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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7LDk4D3Q3U&list=RDp7LDk4D3Q3U&start_radio=1

The Turning Point' explores the destruction of the environment, climate change and species extinction from different perspective.

Written, directed and animated entirely by Steve Cutts.

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No.2 'The Village of Watermills', Dreams (1990)

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No.2 'The Village of Watermills', Dreams (1990)

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The Village of the Watermills, Dreams (1990), Akira Kurosawa

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The Village of the Watermills, Dreams (1990), Akira Kurosawa

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We are diving into the final segment of Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990). In this dream, we leave the chaos of the city behind for the rhythmic turn of waterwheels and the gentle song of the stream.

The heart of the film is a profound exchange between a traveling young man and a 103-year-old elder. When the traveler questions the village's conscious choice to live without electricity, the elder’s response is a masterclass in perspective:

"But what about lights?"

"We've got linseed oil and candles."

"But night's so dark."

"Yes. That's what night is supposed to be."

It was filmed in Daio Wasabi Farm, Azumino, Japan, chosen for its network of crystal clear streams, and lush greenery; but to recreate his dream, Kurosawa had several watermills built (of which three remain today) along the largest stream.

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Akira kurosawa | Dreams Film | The village of the Watermills

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Opportunties, lectures, talks, events! Things we have noticed, and think could be interesting. Will be updated weekly :)

1. Lecture, 23 Apr 2026 w/ Josep Grau-Bové.

His inaugural lecture as Director and Professor in Heritage Science at UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, will explore a decade of evolution in key heritage science concepts, mapping their interconnections and illustrating how they can generate a different understanding of difficult problems.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-heritage-science-ideas-and-methods-for-social-good-tickets-1980878567118?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

2. Reading Climate Festival 2026 is calling for applications for event proposals between the 6 and 21 June 2026. Applications close Thursday 9 April 2026.

'Be part of the movement to inspire and enable a healthier, happier, more connected and climate-friendly Reading.'

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The oil industry is a major source of carbon emissions driving climate change, while the offshore oil rig sector has sharply declined since 2014. The number of active platforms fell from over 5,500 in 1981 to under 2,000 by 2023. Many decommissioned rigs now sit in places like Scotland’s Cromarty Firth or are sent to distant ship-breaking yards, shifting environmental impacts out of sight, while some await possible reactivation.

Hantao Li's Giants' Anatomy envisions a speculative journey for decommissioned North Sea oil platforms through this liminal landscape, combining real world footage with Computer-generated Imagery to explore their potential afterlife. At times as absurd as it is strikingly plausible, the film plays with notions of truth and reality while asking us to consider all possible futures.

Read the accompanying essay by visual artist and writer Gary Zhexi Zhang, situating Giants' Anatomy as a near-future reflection on dismantling industry, mourning labour, and turning industrial history into spectacle and museum culture. Read HERE.

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Watch newly commissioned films and archival works from FVU’s past projects.

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Welcome to Green Screen! (Scroll to Read More) 

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Welcome to Green Screen! (Scroll to Read More) 

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A Film Club by the Mills Archive Trust

We’ll be exploring the climate crisis, sustainability, land, community, renewable energy and more ,all through film.

From documentaries and short films to interviews and creative works, this is a space to learn, reflect and spark conversation together.

Please feel free to share your thoughts, reflections, and recommendations. We’d love this to be an open, curious and collaborative community 💚

Community Reminder:
Green Screen is a respectful space. Discrimination, hate speech, harassment, or unkind behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated. We welcome diverse perspectives and thoughtful discussion ; but always with respect and care for one another.

Let’s watch, think, and grow together. 🌍✨

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The film follows Cambodian-American filmmaker Kalyanee Mam on a deeply personal journey to reconnect spiritually with her homeland. In Khmer, the root word cheate means both “nature” and “country,” and translates to “taste,” suggesting that to truly know the land, we must experience it through our senses.

Having fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge genocide, Kalyanee returns to landscapes transformed by deforestation, industrialisation, and development. Through her camera,and through intimate relationships with the people and places she documents, she begins to awaken an ancestral memory of belonging, and a renewed understanding of what it means to know the “taste of the land.”

All credits to Emergence Magazine , and be sure to visit the rest of their website to explore the rest of their enlightening Shifting Landscapes series, all freely available to watch online. 🌍✨

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Taste of the Land – by Adam Loften & Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

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Coming to know the changing landscapes of Cambodia changed by development through both her camera and the intimate relationships she forms with places and people, filmmaker Kalyanee Mam awakens an ancestral memory of the land that lies within.

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Image Credits: Emergence Magazine.

Graphic Design: Iba Tony