked by the One Laptop Per Child program in Peru, WEB shows how education and the way we connect with each other is being revolutionised. ENTER NOW Revolutionary Optimists – Screening on 16th November, 6:30pm Competition closes 6th November, 5:00pm Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer – turned social entrepreneur, empowers children to become leaders in improving health and transforming their communities for the better. The Revolutionary Optimists follows his journey as he attempts to take his work into the brickfields outside Calcutta, where children live and work in unimaginable conditions. ENTER NOW

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