BCCB#4 Films

Big ideas on the big screen

Burrinja is proud to present a selection of films by Environmental Films Australia, a volunteer-run not-for-profit, based in Naarm (Melbourne), which promotes climate action through cinema, community and connection.

Screening 1 - Sat 5 Sep, 4pm-5.10pm

Forest Country
Lewis Haskins, Australia, 2025, 20 mins 
By 2024 the Victorian government announced the end of native forest logging, only for it to continue in more insidious forms. Film maker Lewi Haskins made himself a promise that if his forest community came under the threat of logging, he would protect it the best way he knew how - through film. 

Forest Country is the powerful and deeply moving result of that promise. Shot over the course of a year alongside activists, conservationists, and ecologists, the film bears witness to the ongoing destruction of native ecosystems, the death of endangered wildlife, and the growing risks to community safety.

Corals’ Last Stand 
Jane Hammond, Australia, 2025, 28 mins 
Perched on the edge of the continental shelf, 300km from the Australian mainland lies Scott Reef. This ancient coral atoll, isolated for millions of years from other reef systems and mainland influences, has developed its own sub populations of unique species. Formed more than 15 million years ago Scott Reef is home to more than 1200 species including endangered seas snakes, green turtles and spectacular corals. But Scott Reef is under threat from global corporation Woodside. Corals' Last Stand follows the voyage of a team of prominent Australians including author Tim Winton and musician John Butler as they travel to the reef to bring worldwide attention to the impact that drilling will have on this special place. 

Sea Country  
Australia, 2025, 15 mins 
Malu Lag (Sea Country) follows Tishiko King - a marine biologist and proud Kulkalaig woman - all the way to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. It’s a long way from her island home of Masig, but she makes the trip to try and save it. Malu Lag explores the great healing power of the ocean, the resolve of a First Nations community to protect their island and culture, and one woman’s journey to stand up for the place she loves.

Screening 2 - Sat 10 Oct, 4pm-5pm

Outpicker
Le Luo, Australia, 2024, 12 mins
A Chinese queer immigrant finds a sense of belonging in Victoria through litter picking with other queer women. A poignant film poem that inspires everyone to take action and find community. 

Yana Djamaga Ganji / Walk Good Fire 
Clancy Walker, Australia 2024, 47 mins
In late 2019, Australia's South Coast burned red, hot, and black. When the ash settled, First Nations voices were the first to emerge from the deafening silence. Yana Djamaga Ganji / Walk Good Fire is an Indigenous-led film that follows the Walbunja Rangers back out onto Yuin Country, as they work with cultural fire to heal both the coast and their people. As out-of-control fires begin to spark again across the Australian continent, this documentary offers a well-overdue look into the holistic approach of First Nations’ land management practices, ultimately encouraging others to understand, and help reclaim, the healing benefits of walking good fire for all Australians.

Screening 3 - Sat 17 October, 4pm

Future Council
Damon Gameau, Australia 2025, 81 mins PG

'School of Rock' meets 'An Inconvenient Truth'

Damon Gameau (2040, That Sugar Film) takes eight children on the ultimate school excursion: a road trip across Europe to meet with powerful leaders and find solutions to our greatest environmental challenges. This is a coming-of-age journey that dares to imagine a brighter future. 

Millions of children around the world are frustrated by the dire lack of action to protect the planet and their future. Until now, their only avenue to express these concerns has been protesting on the streets. 

Director Damon Gameau invites eight children on an epic adventure across Europe in a school bus powered by biofuel. Their mission is to better understand the planet's predicament, explore solutions and, most importantly, take the conversation from the streets, into the boardrooms of some of the world's largest polluters and most influential companies. 

This inspiring and surprisingly humorous journey results in the children forming a Future Council to advise and influence the world's most powerful companies on their decisions that impact nature.

Make a day of it

All the screenings follow the the Talks Program. Join the conversation, enjoy
lunch at Coolé’s Café, and stay for a film.

About Environmental Films Australia 

Environmental Films Australia is a volunteer-run not-for-profit, based in Naarm (Melbourne), that promotes climate action through cinema, community and connection. We prioritise climate and environments through film, provide platforms for artists to showcase their work, and create space for people to connect and exchange solutions.  Our program navigates the relationship between humans and their environments and interrogates the way people think about the natural world. We feature films from the world’s most talented and socially-conscious filmmakers, embracing diversity and championing local, Indigenous, minority and creative voices. We’ve been running since 2010, starting out as a weekend screening event in Palace Kino (as Environmental Film Festival Melbourne) and have since hosted festivals and events throughout Australia and online. 

Main Image - Still 6 Yana Djamaga Ganji Walk Good Fire, Uncle Les Simon